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Georgia Rips Florida; Landers Wins 700th

The Associated Press

Published: January 25, 2008

GAINESVILLE - Ashley Houts scored a career-high 25 points to help No. 17 Georgia beat Florida 82-55 Thursday night, giving Coach Andy Landers his 700th career win.

Houts scored 21 of her 25 points in the first half, while senior Tasha Humphrey added 23 points in the win.

Landers became the eighth coach to reach the milestone at a four-year institution. He joins Tennessee's Pat Head Summitt and Texas' Jody Conradt as the only coaches to record 700 wins at one school. Landers is 700-218 in his 29th season at Georgia (16-3, 3-2 SEC).

The Gators (13-6, 2-2) had their seven-game home winning streak snapped. Florida has lost 12 straight games to ranked opponents.

FSU 75, MIAMI 70: Great defense by Florida State in overtime, plus key missed free throws by Miami, proved to be the difference as the Seminoles prevailed against the Hurricanes at the BankUnited Center.

The Seminoles (14-6, 4-1 ACC) won their third game in a row and fifth-straight against Miami (8-12, 1-4).

In overtime, Miami scored to make it 73-70 and had a chance to tie, but Florida State's defense forced Miami into a shot-clock violation. Mara Freshour canned two free throws to seal the victory.

TENNESSEE 98, ARKANSAS 55: Angie Bjorklund scored 29 points, Candace Parker had 24 and No. 2 Tennessee (17-1, 5-0 SEC) tied a team record with 13 3-pointers in a rout of Arkansas (16-4, 1-4).

LSU 79, AUBURN: Sylvia Fowles had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Quianna Chaney made six 3-pointers and had 21 points to lead No. 9 LSU (15-3, 4-0 SEC) over No. 25 Auburn (13-6, 1-3).

DUKE 73, GEORGIA TECH 47: Chante Black had 16 points and 13 rebounds and Duke (15-4, 4-1 ACC) cruised past No. 23 Georgia Tech (16-4, 3-3).

OLD DOMINION 85, NORTHEASTERN 51: Jessica Canady scored 28 points and No. 13 Old Dominion (15-3, 6-0) stayed perfect in the Colonial Athletic Association with a rout of Northeastern (5-11, 0-6).

MINNESOTA 79, OHIO ST. 70: Leslie Knight scored a career-high 33 points to lift Minnesota (14-6, 5-3) past No. 15 Ohio State (15-4, 6-2) and stop the Big Ten leader's winning streak at six.

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