Roundup: Commodores Crush Cardinals

Monday, January 7, 2002
 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Jillian Danker scored 19 points to lead No. 8 Vanderbilt over Louisville 71-32 on Monday night.

Vanderbilt (14-3) scored 23 of the game's first 25 points, held a 31-point lead three minutes before halftime and was never slowed in winning its 13th straight home game.

Danker shot 5-of-8 from the field and 7-of-7 from the foul line. Chantelle Anderson added 18 points, Ashley Earley had eight points and 13 rebounds and Zuzi Klimesova had eight points and 11 rebounds.

LaKisha Hoffman scored nine points for Louisville (9-5), which beat previously 25th-ranked Cincinnati 71-65 on Friday.

The Cardinals missed 13 of their first 15 shots from the floor. After falling behind 39-8, they never trailed by fewer than 25 points.

Leading 42-14 at halftime, Vanderbilt allowed Sara Nord's 3-pointer to begin the second period but answered with 16 straight points to lead 58-17 at the 15-minute mark.

No. 15 Georgia 105, Morris Brown 36
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) --
Kara Braxton scored 20 points as No. 15 Georgia held Morris Brown to an NCAA-record low seven first-half points in a 105-36 rout Monday night.

The previous record for fewest points in a half was eight, by Liberty against Radford Jan. 27, 2001, and by Prairie View against LSU Dec. 22, 2001. Georgia jumped out to a 31-2 lead and was ahead 59-7 at halftime.

Tawana Thomas scored 12 points for Morris Brown (2-10), which is in its first Division I-A season and is coached by Saudia Roundtree, national player of the year at Georgia in 1996.

Jessica Pierce and Tameiko Washington scored 12 apiece for the Lady Bulldogs (12-1). The win was the 53rd straight for Georgia against in-state rivals, dating to a loss to Georgia State in 1982.

Georgia scored the first eight points before a basket by Morris Brown's Tawana Thomas with 16:37 to play. Thomas scored Georgia's next points -- 10 minutes and 23 Georgia points later. She also had the Lady Wolverines' third and last basket of the half with less than a minute to play, following another 24 straight Georgia points.

In the second half, Georgia led 97-19 after Katie Frye's bucket with 5:15 to play.