No. 1 Connecticut Rolls Again

Tamika Williams scored 15 points and top-ranked Connecticut defeated No. 23 Virginia Tech, 77-42, Sunday at Storrs, Conn.

The Huskies (26-0, 12-0 in the Big East) shot 56% and forced the Hokies (16-6, 7-4) into a season-high 26 turnovers.

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Kara Lawson’s driving layup with 1:06 to play was one of only two baskets in the final 13 minutes for No. 3 Tennessee, but it was enough for the Lady Vols (20-2, 9-1 in the Southeastern Conference) in a 52-50 victory over No. 22 Georgia (15-8, 4-7) at Athens, Ga. ... No. 5 Duke (21-3, 13-0) claimed the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title with a 77-69 victory over Clemson (14-9, 6-6) at Durham, N.C.... Chantelle Anderson, Zuzi Klimesova and Ashley McElhiney each scored 19 points, and No. 6 Vanderbilt (21-5, 7-3 in the SEC) was a 72-53 winner over No. 25 Mississippi State (16-8, 7-4) at Nashville.... No. 7 Purdue (20-3, 11-2 in a Big Ten) won its 24th home game in a row, 79-55 over Indiana (11-13, 5-8)....Jocelyn Penn scored 21 points for No. 9 South Carolina (20-3, 8-2 in the SEC) in a 74-73 victory over Kentucky (8-15, 1-10), 74-73, at Lexington, Ky.... Keasha Cannon had 27 points and 16 rebounds, and Nebraska (13-11, 3-8 in the Big 12) defeated No. 11 Kansas State (21-4, 9-3), 67-52, at Lincoln, Neb.... No. 14 Florida (16-7, 6-4 in the SEC) held on for a 74-73 victory over Mississippi (11-13, 3-8) at Oxford, Miss.... Notre Dame (15-7, 9-2 in the Big East) was a 60-44 winner over No. 16 Boston College (17-5, 8-3)--its 49th consecutive home victory.... Lindsay Whalen scored 22 points for No. 18 Minnesota (19-4, 9-3 in the Big Ten) in an 86-78 victory over Northwestern (4-19, 0-12) at Evanston, Ill.... Lucienne Berthieu’s 19 points sparked No. 20 Old Dominion (17-5, 13-0 in the Colonial Athletic Conference) to a 72-45 victory over Delaware (17-5, 10-3) at Norfolk, Va.... Coretta Brown and Nikki Teasley each scored 23 points for No. 24 North Carolina (19-6, 8-4 in the ACC) in an 80-71 victory over North Carolina State (11-12, 5-7) at Raleigh, N.C.