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Maryland puts away scrappy Coppin State
Willingboro High graduate Crystal Langhorne scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help Maryland eventually pull away to an 80-66 win in the Spokane Regional.
Cheltenham's Laura Harper added 14 points for the Terps (31-3), while Marissa Coleman scored 17 points and Kristi Toliver scored 13.
Camden Catholic graduate Shalamar Oakley had 17 of her 20 points in the first half for Coppin State (22-12), and Rashida Suber of Reading matched Langhorne's game-high total of 25 points.
The Eagles' Danielle Anders, a Central High graduate, scored six points and was hampered by foul trouble.
Nebraska 61, Xavier 58 - Also in College Park, freshman Ta'Shia Phillips, the Atlantic Ten rookie of the year, struggled with foul trouble and scored only nine points for the Musketeers (24-9), well below her 14.2 average. Jerri Taylor hand a team-high 19 points and Amber Harris scored 14 points.
Kelsey Griffin scored 26 points for the Cornhuskers (21-11), who will play Maryland tomorrow night.
Greensboro Regional
Connecticut 89, Cornell 47 - Maya Moore scored 17 points to lead a balanced offense and the top-ranked Huskies (33-1) rolled to a first-round victory against the No. 16 seed Big Red (20-9) in Bridgeport, Conn.Old Dominion 82, Liberty 62 - Shahida Williams scored 20 points on 10-for-11 shooting and the Monarchs (30-4) ended their six-game losing streak in the NCAA tournament with a first-round win against the 12th-seeded Flames (28-4) in Norfolk, Va.
Old Dominion will face fourth-seeded Virginia in the second round Tuesday night.
Texas 72, Minnesota 55 - Brittainy Raven scored 19 points and the eighth-seeded Longhorns (22-12) routed the No. 9 Golden Gophers (20-12) to in Bridgeport, Conn., to advance to the second round.
Erneisha Bailey added 16 for Texas, who will play top-ranked Connecticut in the second round tomorrow.
Virginia 86, UC Santa Barbara 52 - Lyndra Littles scored 17 points and the fourth-seeded Cavaliers (24-9) used a 16-0 run early in the second half to break open their first-round game against the 13th-seeded Gauchos (23-8) for a win in Norfolk, Va.
The victory sets the Cavaliers up for a showdown with Old Dominion for state bragging rights tomorrow night.
New Orleans Regional
Kansas State 69, Chattanooga 59 - Little-used reserve Kelsey Nelson, playing for injured star Kimberly Dietz, scored a career-high 20 points to help the fifth-seeded Wildcats (22-9) snap the nation's longest winning streak (24 games) with a first-round victory over the 12th-seeded Mocs (29-4) in Bridgeport, Conn. Kansas State, which will play Louisville tomorrow, set a tournament record by hitting all 21 free-throw attempts.North Carolina 85, Bucknell 50 - The top-seeded Tar Heels (31-2) jumped out to an early lead with a 21-2 run and then coasted to a first-round win against the 16th-seeded Bison (16-16) in Norfolk, Va.
LaToya Pringle had 19 points and Erlana Larkins and Rashanda McCants had 15 each as the Tar Heels - a No. 1 seed for the fourth year in a row - won their 14th straight. They will play Georgia in the second round tomorrow night.
Georgia 67, Iowa 61 - Tasha Humphrey made a go-ahead turnaround jumper with 58 seconds left and Ashley Houts hit eight free throws in the final 41 seconds as the No. 8 seed Bulldogs (23-9) outlasted the ninth-seeded Hawkeyes (21-11) in Norfolk, Va.
The Bulldogs will play top seed North Carolina tomorrow.
Louisville 81, Miami (Ohio) 67 - Angel McCoughtry scored 20 points and had seven rebounds to help the fourth-seeded Cardinals (25-9) to a first-round victory against the 13th-seeded RedHawks (23-11) in Bridgeport, Conn.
Louisville will play Kansas State tomorrow in the second round.
Oklahoma City Regional
Tennessee 94, Oral Roberts 55 - Freshman Angie Bjorklund hit four three-pointers and finished with 16 points to lead the top-seeded Volunteers (31-2) to their customary first-round rout, this time over the 16th-seeded Golden Eagles (19-14) in West Lafayette, Ind.The Vols will play ninth-seeded Purdue tomorrow night.
Oklahoma 69, Illinois State 61 - The fourth-seeded Sooners (22-8) started the second half with a 13-0 run, then held off a late rally to beat the No. 13 seed Redbirds (26-7) in the first round in West Lafayette, Ind.
Courtney Paris had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Sooners to extend her double-double streak to 91 consecutive games. Ashley Paris scored 13 points for Oklahoma, which will play Notre Dame tomorrow.
Notre Dame 75, Southern Methodist 62 - Ashley Barlow had 20 points, a career-high 12 rebounds, four steals and three assists in leading the fifth-seeded Irish (24-8) to a first-round victory against the No. 12 seed Mustangs (24-9) in West Lafayette, Ind.
Notre Dame will face fourth-seeded Oklahoma tomorrow in the second round.
Purdue 66, Utah 59 - Kalika France and FahKara Malone scored 17 points each, and the ninth-seeded Boilermakers (19-14) beat the eighth-seeded Utes (27-5) in West Lafayette, Ind.
Purdue will take on top-seeded Tennessee tomorrow night.
Contact staff writer Mel Greenberg at 215-854-5725 or mgreenberg@phillynews.com. Read his blog at go.philly.com/womhoops.
This article contains information from the Associated Press.
