Purdue Stays Unbeaten by Stopping Vanderbilt

Erika Valek scored 16 of her career-high 23 points in the second half to help No. 6 Purdue defeat No. 8 Vanderbilt, 73-66, Saturday at Tempe, Ariz., in the AstraZeneca Hoops for the Cure Classic II, a benefit for breast-cancer research.

Shereka Wright had 14 points for the Boilermakers (6-0), who are off to their best start since the 1992-93 team won its first eight. Jenni Benningfield scored 15 points for Vanderbilt (4-1).

No. 2 Louisiana State 61, Alabama State 19 -- Giving up the fewest points in school history, the Tigers (6-0) won easily at Baton Rouge, La.

No. 7 Kansas State 60, Weber State 36 -- Kendra Wecker scored 18 points for the host Wildcats (8-1) in the Commerce Bank Classic final.

No. 9 Notre Dame 81, Arizona State 52 -- Jacqueline Batteast scored 24 points for the Fighting Irish (4-0) at Tempe, Ariz.

In other games:

Kelly Mazzante scored 28 points to help No. 11 Penn State defeat Clemson, 80-66, at Anderson, S.C.... India Lewis scored 22 points to lead No. 13 Arkansas past Rice, 63-50, at Houston.... Amber Obaze scored 21 points in No. 15 Louisiana Tech’s win over Tulane, 68-53, at New Orleans.... Jordan Adams scored 22 points to help New Mexico (5-1) beat No. 17 Texas, 77-70. The Lobos came into the game 4-14 against top-25 ranked opponents.... Catherine Kraayeveld had 26 points and 12 rebounds to help Oregon (3-3) beat No. 19 Brigham Young (5-1), 78-77, at Portland, Ore.... Dee-Dee Wheeler scored a career-high 28 points and Shawntinice Polk had 18 points and 16 rebounds to lead No. 21 Arizona (3-1) past UC Riverside, 95-66, at Tucson. LaKeima Stephens had 17 points for Riverside (0-4).... Jessalyn Deveny scored 23 points to help No. 22 Boston College (4-1) defeat Temple (4-2), 69-62, at Boston.... Lindsay Davidson’s three-point basket with 52 seconds remaining helped No. 24 George Washington (3-1) beat Syracuse, 67-66, at Syracuse, N.Y.... Verie King scored 26 points and set a school record with eight three-point baskets to help No. 25 Cincinnati defeat Coastal Carolina, 92-54, at Cincinnati.