NICEVILLE, Fla. - The Alabama womens basketball team earned an 84-63 win over McNeese State in its first game in the Patrick Harrington Classic, which is being played at Northwest Florida States Raider Arena. The victory moved the Crimson Tide to 10-1, its best start over the first 11 games since 2000.We are honored to be here. This is a great cause for a great coach and a great man, Alabama head coach Kristy Curry said of Harrington, who was the head coach at Northwest Florida State before passing away in a car accident two years ago. McNeese was very motivated and played near-perfect at times, but our kids really pulled through.Junior Meoshonti Knight led five in double figures with a season-high 20 points, while freshman Ashley Knight had a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds in addition to six blocks. Her six blocks ties for the third most in a single game in program history. Also in double figures was freshman Jordan Lewis with 11 and juniors Quanetria Bolton and Hannah Cook with 10 apiece. Junior Mercedes Rogers led the Cowgirls with 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.Alabama held McNeese State scoreless over the first four minutes of the game, allowing the Tide to build a nine-point lead. Cook knocked down a long three just before the buzzer to give Alabama a 20-12 lead after one.The two teams traded baskets for the majority of the second quarter, but the Tide was able to push its lead out to double digits at the end of the frame, outscoring the Cowgirls, 6-2 over the final 1:39 to give Alabama a 39-29 edge at the break.McNeese State responded with a 6-2 run of its own to begin the third and eventually cut its deficit to four at the 5:25 mark. That was as close as the Cowgirls would get as the Tide took over down the stretch, pushing its lead back out to double digits and taking a 58-46 advantage into the final period.In the fourth, it was all Alabama as the Tide scored 26 points and led by as many as 22.Alabama shot 38.5 percent (15-39) in the first half before turning it around in the second, where the Tide hit 57.1 percent (16-28) of its attempts to finish at 46.3 percent (31-67) for the game. McNeese State finished at 36.5 percent (23-63) overall. The Tide won the battle of the boards, 48-32, and outscored the Cowgirls, 48-22, in the paint.At one point in the third quarter we just put it together and willed ourselves, added Curry. NeNe really gave us a boost off the bench. And AK (Ashley Knight). I mean what can you say? To finish with 16 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks in 23 minutes was just phenomenal. Our bench, from NeNe, to AK, to Coco (Knight), was big, big, big for us tonight. Meo was unstoppable. 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Her teammates couldnt deliver it for her.She finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help No. 9 UCLA rout Cal Poly 80-64 on Sunday.Canada just missed equaling Hall of Famer Ann Meyers for the most triple-doubles in school history. The junior guard had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a victory over Southern on Friday, the sixth triple-double at UCLA. Meyers had triple-doubles in 1977 and 1978.I was just focusing on the things I could control, Canada said. My teammates tried very hard. Im glad they tried to have my back on that.Monique Billings added 15 points before fouling out, and Nicole Kornet and Kennedy Burke scored 14 points each for the Bruins (3-1), who never trailed in earning their second straight blowout. They beat Southern by 48 points on Friday after opening the season with a 27-point win over Pacific.Canada was still in the game in the fourth because the Bruins only have nine players due to injuries. Coach Cori Close didnt want to make a big deal of Canadas shot at producing the Pac-12s first consecutive triple-double since 2002, but she didnt mind her players trying to make it happen, either.Sometimes they were taking shots that were rushed because they didnt want to take a couple extra dribbles, Close said.Lynn Leaupepe led Cal Poly with 22 points and Gabby Grupalo added 13 points. The Mustangs (1-3) endured scoring droughts of 3:53 in the first quarter and 4:23 in the second before trailing 44-22 at halftime.Canada did most of her damage in the third quarter, leading the Bruins with 12 points, including their first six in the period. She scored off her own steal before setting up Ally Rosenblums basket that pushed UCLAs lead to 65-39. Kornets 3-pointer made it 70-42 heading into the fourth.Shes a creator, ssaid Leaupepe, who occasionally played with and against Canada in high school.dddddddddddd I give her a lot of props. 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UCLA lost at No. 2 Baylor by 14 points before demolishing Southern and Cal Poly to end the week.SHE SAID ITUCLA is super talented and they have a great shot at being some representatives on the West Coast that maybe can sneak through and get to the Final Four. -- Cal Poly coach Faith Mimnaugh.SHOOT ITThe Mustangs tossed up 69 shots to the Bruins 65, which annoyed Close.Were lucky we shoot the ball reasonably well, she said, emphasizing the Bruins have to improve their defensive rebounding.WINNING A QUARTERThe Mustangs outscored the Bruins 22-10 in the fourth, when UCLA missed 16 of 20 shots. Cal Poly had its best shooting quarter, hitting 47 percent. For the game, the Mustangs hit 32 percent from the floor.BIG PICTURECal Poly: The Mustangs picked up their first win of the season on Friday when they beat Northern Arizona 58-53.UCLA: The Bruins have won their last 16 games at Pauley Pavilion where they went 15-1 last season. ... 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