The University of Hawai'i's Keisha Kanekoa was named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the conference announced yesterday.

The sophomore point guard averaged 18.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.7 steals as the Rainbow Wahine went 2-1 during the week.

Kanekoa, a Honoka'a High graduate, had 16 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and five steals in a win over visiting Utah Valley on Dec. 2.

At the Arizona State Classic, she had 19 points, seven rebounds, five steals and four assists in a 61-58 loss to Northern Arizona; and had her first career double-double — 19 points and 11 rebounds — in a 74-46 win against UC Irvine. She also had six assists.

For the week, she was 17 of 30 (57 percent) from the field and 19 of 20 (95 percent) from the free-throw line.

WOMEN'S POLL

TCU is making a habit of knocking off highly ranked opponents and shaking up the Top 25.

For the second time this season, the Horned Frogs beat a No. 3 team in The Associated Press poll when they surprised California, 82-73, on Sunday. TCU, which beat then-No. 3 Maryland in its season opener, moved up to No. 19 in this week's poll.

Meanwhile, Connecticut remained a unanimous choice as the top team yesterday. The Huskies received all 45 first-place votes for the second straight week. North Carolina stayed at No. 2.

Stanford moved up to No. 3, followed by Texas A&M and Oklahoma.

WOMEN'S RESULTS

No. 10 Baylor 83, Lamar 36: Danielle Wilson had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Baylor (8-1) over Lamar (5-2). The Lady Bears started the game with a 24-2 run.

No. 14 Rutgers 45, Georgia 34: Junior guard Epiphanny Prince scored 14 points to become the sixth-fastest player in Rutgers' history to reach 1,000 points. Brittany Ray finished with 13 points for Rutgers (4-2) in the Jimmy V Classic. Georgia (7-3) committed 26 turnovers.

MEN'S POLL

North Carolina's 35-point romp over a ranked team kept the Tar Heels a unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press' college basketball poll yesterday. Ohio State joined the Top 25 following a pair of five-point victories over ranked teams.

The Tar Heels (8-0) dismantled Michigan State, 98-63, at Ford Field last week as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and again received all 72 first-place votes from the national media panel.

Connecticut and Pittsburgh held the second and third spots, while Gonzaga and Oklahoma both moved up one place to fourth and fifth. Texas, Duke, Tennessee, Louisville and Xavier rounded out the top 10.

Ohio State (5-0), which beat Miami and Notre Dame last week, moved in at No. 21.

MEN'S RESULTS

No. 9 Louisville78, Lamar 56: Freshman Samardo Samuels scored 15 points and Earl Clark added six points, six rebounds and five assists to lead host Louisville (5-1) over Lamar (6-3) in the final game of the Marques Maybin Classic.

No. 19 Georgetown 100, Savannah State 38: DaJuan Summers, Jessie Sapp and Austin Freeman all had 14 points, and Greg Monroe added 13 as Georgetown (6-1) routed Savannah State (5-4). The Hoyas shot 69.8 percent from the field.

WAC

San Jose State 56, San Diego 52: Justin Graham hit the go-ahead basket with 11 seconds left then sealed the win with a steal and two free throws as visiting San Jose State (3-3) beat San Diego (4-5). Tim Pierce led San Jose State with 23 points, including 21 in the second half.