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Roundup

Oklahoma City regional

At Piscataway, N.J.

2 Auburn (30-3) 85

15 Lehigh (26-7) 49

DeWanna Bonner scored 26 points and led an early 21-3 spurt that carried the Tigers to an easy win over the Mountain Hawks.

Whitney Boddie had eight points and nine assists in becoming the career assists leader at Auburn.

7 Rutgers (20-12) 57

10 VCU (26-7) 51

Epiphanny Prince scored 26 points, including 10 during a decisive run in the second half, to lead the Scarlet Knights past the Rams.

Quanitra Hollingsworth had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead VCU, which was playing in its first NCAA tournament game.

At Chattanooga, Tenn.

3 North Carolina (28-6) 85

14 Central Florida (17-17) 80

Heather Claytor scored a season-high 17 points while Italee Lucas and Jessica Breeland added 17 each to lead the Tar Heels to a win over the Knights.

The Tar Heels improved to 15-3 in first-round games but never led by more than 14 against pesky UCF with a roster filled with only sophomores and freshmen.

6 Purdue (23-10) 65

11 Charlotte (23-9) 52

Danielle Campbell scored 12 points to help the Boilermakers to their 12th straight first-round win, a victory over the 49ers.

Brittany Rayburn and FahKara Malone each had 11 points, and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton finished with 10 for Purdue.

Aysha Jones had a game-high 24 points for Charlotte, and Danielle Burgin had 10.

Trenton regional

At Duluth, Ga.

6 Arizona State (24-8) 58

11 Georgia (18-14) 47

Arizona State held Georgia to 20 first-half points, winning despite fill-in Kate Engelbrecht scoring only three points in place of injured guard Dymond Simon.

Briann January, the two-time Pac-10 defensive player of the year and former Lewis and Clark Tiger, led the defensive effort against the Lady Bulldogs. She added 10 points, nine assists and two steals.

3 Florida State (26-7) 83

14 North Carolina A&T (26-7) 71

Alysha Harvin scored 18 points to lead five players in double figures and Florida State pulled away from the Aggies.

North Carolina A&T trailed only 51-48 about seven minutes into the second half and finished with a 33-30 edge in rebounds.

At Los Angeles

4 California (26-6) 70

13 Fresno State (24-9) 47

Ashley Walker scored 21 points and Cal’s perimeter defense overwhelmed Fresno State as the Bears defeated the Bulldogs.

Alexis Gray-Lawson added 14 points and Lauren Greif 11 in California’s sixth consecutive win over the Bulldogs.

LaShay Fears tied her career high with 18 points and Marnique Arnold grabbed 11 rebounds for Fresno State.

5 Virginia (24-9) 88

12 Marist (29-4) 86

Monica Wright scored all of her 13 points in the second half, including two key 3-pointers down the stretch, to push the Cavaliers past the Red Foxes.

Ariana Moorer led the Cavaliers with 16 points. Lyndra Littles added 13 for Virginia.

Erica Allenspach scored 18 points to lead Marist.

Berkeley Regional

At Columbus, Ohio

11 Mississippi State (23-9) 71

6 Texas (21-12) 63

Alexis Rack was perfect in eight trips to the foul line down the stretch, and the Lady Bulldogs were 21 of 22 as a team in upsetting Texas in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

3 Ohio State (28-5) 77

14 Sacred Heart (25-8) 63

Samantha Prahalis scored a career-best 23 points, and Jantel Lavender added 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Buckeyes to an easy win.

Ashlee Trebilcock had 13 points and Maria Moeller added a career-high 12 for Ohio State.

At San Diego

10 San Diego State (24-7) 76

7 DePaul (23-10) 70

Jene Morris tied her career high with 35 points to lead the Aztecs to a win over the Demon Deacons.

Playing in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1997, the Aztecs opened the second half with a 15-4 run to take control of the game. San Diego State improved to 15-0 this season at Cox Arena, and ran its overall home winning streak to 17.

2 Stanford (30-4) 74

15 Santa Barbara (22-10) 39

A year removed from making it to the national championship game, the Cardinal got off to a quick start in the NCAA tournament with a rout of the Gauchos.

Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year Jayne Appel had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and freshman Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 13 points and 11 rebounds as Stanford extended its winning streak to 17 games.

Raleigh Regional

At Albuquerque, N.M.

4 Vanderbilt (25-8) 73

13 West Carolina (21-12) 44

Christina Wirth scored 23 points and Jennifer Risper had 11 points and nine rebounds as the Commodores defeated the Catamounts.

Lauren Powell and Brooke Johnson led Western Carolina with eight points apiece.

5 Kansas State (25-7) 68

12 Drexel (24-9) 44

Marlies Gipson scored 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting while Shalee Lehning matched a career high with 13 assists as the Wildcats got the victory over the Dragons.

Ashley Sweat and Kari Kincaid each added 11 points for Kansas State.

Marginean finished with 15 points on 6-of-15 shooting for Drexel.

Associated Press