Top 20 Action – December 21

(17) Notre Dame 67 – IUPOI 44

(14) Duke 92 – Bucknell 49

(12) California  74 – Kansas 41

(2) Connecticut 85 – San Diego State 53

Top 20 Action – December 20

(19) Texas 62 – (22) Arizona State 51

(15) DePaul 102 – Northwestern 64

George Washington 66 – (10) Texas A&M 65 (In OT)

(9) Oklahoma 121 – Central Arkansas 48

(4) Maryland 71 – James Madison 65

(3) UNC 93 – Western Kentucky 60

Top 20 Action – December 19

(20) Oklahoma State 77 – North Texas 55

(18) Ohio State 84 – Youngstown State  50

(16) Auburn 80 – Sam Houston 36

(11) Baylor 69 – Texas A&M CC 42

(8) LSU 63 – Miami 52

(1) Tennessee 82 – UCAL 70

Top 20 Action – December 18

TCU 97 – (20) Oklahoma State 63

(14) Duke 95 – Utah Valley State 61

(5) Stanford  73 – New Mexico 54

Top 20 Action – December 17

(16) Auburn 61 – SFA 49

(15) DePaul 90 – Northern Illinois 58

(13) West Virginia 84 – Oakland 65

(7) Georgia 102 – Mercer 45

(3) UNC 82 – Coastal Carolina 58

(2) Connecticut 97 – South Carolina 39

AP Top 10 Ranking – December 17

1. Tennessee (SEC) 9-0 -No Change
2. Connecticut (Big East) 7-0 – No Change
3. North Carolina (ACC) 10-1 – No Change
4. Maryland (ACC) 13-1 – No Change
5. Stanford (Pac 10) 8-1 – No Change
6. Rutgers (Big East) 8-2 – No Change
7. Georgia (SEC) 9-0 – No Change
8. LSU (SEC) 7-2 – No Change
9. Oklahoma (Big 12) 7-2 – No Change
10. Texas A&M (Big 12)9-1 – Up from Number 12

Baylor after their lost to Stanford dropped one notch to number 11.  None of the teams that were in the Top 25 last week dropped out.  Texas A&M moving up two spots had the biggest gain.  Arizona State dropping from 18 to 22 had the biggest drop.

Because of  exams, many schools did not even play this week.

Top 20 Action – December 16

(20) Texas 76 – LA Lafayette 43
Even though Texas had trouble with hitting their shots in the first half they opened the 2nd half 21-12 to lead 59-35.

(19) Ohio State 71 – Washington 54
Marscilla Packer scored 18 points as the Ohio State Buckeyes routed and overmatched Washington.

(9) Oklahoma 66 – (21) Michigan State 55
Courtney Paris recorded her 68th straight double/double while win sister Ashly scored 12 to help Oklahoma defeat Michigan State. It turned out to be a game of rebounds, with Michigan not rebounding when it counted. Michigan lead at the half 28-17, but only scored 27 in the second half while giving up 49. Allyssa Dehaan scored 10 with 5 blocks in the lost.

(8) LSU 76 – LA Tech 45
Behind Sylvia Fowles’ 16 points and eight rebounds LSU had an easy time in their win over LA Tech. They led at the half 40-22 when LA Tech missed 14 of 17 shots after cutting a LSU lead to 3 with 12 minutes left in the 1st half.

(5) Stanford 87 – (10) Baylor 63
Not only did Stanford deliver Rutgers their first lost, they did it also to Baylor. Candice Wiggins scored 35 points in the game where she also scored her 2,000 point as a college player. It was Stanford’s first game back from a two week break. It didn’t look as if they’ve been away.

(1) Tennessee 96 – Gonzaga 73
Tennessee had a 15-0 run in the 1st half to take an 24-9 lead after 8 minutes and added an 18-0 run in the second half. Shannon Bobbitt returned to the Tennessee lineup scoring 6 and had 13 assists.

Top 20 Action – December 15

(13) West Virginia 93 – Presbyterian 26 (Presbyterian in their first year in Division 1 allowed West Virginia to score 27 of the first 33 points.)

(12) Texas A&M 62 – (14) Auburn 60  (Texas held an eleven point lead at the half and was able to hold off a second half comeback attempt from Auburn.  Auburn pulled within 1 with 3:17 remaining, but was never able to take the lead.)

And in other action:

(24) Wyoming 75 – Texas Women’s University 60

Top 20 Action – December 14

None of the Top 20 teams were in action today.

A couple of games possibly of interest.

Colorado 64 – Texas Southern 29

Wisconsin 66 – South Dakota State 62

Stony  Brook 65 – Dartmouth 48

Top 20 Action – December 13

Texas Tech 73 – (18) Arizona State 69 (This was Texas Tech’s first victory over a ranked teams since last February. The game was tied at the half and during the second half there were eight lead changes and for most of it neither team led by more than 4. It was a 10-2 run by Tech that put them ahead with 5 minutes to play. Arizona State went almost 4 minutes without a field goal during that run.)

(1) Tennessee 84 – Middle Tennessee State 61 (Candace Parker scores 34 including 17 at the free throw line. She had a school record 21 free-throw attempts. With less than 5 minutes to play Middle Tennessee had pulled back Tennessee’s lead to 5, but Parker scored 8 of the next 11 points to put the lead at 17. Middle Tennessee after that was never was able to get the lead below 12.)