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By the time A'dia Mathies took it upon herself to start scoring more, it was too late for No. 6 Kentucky.
Mathies scored all of her team-leading 12 points in the second half, but got little help as the Wildcats' saw their 10-game winning streak end with a 61-51 upset at LSU on Sunday.
No. 7 Duke won four national championships over the years while being driven by what Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski says was energy, effort and hunger.
When the Blue Devils didn't necessarily have those things Sunday, they couldn't even beat Miami.
Rakim Sanders scored 23 points, Derek Needham added 19 and Fairfield used a huge first-half lead to hold on for a 64-56 win over Siena Sunday.
Auburn coach Nell Fortner could see just enough mistakes in eighth-ranked Tennessee's game to know that the Tigers had a chance. They just couldn't do enough against the Lady Volunteers' size and pressure to get the win.
The Tigers' 23 turnovers led to 21 points for the Lady Vols, who got the 82-61 win on Sunday.
Leave it to the biggest player on Miami's roster to put the Hurricanes on his back and carry them to their most impressive victory in quite a while.
Reggie Johnson ? all 6-foot-10 and 284 pounds of him ? scored five of his career-high 27 points in overtime of Miami's 78-74 upset of No. 7 Duke on Sunday.
Jasmine James and Krista Donald each scored 18 points to help No. 21 Georgia beat Alabama 81-66 on Sunday.
Leading by five at the half, Georgia (18-6, 7-4 SEC) scored two quick baskets to start the second half and the Lady Bulldogs never looked back.
Shafontaye Myers and Meghan Perkins scored 16 points each to led Alabama (10-14, 0-10).
Penn State coach Coquese Washington had a simple message to her team: The game is long, so have some patience and keep playing.
That's exactly what happened Sunday afternoon. Because despite making only one their first 18 shots and trailing by 15 points in the first half the No. 19 Lady Lions rallied for a 68-65 victory at Minnesota on Sunday.
Dontae Cannon scored 22 points to lead McNeese State in a 66-56 win over Stephen F. Austin on Sunday, extending the Cowboys' winning streak to a season-high three games.
Right when LSU's season looked like it was slipping away, the Lady Tigers summoned the kind of end-to-end intensity that even No. 6 Kentucky couldn't handle.
