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Tar Heels open with easy victory
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Published: November 14, 2009
Updated: 11/14/2009 02:30 am
Top 25
No. 5 North Carolina 88, College of Charleston 57: Laura Broomfield and She'la White scored 14 points each to help North Carolina defeat College of Charleston in the season opener for both teams last night in Chapel Hill.
Cetera DeGraffenreid and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt added 13 points apiece for the Tar Heels.
No. 2 Stanford 89, Old Dominion 56: Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and No. 2 Stanford opened its season with a victory against Old Dominion last night in Norfolk, Va.
No. 3 Ohio State 91, Eastern Illinois 68: Jantel Lavender had 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead Ohio State past Eastern Illinois in the first round of the preseason Women's National Invitational Tournament yesterday in Columbus, Ohio.
No. 6 Duke 104, Houston Baptist 35: Bridgette Mitchell scored 18 points, Krystal Thomas added 14 points and 12 rebounds and visiting Duke cruised to a season-opening win against Houston Baptist last night.
Dayton 77, No. 10 Michigan State 74: Kristin Daugherty scored 17 points and Dayton upset visiting Michigan State last night.
No. 11 Xavier 81, Southern Cal 71 (OT): Amber Harris had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead Xavier past Southern Cal yesterday in Los Angeles.
No. 14 Virginia 68, Maryland-Baltimore County 57: Virginia coach Debbie Ryan earned her 700th career victory, as the Cavaliers got 15 second-half points from Monica Wright to defeat UMBC last night in Catonsville, Md.
No. 15 Florida State 79, North Florida 50: Florida State held North Florida scoreless for more than 12 minutes and rolled to an easy win last night in Tallahassee.
No. 19 Georgia Tech 63, Winthrop 30: Mo Bennett had 21 points and seven rebounds to help Georgia Tech beat Winthrop in the opener of the Women's Preseason NIT last night in Atlanta.
State/area
Wake Forest 64, Jacksonville 47: Freshman center Sandra Garcia had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead Wake Forest past Jacksonville last night at Joel Coliseum.
Secily Ray added 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Deacons.
Desarae Johnson led Jacksonville with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Garcia all finished with five blocked shots in her first collegiate game.
Liberty 71, Winston-Salem State 26: Devon Brown scored 26 points to lead Liberty past Winston-Salem State last night.
Brown was 11 of 14 from the field, including 3 of 5 from long range.
Rene Rector led WSSU with six points.
The Rams were limited to 26 percent shooting and committed 32 turnovers.
Appalachian State 63, Marshall 58: Sam Ramirez scored 23 points to lead Appalachian State past Marshall last night in Huntington, W. Va.
Ramirez lift a jumper with 16 seconds remaining to give the Apps a five-point lead.
Clearwater Christian 62, Piedmont Baptist 61: Visiting Piedmont Baptist rallied from 13 points down in the second half, but missed a shot at the buzzer that would have won the game last night.
Emily Buffaloe and Kirby Hill scored 17 each for PBC (1-1), which will play at Jacksonville Trinity Baptist today.
Navy 70, High Point 67 (OT): Cassie Consedine scored 22 points to lead Navy past High Point at the Phoenix Classic last night in Elon.
Richmond 65, Western Carolina 42: Richmond ended the first half on a 15-3 run and rolled past visiting Western Carolina last night.
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