Tennessee Suffers in Rout at Georgia

Tennessee is used to winning the blowouts. On Monday, it was on the losing end of one.

The second-ranked Lady Vols suffered their worst loss in more than 15 years, falling to No. 7 Georgia, 78-51, at Athens, Ga., where the crowd chanted “Overrated! Overrated!” at the six-time national champions.

“I thought we quit,” Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt said. “In my 26 years, not many of my teams have been noncompetitive.”

Georgia’s Deana Nolan equaled her career high with 25 points and the Bulldogs, 17-2 overall and 3-1 in the Southeastern Conference, held Tennessee (13-3, 3-1) to 32% shooting and forced 28 turnovers.

No. 1 Connecticut 65, No. 11 Rutgers 50--Svetlana Abrosimova scored 20 points and Swin Cash had 10 rebounds as the Huskies (15-0, 5-0 Big East) won for the seventh time over a ranked team, defeating the Scarlet Knights (11-4, 4-1) at Hartford, Conn.

Virginia 80, No. 6 North Carolina State 73--Renee Robinson scored 19 points, including four free throws down the stretch, and Svetlana Volnaya added 18 to help the Cavaliers (13-4, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) defeat the Wolfpack (14-2, 5-2 ACC) at Raleigh, N.C.

Michigan 86, No. 13 Illinois 69--Alayne Ingram scored 19 points to lead the Wolverines (12-4, 4-1 Big Ten) to an upset of the Illini (14-6, 4-2) at Champaign, Ill.

No. 22 Mississippi State 86, South Carolina 73--Freshman LaToya Thomas scored 23 points and Jennifer Fambrough and Cynthia Hall each added 14 as the Bulldogs (13-2, 2-2 SEC) extended their school-record home winning streak to 15 games with a victory over the Lady Gamecocks (10-6, 3-3) at Starkville, Miss.

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No. 7 Kansas 78, Texas A&M; 57--Kenny Gregory scored 15 points and led a 27-9 second-half run as the Jayhawks (15-2, 4-0 in Big 12) defeated the Aggies (5-10, 1-3) at College Station, Texas.