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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2008
Take that!
Junior tennis player, Kunigunda Dorn, returns a shot from an opposing player during a doubles match Saturday against UMKC. The Jayhawks dominate the Roos in all doubles and singles matches, going 7-0 overall against UMKC Saturday.
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》 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Wildcats remain No.1 after victory
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Candace Parker scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and top-ranked Tennessee bounced back from a home loss with a 81-68 victory over No. 25 Vanderbilt on Sunday.
Tennessee (23-2,9-1 Southeastern Conference), which beat Vanderbilt for the 15th straight time, risked slipping from first to third in the conference with a second straight loss. Vanderbilt (19-7,8-3), snapped a six-game winning streak and hasn't beaten Tennessee since Feb. 16, 2002.
NO. 2 CONNECTICUT 90,
NO. 18 PITTSBURG 64H
PITTSBURGH — Renee Montgomery scored 17 points and Connecticut used an 18-2 run to end the first half to beat Pittsburgh, handing the Panthers a third consecutive loss.
The Huskies (24-1, 11-1 Big East) turned a 27-25 deficit into a 43-29 halftime lead while holding the Panthers without a field goal during the last 8:30 of the half. Mallorie Winn scored 16 points to lead the Panthers (18-7, 8-3).
NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA
97, FLORIDA STATE 77
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Erlaan Larkins had 18 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and six steals to lead North Carolina over Florida State to remain unbeaten in the
Atlantic Coast Conference.
Rashanda McCants added 18 points and Cetera DeGraffenreid contributed 15 for the Tar Heels (24-2, 11-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who controlled the game after the Seminoles' Jacinta Monroe scored the first basket.
Tanae Davis-Cain led the Seminoles (15-10, 5-5) with 25 points.
NO.7 LSU 78,
MISSISSIPPI 48
BATON ROUGE, La. — Sylvia Fowles scored 19 of her 22 points in the first half to help LSU beat Mississippi.
With the win, LSU (22-3, 11-0 SEC) remained in first place in the Southeastern Conference standings ahead of No.1 Tennessee.
Fowles almost collected a double-double at the half with 19 points and eight rebounds. Allison Hightower added 13 points.
Shawn Goff and Elizabeth Robertson each had 11 points for Ole Miss (10-14, 4-7).
NO. 8 BAYLOR 79,
NO. 10 OKLAHOMA 59
WACO, Texas — Angela Tisdale scored 23 points and Jessica Marrow added 20 to help Baylor win its 16th straight game at home with a victory over Oklahoma.
Tisdale and Morrow were among four players who scored in double figures for the Lady Bears (22-3, 10-2 Big 12), the only Big 12 team
without a loss at home. Oklahoma (18-5, 8-3) had a seven-game winning streak snapped.
Courtney Paris and Ashley Paris both had double-doubles for the Sooners. Courtney had 21 points and 15 rebounds for her 84th consecutive double-double dating back to December 2005.
NO.13 OLD DOMINION
73, TOWSON 61
TOWSON, Md. — Megan Pym had 15 points and 12 rebounds to help Old Dominion win its 16th consecutive game with a victory over Towson.
The Monarchs (22-3, 13-0 Colonial Athletic Association) have won 19 of their past 20 games and have beaten the Tigers in 11 straight meetings. Towson (16-8, 8-5) dropped to fourth place in the conference with five regular season games remaining.
Holly Mahan scored 15 points for Towson.
IOWA STATE 62, NO.15 OKLAHOMA STATE 57
STILLWATER, Okla. — Alison Lacey scored 15 points and Heather Ezell added 12, including the goahead free throws with 41.1 seconds left, as Iowa State sustained a second-half rally by Oklahoma State and beat the Cowgirls.
Andrea Riley led the Cowgirls (20-4, 8-3 B big 12) with 18 points.
Kelsey Bolte finished with 12 points for Iowa State (16, 8-5, 8)
NO. 17 KANSAS STATE 56,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ashley Sweat and Kimberly Dietz each scored 15 points and Kansas State held its lead in the Big 12 Conference with a win over Missouri.
After taking over first place in the Big 12 on Wednesday with a win over Iowa State and a Baylor loss to Texas, the Wildcats needed a win to remain there after the No. 8 Lady Bears beat No. 10 Oklahoma 79-59 earlier in the day.
The Wildcats (18-6, 10-1 Big 12) shot just 37 percent in the first half and led by only six points at the break.
The Tigers (8-16, 1-10) shot a season-low 22 percent.
NO. 20 TEXAS A&M 70,
TEXAS TECH 56
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Takia Starks had a career-high 29 points and Texas A&M took advantage of mistake-prone Texas Tech for a win.
Texas A&M (18-7, 6-5 Big 12) has won five of its last six games and the loss is Texas Tech's fifth straight.
Texas Tech (14-11, 2-9) has committed at least 17 turnovers in four of the five losses in this skid.
Dominic Seals led Texas Tech with 18 points and eight rebounds and LaVonda Henderson added 12 points.
NCAA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indiana guard Eric Gordon is defended by Michigan State guard Travis Walton during the first half of the basketball game in Bloomington, *Saturday*.
Hoosier victory renews fan faith
With coach Kelvin Sampson's job status in question after being accused of five major NCAA infractions Wednesday, Indiana (21-4, 10-2) desperately needed a victory to stay in contention for the Big Ten title and to salvage something from one of the bleakest weeks in the program's history.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Erte Gordon scored 28 points and broke Indiana's freshman scoring record Saturday night, leading the 13th-ranked Hoosiers to an 80-61 victory over No. 10 Michigan State.
A day after university officials announced they would conduct another investigation into the allegations against Sampson, including providing false and misleading information to NCAA investigators, fans offered their own opinions.
BY MICHAEL MAROT ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some of the colorful signs supported the Indiana coach. Others reflected the disgust that has emerged after the school's image was tainted by a phonecall scandal.
Despite the offcourt trouble, fans were unified in supporting the Hoosiers, and Indiana responded with one of its best games of the season.
Michigan State (20-5, 8-4) was led by Drew Neitzel with 21 points as the home team won for the seventh straight time in the series. The Spartans have now lost two straight after losing at No. 19 Purdue on Tuesday.
When D.J. White went down with a left knee injury late in the first half, a bad week suddenly appeared to be getting worse.
The Hoosiers sealed the outcome with a 12-4 spurt to make it 57-41 with 13:43 left in the game, and the Spartans never got closer than 12 the rest of the way.
After trailing 15-4 early, the Hoosiers used a 10-3 run to tie it at 18 and a 19-6 run to build a 37-26 lead with 2:55 left in the first half.
Gordon broke Mike Woodson's school scoring record for freshman, 500 points set in 1976-77, late in the first half. Gordon now has 520 points this season.
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