Tennessee Is a Winner by 67 Points

No. 2 Tennessee (24-1, 10-0 in the Southeastern Conference) registered its second-biggest margin of victory of the season, 119-52 over Mississippi (15-7, 3-6) on Thursday at Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee beat Kentucky by 72 points on Jan. 21. . . . No. 4 Duke (21-2, 9-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) had its win streak end at 12 in a 71-69 loss to Florida State (14-8, 6-5) at Durham, N.C. . . . No. 5 Purdue (21-4, 11-1) had its win streak end at 13 in a 96-87 loss to Iowa (13-8, 8-3) at Iowa City, Iowa. Purdue All-American Katie Douglas, who sat out a victory over Michigan last Sunday because of a sprained ankle, played 23 minutes and scored 21 points before fouling out with 32 seconds left. . . . No. 6 Florida (20-2, 8-1 in the SEC) was a 75-64 winner over Arkansas (15-8, 5-5 at Fayetteville, Ark. . . . Sisters Coco and Kelly Miller combined to score 41 for No. 7 Georgia (20-4, 8-2 in the SEC) in a 92-55 victory over South Carolina (9-14, 4-6) at Columbia, S.C. It was the 18th time in Coach Andy Landers’ 22 seasons that Georgia has reached 20 victories. . . . No. 8 Louisiana Tech (20-4, 11-0) extended its Sun Belt Conference win streak to 47 with an 83-68 victory at Louisiana Lafayette (7-15, 1-10). It was the first time in 17 games Louisiana Tech had not defeated Louisiana Lafayette by 40 or more points. . . . No. 13 Xavier (20-2, 10-1 in the Atlantic 10) was a 74-64 winner over LaSalle (11-11, 5-6) at Cincinnati. . . . No. 14 Louisiana State (16-6, 6-3 in the SEC) shot 67% in the first half of a 74-58 victory over Alabama (16-7, 4-6) at Baton Rouge, La.

Maren Walseth scored 19 of her 26 points in the second half to lead No. 16 Penn State (17-6, 9-3 in the Big Ten) to a 64-58 victory over Michigan State (8-14, 2-9) at East Lansing, Mich. Penn State won by 48 points in its previous game with Michigan State. . . . No. 17 Utah (19-2, 8-0 in the Mountain West) increased its win streak to eight with a 62-45 victory over San Diego State at Salt Lake City. . . . Mississippi State (11-11, 2-9 in the SEC) overcame Chantelle Anderson’s 41 points in a 71-62 victory over No. 18 Vanderbilt (15-7, 4-5) at Starkville, Miss. Mississippi State’s LaToya Thomas extended her career streak of double-figure scoring games to 54 with 22 points. . . . Indiana (15-7, 6-5 in the Big Ten) defeated a ranked opponent for the first time in 17 games in an 83-79 overtime victory over No. 20 Wisconsin (14-8, 9-4) at Bloomington, Ind. . . . Washington (14-6, 7-3) made a Pacific 10 record 16 three-point shots in a 98-88 victory over No. 22 Arizona (16-6, 6-4) at Seattle. . . . Melody Johnson scored on a layup with 5.7 seconds for Pacific 10 leader and No. 23 Arizona State (16-6, 8-2) in a 74-72 victory over Washington State (8-12, 3-7) at Pullman, Wash. . . . Carisse Moody had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 24 North Carolina State (15-8, 6-6 in the ACC) to a 69-35 victory over Wake Forest (11-12, 3-9) at Winston-Salem, N.C. . . . Juana Brown hit a running shot with 0.8 seconds left in the second overtime to give North Carolina (13-9, 7-5 in the ACC) a 100-99 victory over No. 25 Clemson (15-8, 6-6) at Chapel Hill, N.C.