WOMEN’S ROUNDUP
In other women’s games: No. 2 Tennessee (22-3, 10-1 in the Southeastern Conference) scored the game’s final 11 points, including a three-point basket by Kara Lawson with 1.6 seconds remaining, in a 79-75 victory over No. 22 Mississippi (18-6, 6-6) at Starkville, Miss. . . . Kelly Miller scored 23 points as No. 3 Georgia (25-2, 10-1 in the SEC) held off Kentucky (12-11, 4-7) for a 73-69 victory at Lexington, Ky. . . . Sophomore center Takeisha Lewis had 21 points and 16 rebounds--both career highs--and No. 4 Louisiana Tech (21-2, 12-0 in the Sun Belt Conference) took advantage of 41 turnovers by Arkansas Little Rock (4-17, 1-10) in a 98-36 victory at Ruston, La. . . . No. 6 Penn State (21-3, 12-1 in the Big Ten) had a 20-2 run after Indiana (9-15, 4-9) pulled within three points early in the second half and went on to a 74-36 victory at Bloomington, Ind. . . . Krista Gingrich scored 19 points, including a decisive three-point basket with 1:08 left, to lead No. 14 Duke (21-4, 10-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) to a 70-64 victory over No. 7 North Carolina State (20-5, 11-3) at Durham, N.C.
No. 9 Louisiana State (20-4 overall, 9-2 in the SEC) shot 63% in the second half of a 58-50 victory over Vanderbilt (17-9, 5-7) at Baton Rouge, La. . . . LeCoe Willingham had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 13 Auburn (19-5, 7-4 in the SEC) to a 73-56 victory over visiting Arkansas (14-10, 4-7). . . . Maxann Reese scored 32 points as Michigan State (17-7, 8-5 in the Big Ten) rolled to an 84-64 victory over No. 17 Purdue (17-7, 9-5) at East Lansing, Mich. . . . No. 20 Tulane (22-3, 11-3 in Conference USA) shot 61% in the first half en route to a 73-69 victory over Alabama Birmingham (14-10, 6-7) at Birmingham, Ala. . . . Svetlana Volnaya made all four of her three-point shots in scoring 22 points for No. 22 Virginia (20-16, 11-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) in a 72-63 victory at Clemson (16-9, 7-6). . . . Alison MacFarland scored 14 points, including the 1,000th of her career, to lead Massachusetts (11-13, 8-5 in the Atlantic 10) to a 67-54 victory over No. 25 George Washington (20-4, 11-2) at Amherst, Mass.
