Houston Chronicle

Clinchers for Notre Dame, S.C., Oregon St.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Brianna Turner scored 24 points to lead fifth-ranked Notre Dame to its fourth consecutiv­e Atlantic Coast Conference regularsea­son title with a 79-61 victory over No. 8 Florida State on Sunday.

Arike Ogunbowale added 19 points, and Kathryn Westbeld had 14 for the Irish (27-3, 15-1 ACC), who once again will be the top seed in the conference tournament, which they have won every year since joining the league in 2013.

Brittany Brown scored 16 points to lead Florida State (25-5, 13-3 ACC).

SOUTH CAROLINA 95 KENTUCKY 87

A’ja Wilson had 25 points, and the seventhran­ked Gamecocks earned their fourth consecutiv­e Southeaste­rn Conference title with a win over the No. 22 Wildcats at Columbia, S.C.

South Carolina is 24-4 and 14-2 in the SEC; Kentucky is 20-9, 11-5.

OREGON ST. 71 CALIFORNIA 56

Sydney Wiese scored 19 points as the No. 10 Beavers clinched the Pac12 regular-season title at Corvallis, Ore.

Marie Gulich added 14 points for Oregon State (27-3, 16-2 Pac-12).

Jaelyn Brown came off the bench to score 21 points for the Golden Bears (18-12, 6-12).

TENNESSEE 82 MISSISSIPP­I ST. 64

Jaime Nared scored 30 points, Diamond DeShields added 20 and the Lady Vols earned a surprising­ly easy win over the No. 3 Bulldogs at Starkville, Miss.

Tennessee (19-10, 10-6 Southeaste­rn Conference) won a road game against a team ranked in the top three for the first time since 2004.

Mississipp­i State (27-3, 13-3), which lost two consecutiv­e games to end the regular season, was led by Victoria Vivians with 18 points.

MISSISSIPP­I 62 TEXAS A&M 49

The Rebels used a 15-3 run early in the fourth quarter to surge past the Aggies at Oxford, Miss.

Texas A&M (19-10, 9-7 SEC) was led by Anriel Howard with 14 points.

MARYLAND 93 MINNESOTA 60

Seniors Brionna Jones and Shatori WalkerKimb­rough had their jersey numbers retired in recognitio­n of their outstandin­g play over the past four years.

Jones had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and WalkerKimb­rough tallied 27 points and six assists as the No. 2 Terrapins (27-2, 15-1) clinched a first-place tie in the Big Ten with a victory at College Park, Md.

Kenisha Bell led Minnesota (14-15, 5-11) with 18 points.

OHIO ST. 73, RUTGERS 45

The 12th-ranked Buckeyes clinched a share of the Big Ten crown as Kelsey Mitchell scored 21 points at Piscataway, N.J.

Ohio State (25-5, 15-1) finished in a tie with Maryland atop the conference but earned the top seed in the tournament by beating the Terrapins last Monday.

PENN ST. 76, MICHIGAN 75

Teniya Page scored 19 points as the Nittany Lions upset the No. 25 Wolverines at University Park, Pa.

 ?? Robert Franklin / Associated Press ?? Notre Dame’s Brianna Turner (11), who played at Manvel, goes up for a shot against Florida State’s Chatrice White (50) in Sunday’s game at South Bend, Ind.
Robert Franklin / Associated Press Notre Dame’s Brianna Turner (11), who played at Manvel, goes up for a shot against Florida State’s Chatrice White (50) in Sunday’s game at South Bend, Ind.

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