No. 1 South Carolina women beat Georgia in SEC quarterfinals

COLUMBIA, S.C. » Mikiah Herbert Harrigan had 16 points, Tyasha Harris added 15 and No. 1 South Carolina won its 24th straight game, beating Georgia 89-56 to start the SEC Tournament on Friday.

The Gamecocks (30-1), the regularseason champs and tournament’s top seed, reached the 30-victory mark for fourth time in the past six seasons and beat the ninth-seeded Bulldogs (17-14) for the 12th straight game.

Herbert Harrigan and Harris, the last players left from the 2017 national champions, led the way. (3) OREGON 79, UTAH 59 » Sabrina Ionescu scored 19 points to lead Oregon (29-2) past Utah (14-17) in the Pac-12 quarterfinals. (4) LOUISVILLE 71, SYRACUSE 46 » Dana Evans scored 23 points and Louisville (28-3) dominated the second quarter to beat Syracuse (1615) in the ACC quarterfinals. (6) MARYLAND 74, PURDUE 62 » Taylor Mikesell scored 22 points and Stephanie Jones added 14 points and 13 rebounds, helping Maryland (26-4) beat Purdue (18-14) in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. (9) MISSISSIPPI STATE 79, LSU 49 » Rickea Jackson scored 19 of her 23 points in the second half and Mississippi State (26-5) pulled away to beat LSU (20-10) in the SEC quarterfinals. (10) NORTH CAROLINA STATE 75, GEORGIA TECH 48 » Elissa Cunane had 14 of her 16 points inn the second half in North Carolina State’s (26-4) victory over Georgia Tech (20-11) in the ACC quarterfinals. MICHIGAN 67, (11) NORTHWESTERN 59 » Naz Hillmon scored 20 points, Hailey Brown added 19 and Michigan (21-10) upset Northwestern (264) in the Big Ten quarterfinals. (13) ARIZONA 86, CALIFORNIA 73 » Cate Reese scored a career-high 30 points on 13-of-15 shooting and Arizona

(24-6) beat California(12-19) in the Pac-12 quarterfinals. (25) ARKANSAS 67, (15) TEXAS A&M 66 » Kiara Williams was fouled on a putback and made two free throws with 8.6 seconds left to lift Arkansas (24-7) past Texas A&M (22-8) in the SEC quarterfinals. (20) INDIANA 78, RUTGERS 60 » Ali Patberg had 28 points and nine rebounds and Indiana (24-7) beat Rutgers (22-9) to advance to its first Big Ten semifinal since 2006. (21) PRINCETON 77, COLUMBIA 52» Carlie Littlefield scored 24 points, Bella Alarie became Princeton’s career scoring leader and the Tigers (25-1, 13-0 Ivy League) beat Columbia (17-9, 8-5) for its 21st straight victory. (22) FLORIDA STATE 76, WAKE FOREST 47 » Nausia Woolfolk and Kourtney Weber each scored 15 points and Florida State (23-7) beat Wake Forest (16-16) in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.

Men

VMI 96, SAMFORD 78 » Samford’s Josh Sharkey of Archbishop Carroll had 19 points and 10 assists but ninth-seeded VMI (9-23) beat the eighth-seeded Bulldogs (10-23) in the first game of the Southern Conference tourney.