Carey’s 3-Pointer Fuels Texas, 65-63

Jamie Carey, a former Stanford standout, made another big shot for Texas on Sunday, this time a three-pointer with nine seconds left to lift the No. 5-ranked Longhorns to a 65-63 victory over No. 9 Kansas State at Austin, Texas.

The Texas victory prevented the Wildcats from clinching the Big 12 Conference title and created a tie atop the conference standings with one game to play. The defending champion Longhorns (25-3, 13-2) finish the regular season Tuesday night at No. 23 Oklahoma. Kansas State (22-4, 13-2) finishes at home a day later against No. 8 Texas Tech.

Carey made only two of nine shots before sinking the game-winner.

“I don’t care if Jamie is 0-for-February,” Texas Coach Jody Conradt said. “I’m still wanting her to take the last shot.”

No. 2 Tennessee 85, Louisiana State 62 -- Shyra Ely scored 25 points, and the Lady Vols (25-2, 14-0) beat the Tigers (22-6, 10-4) at Knoxville, Tenn.

No. 6 Penn State 69, No. 4 Purdue 60 -- Kelly Mazzante scored 24 points, and Tanisha Wright sank the go-ahead shot to lead the Nittany Lions (23-4, 15-1) at State College, Pa. Penn State rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to beat the Boilermakers (24-3, 14-2) and win the Big Ten regular-season title.

No. 11 North Carolina 70, Virginia 64 -- Candace Sutton and Camille Little each scored 16 points to help the Tar Heels (22-5, 12-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat the Cavaliers (13-15, 6-10) at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Michigan 57, No. 12 Minnesota 47 -- The Wolverines (13-16, 6-10 Big Ten) beat the Golden Gophers (20-7, 9-7) at Ann Arbor, Mich., as Minnesota struggled again without Lindsay Whalen, the school’s all-time leading scorer, who broke two bones in her right hand Feb. 12 at Ohio State. Minnesota has lost four of the six games without her in the lineup.

Florida 71, No. 18 Auburn 60 -- Vanessa Hayden scored 22 points to lead the Gators (18-9, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) over the Tigers (21-7, 9-5) at Auburn, Ala. Florida rallied from a 36-26 deficit at halftime.

No. 19 Georgia 73, Kentucky 62 -- Sherill Baker scored 19 points to lead the Bulldogs (19-8, 8-6 SEC), who held off the Wildcats (11-16, 3-11) at Athens, Ga.

Marquette 62, No. 20 DePaul 61 -- Kelly Schwerman made a free throw with 14.4 seconds left to lift the Golden Eagles (19-8, 9-5 Conference USA), who won despite nearly wasting a 19-point lead over the Blue Demons (22-5, 10-4), at Milwaukee.

No. 22 Michigan State 60, Indiana 51 -- The Spartans (20-7, 10-6 Big Ten) outscored the Hoosiers (11-16, 4-12), 9-0, in overtime to prevail at Bloomington, Ind.

No. 24 Vanderbilt 62, South Carolina 41 -- Carla Thomas scored 20 points to help the Commodores (20-7, 8-6 SEC) pull away from the Gamecocks (10-17, 1-13) at Columbia, S.C.

No. 25 Ohio State 72, Wisconsin 56 -- The Buckeyes (19-8, 11-5 Big Ten) clinched sole possession of third place in the Big Ten with the victory over the Badgers (10-16, 4-12) at Madison, Wis.