Oklahoma women stay at No. 8 in AP women's poll

NEW YORK (AP) _ Oklahoma remains at Number 8 in the latest Associated Press women's college basketball poll. <br/><br/>The Sooners rebounded from their first loss of the season with an 80-58 romp over

Tuesday, January 2nd 2007, 6:22 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) _ Oklahoma remains at Number 8 in the latest Associated Press women's college basketball poll.

The Sooners rebounded from their first loss of the season with an 80-58 romp over New Mexico on Saturday, as Courtney Paris scored a school-record 43 points and added 25 rebounds and five blocked shots.

The Atlantic Coast Conference trio of Maryland, North Carolina and Duke remained in the top three spots in the poll, followed by Tennessee and Connecticut.

Louisiana State, Ohio State, OU, Baylor and Purdue round out the top 10.

Eight Big 12 teams received votes in the poll, including Oklahoma State, which received two votes, putting the Cowgirls 11 spots out of the top 25.