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© St. Petersburg Times, published January 19, 2001
Stocks, Mobley lift Florida past Auburn
GAINESVILLE -- Tamara Stocks scored 18 points and Naomi Mobley added 16 and 10 rebounds Thursday to lead No. 10 Florida to a 72-59 Southeastern Conference victory over Auburn.
The victory increased UF's home winning streak to 12, while the Tigers lost their fourth consecutive conference game.
The teams played close for most of the first half, with Florida (14-2, 3-1) holding the advantage most of the half. Auburn (13-6, 1-4) cut the lead to 30-28 with 3:25 left after two free throws by Carol Smith, but the Gators scored seven consecutive points in the next minute to extend the lead to 37-28.
Cold shooting and turnovers plagued the Tigers throughout the night, as they opened the game 2-for-12 and finished it at 33.9 percent shooting. The Tigers committed 21 turnovers.
UF backup guard Sherisha Hills, from Tampa's Academy of the Holy Names, left with 4:38 remaining after landing awkwardly on her right leg while attempting a steal. She sprained her right knee.
NO. 2 TENNESSEE 85, NO. 4 GEORGIA 69: Gwen Jackson and Semeka Randall each scored 20 for the host Volunteers.
Jackson also had 15 rebounds and Michelle Snow scored 15 and Kara Lawson 14 for Tennessee, which has won 30 straight at home since an overtime loss to Georgia in 1996.
Tawana McDonald led the Bulldogs with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Coco Miller added 18 points and Kelly Miller 16.
The Vols avenged last season's 78-51 loss at Georgia, their worst SEC defeat, without Tamika Catchings, the senior All-American who tore a knee ligament Monday.
Tennessee went on a 19-6 run to turn a six-point deficit into a seven-point lead with 5:47 left. Lawson made a driving layup and then a basket on the next possession to give the Vols their first double-digit lead at 74-63 with 3:45 left.
NO. 1 UCONN 80, OLD DOMINION 51: Rebounding from their first loss of the season, the host Huskies rolled as Svetlana Abrosimova scored 19 and had 13 rebounds. Tamika Williams had 16 points for UConn, most coming off backdoor plays, and the Huskies shot 59 percent in the second half.
NO. 5 DUKE 62, NO. 22 N.C. STATE 59: Georgia Schweitzer scored off a lob pass with 20 seconds left to seal the home win. Sheanna Mosch inbounded the ball from in front of the Duke bench to a leaping Schweitzer at the basket. She took the pass and put the ball over the outstretched hands of defender Nanna Rivers.
NO. 6 PURDUE 57, MICHIGAN ST. 34: Katie Douglas scored 15 and the host Boilermakers closed the game on an 18-4 run.
NO. 8 LA. TECH 105, W. KENTUCKY 47: Cheryl Ford scored 24 and the host Techsters got 47 points from their reserves.
NO. 12 LSU 87, KENTUCKY 64: Ke-Ke Tardy had 20 points and nine rebounds -- career bests -- to spark a rally. Host LSU trailed 28-10 midway through the first half.
NO. 14 SW MO. ST. 86, BRADLEY 52: Jackie Stiles, the nation's leading scorer, had 33 points to lead the host Bears.
NO. 15 VANDERBILT 85, S. CAROLINA 56: Zuzana Klimesova scored a career-best 32 to lead the host Commodores.
NO. 18 OREGON 67, WASHINGTON 53: Jamie Craighead scored 16 and the host Ducks scored the game's final 14 points.
NO. 20 CLEMSON 72, GEORGIA TECH 64: Erin Batth scored 18 to lead the visiting Tigers. She had two free throws, a basket and a steal in one stretch near the end.
ARKANSAS 72, NO. 21 MISS. ST. 45: Shameka Christon helped the host Razorbacks capture control with a 12-0 run to close the first half. Christon made two three-pointers as Arkansas opened a 30-16 halftime lead.
NO. 24 UTAH 73, COLORADO ST. 51: Lauren Beckman tied a career-best with 23 points and added 11 rebounds for the host Utes.
NO. 25 VIRGINIA 83, RICHMOND 76: Schuye LaRue had 21 points and 18 rebounds and the host Cavaliers pulled away with a 16-3 run to start the second half.
NORTH CAROLINA 75, FSU 62: Juana Brown scored 21 to lead the visiting Tar Heels. The Seminoles (11-5, 3-3) were outscored 21-10 over the final nine minutes.
JACKSONVILLE 66, UCF 62: Kat Sungy, Angela Walker and Shannon Wynn combined for 42 points to lift the host Dolphins. Wynn, with 77 assists this season, set the school record.
PHILADELPHIA -- A St. Joseph's player filed a formal complaint with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission accusing a former assistant coach of sexually harassing her.
The complaint filed by Cheryl Kulesa in September accuses Frank Gaitley, the husband of coach Stephanie Gaitley, of asking Kulesa for dates, making sexually suggestive remarks and telling her sexual jokes at practice and sending her inappropriate notes, one written on school stationery.
Kulesa also accused Stephanie Gaitley of retaliating against her for going to school officials with her accusations.
Attorney Tom McGoldrick, representing the Gaitleys, said each "emphatically denies" the accusations.
Frank Gaitley resigned after last season, with the university saying he wanted to pursue other business opportunities. The Philadelphia Daily News, however, reported he was asked to resign in May after an investigation of the accusations.
Kulesa, a marketing major from Clementon, N.J., would have been playing her senior season but left the team before this season because of what the team called "personal reasons." She said in her complaint that she was undergoing psychological counseling, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder with panic attacks and was on medication.