Women's basketball: Stanford outlasts Purdue 78-10

By The Associated Press - 11/29/08

AP photo - Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike (30) drives around Purdue’s Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton during the first half of an NCAA basketball game in Honolulu Friday.
HONOLULU — Jayne Appel scored eight consecutive points in overtime to lift No. 5 Stanford to a 78-70 victory over No. 19 Purdue on Friday in the Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic.

Appel overcame a rough start and finished with 26 points and 16 rebounds and Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 17 points and six rebounds for Stanford (4-1).

Appel, just 2-of-11 in the first half, scored six straight to tie it at 63 in regulation, and freshman Kayla Pedersen’s layin gave Stanford a 65-63 lead.

No. 2 North Carolina 98, Pacific 62

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Italee Lucas scored 25 points to help North Carolina cruise to the win in the Junkanoo Jam.

No. 3 California 68,

Texas Tech 54

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Ashley Walker scored 30 points to lead California to the victory at the Paradise Jam tournament.

No. 6 Baylor 62,

Villanova 57

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Jessica Morrow scored 13 of her 17 points in the first half, and Baylor hung on in the Paradise Jam.

No. 8 Texas A&M 61,

Penn St. 57

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Takia Starks scored 20 points for the Aggies in the first round of the Timeout 4 HIV/AIDS tournament Friday.

No. 10 Maryland 79,

Illinois 52

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Marissa Coleman scored 17 points, Lynetta Kizer added 16 and Maryland beat Illinois in the Caribbean Challenge.

No. 12 Duke 59,

Western Kentucky 56

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Joy Cheek scored 12 points for Duke, returning to the starting lineup for No. 12 Duke (4-1) after a knee injury earlier in the week sidelined regular starting point guard Jasmine Thomas.

No. 16 Virginia 65,

Utah 57

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whitney Edwards scored 15 points for No. 16 Virginia, Britnee Miller scored 13 and Aisha Mohammed had 11 points for the Cavaliers (4-1), who scored the first 10 points of the second half for a 38-22 lead.

No. 17 Vanderbilt 82, Davidson 50

NASHVILLE (AP) — Hannah Tuomi had 16 points and Christina Wirth added 14 to lead Vanderbilt to the win.

No. 21 Arizona State 80, Hofstra 54

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Briann January scored a season-high 19 points and Dymond Simon added 15 in the Junkanoo Jam on Friday.

No. 22 TCU 71,

Eastern Michigan 55

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Helena Sverrisdottir scored 18 points and TCU bounced back from its first loss of the season with a victory in the Caribbean Challenge.

No. 25 Iowa State 75, Prairie View A&M 59

HONOLULU (AP) — Alison Lacey had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Iowa State to the win in the Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic.

No. 25 Xavier 73,

Tennessee-Martin 41

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tyeasha Moss scored 15 points and No. 25 Xavier opened the game with a 26-5 run and led 41-23 at halftime.


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