Wiley-Gatewood Leaves Top-Ranked Tennessee

Sa’de Wiley-Gatewood, a 5-foot-9 sophomore guard from Pomona, has decided to leave No. 1-ranked Tennessee’s women’s basketball team.

“Sa’de didn’t feel like she could play her game here,” Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt said Monday. “We hate to see her leave the Lady Vol family.”

Wiley-Gatewood had started eight of unbeaten Tennessee’s nine games and averaged eight points in 26.3 minutes after playing in only 13 games as a freshman while battling tendinitis in her knee.

In a statement released by the Lady Vols, she thanked everyone at Tennessee, including Summitt, who Wiley-Gatewood said helped her “improve as a player and to grow as a person.”

“I love my teammates and I appreciate their support while I was going through this,” added Wiley-Gatewood, who underwent surgery in March for her knee problem.

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In select games Monday:

No. 25 Temple 69, No. 15 Georgia 66 -- Jennifer Owens made a three-point shot with 1.6 seconds left in overtime to lead the Owls (7-2) over the Bulldogs (7-3) at Philadelphia.

At 66-66, the game appeared headed for a second overtime just before Owens connected from beyond the arc despite tight defense from Georgia’s Cori Chambers, who fouled Owens on the play. Owens missed the free throw, but Georgia’s desperation heave after the miss went out of bounds.

Candice Dupree led Temple with 17 points and nine rebounds. Tasha Humphrey had a game-high 28 points and 16 rebounds for Georgia.

No. 2 Duke 110, Ball State 24 -- The Cardinals (6-3) made only nine of 71 shots (13%) in the loss to the Blue Devils (8-0) at Durham, N.C. The Blue Devils’ previous biggest rout was an 82-point victory over Elon on Nov. 21, 2003.

No. 8 Connecticut 81, Holy Cross 54 -- Mel Thomas’ 23 points led the Huskies (8-1) over the Crusaders (3-6) at Hartford, Conn.

No. 12 Arizona State 78, Texas-San Antonio 64 -- The Sun Devils (9-1) led by only two at halftime but extended it to a 49-40 edge in the first 8:36 of the second half at Tempe, Ariz. Emily Westerberg had 17 points to lead Arizona State. Vivian Ewalefo had 16 points to lead the Roadrunners (5-4).

UC Santa Barbara 86, Arizona 63 -- The host Gauchos (3-6), who recorded their second consecutive victory over a Pacific 10 team, beat the Wildcats (4-5) to improve to 3-1 at Goleta.