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College basketball roundup: March 3
TOP 25 MEN
No. 1 Tennessee 63, Kentucky 60: Chris Lofton scored 14 points, including a jump shot with 1:15 left, and top-ranked Tennessee beat Kentucky to stay atop the Southeastern Conference.
Tennessee lost to No. 18 Vanderbilt on Tuesday, three days after beating then-No. 1 Memphis to take over the top spot in the poll for the first time in school history.
No. 19 Michigan St. 103, No. 12 Indiana 74: Raymar Morgan scored 12 of his 20 points early to help host Michigan State build a big lead and beat Indiana, allowing the Spartans to finish undefeated at home and hand Dan Dakich his first loss as interim coach.
No. 13 Louisville 68, Villanova 54: Juan Palacios scored 13 points in his final game at Freedom Hall to lead host Louisville to a win over Villanova, setting up a showdown with No. 11 Georgetown next weekend for the Big East title.
No. 17 Notre Dame 98, DePaul 91: Luke Harangody scored 24 points, Rob Kurz added 21 and Notre Dame hung on to beat host DePaul to clinch a first-round bye in the Big East tournament.
TOP 25 WOMEN
No. 2 North Carolina 82, No. 12 Duke 51: Cetera DeGraffenreid scored 14 points to help host North Carolina beat Duke and secure the school's first unbeaten regular season in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
No. 3 Tennessee 72, No. 22 Georgia 63: Candace Parker scored 30 points in her final regular-season game and visiting Tennessee beat Georgia.
No. 5 Maryland 76, North Carolina St. 64: Laura Harper scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Crystal Langhorne had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lift visiting Maryland past North Carolina State.
No. 6 LSU 64, Mississippi St. 49: Sylvia Fowles had 20 points and 12 rebounds to help visiting LSU clinch the Southeastern Conference regular season title with a win over Mississippi State.
No. 7 Stanford 74, Washington St. 52: Candice Wiggins scored 24 points to become the Pacific-10 career scoring leader and visiting Stanford beat Washington State.
Wiggins surpassed USC's Lisa Leslie with 1:25 to play in the first half when she scored her 2,416th point on a base-line drive. She entered the game needing 14 points to tie Leslie, who scored 2,414 points at USC from 1991 to 1994.
Washington 74, No. 9 California 66: Sami Whitcomb scored 24 points, and hit four 3-pointers during a decisive 18-7 second-half run as host Washington stunned California, ruining the Golden Bears' chance at their first Pac-10 title.
Texas 65, No. 10 Oklahoma 49: Brittainey Raven scored 16 points and visiting Texas prevented Oklahoma from tying for first place in the Big 12 standings by upsetting the Sooners.
James Madison 76, No. 11 Old Dominion 63: Dawn Evans scored 19 points to help host James Madison end Old Dominion's 19-game winning streak.
No. 16 Utah 67, No. 24 Wyoming 53: Leilani Mitchell had 19 points and 13 assists to help host Utah beat Wyoming, giving the Utes' the Mountain West regular-season title and their 20th straight victory.
No. 18 Ohio St. 74, Northwestern 50: Marscilla Packer scored 17 of her 21 points in the second half and Ohio State beat Northwestern to become the first team in 18 years to win at least a share of four straight Big Ten titles.
No. 23 Vanderbilt 83, Alabama 54: Meredith Marsh and Ashlee Bridge each scored 16 points to lead host Vanderbilt to a win over Alabama.



