Top 25 women’s roundup: No. 16 DePaul women beat Prairie View 94-62

Jacqui Grant and Ashton Millender each scored 15 points and No. 16 DePaul beat Prairie View A&M 94-62 on Monday in Chicago.

Kelly Campbell made back-to-back 3-pointers – her only two of the game – to give DePaul a 26-7 lead. The Blue Demons extended their lead to 31-11 after one quarter and it was 50-20 at halftime.

Millender hit a 3 late in the third quarter for a 44-point lead.

Jessica January and Tanita Allen added 12 points apiece as six players finished in double figures for DePaul (6-2). January had seven assists and Allen grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds for her first career double-double.

DePaul, which was coming off a 91-46 loss at No. 1 UConn on Thursday, was 12 of 37 from distance and shot 46 percent overall.

Alexus Parker led Prairie View (4-5) with 15 points and eight rebounds. The Lady Panthers turned it over 21 times and were outrebounded 49-37.

(25) Virginia Tech 76, Gardner-Webb 42: Sidney Cook scored 17 points, Regan Magarity had 10 points and 13 rebounds, and the Hokies (8-0) beat the Bulldogs (3-4) in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The Hokies were ranked in The Associated Press poll earlier Monday for the first time since January 2006.

“I am very happy for this team and every accomplishment that they have had in such a short amount of time,” Virginia Tech first-year coach Kenny Brooks said. “To achieve a national ranking is a testament to the hard work and receptiveness to a change in philosophy without hesitation.”

Chanette Hicks had 16 points and seven assists for Virginia Tech (8-0). Kendyl Brooks and Kaela Kinder combined for all of the Hokies’ 16 bench points and Kinder added 12 rebounds.

Virginia Tech closed the first half on a 10-3 run and held Gardner-Webb to nine second-quarter points to build a 36-19 halftime lead. The Hokies doubled the Bulldogs’ 10 points in the third quarter and cruised.

Alexus Hill led Gardner-Webb (3-4) with 11 points.