Temple Improves to 6-0

Candice Dupree scored 17 points and No. 18-ranked Temple defeated Maryland Eastern Shore, 60-53, Tuesday at Princess Anne, Md., to improve to 6-0.

Lady Comfort and Khadija Bowens each had eight rebounds for Temple.

Kristi Veltkamp had 17 points and nine rebounds for Maryland Eastern Shore (1-2).

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No. 6 Rutgers 73, Bethune-Cookman 48 -- Michelle Campbell scored 18 points and Cappie Pondexter had 16 to lead the Scarlet Knights (3-0) at Piscataway, N.J.

The Lady Wildcats (1-1) stayed close behind Keturah Newkirk’s four three-point baskets in the first half.

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No. 7 North Carolina 83, North Carolina Asheville 43 -- Erlana Larkins scored 13 points in 23 minutes for the Tar Heels (5-0), who closed the game with a 24-7 run at Chapel Hill, N.C.

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No. 11 Notre Dame 74, Iona 55 -- Megan Duffy scored 13 of her 21 points during a 16-4 run early in the second half to lift the Irish (5-0) at South Bend, Ind.

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No. 22 Purdue 95, Arkansas State 58 -- Katie Gearlds scored 17 points and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton had 16 for the Boilermakers (3-1) at West Lafayette, Ind.