Late shot lifts Stanford over Colorado
BOULDER, COLO. >> Junior Kiana Williams hit a gametying 3-pointer with 12 seconds left, then stole the ball from Mya Hollingshed and sank a 40-footer at the buzzer to send eighthranked Stanford past Colorado 69-66 Sunday.
Williams, whose 29 points and seven 3-pointers were both career highs, looked as stunned as the Buffaloes and their fans as her teammates swarmed her and celebrated in a pile in front of their bench while the officials went to the monitors to confirm the basket was good. GEORGIA TECH 65, NO. 4 N.C. STATE 61 >> Francesca Pan scored 13 of her 30 points in the first six minutes of the third quarter and Georgia Tech built a doubledigit lead and withstood a late rally to stun N.C. State.
The Yellow Jackets (17-9,
8-7 ACC), who had lost six of their past eight games, trailed 30-25 at halftime after missing their last six field-goal attempts of the second quarter and being held scoreless for 3:38. But Pan got going in the third quarter, making 6 of 7 fieldgoal attempts to help Georgia Tech build a 49-38 lead. NO. 3 OREGON 93, SOUTHERN CAL 67 >> Erin Boley scored
25 points, Ruthy Hebard added 22 and Satou Sabally had 18 to help Oregon rout Southern California.
Boley’s points and her seven 3-pointers were both season highs. Hebard and Sabally had 10 rebounds each to help the Ducks dominate the boards, 3823. Sabrina Ionescu had 13 assists to go with 12 points — her fewest points since
10 against UConn earlier this month.
NO. 5 UCONN 67, SOUTH FLORIDA 47 >> Megan Walker scored 21 points and Olivia Nelson-Ododa added
20 Sunday to help UConn shrug off a slow start to beat South Florida and remain unbeaten in the American Athletic Conference.
The Huskies (21-3, 11-0) trailed by four at halftime, took the lead for good early in the third quarter and broke the game open by beginning the fourth quarter with a 15-2 run and holding USF (15-10, 7-4) to one field goal during a nine-minute stretch.
NO. 18 KENTUCKY 73, NO.
6 MISSISSIPPI STATE 62 >> Rhyne Howard scored
26 points and led a thirdquarter surge that sent Kentucky over Mississippi State.
Howard had 11 points to help the Wildcats (19-5,
8-4 Southeastern Conference) outscore the Bulldogs
22-9 in the third period. Amanda Paschal and Howard hit consecutive 3-pointers as Kentucky closed the quarter on an 8-0 run.
NO. 9 LOUISVILLE 82, NOTRE DAME 49 >> Dana Evans scored 18 points to lead Louisville to a victory over Notre Dame.
The Cardinals (23-3, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) made 7-of-9 shots during one stretch of the second quarter to build a 36-21 lead midway through the period. Louisville played unselfish, dishing out 13 assists on 17 baskets in the half.
NO. 10 MARYLAND 106, PENN STATE 69 >> Stephanie Jones scored 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Maryland clamped down defensively in the second half to roll to a win over Penn State.
The Terrapins, who only led 46-45 at halftime, won their 11th straight while the Nittany Lions lost their
11th straight.
NO. 12 ARIZONA 72, WASHINGTON STATE 57 >> Pac-12 scoring leader Aari McDonald scored 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting and Arizona beat Washington State.
McDonald, a junior who came in averaging
20.5 points per game, has scored in double figures in
62 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the nation.
NO. 13 DEPAUL 97, XAVIER
65 >> Lexi Held scored 26 points and DePaul rolled past Xavier.
Held was only 1 of 7 from
3-point range but 6 of 7 otherwise and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line for the Blue Demons (24-3, 14-1 Big East), who have won five straight.
DUKE 66, NO. 14 FLORIDA STATE 64>> Haley Gorecki scored 21 points, including two free throws with 3.5 seconds left, and Duke upset Florida State, ending a string of 13 straight losses against Top 25 teams.
Nicki Ekhomu’s long
3-point attempt from the top left went off the front of the rim as time expired. NO. 16 TEXAS A&M 73, NO. 25 TENNESSEE 71 >> Chennedy Carter scored a seasonhigh 37 points in her first start since returning from an ankle injury as Texas A&M edged slumping Tennessee.
Carter, the Southeastern Conference’s preseason player of the year, had missed seven games after hurting her left ankle, with the Aggies going 4-3 in that span. The 5-foot-7 junior returned to action Thursday and scored 18 points in 22 minutes off the bench in a 74-53 victory over Vanderbilt.
NO. 17 IOWA 97, WISCONSIN
71 >> Kathleen Doyle scored
22 points and Iowa ran its winning streak at home to
34 with a victory over Wisconsin.
McKenna Warnock added 20 points and Monika Czinano 19 on a combined 14-of-19 shooting for the Hawkeyes (21-5, 12-3 Big Ten Conference), who won the first matchup 8578 last month.
NO. 19 NORTHWESTERN 60,
NEBRASKA 56 >> Veronica Burton scored 21 points and Northwestern scored the last nine points of the game to pull out a win over Nebraska.
Lindsey Pulliam scored the last four points, including the clinching free throws with four seconds left in a fourth quarter of runs.
OHIO STATE 80, NO. 20 INDIANA 76 >> Madison Greene scored 14 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter and Ohio State rallied to beat Indiana.
Indiana (20-7, 10-5 Big Ten Conference), which was trying to end a 13game skid against the Buckeyes (16-9, 9-5) dating to 2010, led 36-34 at halftime and upped its lead to
55-49 heading into the final quarter.
NO. 22 ARIZONA STATE 72, WASHINGTON 68 >> Reili Richardson scored 17 points and became Arizona State’s all-time assists leader as the Sun Devils held off Washington.
Richardson’s recordbreaking assist came on a layup by Ja’tavia Tapley with just over four minutes left and Jayde Van Hyfte added ASU’s final field goal with 3:28 to go. Amber Melgoza scored the Huskies’ final eight points over the last minute to get Washington within two with 15 seconds left but Iris Mbulito made two free throws with 13 seconds left and a contested Melgoza layup attempt missed the mark. NO. 23 ARKANSAS 108, MISSISSIPPI 64 >> Alexis Tolefree scored 19 points and Chelsea Dungee scored 18 and Arkansas disposed of Ole Miss to set an SEC single-game scoring record.
The Razorbacks also topped the century mark beating Kentucky 103-85 last week.