Owls women get by St. Louis

Temple saluted seniors Kamesha Hairston and Fatima Maddox in pregame ceremonies last night marking their final home games at the Liacouras Center.

The Owls then beat St. Louis, 74-64, in an uneven performance in an Atlantic Ten game that kept Temple tied for first place in the conference with No. 8 George Washington.

Other than a 2-2 tie after Temple's first basket, coach Dawn Staley's squad led St. Louis (11-14, 3-8) the entire game. The lead was 52-30 with 13 minutes, 30 seconds remaining.

Ballhandling was a problem, however. Temple (21-5, 11-0) had 29 turnovers.

"Our kids weren't ready to play for 40 minutes, and we'll have to take care of that," Staley said. ". . . It's plain and simple. Twenty-nine turnovers are atrocious."

Hairston, who is among the conference leaders in rebounding and scoring, had 18 points. Lady Comfort added 10 points for Temple.

St. Joseph's 76, St. Bonaventure 67 - Ayahna Cornish scored a career-high 29 points to lead the host Hawks (13-13, 3-8 A-10) over the Bonnies.

Hofstra 61, Drexel 52 - After trailing by as much as 25 points in the second half, the Dragons (6-19, 1-13 Colonial Athletic Association) cut the lead to nine before falling to Hofstra (19-6, 9-5) in Hempstead, N.Y.

Philadelphia U. 79, Georgian Court 63 - Freshman Jessica Romano scored 18 points to help the Rams (17-7, 15-5 Central Atlantic Athletic Conference) beat the visiting Lions and clinch a first-round home game in the CAAC tournament.

Freshman Jamee Bush led all scorers with 20 points for the Lions (5-19, 3-16).

Holy Family 79, Goldey-Beacom 68 - Kelly Killion scored a game-high 27 points as the Tigers (22-2, 19-0 CACC) defeated the visiting Lightning (15-10, 12-8 CACC).

Megan Bauer had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Tigers, while Toni Jones had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Lightning.

College of New Jersey 71, Rutgers-Camden 52 - Hillary Klimowicz collected 16 points, going 6 for 9 from the floor, to lead the Lions (12-13, 7-6 New Jersey Athletic Conference) to victory. Imani Hafiz scored 16 for the visiting Scarlet Raptors (8-16, 2-10).

Duke 73, Boston College 52 - Freshman Bridgette Mitchell scored a season-high 20 points to lead top-ranked Duke (27-0, 12-0 Atlantic Coast Conference)past Boston College (12-13, 2-9) in Durham, N.C.

Tennessee 81, Mississippi 69 - Candace Parker had 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and third-ranked Tennessee (24-2, 11-0 Southeastern Conference) beat Mississippi (19-8, 8-4) in Knoxville, Tenn.

Ohio State 83, Wisconsin 57 - Jessica Davenport hit her average with 19 points and Ashlee Trebilcock scored 15 to lead No. 4 Ohio State (24-1, 13-0 Big Ten) past Wisconsin (18-9, 7-7) in Columbus, Ohio.

LSU 86, Arkansas 65 - Sylvia Fowles had 23 points and 20 rebounds, and No. 7 LSU ( 23-4, 9-2 Southeastern Conference) went on a 24-0 run in the second half to beat host Arkansas (18-9, 3-8) in Fayetteville, Ark.

George Washington 64, Charlotte 59 - Sarah-Jo Lawrence scored 16 points, Jessica Adair added 14 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 8 George Washington (22-2, 11-0 Atlantic Ten) topped host Charlotte (17-9, 8-3).

Georgia 82, Kentucky 72 - Tasha Humphrey had a game-high 28 points and 10 rebounds as No. 11 Georgia (22-5, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) survived with an overtime victory against Kentucky (16-11, 5-7) in Lexington, Ky.

Vanderbilt 84, Mississippi St. 64 - Caroline Williams scored 24 points and No. 12 Vanderbilt (22-4, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) dominated the first half to take a victory over Mississippi State (16-10, 6-5) in Starkville, Miss.

Middle Tennessee 66, Florida International 59 - Chrissy Givens scored 17 points to lead No. 17 Middle Tennessee (24-3, 16-0 Sun Belt) over Florida International in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Purdue 59, Michigan 54 - Katie Gearlds scored 21 points and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton added 19, leading No. 16 Purdue (22-5, 11-2 Big Ten) over Michigan (10-16, 3-10) in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan State 68, Northwestern 63 - Victoria Lucas-Perry had 19 of her 25 points in the first half and No. 24 Michigan State (20-6, 11-2 Big Ten) held on to beat Northwestern (7-20, 1-13) in East Lansing, Mich.

James Madison 88, George Mason 60 - Meredith Alexis scored 20 points to become James Madison's career scoring leader as the Dukes (23-2, 14-0 Colonial Athletic Association) beat George Mason (8-16, 2-12) in Harrisonburg, Va.

UCLA 67, Arizona State 61 -

Arron Afflalo scored 24 points, Darren Collison added 18, and No. 5 UCLA (22-3, 11-2 Pac-10) rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat Arizona State (6-20, 0-14) in Tempe, Ariz.

Purdue 81, Indiana 68 - David Teague scored a career-high 32 points as Purdue (17-9, 6-6 Big Ten) beat No. 24 Indiana (17-7, 7-4) in West Lafayette, Ind.

St. John's 60, Rutgers 55 - Avery Patterson's three-point basket with 50.4 seconds to play broke a 52-52 tie, and St. John's (15-11, 6-7 Big East) went on to beat Rutgers (10-16, 3-10) in New York.

Swarthmore 67, Washington 57 - Matt Kurman scored 14 points and Ian McCormick added 12 points, including the 1,000th point of his career, as the Garnets (11-13) topped the Shoremen (3-20) in Chestertown, Md.

Holy Family 70, Goldey-Beacom 58 - Raheem Scott had 22 points as the Tigers (16-8) beat the Lightning (13-11) in Northeast Philadelphia. Anthony Parham had 18 for Goldey-Beacom.

Lincoln 79, Jersey City 76 - Darryl White scored 23 points as the Lions (16-7) defeated host Jersey City (16-7).

Neumann 67, Immaculata 65 - Derahn Patrick scored 20 points as the Knights (13-12) beat the Macs (10-15) in Aston.

Central Connecticut State 70, Monmouth, N.J. 65 - Tristan Blackwood scored a game-high 21 points to lead Central Connecticut State (17-10, 14-1 Northeast Conference) over Monmouth (11-15, 6-8) in West Long Branch, N.J.

Moravian 108, Widener 102 - Essian Ford scored 30 points but Widener (12-11) fell in triple overtime in Chester.