Overtime Is a Payne for USC

Loree Payne scored with 4.8 seconds left in overtime and Washington defeated USC, 80-79, in a Pacific 10 Conference game Sunday night at Seattle.

Payne also made a long jumper with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation, sending the game into overtime.

Aisha Hollans scored 26 points for the Trojans (8-7, 4-2 in the Pac-10). Tiffany Elmore scored 11 points for USC but possibly fractured her left ankle in the second half.

Giuliana Mendiola scored 20 points for Washington (9-5, 4-1).

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UCLA 76, Washington State 64--Junior point guard Natalie Nakase scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Bruins (5-9, 2-4) in a Pac-10 game at Pullman, Wash.

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Lindsey Meder scored 19 points and Iowa (9-5, 2-2 Big Ten) beat No. 10 Purdue, 90-75, at Iowa City. Shereka Wright scored 26 points for Purdue (11-3, 2-2).... Iciss Tillis and Monique Currie each scored 20 points for No. 11 Duke (12-3, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) in a 91-46 victory over Wake Forest (6-8, 0-4) at Durham, N.C.... Tamara Moore had 26 points for No. 12 Wisconsin (13-1, 4-0 Big Ten) in an 89-74 victory over No. 18 Michigan (11-4, 1-3) at Madison, Wis. LeeAnn Bies scored a career-high 27 points for Michigan.... Petra Ujhelyi’s 20 points led No. 14 South Carolina (14-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) in a 79-64 victory over Mississippi State (10-5, 1-1) at Starkville, Miss.... Monique Cardenas had 19 points for No. 15 Florida (11-4, 1-1 SEC) in a 70-61 victory at No. 17 Auburn (12-2, 0-1).... Heather Schreiber scored 20 points to lead No. 21 Texas (10-2, 2-0 Big 12) over No. 16 Colorado, 70-68, at Boulder, Colo.