Huff and Hauser lead Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. » Jay Huff scored 18 points and Sam Hauser had
15 points and nine rebounds Wednesday as No. 18 Virginia beat Notre Dame 80-68 for its fourth consecutive victory.
Huff, who is 7-foot-1, made a career-best four 3-pointers in the first half as Virginia (8-2, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened an 18-10 lead and built it to 37-25 by halftime.
All four of Huff’s 3-pointer came from the top of the key.
“I would probably say that around that area, that’s my favorite spot,” Huff said. “I took a bunch of those back in my high school days . ... Plus that’s kind of where they show up in the offense that we’re running.”
Huff also made a fierce drive for a basket after Notre Dame pulled within 66-56.
“That’s kind of always going through our minds when teams go on a run,” he said of the mindset to stop the run.
Cormac Ryan scored 16 and Trey Wertz 13 for the Fighting Irish (3-8,
0-5), who lost their fourth in a row and fell to 0-11 against Virginia in conference games. Nate Laszewski, who burned Virginia for 28 points in their first meeting, finished with 12.
(21) OHIO STATE 81, NORTHWESTERN
71 » Duane Washington Jr. scored a career-high 23 points to lead Ohio State (10-3, 4-3 Big Ten) to a win over Northwestern (6-5, 3-4).
The Buckeyes avenged a one-point loss to the Wildcats on Dec. 26.
Justin Ahrens added 12 points, hitting four 3-pointers, including a timely one late in the second half to help preserve the Buckeyes lead.
Chase Audige kept Northwestern in the game, scoring 21 of his careerbest 25 points in the first half. Audige, who was averaging 11.7 points per game, cooled off in the second half, just as Miller Kopp was heating up. He had 16 points in the second half to get Northwestern within one late in the second half.
Women
(15) OHIO STATE 84, IOWA 82 » Madison Greene had 20 points and a career-high six steals, Jacy Sheldon and Braxtin Miller each added 18 points and Ohio State (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) beat Iowa (8-3, 4-3) in overtime to snap the Hawkeyes’ 42-game home winning streak.
Iowa had not lost in Carver-Hawkeye Arena since a 92-74 defeat against Nebraska on Jan. 28, 2018. It was the second-longest active streak at home behind Baylor’s 61.
(16) SOUTH FLORIDA 72, TULANE 53 » Elisa Pinzan had 22 points, seven assists and a career-best six steals to lead South Florida (10-1, 7-0 American) to a victory over Tulane
(7-4, 3-3).
The Bulls have won nine straight games. Tulane ended a three-game winning streak.
Dee Bekelja scored 22 points and Lexi Held had 21 points, five rebounds and seven assists to help DePaul (7-3, 4-1 Big East) beat St. John’s (4-6, 1-4).
All five starters for DePaul scored in double figures.
(19) DEPAUL 101, ST. JOHN’S 84 »