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DePaul Ends West Virginia's Win Streak

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The Associated Press

Published: February 17, 2008

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Dierdre Naughton scored 24 points to lead DePaul to an 81-80 win over No. 11 West Virginia on Saturday, ending the Mountaineers' school-record nine-game winning streak.

The Blue Demons (17-7, 6-5 Big East) hit a season-high 14 3-pointers, including three in the final five minutes to rally.

LaQuita Owens scored 22 for the Mountaineers (20-4, 9-2).

STANFORD 79, ARIZONA ST. 57: Candice Wiggins gave her fans something to remember in her final regular-season game at Maples Pavilion, scoring 23 points to move into second place on the Pac-10 career scoring list and lead No. 6 Stanford over Arizona State.

The 12th straight win for the Cardinal (24-3, 13-2) sets up next weekend's showdown for first place at Haas Pavilion against rival California.
Dymond Simon scored 13 points for the Sun Devils (16-9, 10-4).

CAL 66, ARIZONA 45: Ashley Walker scored 24 points and No. 9 California won its 16th straight home game with a victory over Arizona.

Walker had 12 points during a 21-6 run over the final 7:30 of the first half as the Bears overcame an early seven-point deficit to win their sixth straight game.

Devanei Hampton had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Natasha Vital had a career-high 12 assists for Cal (23-3, 14-1 Pac-10).

Amina Njonkou and Rheya Neabors had 10 points apiece for Arizona (9-16, 3-11).

ST. BONAVENTURE 63, GEORGE WASHINGTON 60: Dana Mitchell and Katelyn Murray scored 14 points each to help St. Bonaventure beat No. 14 George Washington for the Bonnies' first victory ever over a ranked opponent.

Cara Gustafson scored the final three points for St. Bonaventure to seal the victory and end a 26-game losing streak to the Colonials. St. Bonaventure (17-9, 5-6, Atlantic-10) entered the game 1-31 against their conference rival.

Sarah-Jo Lawrence scored 20 points for the Colonials (20-4, 8-2).

NOTRE DAME 79, SYRACUSE 67: Charel Allen had 22 points and 11 rebounds and No. 16 Notre Dame pulled away from No. 21 Syracuse in the final three minutes to win its fifth straight game.

Playing the first of a three-game road trip, Notre Dame (20-5, 8-3 Big East) moved to 17-0 in Big East play against Syracuse (19-5, 7-4) and into a tie for fourth in the conference with Pittsburgh.

UTAH 63, SAN DIEGO ST. 51: Kalee Whipple had 15 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 19 Utah (21-3, 10-0 Mountain West) win its 16th consecutive game with a victory over San Diego State (13-10, 4-7).

WYOMING 60, AIR FORCE 32: Justyna Podziemska scored 13 points and Hanna Zavecz added nine points and 14 rebounds to help No. 22 Wyoming (20-4, 8-3 Mountain West) to a win over Air Force (8-15, 2-9).

UTEP 65, RICE 53: Natasha Lacy scored 23 points, Jareica Hughes added 20 and No. 24 UTEP (21-2, 12-0 Conference USA) won its 17th straight game.

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