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Stanford Stifles Cal, Keeps Streak Going

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From Associated Press

Brooke Smith scored 14 of her 21 points in the first half, and No. 6 Stanford beat California for the ninth consecutive time, 88-53, Thursday night.

Stanford (14-2, 6-1 in the Pacific 10) won its 31st straight conference home game and is 33-2 at home dating to the 2002-03 season. Cal (8-8, 2-5) did not have a field goal for 9:34 during the first half.

No. 3 Louisiana State 64, Florida 47 -- At Gainsville, Fla., Seimone Augustus scored 18 points as LSU (15-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) defeated the Gators for the fifth time in a row.

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No. 4 Rutgers 69, Georgetown 33 -- Rutgers (12-2, 3-0 Big East) won it’s seventh in a row behind Michelle Campbell’s scored 20 points at Piscataway, N.J.

No. 5 Ohio State 80, No. 21 Iowa 57 -- Marscilla Packer and Michelle Munoz scored all of the points in an 11-0 first-half run at home for Ohio State (16-2, 4-1 Big Ten).

No. 8 Tennessee 72, Arkansas 54 -- At Knoxville, Tenn., Shanna Zolman scored 16 points for Tennessee (11-3, 1-0 SEC). Arkansas scored only 17 points in the first half.

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No. 9 Michigan State 74, Wisconsin 66 -- Liz Shimek had 22 points at home for the Spartans (14-2, 3-1 Big Ten).

No. 11 Minnesota 58, No. 20 Purdue 38 -- Shannon Schonrock scored a career-high 25 points, and Minnesota (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten) won for the first time in 18 visits to Purdue (10-5, 3-2).

No. 15 Maryland 72, Georgia Tech 65 -- Shay Doron scored 28 points for the Terrapins (12-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) at Atlanta.

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No. 17 Vanderbilt 73, Auburn 67 -- Carla Thomas had 32 points on the road for Vanderbilt (13-2) in the SEC opener for both teams.

Kentucky 71, No. 18 Georgia 63 -- At Lexington, Ky., Kentucky (12-5, 1-1 SEC) got its first win over a ranked opponent in five seasons.

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