Late Run by Tennessee Sinks No. 15 Stanford

Although second-ranked Tennessee didn’t dominate Stanford for very long, it was long enough for the Lady Vols to win and remain undefeated.

Susan King made two free throws to give the 15th-ranked Cardinal a seven-point lead with 5 1/2 minutes left. But Stanford, which led most of the game, didn’t score again.

Tennessee (9-0) scored the final 12 points en route to a 63-58 victory Sunday at Knoxville, Tenn.

“For 35 minutes we played very well,” Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer said. “You have to play a perfect game to beat them here and we came close.”

Michelle Snow gave the Lady Vols the lead for good and their first since 19-18 with a one-handed basket off an assist by Tamika Catchings to make the score 59-58 with 2:32 to play.

Four free throws down the stretch secured the victory.

In the final minute, Snow missed a shot and crashed to the floor with King for the loose ball and was fouled. Snow made one free throw, then King picked up her fifth foul when she intentionally fouled Catchings with 2.5 seconds left.

Catchings, who finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds, made both free throws to ice the victory.

King, a freshman point guard, led all scorers with a career-high 21 points for Stanford (5-2).

The Cardinal has lost four in a row to Tennessee.

No. 5 Iowa State 87, San Francisco 60--Angie Welle scored 18 points on seven-of-eight shooting to lead the Cyclones (8-0) over the Lady Dons (3-4) at Ames, Iowa.

No. 7 Duke 69, Arkansas State 45--Georgia Schweitzer scored 20 points to lead the Blue Devils (10-1) over the Lady Indians (4-5) in the Fun in the Sun Shootout at Cancun, Mexico.

No. 9 Auburn 106, Puerto Rico Mayaguez 25--Auburn’s Joe Ciampi became the 13th women’s basketball coach to win 500 games at one school as Lory Neno scored 22 points to lead the Tigers (10-0) over the Janes (2-6) at Carolina, Puerto Rico.

“It’s special,” Ciampi said. “My players have been part of something really important. They’ve now become part of tradition.

“Auburn has been a very special place for me and my family. It has been 21 years of hard work.”

Ciampi, 54, is 500-158 at Auburn, and 538-168 overall, including two seasons at Army.

No. 17 Florida 79, New Mexico 58--Brandi McCain scored 21 points to lead the Gators (8-0) over the Lobos (5-4) in the Orange Bowl Classic at Miami.

No. 22 Mississippi State 80, Howard 64--LaToya Thomas had 34 points and 19 rebounds to lead the Lady Bulldogs (6-2) over the Lady Bison (4-3) at Starkville, Miss.

No. 24 Vanderbilt 107, North Carolina Asheville 51--Chantelle Anderson scored 27 points as the Commodores (7-2) routed the Bulldogs (10-5) at Nashville.