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No. 3 Georgia 84, Vanderbilt 73--Coco Miller scored 22 points and twin Kelly added 18 to lead the Bulldogs (21-2, 6-1 in the Southeastern Conference) over the Commodores (14-7, 2-4) at Nashville, Tenn.
No. 4 Tennessee 77, Kentucky 48--Kara Lawson scored 22 points, tying a school record with six three-point baskets, to lead the Lady Vols (16-3, 5-1 in the SEC) past the Wildcats (11-9, 3-5) at Knoxville, Tenn.
No. 7 Penn State 68, Wisconsin 54--Maren Walseth had 15 points and eight rebounds, and the Lions (18-3, 9-1 in the Big Ten) scored the game’s first 15 points to win their 12th consecutive home game at State College, Pa. Wisconsin is 10-8 and 4-5.
No. 25 Virginia 61, No. 9 Duke 49--Renee Robinson scored 15 points as the Cavaliers (16-5, 8-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) defeated the Blue Devils (18-3, 7-2) at Charlottesville, Va., to move into sole possession of first place in the conference.
No. 11 Auburn 55, Florida State 52--Tasha Hamilton had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Tigers (16-4) past the Seminoles (8-11) at Tallahassee, Fla.
No. 12 Louisiana State 64, No. 20 Mississippi State 58--Katrina Hibbert had 22 points and seven rebounds to lead the Tigers (16-3, 6-1 in the SEC) past the Bulldogs (16-3, 5-3) at Starkville, Miss., ending Mississippi State’s record home winning streak at 17.
No. 17 Purdue 70, Northwestern 31--Katie Douglas scored 20 points and Kelly Komara had 17 as the Boilermakers (14-5, 6-3 in the Big Ten) won their fifth in a row by routing the Wildcats (6-13, 3-6) at West Lafayette, Ind.
No. 18 Arizona 60, Arizona State 58--Tatum Brown scored 13 of her 18 points in the second half as the Wildcats (16-3, 5-2 in the Pacific 10) defeated the Sun Devils (11-6, 4-3) at Tucson for their 13th consecutive victory over Arizona State.
No. 21 Illinois 86, Michigan State 66--Allison Curtin scored 24 points and Susan Blauser had 16 to lead the Fighting Illini (16-7, 6-3 in the Big Ten) past the Spartans (14-5, 5-3) at Champaign, Ill.
No. 22 Tulane 78, North Carolina Charlotte 68--Janell Burse had 20 points and nine rebounds as the Green Wave (18-2, 7-2 in Conference USA) defeated the 49ers (7-13, 2-7) at Charlotte, N.C.
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