Dixon, Baxter Lift No. 3 Maryland

Juan Dixon scored 23 points and Lonny Baxter had 21, and No. 3 Maryland defeated Clemson, 99-90, Sunday at College Park, Md. The Terrapins are 14-3 overall and 4-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Dixon made four three-point baskets to become Maryland’s career leader with 189.

Tony Stockman scored 22 points for Clemson (11-8, 2-4).

No. 10 Virginia 91, Florida State 74--Chris Williams scored 24 points and the Cavaliers (12-2, 3-2 ACC) were hardly challenged at Charlottesville, Va.

Virginia scored 32 points in the final 6:38 of the first half and Florida State (9-7, 2-3) never recovered.

No. 22 Boston College 77, Virginia Tech 68--Ryan Sidney had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Eagles (14-4, 3-3 Big East) at Boston.

Kenny Walls and Troy Bell each had 17 points for Boston College, which had lost its previous three home games.

Bryant Matthews scored 19 points for Virginia Tech (6-12, 0-6).

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Freshman reserve Michelle Munoz--daughter of NFL Hall of Fame tackle Anthony Munoz--scored 14 points for No. 2 Tennessee (16-1, 5-0 in the Southeastern Conference) in an 82-57 over Alabama (11-7, 1-4) at Knoxville, Tenn.... Lindsay Whalen scored 32 points and Minnesota (14-3, 4-2 in the Big Ten) ended a 15-game winning streak by No. 5 Wisconsin (16-2, 7-1) with a 92-85 victory at Madison, Wis.... No. 6 Duke (15-3, 7-0 in the ACC) got 18 points apiece from Monique Currie and Alana Beard in an 86-69 victory over Virginia (10-8, 3-4) at Durham, N.C.... Zuzana Klimesova led No. 7 Vanderbilt (18-3, 4-1 in the SEC) in a 64-47 victory over No. 16 Georgia (13-4, 2-3) at Athens, Ga.... Jocelyn Penn scored 19 points and No. 8 South Carolina (17-2, 5-1 in the SEC) was a 78-49 winner over Kentucky (8-10, 1-5) at Columbia, S.C.... Brooke Lassiter had seven three-point baskets and 21 points for No. 10 Louisiana Tech (12-3, 7-0 in the Western Athletic Conference) in a 68-45 victory over Southern Methodist (6-11, 1-6) at Dallas.... No. 18 Florida (13-5, 3-2 in the SEC) was a 75-73 winner over Mississippi (9-9, 1-4) at Gainesville, Fla., behind Brandi McCain’s 17 points.... Carol Smith scored 27 points and No. 19 Auburn (14-4, 2-3 in the SEC) coasted to an 81-61 win over Mississippi State (12-6, 3-2) at Auburn, Ala.... No. 24 Old Dominion (11-5, 8-0 in the Colonial Athletic Assn.) extended its winning streak to eight with a 74-52 victory over Drexel (9-7, 2-5) at Norfolk, Va.