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FSU Women Keep Their Lead In ACC

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The Associated Press

Published: February 20, 2009

CLEMSON, S.C. - Jacinta Monroe had a career-high 24 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 11 Florida State to a 75-58 win over Clemson on Thursday night.

The Seminoles (22-5, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) remain a game up on Maryland and Duke for first place in the conference with three games to go. Florida State has never won a league title.

Monroe was coming off her worst game of the year as a sore shoulder limited her to only five points in 23 minutes against North Carolina. Against the Lady Tigers, the junior made nine of her 12 shots from the field and six of 11 free throws in 26 minutes.

Tanae Davis-Cain scored 13 points and Alysha Harvin added 10 points and eight rebounds for Florida State.

Lele Hardy had 21 points and eight rebounds for Clemson (13-14, 2-10), and Wesley Chapel's Sthefany Thomas added 12 points.

ARKANSAS 83,

NO. 15 FLORIDA 74

GAINESVILLE - Ayana Brereton and Charity Ford scored 19 points apiece as Arkansas handed Florida its third consecutive loss.

The Gators (22-5, 8-3 SEC) used a 7-0 run to make it 51-50 midway through the second half, but the Razorbacks (16-11, 5-7) pulled away from there.

Sha Brooks scored 27 points to lead Florida.

NO. 23 VIRGINIA 84, MIAMI 75

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Lyndra Littles hit a game-tying heave in regulation and finished with 27 points as Virginia beat Miami in overtime.

Monica Wright added 21 points and Aisha Mohammed had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers (20-7, 6-5 ACC), who barely ended a two-game losing streak.

Miami (13-13, 2-9) led most of the way in search of its first victory against a ranked team in more than three years, but saw Littles tie it with a no-look heave from the foul line that banked in with 3.8 seconds left in regulation, and Virginia took charge in overtime.

NO. 18 VANDERBILT 73,

NO. 3 AUBURN 70

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Merideth Marsh hit two free throws with 11 seconds left, and Vanderbilt (21-6, 10-2) held off Auburn to tie the Tigers (25-2, 10-2) atop the Southeastern Conference with two games left in the regular season.

NO. 7 DUKE 62, VA. TECH 46

DURHAM, N.C. - Abby Waner scored 15 points to lead the Blue Devils (22-3, 9-2 ACC), who improved to 13-0 at home this season.

Chante Black scored 11 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for Duke.

Brittany Gordon scored 12 points to lead Virginia Tech (11-16, 1-11), which shot 33.4 percent from the floor and committed 21 turnovers.

NO. 9 MARYLAND 87,

GEORGIA TECH 79

ATLANTA - Marissa Coleman scored 23 points and Lynetta Kizer had a career-high 22 points with 10 rebounds to help Maryland win its sixth straight game.

Coleman finished with eight rebounds, seven assists and made all 11 of her free throws for the Terrapins (22-4, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won nine of 10.

Georgia Tech (18-8, 5-6) has dropped two straight after winning four of five.

NO. 10 NORTH CAROLINA 92,

BOSTON COLLEGE 68

BOSTON - Rashanda McCants had 19 points and eight rebounds and Cetera DeGraffenreid scored 18 points for North Carolina.

The Tar Heels (23-4, 8-3 ACC) snapped a three-game conference road losing streak and won for the sixth time in their last seven games overall.

Stefanie Murphy scored 19 points to lead BC (18-8, 6-5).

KENTUCKY 66,

NO. 13 TENNESSEE 56

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eleia Roddy and Amani Franklin scored 18 points each as Kentucky handed the struggling defending champions their first defeat at Memorial Coliseum in 23 years.

The Wildcats (14-12, 4-7 SEC) beat the Lady Vols for just the second time in 30 meetings.

Tennessee (18-8, 7-4) has now lost consecutive games for the first time this season.

NO. 20 OHIO ST. 73,

MINNESOTA 62

MINNEAPOLIS - Samantha Prahalis scored 17 points to lead Ohio State (21-5, 12-3 Big Ten) to a victory, avenging an earlier loss at home to the Gophers (18-8, 10-5).

Charlotte Knocks Off No. 16 Xavier

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ian Andersen scored 16 points, Lamont Mack scored all 12 of his points in the final 8 minutes and Charlotte stunned No. 16 Xavier 65-60.

Mack, Charlotte's top scorer coming in, got into early foul trouble and missed his first six shots. He then hit four of his final six, including a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left to put the 49ers (10-15, 4-7 Atlantic 10) ahead 62-58.

An'Juan Wilderness iced it by going 3-for-4 from the foul line in the final 11 seconds before the Charlotte students stormed the floor in the 49ers' biggest win in a down season.

C.J. Anderson had 13 points for the Musketeers (21-5, 9-3), who lost their third straight road game.

NO. 9 DUKE 76,

ST. JOHN'S 69

NEW YORK - Gerald Henderson scored 19 points and Duke's starters scored all but four of its point as the Blue Devils (21-5) snapped a two-game losing streak.

NO. 12 VILLANOVA 82,

RUTGERS 72

VILLANOVA, Pa. - Scottie Reynolds scored 21 points and Corey Stokes had 17 to lead Villanova (21-5, 9-4 Big East).

NO. 17 GONZAGA 91,

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 54

SPOKANE, Wash. - Steven Gray scored a career-high 23 points as Gonzaga (20-5, 11-0) won its ninth consecutive West Coast Conference regular-season title and earned the top seed in the league tournament.

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