No. 11 Virginia Tech sweeps NC State
Roommates Elizabeth Kitley and Georgia Amoore both had double-doubles as No. 11 Virginia Tech won its fifth straight game Sunday, defeating North Carolina State 75-62 at Cassell Coliseum.
Former Princess Anne High star Aziaha James scored 20 points in her first start for the Wolfpack (18-9, 8-8), who are out of the poll for the first time in 96 weeks dating to February 2018.
Kitley had 24 points and 10 rebounds for her 50th career double-double and had six blocks. Amoore had 15 points and 11 assists, which tied her career high.
Virginia Tech (22-4, 12-4 ACC) has won six straight, the previous three against ranked teams, starting with a 73-61 win over the Wolfpack. That marked the Hokies’ first-ever win in Raleigh, and now they have their first-ever sweep of N.C. State.
No. 9 Duke 56, Virginia 52: Elizabeth Balogun scored 12 points, Taya Corosdale had 10 and Duke survived a stern test from UVA in Charlottesville.
The Blue Devils (22-4, 13-3 ACC) led only 47-45 with just more than eight minutes left, but Celeste Taylor hit a 3-pointer from right in front of the Duke bench to make it a five-point game, starting a 7-2 run that gave them some breathing
room and they held on.
Taylor Valladay led Virginia (15-12, 4-12) with 19 points and McKenna Dale had 10. The Cavaliers had split their last six meetings with the Blue Devils after ending a 26-game losing streak in the series, but still lost for the 30th time in the last 33 meetings.
Hampton 72, Towson 61: The Pirates (10-14, 7-7 Colonial Athletic Association) got 19 points from Nylah Young and a resurgent Laren
VanArsdale as they beat the Tigers (15-10, 9-5) at the HU Convocation Center.
VanArsdale, who has struggled with injuries in recent years, had three blocks, three rebounds and three assists.
Hampton, which trailed 19-11 after the first quarter, outscored Towson in the final three quarters -- including 25-15 in the fourth.
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas scored 17 for Towson.
No. 2 Indiana 83, Purdue 60: Mackenzie Holmes scored 20 points, Grace Berger added 14 points and 10 assists, and Indiana (26-1, 16-1) clinched a share of its first Big Ten regular-season title in 40 years by beating the visiting Boilermakers (17-8, 8-7).
The Hoosiers (26-1, 16-1 Big Ten) won their 14th straight, matching the second-longest winning streak in school history, before cutting down the nets in front of the program’s first home sellout (17,222).
No. 4 Utah 74, Arizona State 69: Gianna Kneepkens scored 22 points and Jenna Johnson added 15 to push Utah (23-3, 13-3) to a Pac-12 victory over stubborn Arizona State (7-18, 0-16).
No. 5 LSU 90, Florida 79: Angel Reese had her ninth first-half double-double, Jasmine Carson had a career-high five 3-pointers before the break, and LSU (25-1, 13-1 SEC) raced to a road win over the Gators (14-13, 3-11), who have lost five straight.
Reese finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds for her 25th double-double of the season, two shy of Sylvia Fowles’ LSU single-season record. She also had five assists, three blocks and two steals.
KK Deans, a West Virginia transfer, matched her career high with 30 points for Florida.