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The Associated Press

Published: January 3, 2009

WACO, Texas - Devan Downey entered Friday's game against Baylor as South Carolina's leading scorer. After he shot 1-for-7 from the field and scored only four points in the first half, his coach wasn't worried.

"I thought he was terrific in the first half," South Carolina first-year coach Darrin Horn said. "He ran our team, he got other guys shots, he defended. He did all the little things. In the second half, he did the same things."

Downey finished with 23 points in leading the Gamecocks past No. 19 Baylor 85-84. Zam Fredrick scored 19, including the go-ahead basket with 5.1 seconds left. Mike Holmes had 11 points, and Dominique Archie and Brandis Raley-Ross scored 10 each for the Gamecocks (10-2).
Curtis Jerrells scored 22 for Baylor (12-2). Kevin Rogers had 14 points and 13 rebounds, Tweety Carter scored 18 points and Henry Dugat had 16.

"Downey's a great player," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "He controlled everything. He created not only for himself, with eight assists and one turnover. But we really struggled for answers. We'll watch tape and see what we can do, but we're not going to face another guard possibly as good as him the rest of the season. When he's on, he's as good as anybody in the country."

NO. 8 TEXAS 78,

APPALACHIAN STATE 43

AUSTIN, Texas - Dexter Pittman set career highs with 21 points and 11 rebounds, leading No. 8 Texas to victory against Appalachian State.

Pittman scored the final seven Texas points of the first half and the first six of the second half as the Longhorns (11-2) went on a 19-2 run to take a 44-23 lead with 14:58 left in the game.

Texas held Appalachian State (5-5) scoreless for nearly seven minutes as the Longhorns used Pittman's inside play to take control.

WOMEN'S GAMES

NO. 11 STANFORD 64,

ARIZONA STATE 61

TEMPE, Ariz. - Jillian Harmon scored 18 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and made a key steal down the stretch to help No. 11 Stanford beat Arizona State in the Pac-10 opener for both teams.

Kayla Pedersen added 17 points and six rebounds for Stanford (10-3). She hit a free throw with 6 seconds remaining but missed her second attempt, allowing the Sun Devils (8-5) to try a last-second shot that could have tied it. Dymond Simon was off on a 25-footer, however, and Stanford held on.

NO. 13 CALIFORNIA 56,

ARIZONA 46

TUCSON, Ariz. - Ashley Walker scored 23 points to lead No. 13 California past Arizona.

The two-time All-American had 16 points in the second half, making eight of 11 shots after the break. She hit a 16-footer jumper with less than two minutes remaining to give California a 54-45 lead.

California (10-2, 1-0 Pac-10) also relied on Casey Morris, who scored all 18 of her points in the first half.

Reiko Thomas led Arizona with 16 points, including a 3-point play with 3:18 left to make it 52-45. Courtney Clements had 12 for Arizona (7-5, 0-1).

NO. 16 VIRGINIA 62,

GEORGIA 60

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Lyndra Littles scored 14 of her 23 points in the final seven minutes to help No. 16 Virginia hold off Georgia.

Georgia led 58-57 with just more than one minute remaining, but Littles' 3-point play with 50 seconds left and Enong Stovall's two free throws 30 seconds later made up a 5-2 Virginia run in the final minute to seal the win.

Monica Wright led the Cavaliers (12-2) with 24 points.

Ashley Houts led the Lady Bulldogs (9-5) with 19 points and Porsha Phillips chipped in with 10. Angel Robinson grabbed 11 rebounds.

MIAMI 61, CORNELL 47

CORAL GABLES - Riquna Williams scored a season-high 18 points as Miami won its last nonconference game against Cornell.

Miami moved to 10-4 on the season, surpassing its nine-win total of a season ago before ACC play commences. Williams went 8-for-13 from the floor, while LaToya Drake scored 12 points for the Hurricanes.

Cornell (4-6) was led by Shanna Scarselletta, who scored 14 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

WOMEN'S GAMES

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