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Early Run Keys LSU Defeat Of Florida

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The Associated Press

Published: February 16, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. - LSU had just the plan to take down No. 9 Florida.

The Tigers built a 16-2 lead in the game's first 10 1/2 minutes and went on to beat Florida 66-47 Sunday.

"LSU hit us in the mouth and we spent the rest of the ballgame trying to get up off the floor," Florida coach Amanda Butler said.
Allison Hightower scored 21 points for LSU and LaSondra Barrett had 12 points and seven rebounds.

The Tigers (13-9, 6-4 SEC) got their first win in six tries against a ranked opponent. The Gators (22-4, 8-3) lost their second straight conference road game after an emotional 66-57 win at home Feb. 8 against Tennessee.

Florida lost Thursday at No. 24 Vanderbilt, 84-68.

NO. 1 CONNECTICUT 95,

NO. 19 PITTSBURGH 42

STORRS, Conn. - Renee Montgomery scored 20 points and Connecticut (25-0, 11-0 Big East) raced to a 19-point lead in the first 5 1/2 minutes en route to victory over Pittsburgh (18-5, 8-3).

NO. 5 AUBURN 63,

MISSISSIPPI ST. 58

STARKVILLE, Miss. - DeWanna Bonner scored 25 points and Auburn (25-1, 10-1 SEC) beat Mississippi State (19-7, 6-5), giving the Tigers 25 wins for the first time since 1992-93.

NO. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 73,

GEORGIA TECH 50

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Cetera DeGraffenreid scored a career-high 22 points to help North Carolina (22-4, 7-3 ACC) defeat Georgia Tech (18-7, 5-5).

NO. 11 MARYLAND 67,

RUTGERS 47

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Marissa Coleman had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead Maryland (21-4) to its fifth straight victory as it defeated cold-shooting Rutgers (14-10).

NO. 13 TEXAS 55,

NO. 16 IOWA STATE 52

AMES, Iowa - Earnesia Williams scored with 24 second left as Texas (19-5, 7-3 Big 12) rallied to beat Iowa State (18-6, 6-4) and pick up its fifth straight win.

NO. 18 OHIO ST. 81,

NORTHWESTERN 55

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Samantha Prahalis scored 18 points and Jantel Lavender had 17 points and 10 rebounds, leading the way as Ohio State (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten) regrouped after back-to-back losses to beat Northwestern (6-19, 2-12).

N.C. STATE 60,

NO. 17 VIRGINIA 54

RALEIGH, N.C. - Shayla Fields scored 19 points to help North Carolina State (11-14, 3-7 ACC) beat Virginia (19-7, 5-5) as the Wolfpack again honored former coach Kay Yow.

NO. 20 KANSAS ST. 79,

OKLAHOMA ST. 71

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Ashley Sweat scored 31 points and Jalena Childs had 14 points and 16 rebounds to lead Kansas State (20-3, 7-3 Big 12) to victory over Oklahoma State (14-9, 3-7).

NO. 21 XAVIER 78,

DAYTON 57

CINCINNATI - Ta'Shia Phillips had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Special Jennings added 17 points as Xavier (22-4, 10-0 Atlantic 10) beat Dayton (15-11, 4-6).

NO. 24 VANDERBILT 80,

GEORGIA 64

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Christina Wirth scored 21 points to lead five players in double figures as Vanderbilt (20-6, 9-2 SEC) defeated Georgia (15-10, 5-5).

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