Duke Is Too Tough for Tennessee, 76-55

Alana Beard had 22 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and five steals to lead top-ranked Duke (2-0) over No. 2 Tennessee, 76-55, Sunday in the inaugural women’s Jimmy V Classic at Raleigh, N.C.

It was the 35th meeting of No. 1 vs. No. 2 in women’s college basketball. Tennessee has been involved in 19 such matchups and dropped to 4-6 when ranked second. Tennessee (1-1) turned the ball over 23 times and shot 21% in the second half.

In other top 25 games:

Seimone Augustus made eight of 10 shots and scored 17 points as No. 3 Louisiana State (2-0) defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 93-52, at Hammond, La..... Kendra Wecker had 26 points and 14 rebounds as No. 4 Kansas State (4-0) beat No. 14 Penn State, 88-66, at Manhattan, Kan., to win the Preseason WNIT. Kansas State pulled away from the Lions (4-1) with an 8-0 run with 4:34 left....Kelley Suminski scored the winning basket with 17.7 seconds left as No. 5 Stanford (2-0) overcame 21 turnovers to beat San Francisco, 59-57, at San Francisco. Joy Hollingsworth led the Dons (1-2) with 18 points.... No. 6 Connecticut (2-0) extended its winning streak to 41 games with a 78-50 victory over North Carolina State (0-1) in the second game of the Jimmy V Classic....No. 7 Purdue (2-0) broke the game open with a 37-7 run to close the first half and beat Pacific, 91-57, at West Lafayette, Ind..... No. 13 Texas Tech (1-1) went on a 13-0 run that made the score 34-15 with 4:41 left in the first half at Lubbock, Texas, and beat Washington (1-1), 99-67....Jessica Sell scored 20 points as No. 15 North Carolina (2-0) beat East Tennessee State, 106-40, at Chapel Hill, N.C..... Lindsay Whalen, last season’s Big Ten player of the year, scored 26 points as No. 16 Minnesota routed Radford, 93-53, to win the Subway Basketball Classic at Minneapolis.... Amber Jacobs scored 26 points to lead No. 19 Boston College to a 66-40 victory over Siena (2-2) at Boston....Lindsey Wilson scored 19 points as No. 22 Iowa State defeated St. Francis, Pa., 67-45, at Ames, Iowa.