College Basketball -- Old Dominion Surprises Georgia

NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion and Georgia had not played each other since the 1985 women's NCAA championship game. When they met again, the result was the same: The Monarchs won.

"This was our chance to earn some respect, but it wasn't a guarantee," said Old Dominion Coach Wendy Larry, whose team beat No. 2 Georgia 67-64 yesterday in the final round of the Dial Soap Classic. "This game wasn't a fluke. Now we have to build on this victory."

Ticha Penicheiro stole the ball for a layup with 42 seconds left to give Old Dominion (2-0) a 65-64 lead. Sarah Willyerd made two foul shots with 12 seconds left for the final margin.

The Monarchs held Georgia (1-1) to 40-percent field-goal shooting.

"Our shot selection was not very good," said Georgia Coach Andy Landers. "Individually, we were OK, but in team concept we were not."

Willyerd and Mary Andrade led Old Dominion with 14 points each. Saudia Roundtree had 22 for Georgia.

Other Top 25 games

No. 3 Connecticut 65, at Hawaii 48 - Kara Wolters scored 12 of her 18 points in the first half and Carla Berube picked up the scoring in the second half as the Huskies (3-1) won the Rainbow Wahine Classic. Berube finished with 12 points, 10 in the second half.

At No. 10 Purdue 80, No. 14 Kansas 72 - Tonya Kirk scored 25 points on nine-of-10 shooting to lead the Boilermakers in their season opener. Purdue twice extended its lead to 20 points in the second half, and the Jayhawks (1-1) twice cut the deficit to fewer than 10 points.

No. 20 Mississippi 73, at Tennessee Tech 51 - Lisa Miller scored 21 points while Niesha Dobbs and Tarsha Bethley added 10 each as the Rebels (1-1) won even though Tennessee Tech (0-2) scored the game's first 10 points.

Top 25 men's game

Auburn 82, No. 13 Louisville 78 - The Tigers (3-0) erased an 18-point deficit midway through the second half and held the Cardinals (2-1) to just five points over the final 5:29 in the championship game of the Puerto Rico Shootout.

Pac-10 women's games

No. 5 Vanderbilt 70, UCLA 64 - Sheri Sam scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds, leading the fifth-ranked Commodores (1-0) to victory in the Reebok Challenge in Boston. Nickey Hilbert scored 25 points for the Bruins (1-1) and Kisa Hughes added 12 points and six rebounds.

UCLA - Kuypers 0-0 0-0 0, Hilbert 8-17 5-6 25, Grimes 1-7 3-4 5, Kristich 2-7 0-0 4, Hughes 4-10 4-9 12, Gomez 3-12 0-2 7, Oenning 0-0 0-0 0, Arrendondo 1-3 0-0 2, Veasley 3-6 3-3 9, Tomich 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-62 15-24 64. VANDERBILT - Hillmon 4-5 1-1 9, Cunningham 4-6 0-1 8, Jared 0-3 1-3 1, Ostrom 1-4 1-2 4, Sam 9-18 5-6 23, Redman 2-4 0-0 5, Palmissino 1-3 0-0 2, Gorsica 1-3 0-0 2, Respondek 4-6 0-0 10, Janky 1-1 0-2 2, Ostendorf 1-2 2-2 4, Louis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-55 10-17 70. Halftime - Vanderbilt 29, UCLA 27.

No. 8 Stanford 81, at Providence 58 - Kate Starbird had 23 points, 20 in the first half, and the Cardinal (1-1) used a 21-0 midgame run to defeat the Friars (0-1). Providence endured a 12:14 scoring drought in the middle of the game.

STANFORD - Scott 7-8 0-1 14, Wustefeld 0-2 0-0 0, Wideman 3-6 0-0 7, Nygaard 3-10 2-2 9, Freuen 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Kelsey 5-14 2-6 14, Starbird 10-20 3-5 23, Benton 0-2 0-0 0, Harrington 0-1 0-0 0, Mulitauaopele 4-8 0-1 8, Owen 2-6 2-5 6. Totals 34-78 9-20 81. PROVIDENCE - Saunders 1-4 4-4 6, Davis 0-3 0-0 0, Miller 3-6 0-2 6, Chatten 0-5 3-4 3, Bresnahan 0-0 0-0 0, Walden 3-7 1-2 7, Malcolm 3-7 5-6 12, Sullivan 1-1 0-0 2, Wheeler 5-9 0-0 15, Horton 0-1 0-0 0, Simonelli 2-6 2-2 6, Penrod 0-2 1-1 1. Totals 18-51 16-22 58. Halftime - Stanford 50, Providence 40.

No. 13 N.C. State 92, Washington State 64 - Jennifer Howard made six three-pointers in the first half and finished with 28 points as the Wolfpack took fifth place in the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Hawaii. Umeki Webb scored half of her 24 points in the first 20 minutes as the Wolfpack (2-1) raced to a 44-26 lead. Howard tied a school record with eight three-pointers. The Cougars (1-2) got 18 points from Kristin Erickson.

WSU - Wight 4-14 1-1 9, Ruff 3-7 5-6 12, Erickson 7-17 5-7 20, Hyett 0-5 3-5 3, Kronberger 2-9 0-0 6, Kern 0-2 1-3 1, Wilder 2-4 1-3 5, Whaley 0-3 0-0 0, Kunze 3-6 0-0 6, Keith 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 21-67 18-27 64. NORTH CAROLINA ST. - Howard 9-13 2-3 28, Davis 2-6 1-2 5, Melvin 6-6 2-3 14, Mitchell 1-9 2-2 4, Webb 9-14 4-4 24, Jones 1-1 2-2 4, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, McLendon 3-5 3-4 9, Shepard 1-1 0-0 2, Poteat 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-57 16-20 92. Halftime - N.C. St. 44, WSU 26.

No. 18 Oregon State 84, Baylor 62 - Oregon State (2-1) turned to its "Swedish Connection" of Tanja Kostic (29 points) and Anette Mollerstrom (26) to rout Baylor (1-2) for third place in the Rainbow Wahine Classic.

BAYLOR - Holleer 2-8 2-2 6, Mooney 3-10 3-4 9, Wilson 3-7 7-12 13, Ellis 1-6 7-11 9, Harris 4-10 5-6 13, Bradley 2-4 0-0 5, Alcala 2-7 3-6 7, Applebury 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 17-57 27-41 62. OREGON ST. - Kostic 11-20 7-10 29, Dionne 2-7 0-0 4, Lelas 2-2 1-4 5, Mollerstrom 9-13 6-7 26, Vidic 2-6 0-0 4, Staton 1-5 1-2 3, McAllister 1-1 1-2 4, McMahon 0-1 0-0 0, Watts 0-0 1-2 1, McGrew 2-2 0-1 4, Walsh 0-2 0-0 0, Lewis 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 32-62 17-28 84. Halftime - Oregon St. 43, Baylor 18 Pac-10 men's game

Oregon 74, Wichita State 64 - Kenya Wilkins had 19 points and seven assists to lead the Ducks (2-1) to third place in the Big Island Invitational in Hawaii. Kyle Milling had 18 points and nine rebounds for Oregon (2-1).

Darin Miller led Wichita State (1-2) with 17 points.

WICHITA ST. - McKey 2-9 2-4 6, Arnold 4-9 1-2 10, Herrs 3-7 0-0 8, Callis 1-2 0-0 2, Flowers 0-4 0-0 0, C. Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Arnett 3-4 2-5 8, Bryant 0-0 0-0 0, Kleidon 1-4 0-0 3, Hill 4-10 2-2 10, Miller 8-13 1-2 17, Bunch 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-63 8-15 64. OREGON - Lawrence 3-9 3-4 10, Curry 4-8 0-0 8, Ramaker 1-2 1-3 4, Wilkins 5-9 7-9 19, Milling 5-6 8-11 18, Smith 0-0 2-4 2, Larry 0-0 0-0 0, B. Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Quinine 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 4-10 0-0 11, Carson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-47 21-31 74. Halftime - Oregon 40, Wichita St. 35. Three-point goals - Wichita St. 4-13 (McKey 0-3, Arnold 1-2, Herrs 2-4, Flowers 0-1, Kleidon 1-3), Oregon 7-20 (Lawrence 1-6, Ramaker 1-2, Wilkins 2-3, Quinine 0-1, Brown 3-8). Fouled out - Arnold, Arnett. Rebounds - Wichita St. 34 (Arnold 7), Oregon 31 (Milling 9). Assists - Wichita St. 14 (McKey 8), Oregon 13 (Wilkins 7). Total fouls - Wichita St. 29, Oregon 17.