Lady Vols Keep Irish in Check

Gwen Jackson scored 16 points and Tasha Butts had a season-high 13 points as No. 5 Tennessee defeated No. 12 Notre Dame, 77-61, at Indianapolis on Saturday.

The Lady Volunteers (9-2) kept their record perfect against the Irish by winning their 15th consecutive game in the series.

The Irish (7-2) wanted to avenge an 89-50 loss to the Lady Vols in March that knocked defending champion Notre Dame out of the NCAA tournament.

But the Irish shot just 30.6% from the field, and their two leading scorers ahead of the game, Jacqueline Batteast and Alicia Ratay, combined for only seven points. Courtney LaVere finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead Notre Dame.

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No. 22 UC Santa Barbara 82, Richmond 72 -- Lisa Willett scored 16 points, and Mia Fisher added 14 to help lead the Gauchos (5-1) past the Spiders (7-2) in the Ram Holiday Classic at Fort Collins, Colo.

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In other games:

Aiysha Smith scored 19 points and DeTrina White added 16 as No. 2 Louisiana State (10-0) beat No. 15 Texas (6-3), 76-58, at Baton Rouge, La. The Tigers held Texas’ leading scorer, Stacy Stephens, to just six points in the game and no field goals in the second half.... Defending national champion Connecticut (10-0), ranked No. 3, beat South Florida (4-6), 72-56, at Tampa, Fla.... Kendra Wecker scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for No. 4 Kansas State (11-1) in a 63-58 victory over Northern Illinois (4-6) at Dekalb, Ill....Cisti Greenwalt had 21 points and 11 rebounds as No. 8 Texas Tech (8-1) topped Southern Mississippi (6-5) in an 86-62 victory at Hattiesburg, Miss....Texas Christian (5-5) scored its first victory over a ranked team since 2001, beating No. 9 Vanderbilt (7-2), 70-53, at Fort Worth.... Dana Cherry scored 19 points to lead No. 10 Arkansas (9-1) to a 71-61 victory over Western Kentucky (5-4) at Fayetteville, Ark.... Janel McCarville and Kim Prince each scored 18 points as No. 11 Minnesota extended its season-opening winning streak to 10 games with an 88-54 victory over Wright State (1-8) at Fairborn, Ohio.... No. 14 Mississippi State (8-2) had its winning streak end at six games with a 69-65 loss to Utah (8-1) at Missoula, Mont....Kelly Mazzante scored 28 points to lead No. 17 Penn State (8-2) to a 96-68 victory over Kent State (3-6) in the Surf ‘N Slam Classic at San Diego.... Theresa Schuknecht had 23 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 19 Oklahoma (9-3) to an 87-59 victory over Southeast Missouri State (6-4) at Norman, Okla....Clare Droesch scored 16 points and Kim Mackie added 11 as No. 20 Boston College (7-2) beat Southern Methodist (5-4) 67-57 in the first round of the DoubleTree Classic at New Orleans.... No. 25 Michigan is 8-2 after losing, 78-64, to Virginia (5-4) in a State Farm Classic semifinal at Gainesville, Fla.