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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 19, 2001
UF falls again at home
GAINESVILLE -- Jennifer Fambrough hit two free throws with 5.8 seconds left as Mississippi State upset No. 9 Florida 79-75 Sunday afternoon.
"Finding a way to win for us during this year, in this up-and-down season, a lot of our kids haven't had the focus to shoulder that responsibility," Mississippi State coach Sharron Fanning said. "Today I saw maturity."
The return of junior All-American Brandi McCain, who missed one game with inflammation in her right heel, could not help the Gators avoid their second straight home loss.
The Bulldogs led by nine at halftime and maintained the lead through most of the second half.
A 7-0 run with six minutes to play put Florida up by one, but the Bulldogs regrouped and took a two-point lead with one minute left on Fambrough's three-pointer.
With less than 30 seconds to go, Gators freshman Vanessa Hayden missed twice in the paint. On the next trip down senior Tombi Bell's attempted tying shot was blocked.
MARQUETTE 64, USF 55: Heidi Bowman had 28 points and made four straight three-pointers in the first 13 minutes for the visiting Golden Eagles.
Aiya Shepard had 28 points and Shannon Layne got her 1,000th career point on Senior Day for the Bulls.
USF cut a 30-19 deficit to 32-25 at the half, then opened the second half with a 9-1 run to take a 34-33 lead. Marquette went on a 10-4 run over the next three minutes for a 43-38 lead with 13:45 left.
The Bulls closed within 54-52 when Shepard hit a free throw with 3:50 remaining, but they couldn't get closer.
"Our kids gave great effort today," USF coach Jose Fernandez said. "We played three kids 40 minutes and they battled and fought as hard as they could. Marquette is a very tough team and Heidi Bowman is one of the best players in Conference USA."
FSU 80, UNC 78 (OT): Brooke Wyckoff hit two free throws with 40 seconds left in overtime, then blocked a shot by LaQuanda Barksdale to lift the visiting Seminoles to their fifth straight win. The Tar Heels' Coretta Brown made a three-point play to tie the score at 69 and force overtime.
NO. 2 UT 75, NO. 13 LSU 73: Michelle Snow took an inbounds pass with 1.1 seconds left and hit a 12-footer to lift the visiting Volunteers.
NO. 3 UCONN 61, VILLANOVA 43: Asjha Jones had 14 points and Sue Bird 13 as the visiting Huskies pulled away.
NO. 21 N.C. STATE 69, NO. 4 DUKE 55: Tynesha Lewis scored 17 of her 19 in the second half as the host Wolfpack rallied from six down at halftime for its sixth consecutive ACC victory.
NO. 5 GEORGIA 81, ARKANSAS 60: Twins Kelly and Coco Miller combined for 40 points in their final home game for the Bulldogs.
NO. 7 PURDUE 96, MINNESOTA 43: Katie Douglas had 21 points and the host Boilermakers clinched the Big Ten regular-season championship outright for the third time.
NO. 12 XAVIER 84, DAYTON 62: Taru Tuukkanen had 23 points on 10-for-19 shooting for the host Musketeers.
N. IOWA 99, NO. 15 SW MO. ST. 80: Abbi Schutte scored a career-high 30 and the host Panthers survived a 28-point first half by Jackie Stiles by holding her to 11 in the second.
NO. 22 WISCONSIN 86, NO. 17 PENN ST. 75: Jessie Stomski and Tamara Moore scored 19 each for the host Badgers, who expanded a 32-29 halftime lead by shooting 71.4 percent (15-for-21) in the second half.
NO. 20 VANDERBILT 68, ALABAMA 56: Zuzana Klimesova had 24 points and the host Commodores never trailed.
NO. 25 IOWA 74, OHIO ST. 59: Randi Peterson scored a career-high 29 as the host Hawkeyes avenged a 79-52 loss Jan. 17.