AROUND THE NATION

Rebounding from its first loss of the season, No. 1 Connecticut (14-1) was an 80-51 winner over Old Dominion (8-5) at Storrs, Conn. Svetlana Abrosimova had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Connecticut, which also had a win streak end at 30 in a 92-76 loss to Notre Dame on Monday. . . . Gwen Jackson and Semeka Randall each scored 20 points as No. 2 Tennessee (17-1, 5-0)--playing its first game without star player Tamika Catchings--was an 85-69 winner over No. 4 Georgia (15-3, 3-1) in a Southeastern Conference game at Knoxville, Tenn. Catchings suffered a torn knee ligament in Monday’s victory over Mississippi State. . . . Georgia Schweitzer scored off a lob pass with 20 seconds left to lift No. 5 Duke (17-1, 5-1) to a 62-59 victory over No. 22 North Carolina State (11-6, 2-5) in an ACC game at Durham, N.C. . . . No. 6 Purdue (16-3, 6-0) was a 57-34 winner over Michigan State (8-9, 2-4), closing the Big Ten game at West Lafayette, Ind., with an 18-4 run. . . . No. 8 Louisiana Tech (15-4, 6-0) got 47 points from its reserves in a 105-47 victory over Western Kentucky (11-5, 5-1) in a Sun Belt game at Ruston, La. . . . Naomi Mobley had 16 points and 10 rebounds for No. 10 Florida (14-2, 3-1) in a 72-59 victory over Auburn (13-6, 1-4) in an SEC game at Gainesville, Fla.

Ke-Ke Tardy had career highs in points (20) and rebounds (nine) for No. 12 Louisiana State (12-5, 3-2) in an 87-64 victory over Kentucky (4-12, 0-5) in an SEC game at Baton Rouge, La. Jackie Stiles, the nation’s leading scorer at 30.1 points a game, scored 33 points to lead No. 14 Southwest Missouri State (12-3, 6-1) to an 86-52 victory over Bradley (5-9, 0-6) in a Missouri Valley game at Springfield, Mo. . . . . . . Zuzana Klimesova scored a career-high 32 points to lead No. 15 Vanderbilt (15-2, 4-0) to an 85-56 victory over South Carolina (7-10, 3-2) in an SEC game at Nashville. . . . Erin Batth scored 18 points to lead No. 20 Clemson (14-4, 5-2) to a 72-64 victory over Georgia Tech (10-5, 2-4) in an ACC game at Atlanta. . . . Shameka Christon scored 21 points to lead Arkansas (10-6, 1-3) to a 72-45 victory over No. 21 Mississippi State (10-5, 1-3) in an SEC game at Fayetteville, Ark. . . . Lauren Beckman tied a career-high with 23 points and had 11 rebounds for No. 24 Utah (15-2, 4-0) in a 73-51 victory over Colorado State (12-3, 1-1) in a Mountain West game at Salt Lake City. . . .

No. 25 Virginia (13-6) got 21 points and 18 rebounds from Schuye LaRue in an 83-76 victory over Richmond (9-8) at Charlottesville, Va.