Roundup: No. 6 Texas drops No. 7 Tennessee

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Brittainey Raven scored 21 points and No. 6 Texas continued its best start in 20 years with a 73-59 win over No. 7 Tennessee on Sunday.

Kat Nash added 12 points for the Longhorns, who are 9-0 for the first time since the 1987-88 season.

Raven and Nash made two key 3-pointers in a 10-1 run midway through the second half that broke open a tough game and sent the Longhorns to a win over the highest-ranked opponent in coach Gail Goestenkors' two seasons.

Freshman Glory Johnson scored 13 to lead Tennessee (7-2) despite missing most of the first half with foul trouble.

Tennessee is the defending national champion and pounded Texas 92-67 in Knoxville last season. The Lady Vols lost five key players from that squad, including national player of the year Candace Parker. The loss keeps Tennessee coach Pat Summitt 10 wins away from career victory No. 1,000.

No. 1 Connecticut 77, Penn State 63

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tina Charles had 29 points and 18 rebounds for Connecticut in the second game of the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden.

UConn (7-0) had been on an 11-day break for exams since beating Holy Cross on Dec. 3. The rust showed as Connecticut was sloppy in the early going.

Trailing 19-18 with 9 minutes left in the half, UConn went on a 16-2 run to close the period. Maya Moore started the spurt with a steal that led to a basket by Renee Montgomery.

Tyra Grant scored 26 for Penn State (5-5).

Moore added 21 points and Renee Montgomery had 13 for the Huskies, who will head to Cancun to play in the Caribbean Classic this week.

No. 12 Louisville 75, Kentucky 59

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Angel McCoughtry scored 31 points to lead Louisville to the win.

Candyce Bingham had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Deseree' Byrd added 10 points and nine assists for the Cardinals (9-1), who forced 26 turnovers. Monique Reid scored 12 points.

Lydia Watkins led Kentucky (5-5) with 15 points, going 6-for-6 from the field. Eleia Roddy had 13 points and 15 rebounds.

The crowd of 16,337 set the Louisville, state of Kentucky and Big East Conference paid attendance record for a women's basketball game.

No. 14 Rutgers 59, Army 38

NEW YORK (AP) -- Epiphanny Prince scored 25 points and Kia Vaughn added a season-high 12 to help Rutgers get the win in the first game of the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Rutgers (6-2) had struggled to win its last three games, averaging 22 turnovers in the victories. It also hadn't been getting much from Vaughn, who was only averaging 8.1 points. The senior center, who went to high school a block from the Garden, was even benched in a victory over Georgia.

On Sunday, Rutgers made an effort to get Vaughn involved early. She scored eight of the team's first 10 points as the Scarlet Knights jumped out to a 19-4 lead. Prince and Vaughn combined for 15 of the 19.

Alex McGuire scored 16 points for Army (5-5), which had won its last four games.

No. 22 Arizona State 68, UC Riverside 45

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Briann January scored 16 points and had five steals to help the Sun Devils win their fourth straight.

Arizona State (7-2) led by only four points at halftime but blew the game open with a 19-5 run to open the second half. ASU, which led by as many as 31 in the second half, hit 3-of-5 shots from beyond the arc after halftime after missing all six of its attempts in the first half.

Kemie Nkele scored 13 points for UC Riverside (3-5), which couldn't overcome 26 turnovers.

No. 24 Oklahoma State 85, No. 19 TCU 80

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Andrea Riley had 19 points and 10 assists and Oklahoma State avenged a lopsided defeat by TCU a season earlier.

Kristin Hernandez and Riley each hit two free throws in the final 24.1 seconds after TCU pulled within one.

Oklahoma State (4-2) rebounded from a 14-point loss eight days earlier to Arkansas-Little Rock by beating a TCU team that already had knocked off Maryland and California, both ranked No. 3 at the time.

Rachel Rentschler scored 18 points and Helen Sverrisdottir added 16 for TCU (8-3), which had won four of its previous five games against ranked foes.

The Horned Frogs managed only six offensive rebounds and committed 18 turnovers against Oklahoma State. TCU had 11 turnovers or less in each of its previous four games.

No. 25 Kansas St. 73, Texas-Arlington 63

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Shalee Lehning scored 15 of her 21 points in the second half to help Kansas State get the victory.

Ashley Sweat scored 14 for the Wildcats (9-0), and Marlies Gipson had 12 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high five blocks.

Tamara Simmons had 24 points and Meghan Nelson finished with 11 for Texas-Arlington (3-5).

The Wildcats opened the second half with an 8-0 run to take a 42-25 lead.

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