Women's College Basketball: Drexel drubs Northeastern, 63-41

February 06, 2012|The Inquirer Staff

Kamile Nacickaite scored 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as Drexel cruised past Northeastern, 63-41, in Boston on Sunday afternoon.

Fiona Flanagan added 10 points for the Dragons (11-10, 7-4 Colonial Athletic Association). The win over the Huskies (4-18, 2-9) gives Drexel head coach Denise Dillon 143 in her career, one behind the school Division I record of 144 set by Lil Haas.

Delaware 68, Virginia Commonwealth 49 - Elena Delle Donne had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead the No. 12 Blue Hens (20-1, 11-0 CAA) past the Rams (13-9, 6-5) in Newark, Del.

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Danielle Parker added 16 points, Akeema Richards 12, and Lauren Carra 11 for Delaware.

Penn State 68, Minnesota 65 - Mia Nickson scored 20 points and Alex Bentley added 16 points, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 38.9 seconds left to play, to lift the No. 19 Nittany Lions (18-5, 8-3 Big Ten) over the Golden Gophers (12-13, 4-7) in Minneapolis.

Penn State trailed by 15 points in the first half and still trailed by three with 90 seconds remaining. But the Lions closed the game on an 8-2 run to secure their eighth win in their last 10 games.

Louisiana State 61, Kentucky 51 - Adrienne Webb scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half and the Tigers (15-8, 5-5 Southeastern Conference) upset the No. 6 Wildcats (21-3, 10-1) in Baton Rouge, La., to snap Kentucky's 10-game winning streak.

LaSondra Barrett scored all of her 12 points in the final 20 minutes for the Tigers (15-8, 5-5), who came in having lost five of six games but rarely trailed in this one as the Wildcats managed to shoot only 35 percent (21 of 60).

Notre Dame 90, DePaul 70 - Natalie Novosel scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half to help the second-ranked Irish (23-1, 10-0 Big East) coast past the Blue Devils (17-7, 5-5) in South Bend, Ind.

Miami 68, Clemson 47 - Shenise Johnson scored 19 points to lead the No. 7 Hurricanes (20-3, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) over the Tigers (6-15, 2-8) in Coral Gables, Fla.

Tennessee 82, Auburn 61 - Glory Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds as the No. 8 Vols (17-6, 8-2 SEC) beat the Tigers (11-13, 3-8) in Knoxville, Tenn.

 

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