Trojans Outlasted at Washington

The USC women had their chances, but fell, 91-79, to Washington in three overtimes in a Pac-10 game at Seattle.

Megan Franza scored six of her 18 points in the third overtime as Washington (9-3, 2-0) pulled away.

Aisha Hollans led the Trojans (5-7, 0-2) with 18 points.

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Swin Cash had 19 points and 14 rebounds as No. 1 Connecticut (11-0) won its 28th consecutive game, defeating No. 8 Louisiana Tech (12-4) at Ruston, La., 71-55. . . . Kara Lawson scored 19 points as No. 2 Tennessee (14-1, 2-0) outlasted Arkansas (9-5, 0-2), 76-61, in a Southeastern Conference game at Fayetteville, Ark. . . . Tawana McDonald scored 20 points and blocked five shots at Athens, Ga., as No. 4 Georgia (13-2, 1-0 SEC) beat Alabama (12-2, 0-1), 96-41, the Crimson Tide’s most lopsided loss. . . . Shalicia Hurns scored 19 points as No. 6 Purdue (14-3, 4-0 Big Ten) stopped Indiana (12-3, 3-1), 67-59, at Bloomington, Ind. . . . Allison Curtin scored 23 points at Champaign, Ill., as Illinois (6-8, 1-1 Big Ten) snapped No. 10 Penn State’s eight-game winning streak, 75-71. Penn State fell to 11-4, 3-1. . . . Marie Ferdinand scored 19 points to lead No. 11 Louisiana State (10-4, 1-1 SEC) to a 70-63 victory over No. 17 Mississippi State (9-5, 0-2) at Starkville, Miss. . . . Tamara Stocks scored 23 points as No. 14 Florida (13-1, 2-0 SEC) beat Kentucky (4-9, 0-2), 85-48, at Lexington, Ky. . . . Tynesha Lewis scored 19 points to help No. 16 North Carolina State (10-4, 2-3) to a 75-35 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Wake Forest (8-6, 1-3) at Raleigh, N.C. . . . Tatyana Troina scored 24 points at Columbia, S.C., to lead South Carolina (6-8, 2-0 SEC) to an 87-60 victory over No. 20 Auburn (13-3, 1-1). . . . Zuzana Klimesova scored 20 points to lead No. 23 Vanderbilt (12-1, 1-0 SEC) past Mississippi (12-2, 0-1), 79-64, at Nashville. . . . Lauren Beckman’s four free throws in the final 30 seconds preserved No. 25 Utah’s 76-73 victory over New Mexico (9-6, 0-1) in a Mountain West opener at Albuquerque, N.M. Utah improved to 12-2, 1-0.