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Fernandez Sets USF Record

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A Tribune staff, wire report

Published: December 29, 2008

TAMPA - University of South Florida women's basketball coach Jose Fernandez became the school's all-time winningest basketball coach - for the men's or women's programs - with the Bulls' 110-51 win against Jackson State (3-7) at the Sun Dome on Sunday.

Fernandez improved his career coaching record to 128-124, surpassing former men's coach Bobby Paschal, who guided the men's basketball team to 127 wins in 10 seasons.

In addition, USF (12-1) stretched its winning streak to eight and its home winning streak to 12.

Jazmine Sepulveda finished with a game-high 26 points. Janae Stokes added 20, all in the first half.

FLORIDA STATE 61, LSU 57

BATON ROUGE, La. - Courtney Ward scored a team-high 12 points and Alysha Harvin added 10 points - both coming off the bench - to lead Florida State (10-4) past LSU (5-4).

NO. 1 CONNECTICUT 77,

SOUTH CAROLINA 48

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Tina Charles had 21 points as No. 1 Connecticut opened 11-0 for the third consecutive season.

NO. 2 NORTH CAROLINA 102,

WESTERN MICHIGAN 55

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Italee Lucas scored 17 points as North Carolina (13-0) rolled.

NO. 4 TEXAS 79, UTEP 40

SAN DIEGO - Kathleen Nash scored 13 of her 15 points in the first half to help No. 4 Texas (11-0) beat Texas El Paso in the Surf 'N Slam Classic.

NO. 6 DUKE 78,

QUINNIPIAC 50

DURHAM, N.C. - Chante Black scored 17 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and had a career-high eight steals to help Duke (10-1) rout Quinnipiac.

NO. 10 LOUISVILLE 66,

MOREHEAD STATE 38

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Angel McCoughtry had 17 points and 12 rebounds to help Louisville (11-1) beat Morehead State in the Cardinal Classic.

NO. 11 STANFORD 84,

UC DAVIS 49

STANFORD, Calif. - Jayne Appel had 16 points and nine rebounds as Stanford rolled.

NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 68,

CHARLOTTE 61

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Lindsay Schrader scored 19 points and Notre Dame (10-1) pulled away in the second half.

Men: Tar Heels Roll To 12-0 Mark

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 1 North Carolina (12-0) routed Rutgers (9-4) 97-75 for its school-record 12th straight double-figure victory.

NO. 10 PURDUE 59,

VALPARAISO 45

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - E'Twaun Moore scored 14 points to help No. 10 Purdue (11-2) beat Valparaiso (3-9) for its sixth consecutive victory.

NO. 13 UCLA 78,

LOUISIANA TECH 55

LOS ANGELES - Josh Shipp returned from a two-game absence to score 16 points, and UCLA (10-2) never trailed.

NO. 23 MINNESOTA 82,

HIGH POINT 56

MINNEAPOLIS - Ralph Sampson III scored a career-high 17 points and Minnesota, off to its best start in 60 seasons, beat High Point to improve to 12-0.

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