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Irish Rally Past Bulls, 86-79

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By BRETT McMURPHY | The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 18, 2009

TAMPA - The University of South Florida was looking at Tuesday's game against No. 24 Notre Dame as an opportunity to solidify its NCAA Tournament hopes. Instead, the Bulls were left hoping that an 86-79 loss to the Irish didn't cripple their NCAA chances.

The Bulls (18-8, 5-7 Big East) were in control early, leading by 14 in the first half and eight at halftime. However, the Irish pulled even at 75 with 3:28 remaining when USF's Porche Grant was called for a foul and then a technical foul.

The Irish (18-6, 7-5) made all four free throws, keying a game-ending 11-4 run.

"We hit adversity and didn't know how to counter back," USF's Jessica Lawson said.

Janae Stokes led five Bulls in double figures with 16 points. Jazmine Sepulveda added 15 points and Grant had 14 points and 12 rebounds.

USF owned a 52-44 halftime lead after shooting 50 percent in the first half, but hit only 27.3 percent in the second half, missing 10 of 11 3-pointers.

NO. 2 OKLAHOMA 80,

TEXAS TECH 72

LUBBOCK, Texas - Courtney Paris scored 23 points and grabbed 20 rebounds to help No. 2 Oklahoma (23-2, 11-0 Big 12) rally to beat Texas Tech (14-11, 4-7).

NO. 8 LOUISVILLE 89,

ST. JOHN'S 60

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Angel McCoughtry scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the 51st double-double of her career to help No. 8 Louisville (24-3, 11-2 Big East) rout St. John's (15-10, 3-9).

Purdue Men Upset No. 6 Michigan St.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - JaJuan Johnson scored 17 points to lead No. 19 Purdue past No. 6 Michigan State 72-54 and move the Boilermakers (20-6, 9-4) a game back of the Spartans (20-5, 10-3) in the Big Ten.

No. 10 MARQUETTE 79,

SETON HALL 67

MILWAUKEE - Wesley Matthews scored 24 and No. 10 Marquette (22-4, 11-2 Big East) opened the second half with a big run to pull away from Seton Hall (14-11, 5-8).

NO. 13 CLEMSON 93,

MARYLAND 64

CLEMSON, S.C. - Trevor Booker had 11 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 13 Clemson (21-4, 7-4 ACC) past Maryland (16-9, 5-6).

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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