No. 2 Tennessee Wins Again

Tamika Catchings scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as second-ranked Tennessee beat No. 11 Louisiana State, 89-70, in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams at Knoxville, Tenn.

The Lady Vols (13-1) and ended the Lady Tigers’ (9-4) winning streak at seven.

Christi Thomas scored 24 points to lead No. 4 Georgia (12-2) to a 100-59 rout of Illinois (5-8) at Athens, Ga. . . . Camille Cooper scored 15 points to help No. 6 Purdue (13-3, 3-0) beat Iowa (6-7, 1-2), 73-58, in a Big Ten game at West Lafayette, Ind. . . . Kelly Mazzante scored 29 points to lead No. 10 Penn State (11-3, 3-0) to a 92-54 win over Northwestern (4-8, 0-2) in a Big Ten game at State College, Pa. . . . Tombi Bell scored 16 points to lead No. 14 Florida (12-1) to an 82-70 victory over No. 17 Mississippi State (9-3) at Starkville, Miss. . . . Jackie Stiles scored 24 points to lead No. 15 Southwest Missouri State (8-3, 2-1) past Indiana State (4-8, 1-2), 94-48, at Springfield, Mo. . . . Carol Smith scored 17 points to lead No. 20 Auburn (13-2, 1-0) to a 73-40 victory over Kentucky (4-8, 0-1) in an SEC game at Auburn, Ala. . . . Sarah Dimson scored 21 points to lead No. 21 Stanford (7-4, 1-0) over Arizona State (8-5, 0-1), 92-64, in a Pac-10 game at Stanford. . . . Nicole Levandusky scored 29 points to lead No. 22 Xavier (10-1, 1-0) to an 84-66 win over Fordham (3-9, 0-1) in an Atlantic 10 game at Cincinnati. . . . Chantelle Anderson scored 27 points as No. 23 Vanderbilt (11-2) beat Howard (5-5), 103-67, at Nashville, Tenn.