ROUNDUP

UC Riverside 63, UC Santa Barbara 59--The Highlanders blew a 17-point halftime lead but used clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch to pull out a victory at the UCR Student Recreation Center.

Riverside (4-7), led by Mark Miller’s 15 points, had a 36-19 halftime lead.

The Gauchos (2-7), however, rallied to tie it at 50-50 with 5:33 remaining before the Highlanders made nine of 10 free throws in the final 3:10 to hold them off.

Mike Vuckovich led the Gauchos with 14 points.

WOMEN

No. 2 Tennessee 67, Arizona St. 63--Tennessee proved to be just as successful playing outdoors as in.

On a cool, desert night, Tamika Catchings scored 24 points to lead the Lady Vols at Bank One Ballpark, the home of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks.

Tennessee (11-0) built a 14-point lead midway through the second half, then held off the Sun Devils (7-4) down the stretch to win what was believed to be the first college basketball game played outdoors.

The court sat along the first base line and a curtain was stretched along one side to try to create some intimacy in the 48,000-seat park. But it wasn’t enough to ward off the chill from temperatures in the mid-50s in a stadium that has 8,000 tons of air conditioning but no heat.

Kristen Clement added 12 points for Tennessee and Michelle Snow grabbed 14 rebounds. Amanda Levens led Arizona State with 21 points. Betsy Boardman and Melody Johnson each had 10.

The crowd of 16,282, wearing jackets, sweatshirts and some covered in blankets, easily topped Arizona State’s previous record of 5,272 and the Pac-10 record of 9,738 set at Oregon.

No. 22 Oklahoma 102, No. 17 Stanford 98--LaNeisha Caufield had eight of her 21 points in overtime for the Sooners at Norman, Okla.

One of Caufield’s overtime baskets gave the Sooners (8-3) the lead for good at 100-98 with 38 seconds remaining. She then sealed the victory with two free throws with 11.7 seconds left.

Lindsey Yamasaki led Stanford (5-4) with 30 points.

No. 18 Mississippi State 62, Albany 57--LaToya Thomas scored 16 of her 20 points in the second half as Mississippi State (8-2) beat Albany (2-10) at Albany, N.Y.