Blue Demons topple Titans

Missy Mitidiero scored 13 points in a reserve role to help No. 17 DePaul win its eighth straight game, 81-57 over Detroit on Friday night in Detroit.

Erin Cattell hit a 3-pointer midway through the first half to spark a 15-3 run that gave the Blue Demons (8-1) the lead for good. DePaul led 34-25 at the half and put the game away with a 12-4 spurt to open the second half.

Mitidiero had 10 points during the second-half streak. Erin Carney and Jenna Rubino each finished with 12 points and Caprice Smith and Samantha Quigley scored 10 apiece.

Joyce Massey had 22 points for the Titans (1-8), who have lost seven straight. Sandi Brown added 12 for Detroit.

Rubino became the 20th DePaul player to score 1,000 career points.

(11) Georgia 75, Savannah State 54: At Savannah, Ga., Rebecca Rowsey scored 15 points, Georgia forced 21 turnovers and the Lady Bulldogs routed the Lady Tigers.

Tasha Humphrey and Cori Chambers each scored 14 points for the well-balanced Lady Bulldogs (8-1) and Megan Darrah added 11.

Ivy Smith led Savannah State (5-4) with 21 points.

Georgia crushed the Lady Tigers 106-34 last season in Athens. The Lady Bulldogs, who dropped out of the Top 10 after a 70-62 upset at the hands of Middle Tennessee a week ago, will return home to face TCU on Sunday.

With Smith scoring six points, Savannah State cut it to 56-45 with 12:10 remaining in the second half. But Georgia’s relentless pressure held the Lady Tigers to just nine points the rest of the way, five of them by Shaunte Carter.