Top 25 Capsules

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)—Kayla Pedersen scored 22 points and Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 21 to help No. 2 Stanford power past No. 25 Rutgers 81-66 on Sunday.

The Cardinal, who feature a starting lineup with four players over 6 feet tall, were just too big for the Scarlet Knights. Stanford held a 50-33 rebounding edge, including getting a whopping 28 offensive boards that led to 25 second-chance points.

JJ Hones added 15 points, hitting five 3-pointers for the Cardinal (2-0). All-America center Jayne Appel had 11 points and 12 rebounds, but was just 3 of 10 from the field.

Brittany Ray scored 17 points and Rashidat Junaid added 10 for Rutgers (0-1).

Stanford’s win spoiled a banner day for Rutgers. Before the game, the school honored coach C. Vivian Stringer for her induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this past September.

No. 3 Ohio State 91, Bowling Green 72

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Jantel Lavender had 23 points and 14 rebounds to lead Ohio State to a victory over Bowling Green in the quarterfinals of the Preseason WNIT.

It was the 39th career double-double for Lavender, an AP preseason All-America.

Tayler Hill added 19 points for Ohio State (2-0), while Samantha Prahalis had 14 points and eight assists. Sarah Schulze had nine of her 15 points in the second half when Ohio State led by as many as 32 points.

Tracy Pontius had 18 points and Lauren Prochaska added 11 for Bowling Green (1-1).

Ohio State led 55-28 at halftime as Lavender had 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field.

Bowling Green pulled within 27-20 on Jen Uhl’s three-point play with 7:21 left in the first half, but Ohio State went on an 18-0 run over the 4 1/2 minutes.

No. 4 Notre Dame 102, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 57

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—Becca Bruszewski had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Notre Dame dominated inside, opening the season with a rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Ashley Barlow added 15 points and freshman Skylar Diggins had 14 points, eight rebounds and four steals for the Fighting Irish (1-0), who had eight players in double figures. The Lady Lions (0-2) gave up 100 points for a second straight game. They lost their season-opener to Mississippi State 106-48 on Friday.

Shay Holmes led Pine Bluff with 14 points.

Texas A&M 95, No. 6 Duke 77

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP)—Danielle Adams scored 24 points in her Texas A&M debut and the Aggies stunned Duke.

The Aggies (1-0) took the lead near the midway point of the first half and didn’t trail again. Despite poor shooting, the Blue Devils (1-1) cut the lead to three points with about 14 minutes remaining, but the Aggies scored 10 straight points to make it 65-52 and Duke didn’t threaten again.

Adams scored seven points in that span, including a nifty off-balance layup which she turned into a three-point play.

The win improved Texas A&M’s all-time record against the Blue Devils to 3-0. This was the first meeting between the schools since a 77-63 win by the Aggies in the round of 16 in the 2008 NCAA tournament.

No. 8 Tennessee 74, No. 7 Baylor 65

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Shekinna Stricklen had 25 points and 14 rebounds to lead Tennessee in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic.

All the buzz entering the game was about Brittney Griner, the Lady Bears’ celebrated recruit who dunked in an exhibition game. The 6-foot-8 Griner dunked a few times in warmups and scored 15 points, but never got close enough to the rim for a chance to dunk during the game.

The Lady Volunteers (1-0) used a combination of post players—who spent much of the game in foul trouble—to shut down Griner.

Stricklen hit a fast-break layup on a steal and assist from Kamiko Williams to cap a 14-2 run that gave the Lady Vols a 52-38 lead with 9:49 left.

Melissa Jones led the Lady Bears (0-1) with 21 points.

No. 9 LSU 92, Centenary 19

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)—Senior guard Allison Hightower scored 20 points before sitting for most of the second half and LSU ran away to a rout of Centenary.

The 73-point margin of victory was the second-largest in LSU history, three shy of the 104-28 victory over Prairie View A&M on Dec. 1, 1995.

Hightower, the SEC preseason player of the year, hit all four of her 3-point attempts, putting her halfway to her total for the entire 2008-09 season. LSU (1-0) finished 10 of 17 from 3-point range.

Centenary (0-2) had more than twice as many turnovers (21) as points in trailing 51-9 at halftime.

Both teams looked sloppy early, and LSU coach Van Chancellor called a timeout with a 3-2 lead just 2:17 into the game. Hightower then hit two 3-pointers in less than a minute, and the Lady Tigers were rolling.

Centenary finished with 33 turnovers.

No. 10 Michigan State 71, Detroit 62

DETROIT (AP)—Aisha Jefferson scored 16 points to help Michigan State beat Detroit for its first win of the season.

The Spartans (1-1) trailed 37-36 at halftime but went on a 15-3 run early in the second half to take the lead for good. Courtney Schiffauer made consecutive 3-pointers at the start of the decisive stretch.

Lauren Aitch finished with 13 points and eight rebounds for Michigan State, which lost 77-74 at Dayton in its season opener on Friday night.

Brigid Mulroy had a career-best 27 points for the Titans (1-1).

No. 21 Georgia 62, No. 13 Oklahoma 51

ATHENS, Ga. (AP)—Porsha Phillips and Jasmine James each scored 15 points and Georgia held off Oklahoma’s second-half comeback.

Georgia led by 13 points early in the second half only to see Oklahoma pull even at 43 with 6:48 remaining. The Lady Bulldogs (1-0) regained the lead on Meredith Mitchell’s three-point play.

Oklahoma (1-1), a Final Four team last season, never led against its first Top 25 opponent since the end of the Courtney Paris era. The Sooners have to replace Paris, the NCAA’s all-time rebounding leader, and her sister, Ashley.

Whitney Hand led Oklahoma with 13 points, while Abi Olajuwon had 10 points and nine rebounds.

No. 14 Virginia 86, Manhattan 68

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP)—Monica Wright made her final 10 shots from the field and scored 25 of her game-high 31 points in the second half to lift Virginia past Manhattan.

The Cavaliers (2-0) forced 15 turnovers and held Manhattan scoreless for almost 6 minutes in taking a 40-23 halftime lead.

Virginia outscored the Jaspers (1-1) 30-13 over the final 14:11 of the first half.

Wright, who attempted four shots in the first half, finished 12 of 14 from the field. The senior added five steals and four assists.

Simone Egwu, one of five freshmen to play for the Cavaliers, had 13 points and nine rebounds.

Alyssa Herrington had 32 points for Manhattan, which shot 55.2 percent from the field in the second half.

No. 16 Arizona St. 73, South Dakota St. 64

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP)—Becca Tobin scored a career-high 18 points in the Sun Devils’ opener.

Danielle Orsillo added 12 points, five assists and four steals for the Sun Devils, which lost in an NCAA regional final to national champion Connecticut last season.

Kristin Rotert scored 14 points to lead the Jackrabbits (1-1) and Jennie Sunnarborg had 11 points.

Arizona State started the second half on an 8-3 run to open a 46-39 lead, taking advantage when South Dakota State missed five of its first six shots.

The Jackrabbits were 9 of 26 from the field in the second half.

Kayli Murphy, one of only two returning starters for Arizona State, added 12 points and 13 rebounds.

No. 17 DePaul 77, North Dakota State 65

CHICAGO (AP)—Deirdre Naughton scored 20 points, topping 1,000 in her DePaul career to help the Blue Demons beat North Dakota State.

The senior guard passed the milestone with a layup at the 17:15 mark of the first half. She now has 1,019 points for her three DePaul seasons and 1,438 points for a four-year career including freshman year at Wake Forest.

The Blue Demons (2-0) never trailed and opened a 20-point lead by half. But the Bison (1-1) fought back in the second half and cut the deficit to 72-65 as DePaul managed just one field goal over 5-minute span.

Jennifer Juergens had 17 points and reserve Anna Martin added 15 for the Blue Demons.

Janae Burich scored 13 points and Ashley Samuelseon added 11 for North Dakota State.

No. 18 California 100, Idaho State 43

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP)—Freshman DeNesha Stallworth scored 17 points to help Cal open its season with a rout of Idaho State.

This was the Bears’ first 100-point-plus effort since Jan. 6, 1996, and set a scoring record for the remodeled Haas Pavilion. It was the 15th time in Cal history that the team reached triple digits.

Alexis Gray-Lawson and Natasha Vital each added 16 points for the Bears (1-0) who jumped out to a 46-9 lead with 7:24 left in the first half.

Oana Iacovita led the Bengals (0-2) with 15 points.

Oklahoma State 70, No. 19 Georgia Tech 64

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP)—Andrea Riley scored 24 points and Tegan Cunningham had 20 points and 10 rebounds as Oklahoma State beat Georgia Tech in the second round of the Preseason Women’s NIT.

The Cowgirls (2-0), who missed the NCAA tournament last season after making it to the round of 16 a year earlier, held the Yellow Jackets to 0-for-13 shooting from 3-point range.

Junior college transfer Precious Robinson added 14 points and 12 rebounds for Oklahoma State. Riley had seven assists to go with eight turnovers.

Sasha Goodlett had 21 points to lead Georgia Tech (1-1), and Brigitte Ardossi scored 13. Mo Bennett, who scored 21 points in the Yellow Jackets’ season opener, had six points on 2-for-15 shooting. She missed all six of her 3-point tries.

No. 20 Kansas 106, Oral Roberts 80

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)—Danielle McCray scored 21 of her 27 points in a dominating first half and Aishah Sutherland added 24, helping Kansas open the season with a resounding win over Oral Roberts.

Ranked in the preseason for the first time since 1999, Kansas (1-0) played a near-flawless first half offensively, shooting 61 percent to build a 22-point lead. Even with a slight letup in the second half, the Jayhawks cruised to their fifth straight season-opening win.

Oral Roberts (1-1) opened the season with a 33-point victory over Texas-Pan American on Friday, but was no match for Kansas inside and had trouble shooting from the perimeter. The young Golden Eagles shot 7 of 29 from 3-point range and were outscored 18-0 on second-chance points.

No. 22 Vanderbilt 90, Lehigh 54

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Reserve Tiffany Clarke scored 14 points and No. 22 Vanderbilt rolled to a victory over Lehigh.

The Commodores (1-0) took a 47-24 lead with 1:05 left in the first half. The Mountain Hawks (1-1) used a 14-0 run to cut their deficit to 47-38 with 18:09 remaining on a basket by Emily Gratch. Vanderbilt responded with eight straight points to pull away.

The Commodores shot 55.6 percent (35 of 63) for the game, including 61.8 percent (21 of 34) in the first half.

Lauren Lueders added 13 points and Hannah Tuomi had 12 for Vanderbilt. Jence Rhoads recorded a career-high 10 assists for the Commodores, who won the Southeastern Conference tournament championship and reached the round of 16 of the NCAA tournament last season.

Gratch had 14 points for Lehigh, which was playing Vanderbilt for the first time.

No. 23 Louisville 65, Dayton 63

DAYTON, Ohio (AP)—Monique Reid had 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead Louisville to a victory over Dayton.

LaToya Johnson and Asia Taylor both had 10 points for the Cardinals (1-0), who trailed 60-53 with 4:53 to play.

Kendel Ross had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Flyers (1-1), who opened the season with a victory over No. 10 Michigan State.

The Cardinals used an 8-1 run to tie the game at 61 with 2:25 to go.

Ross made two free throws with 37 seconds left to give the Flyers a 63-61 lead. Becky Burke’s 3-pointer with 18 seconds to play gave Louisville a 64-63 lead.

Ross missed the potential go-ahead 3 on the ensuing possession and Reid hit one free throw with 5 seconds to go. Ross was just short with a desperation heave from midcourt at the buzzer.

No. 24 Middle Tennessee 78, Central Florida 53

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP)—Alysha Clark had 32 points and 15 rebounds for her 56th career double-double, leading Middle Tennessee to a victory over Central Florida.

Chelsia Lymon scored 17 points and Jackie Pickel added 12 for the Blue Raiders (1-0).

Emma Cannon had 19 points and 17 rebounds for Central Florida (0-1).

Clark, who led the nation in scoring last season with a 27.5-point average, had 17 points in the first half before picking up her third foul with 5:31 left and Middle Tennessee leading 30-19. The Knights got within 30-23 at halftime.

Middle Tennessee used a 19-4 run over the first 10 minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach. Clark scored eight points in the run.