Top-seeded Notre Dame rallies late to beat Oregon State
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA >> Jacki Young scored 23 points, Arike Ogunbowale and Brianna Turner netted 21 apiece and No. 1 Notre Dame claimed the Vancouver Showcase championship, rallying for a 91-81 victory over No. 9 Oregon State Saturday night.
Oregon State (6-1) led for the first three quarters, but the Irish drew even early in the fourth and pulled away. NO. 2 UCONN 86, PURDUE 40 >> Katie Lou Samuelson tied her season high with 22 points, and No. 2 UConn rolled over Purdue in the Paradise Jam tournament.
Napheesa Collier had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Christyn Williams added 17 for the Huskies (5-0), who extended their regular-season winning streak to 120 games. NO. 3 OREGON 79, SAINT MARY’S 55 >> Sabrina Ionescu scored a season-high 27 points, and Oregon won in the Saint Mary’s Thanksgiving Classic.
Ionescu, a returning All-American point guard who went to high school in nearby Orinda, enjoyed a terrific homecoming weekend. The Ducks (6-0) routed UC Riverside on Friday and before cruising by the host Gaels (3-2).
NO. 5 LOUISVILLE 86, HARTFORD 69 >> Asia Durr scored a team-high 20 points, Dana Evans added 11 points and six assists and Louisville rallied from a sluggish start to beat Hartford in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout.
Durr, the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, made a pair of 3-pointers and finished 5 of 11 from the field for the Cardinals (5-0), who trailed early in the second quarter.
NO. 6 MISSISSIPPI STATE 105, JACKSON STATE 38 >> Teaira McCowan scored 19 points in
19 minutes to lead five Mississippi State players in double figures.
McCowan finished 8 of 9 from the field and had made
22 consecutive shots over three games before a thirdquarter miss against the Tigers (1-4). NO. 7 MARYLAND 58, GEORGIA
51>> Stephanie Jones scored
21 points, and Maryland held off Georgia in the Puerto Rico Clasico tournament.
The Terrapins (6-0) led 5351 in the final minute before Brianna Fraser hit a jumper and Taylor Mikesell added a free throw with 20 seconds left to quell the comeback bid. NO. 8 STANFORD 71, AMERICAN 49 >> Alanna Smith scored a season-high 25 points, and Stanford beat American in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown.
Dijonai Carrington added
13 points for the Cardinal (50), who never trailed and led by as many as 22 points.
NO. 10 TEXAS 69, MICHIGAN
52>> Jatarie White scored 16 points and Texas defeated Michigan in the semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Audrey Warren scored a career-high 15 points and Sug Sutton finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Longhorns (5-0), who play Fordham Sunday in the tournament championship game. Michigan (4-1) will meet Washington for third place in the eight-team event.
NO. 11 TENNESSEE 73, UAB
69 >> Rennia Davis scored
18 points, Evina Westbrook added 16 and Kasiyanha Kushkituah had 13 as Tennessee rallied from a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit and won in overtime.
Tennessee (5-0) claimed the Junkanoo Division of the Junkanoo Jam, and Davis was named the tournament MVP.
FLORIDA STATE 72, NO. 12 IOWA
67>> Nausia Woolfolk scored
15 of her career-high 25 points in the second half to help Florida State upset Iowa in the championship game of the Junkanoo Jam.
Kiah Gillespie had 13 points and nine rebounds, Valencia Myers added 10 and nine and Nicki Ekhomu also scored 10 for Florida State (6-1).
NO. 14 SYRACUSE 83, NO. 16 DEPAUL 81, OT >> Tiana Mangakahia had 22 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and sank a buzzer-beater in overtime to lift Syracuse over DePaul at the Cancun Challenge.
Mangakahia dribbled down the clock, rolled off a high screen to the baseline and sank a reverse layup just before the buzzer.
NO. 17 SOUTH FLORIDA 60, UCLA 56 >> Sydni Harvey scored a career-high 19 points before fouling out, Laura Ferreira added 14 and South Florida beat UCLA in the Paradise Jam.
Japreece Dean scored 17 points for UCLA (3-4), and Kennedy Burke added 16. NO. 18 CALIFORNIA 70, SAN DIEGO 53 >> Kristine Anigwe scored 25 points and grabbed
16 rebounds as California capped its San Diego Thanksgiving Tournament by beating the host Toreros.
Madison Pollock put up
19 points for San Diego (23), with Sydney Hunter adding 13.
NO. 19 ARIZONA STATE 82, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 38 >> Reili Richardson made three
3-pointers and scored 11 points as Arizona State rolled in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout.
Kianna Ibis and Robbi Ryan added 10 points apiece for the Sun Devils (32), who rebounded from a two-point loss to No. 5 Louisville Friday.
NO. 21 MISSOURI 65, QUINNIPIAC 51 >> Sophie Cunningham scored 26 points and grabbed
10 rebounds, Amber Smith also had a double-double and Missouri beat Quinnipiac in the consolation semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Cunningham made 7 of 14 shots and 9 of 12 free throws, and also had three assists and two blocks. Smith had
17 points and 10 rebounds for Missouri (4-2).
NO. 22 MARQUETTE 96, ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 32 >> Amani Wilborn scored a season-high
18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her first doubledouble of the season to propel Marquette
The Golden Eagles (4-1) led
56-14 at halftime.
NO. 25 WEST VIRGINIA 81, EASTERN KENTUCKY 39 >> Tynice Martin had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Kysre Gondrezick added 17 points and six assists and West Virginia beat Eastern Kentucky at the Junkanoo Jam.