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Bulls Need Overtime, But Get Victory

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A Tribune wire report

Published: January 11, 2009

TAMPA - Jessica Lawson led South Florida with 19 points, including six in overtime, as the Bulls defeated St. John's 81-71 on Saturday night.

The Red Storm (13-2, 1-1 Big East) rallied to force overtime, as USF (14-3, 1-2) held a 68-62 lead with 2:19 to play. Monique McLean was fouled by Ashley Sanders with one second to play in regulation and made both free throws to send the game to overtime tied at 70.

Janae Stokes scored 17 points for the Bulls, while Jazmine Sepulveda added 13 and Shantia Grace 10 as the Bulls rallied from a five-point halftime deficit to take control until late in the second half.

NO. 1 CONNECTICUT 85,

WEST VIRGINIA 55

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Renee Montgomery scored 28 points to lead top-ranked Connecticut (15-0, 2-0 Big East) to a victory against West Virginia (10-5, 0-3).

NO. 3 TEXAS A&M 62,

MISSOURI 56

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Danielle Gant scored 22 points, going 10-for-10 from the field, and No. 3 Texas A&M (13-1, 1-0 Big 12) withstood a late Missouri rally to beat the Tigers (9-5, 0-1 Big 12).

NO. 4 OKLAHOMA 77,

NEBRASKA 56

LINCOLN, Neb. - Courtney Paris had 18 points and 20 rebounds and fourth-ranked Oklahoma (12-2, 1-0 Big 12) opened Big 12 play with a victory over Nebraska (9-5, 0-1).

NO. 6 BAYLOR 63,

COLORADO 50

BOULDER, Colo. - Danielle Wilson scored 16 points to lead No. 6 Baylor (13-1, 1-0 Big 12) past Colorado (8-5, 0-1).

TEXAS TECH 65,

NO. 8 TEXAS 62

LUBBOCK, Texas - Dominic Seals hit a short jumper with 7.4 seconds remaining to seal a Texas Tech (10-4, 1-0 Big 12) win over No. 8 Texas (12-3, 0-1) and extend the Longhorns' road-loss streak to three.

NO. 11 STANFORD 102,

WASHINGTON STATE 53

STANFORD, Calif. - Jayne Appel had 16 points, four rebounds and three assists in limited action, Jeanette Pohlen added 18 points with four 3-pointers and No. 11 Stanford (13-3, 4-0 Pac-10) followed its record 77-point win over Washington two days earlier with a rout of Washington State (7-7, 0-3).

NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 84,

GEORGETOWN 63

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Erica Williamson scored a career-high 21 points and No. 12 Notre Dame (14-1, 3-0 Big East) held Georgetown to 32 percent shooting to beat the Hoyas (11-4, 1-1).

DEPAUL 69,

NO. 19 PITTSBURGH 62

PITTSBURGH - Natasha Williams scored 27 points, Deirdre Naughton added 24 and DePaul (13-4, 1-2) rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to hand No. 19 Pittsburgh (11-4, 1-2 Big East) its second consecutive loss.

NO. 20 KANSAS ST. 72,

KANSAS 39

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Shalee Lehning had 14 points and 10 assists to help No. 20 Kansas State (14-0, 1-0) open defense of its Big 12 title with victory over rival Kansas (14-0, 0-1).

IOWA STATE 63,

NO. 21 OKLAHOMA STATE 55

AMES, Iowa - Nicky Wieben scored 23 points and Iowa State (13-2, 1-0 Big 12) closed the game with a 15-5 run to beat No. 21 Oklahoma State (11-3, 0-1).

NO. 23 S. DAKOTA ST. 96,

IUPUI 49

BROOKINGS, S.D. - No.23 South Dakota State (15-2, 4-1 Summit) stormed to an early lead and coasted to a dominating win against IUPUI (7-8, 2-2).

ROLLINS 61,

TAMPA 48

WINTER PARK - Kourtnie Berry scored 13 points off the bench as Rollins College (13-0, 4-0) handed Tampa (10-3, 1-2) its second straight Sunshine State Conference loss

FLORIDA TECH 80

SAINT LEO 62

MELBOURNE - Florida Tech (12-2, 2-2) had four players score in double figures as it kept Saint Leo (7-6, 0-4) winless in Sunshine State Conference play.

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