Sunday's Top 25 College Women's Basketball Capsules

Games played on Dec. 28, 2014

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Center Isabelle Harrison had 20 points and 12 rebounds and No. 8 Tennessee beat No. 10 Oregon State 74-63 on Sunday.

Freshman Alexa Middleton added 12 points off the bench to help the Lady Vols (10-2) hand the Beavers (10-1) their first loss.

Tennessee has defeated two straight Top 10 opponents. The Lady Vols beat Stanford 59-40 on Dec. 20.

Sydney Wiese led Oregon State with 19 points on 6-for-17 shooting. Ali Gibson added 14.

Middleton scored six consecutive points midway through the second half, and her jumper from the top of the key with 8:10 to play gave the Lady Vols a 56-52 lead. Tennessee maintained its cushion at the foul line, though the Lady Vols made just 22 of 34 free throws.

Oregon State failed to score in the final 1:47.

NO. 4 NOTRE DAME 82, UCLA 67

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Allen scored a career-high 22 points and Notre Dame beat UCLA for its fourth straight victory.

Allen was 8 of 10 from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. The sophomore guard matched her previous career high of 17 points by halftime and set career highs in field goals and 3-pointers made.

Freshman Brianna Turner added 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for her first career double-double for the Fighting Irish (12-1). Jewell Lloyd had 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Nirra Fields scored 20 points for UCLA (4-7). The Bruins are 0-5 against Top 25 teams this season.

No. 12 KENTUCKY 87, TENNESSEE STATE 75

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Alexis Jennings scored a career-high 27 points and had eight rebounds to lead Kentucky.

Linnae Harper added 17 points and out six assists, Makayla Epps had 16 points and Janee Thompson had eight points and seven steals for Kentucky (11-2), which shot 39.4 percent from the floor but went 28 of 43 from the free throw line to seal the win.

Brianna Lawrence led Tennessee State (3-8) with 19 points.

SETON HALL 70, No. 14 GEORGIA 51

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored 15 of her 25 points in a key second-half run to help Seton Hall upset Georgia for the Pirates' 11th straight victory.

The winning streak is Seton Hall's longest since a 12-game run in 1980-81. After Georgia's Merritt Hempe made it a four-point game with 9:57 left, Richardson-Smith scored 15 of the next 17 points to blow it open for Seton Hall (12-1).

Tiaria Griffin scored 16 points for Georgia.

NO. 16 STANFORD 90, UC SANTA BARBARA 34

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Lili Thompson had 12 points to help Stanford rout UC Santa Barbara.

Karlie Samuelson added 11 points, Briana Roberson had 11, and Brittany McPhee 10 for the Cardinal (8-4) in their final tuneup before starting Pac-12 play.

Santa Barbara is 0-11.

No. 17 RUTGERS 66, INDIANA 51

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Betnijah Laney had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Rutgers' defense stymied Indiana's offense to open Big Ten play.

Laney had her ninth double-double of the season for Rutgers (10-2), this one coming after she sat out a game with a sprained thumb. Tyler Scaife added 16 points and Kahleah Cooper had 13. Larryn Brooks led Indiana (10-2) with 13 points.

NORTHWESTERN 61, NO. 20 MICHIGAN STATE 57

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Nia Coffey scored 15 points and Northwestern beat Michigan State in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Christen Inman added 13 as the Wildcats (11-1) beat the defending conference champions despite 38 percent shooting.

Michigan State (8-4) shot 29 percent, going 9 of 37 in the first half.

Becca Mills had 21 points and 16 rebounds for the Spartans.

NO. 22 SYRACUSE 76, CORNELL 59

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Alexis Peterson had 18 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals in

Syracuse's victory over Cornell.

Diamond Henderson added 14 points, Brianna Butler had 13, Briana Day finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Cornelia Fondren had 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds to help the Orange (9-3) win their 68th straight nonconference game.

Nia Marshall and Kerri Moran had 14 points apiece for the Big Red (6-5).

NO. 23 IOWA 77, PENN ST. 52

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Bethany Doolittle had 12 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks, and Iowa beat Penn State in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Melissa Dixon was 5 of 12 from 3-point range and led the Hawkeyes (10-2) with 21 points. Ally Disterhoft, Whitney Jennings and Christina Buttenham each added 11 points.

Lindsey Spann had 22 points, five rebounds and four assists for Penn State (3-9).

DAYTON 72, No. 24 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY 66

DATYON, Ohio (AP) - Andrea Hoover scored 15 points and hit a key 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining to lift Dayton past Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Kaili Lukan scored for Green Bay to tie it with 1:17 left before Hoover hit her trey with 54 seconds to go. The Phoenix couldn't get off a shot on the ensuing series, and Amber Deane made a pair of free throws to stretch the Flyers' lead to 71-66 with 20 seconds left. Megan Lukan and Tesha Buck each missed 3s for the Phoenix, and Ally Malott made one of two free throws for the Flyers to end it.

Kelley Austria, Deane and Malott each had 14 points for Dayton (8-3).

Kaili Lukan scored 17 points for Green Bay (9-3).

NO. 25 ARIZONA ST. 69, YALE 51

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Promise Amukamara scored 15 points, and Quinn Dornstauder had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Arizona State.

The Sun Devils (11-1) used a 16-2 run to extend a 10-point second-half lead to 56-32 on Katie Hempen's 3-pointer with 8:51 to go. Hempen was 3 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with 14 points.

Lena Munzer scored 10 points for Yale (4-7).

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