Cate Reese scored 12 of her career-high 23 points in the first quarter, Aari McDonald had a double-double, and No. 18 Arizona beat Tennessee State 77-42 on Thursday night to win its school-record 10th consecutive game to open a season.
Kelly Campbell and Mart'E Grays had 18 points apiece to help No. 20 DePaul beat Tennessee State 95-73 Monday night.
Asia Durr scored 19 points, Dana Evans added 17 and No. 5 Louisville used several runs over the final three quarters to blow out Tennessee State 107-52 on Sunday.
Kylee Smith scored 30 points on 12-of-16 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 23 Belmont ended the regular season with its 37th straight Ohio Valley Conference win, 84-42 over Tennessee State on Saturday.
Asia Durr, Jazmine Jones and Sam Fuehring each scored 12 points to lead a balanced offense for No. 3 Louisville, which scored the game's first 12 points to jump-start a 95-56 blowout of Tennessee State on Tuesday night.
Jessica Kern will be the 11th head coach in Tennessee State women's basketball history.
Tennessee State women's basketball coach Larry Joe Inman said Thursday he is resigning for personal reasons.
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 16-2 | - | 22-9 |
| UT Martin | 16-2 | - | 22-10 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 14-4 | 2 | 25-7 |
| Eastern Illinois | 12-6 | 4 | 19-12 |
| Tennessee Tech | 10-8 | 6 | 17-13 |
| Jacksonville State | 10-8 | 6 | 14-16 |
| Austin Peay | 9-9 | 7 | 18-12 |
| Murray State | 7-11 | 9 | 14-16 |
| Morehead State | 6-12 | 10 | 10-20 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 5-13 | 11 | 11-18 |
| Tennessee State | 2-16 | 14 | 4-24 |
| SIU Edwardsville | 1-17 | 15 | 3-26 |
