No. 1 Tennessee Loses Second in a Row, 66-63

The first 900 wins seemed to come so easily for Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt. Adding No. 901 has been much more difficult.

Kentucky upset top-ranked Tennessee, 66-63, Thursday night at Lexington, Ky., handing the Lady Vols and the winningest coach in college basketball history their first consecutive losses in nine years.

“We feel like we get everybody’s best shot because we’re Tennessee, but we have to learn how to give everybody our best shot,” Summitt said.

The Lady Vols, 18-2 overall and 4-1 in the Southeastern Conference, who figured to drop from the top spot anyway after their 22-point loss Monday against No. 2 Duke, will almost certainly fall farther now. Tennessee had beaten Kentucky (15-4, 4-2) 24 straight times since January 1986.

No. 2 Duke 97, Clemson 65 -- Lindsey Harding scored 17 points and Duke matched its best start at 20-0 with a victory at Clemson, S.C.

Clemson (8-12, 2-4) got 14 points from Maxienne White.

No. 4 Louisiana State 75, No. 22 Vanderbilt 53 -- Sylvia Fowles had 26 points and 22 rebounds to lead LSU at Baton Rouge, La.

LSU (17-1, 6-0 SEC) led, 28-27, at halftime, but outscored Vanderbilt by 21 in the second half. Rachel Brockman led Vanderbilt (13-7, 2-4) with 14 points.

No. 6 Maryland 79, Georgia Tech 71 -- Crystal Langhorne scored 19 of her 23 points in the second half to help Maryland (18-2, 5-1 ACC) win at College Park, Md.

Stephanie Higgs led Georgia Tech (12-7, 1-5) with 19 points.

No. 7 Ohio State 73, Wisconsin 46 -- Jessica Davenport had 19 points and 14 rebounds at Columbus, Ohio, and became the Buckeyes’ career leader in blocked shots.

The victory was the seventh in a row for Ohio State (16-2, 7-1 Big Ten). The Buckeyes limited the Badgers (7-13, 1-7) to 29% shooting from the field.

No. 8 Purdue 73, No. 16 Michigan State 53 -- Katie Gearlds scored 23 points for the Boilermakers at West Lafayette, Ind.

Liz Shimek led Michigan State (14-7, 4-4 Big Ten) with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Purdue (16-2, 8-0) earned its fourth win over a ranked team this season.

No. 14 Minnesota 79, North Dakota State 70 -- Jamie Broback scored a career-high 33 points to lead Minnesota (14-4) at Minneapolis.

Brenda Slyt came off the bench to lead North Dakota State (8-10) with 17 points.

No. 15 Georgia 74, South Carolina 65 -- Tasha Humphrey scored 18 points to lift Georgia (14-5, 4-2 SEC) at Columbia, S.C. The Gamecocks are 10-8, 1-5.

No. 19 Arizona State 75, Washington State 65 -- Amy Denson and Danielle Orsillo each scored 13 points for the Sun Devils at Pullman, Wash.

Eight players scored at least six points for the Sun Devils (15-5, 6-4 Pac-10). Amanda Durocher led Washington State (6-13, 0-10) with 16 points.

Arkansas 69, No. 24 Florida 63 -- Leslie Howard scored a season-high 24 points for the Lady Razorbacks at Fayetteville, Ark. Howard made six three-pointers, the last with 44 seconds left to give Arkansas (13-6, 5-1 SEC) a 65-61 lead.

Dalila Eshe scored 17 points for Florida (15-4, 3-3).

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Texas Tech Coach Marsha Sharp was in good condition after undergoing an angiogram, the university said.

The angiogram found no problem with the arteries or any heart damage.