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Its still a few weeks before Thanksgiving, but teams in the AP Top 25 feasted during college basketballs opening weekend.Ranked teams went 28-1, with the lone loss coming when No. 19 Kentucky beat 14th-ranked Miami. Throw that game out, and Top 25 squads won by an average of nearly 37 points.The competition will get a bit stiffer this week with some tasty matchups between top teams, including four on Monday. Fourth-ranked South Carolina visits seventh-ranked Ohio State, No. 2 Baylor hosts ninth-ranked UCLA and No. 12 Florida State hosts third-ranked UConn. The Huskies, who will be playing their first game of the season, have won 75 straight and host Baylor on Thursday. Eighth-ranked Texas also visits No. 11 Stanford on Monday night.Heres a look at some of the other things that happened around womens basketball during the opening weekend.SUCCESSFUL DEBUTStephanie White won her first game as a college coach as Vanderbilt beat Kennesaw State 86-54 on Friday night. The Commodores then promptly lost to No. 23 Indiana by 33 points on Sunday.HONORING LAURENXavier hosted the second annual Lauren Hill Tipoff Classic on Saturday. The doubleheader was in honor of the former Mount St. Josephs player who died of a brain tumor last year. She helped raise over $2.2 million for cancer research. The Musketeers beat Tennessee State 63-54 before Hiram edged Mount St. Josephs 63-62 in overtime. The teams stopped briefly after the opening tip to honor Hill , forming a circle and pointing a finger up in the air near midcourt.Xavier also hosted Bounce for the Cure in honor of hill.HALFCOURT HEAVENebraska sophomore Jessica Shepard hit a shot from beyond halfcourt just before the half of Nebraskas 71-53 win over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Saturday.HALL OF FAME MATCHUPWhen Chattanooga visited Rutgers on Friday, it featured a matchup of coaches C. Vivian Stringer and Jim Foster . The pair has combined to win over 1,800 games, and they are the only two coaches in NCAA history to win 200 or more games at three different schools. Fosters Chattanooga squad won the game 66-53.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg Shaquille ONeal Jersey Large . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. Custom Reggie Lewis Jersey . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. http://www.customcelticsjersey.com/custom-red-auerbach-jersey-large-117e.html . During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula. John Havlicek Jersey Large . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. Paul Pierce Jersey Large .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have recalled forward Kevin Porter and defenceman Chad Ruhwedel from the minors as part of a five-player roster shuffle made by the NHLs worst team.MACAU, China -- Evgeny Gradovich retained his IBF featherweight title after defeating Argentinas Mauricio Munoz by a unanimous decision on Saturday. The 26-year-old Russian improved his record to 17-0. On the same bill, Mexicos Juan Francisco Estrada also made a successful defence of his WBO-WBA flyweight titles, defeating Milan Melindoo by a unanimous decision.dddddddddddd Estrada handed Melindo his first defeat in 29 fights, knocking the Filipino down in the 11th round with a straight right hook. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Zou Shiming of China dominated teenager Jesus Ortega of Mexico to win his second professional fight by a unanimous decision. ' ' '