No. 11 Indiana women end long skid vs. Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Grace Berger scored 20 points, Nicole CardanoHillary had a double-double and No. 11 Indiana ended a 15-game losing streak to No. 15 Ohio State with an 87-75 victory on Saturday.
In an ugly and foulmarred fourth quarter, the Hoosiers erased a nine-point deficit and outscored the Buckeyes 21-3 over the last five minutes. Indiana was 20 of 27 from the foul line in the last 10 minutes as Ohio State had 15 fouls, including a technical, and three players fouled out.
Ali Patberg scored 19 points for Indiana (16-5, 14-2 Big Ten Conference), which broke last year's school record for conference wins. Mackenzie Holmes added 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting and Cardano-Hillary 16 points and 11 rebounds. Aleksa Gulbe scored 10.
Braxtin Miller scored 23 points for the Buckeyes (13-6, 9-6), who were 10-0 at home this season and hadn't lost to Indiana at home since 2002. Kateri Poole added a careerhigh 17 points and Jacy Sheldon and Dorka Juhasz 11 each. Juhasz also had 12 rebounds.
Sheldon, Ohio State's leading scorer at 17.1 points a game, fouled out with 5:47 to play and the Buckeyes, who have lost three straight, up five.
Indiana led 29-26 at halftime but Miller scored 10 points in the third quarter and the Buckeyes were up 56-51 entering the fourth quarter.
Indiana is home against Iowa on Wednesday. Ohio State plays at Rutgers on Friday. That ends Ohio State's season as the Buckeyes have self-imposed a postseason ban because of potential NCAA infractions, reportedly involving a former assistant coach.
Houston 67, No. 13 S. Florida 49
HOUSTON (AP) — Laila Blair led a balanced attack with 15 points and Houston swamped No. 13 South Florida 67-49 on Saturday, ending the Bulls' school-record 13-game winning streak and extending the Cougars' winning streak to seven.
Dymond Gladney scored 11 points for the Cougars (15-5, 12-4 American) and three other players scored eight points, including Britney Onyeje, who had 10 rebounds. It was their first win over a Top 15 opponent since 2003-04 and their most league wins since joining the conference.
Elena Tsineke scored 24 points for the Bulls (14-2, 12-1), who won the first meeting 80-51.
Houston, which holds teams to 23.9% from 3-point range, only allowed South Florida to go 4 of 21 (19%).
Meanwhile, the Cougars made 7 of 15 from distance and have made at least five 3s in all but three games this year. Blair led the way, going 3 of 3.
Tsineke scored seven points in a 9-0 run to open the second quarter to give USF a 14-10 lead but the Bulls only scored four points in the last seven minutes and trailed 29-18 at the half. It was 53-33 after three quarters.
South Florida only shot 37% (18 of 49) from the field and 9 of 17 (53%) from the line while turning the ball over 24 times and being outrebounded by eight.