Wildcats advance in Women's SEC Tourney...

Victoria Dunlap scored 24 points and A'dia Mathies added 15 to help Kentucky (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP) beat Auburn 65-54 in the second round of the SEC tournament on Friday.

Kentucky snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 2-5 against Auburn in the tournament. The Wildcats (24-6) also have the school's most wins since 1982-83.

Morgan Toles scored 13 points for Auburn (15-16), which had won two straight and took a 12-point home victory over Kentucky last Sunday.

Mathies, the SEC freshman of the year, hit a jumper with 6:54 remaining to push the lead back to 55-44. Dunlap, the SEC player of the year, followed with a fast-break basket 11 seconds later to make it 57-44.

Tigers guard Alli Smalley finished with 11 points, going 1 for 6 on 3-point attempts.

Kentucky, which began the game ranked third in the nation with a 7.6-plus turnover margin, forced Auburn to commit 20 miscues that led to 22 points.