Kansas State rallies in second half to upset No. 15 Texas women 69-60.
AUSTIN — Kayla Goth scored 15 points, Peyton Williams posted a doubledouble, and Kansas State overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to upset No. 15 Texas 69-60 on Sunday.
Williams finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds, Jasauen Beard and Rachel Ranke each scored 11, and Kali Jones grabbed 11 rebounds for the Wildcats (16-10, 7-7 Big 12). Kansas State has won three of its last four following a threegame skid.
Beard’s 3-pointer with 5:29 left gave the Wildcats a 54-52 lead, and they never trailed again. Texas led 13-7 at the end of the first quarter as the Wildcats made just two of 16 shots. The shooting script turned in the second quarter when Kansas State went 8-of-16 and Texas just 4-of-17. The Wildcats used a 15-5 run that started when Beard hit a jumper and a layup, and they led 27-26 at halftime.
Texas came out hot after intermission with a 16-1 run and led 42-28 when Charli Collier made a layup with 5:18 left in the third. The Wildcats countered with a 17-4 run and ended the quarter down 46-45.
Destiny Littlejohn led the Longhorns (20-6, 10-4) with 16 points, Danni Williams 14 and Collier 12.
MISSISSIPPI ST. 92 TEXAS A&M 64
Andra Espinoza-Hunter set career highs with seven 3-pointers and 24 points as the fifth-ranked Bulldogs bounced back with a win over the 22nd-ranked Aggies in College Station.
Mississippi State (23-2, 11-1 Southeastern Conference) used a big thirdquarter run to get back on track after a loss to Missouri on Thursday night snapped a 12-game winning streak.
Anriel Howard, who played her first three seasons at Texas A&M, added 19 points and tied a season high with 13 rebounds to help the Bulldogs to the victory.
The Aggies (19-6, 8-4) cut the lead to six on a layup by Chennedy Carter with about 8½ minutes left in the third quarter. But Espinoza-Hunter made three 3-pointers to power an 11-4 run that stretched Mississippi State’s advantage to 57-44 with about six minutes left in the quarter.
Carter had 28 points before fouling out with about 5½ minutes left. Carter, who leads the SEC in scoring, had her 32nd straight game with at least 10 points and her eighth in a row with 15 or more.
The Aggies have lost two of their last three games after winning their previous seven.
MIAMI 79, LOUISVILLE 73
Emese Hof scored 25 points to help the 20thranked Hurricanes upset the second-ranked Cardinals in Louisville, Ky.
Laura Cornelius added 16 points and six assists as Miami (22-5, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) earned its fourth consecutive win. Mykea Gray had 10 points.
Miami trailed by as many as 14 in the second quarter. The Hurricanes’ fifth — and biggest — win over a ranked foe in six games this season also gave coach Katie Meier her 350th win in her 18-year career.
Asia Durr led Louisville (23-2, 10-2) with 16 points on 5-for-17 shooting.
CONNECTICUT 78 CENTRAL FLORIDA 41
Naphessa Collier had 18 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals to help the fourth-ranked Huskies rout the Knights in Orlando, Fla.
She led five Connecticut players in double figures, including Christyn Williams who had all 12 of her points in the second half.
The Huskies (23-2, 11-0 American) forced 23 turnovers and jumped out to a 23-4 lead over the Knights led by Collier, who scored or assisted on 16 of the first 20 points the team scored. Central Florida (20-5, 9-3) responded with a 17-7 run but then went into a fourminute scoring drought and never recovered.
Kay Kay Wright scored 17 points for UCF, which didn’t attempt a free throw until midway through the third quarter.
MARYLAND 86, IOWA 73
Megan Gustafson scored 24 of her 31 points in the second half, and the No. 14 Hawkeyes beat the No. 7 Terrapins at home to move into a tie with Maryland atop the Big Ten.
Gustafson also had 17 rebounds for Iowa (21-5, 12-3), which has won 10 of 11. The Hawkeyes are now just three wins from claiming at least a share of the league title after their first top-10 win of the season.
Maryland (23-3, 12-3) was hurt by a tough day for leading scorer Kaila Charles, who had two points on 1-of-13 shooting.
Stephanie Jones led the Terps with 21 points, and Taylor Mikesell had 14.
NEBRASKA 82 MICHIGAN ST. 71
Hannah Whitish scored 16 points, including two critical late baskets, and the Cornhuskers upset the 24th-ranked Spartans in Lincoln, Neb.
Nebraska (12-14, 7-8 Big Ten) used a hot start, built a lead to 22 points in the third quarter and held on when Whitish had back-toback baskets inside the three-minute mark after Michigan State (17-8, 7-7) had closed within eight.
Men ST. JOHN’S 71 VILLANOVA 65
LJ Figueroa scored 22 points, and the Red Storm rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to stun the 13th-ranked Wildcats at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
The Red Storm (19-7, 7-6 Big East) were down 48-34 with 12:30 left. St. John’s scored 20 of the next 25 points to take its first lead on Figueroa’s 3-pointer from the corner.
The Red Storm led 63-57 with 50 seconds left when Villanova’s Phil Booth was fouled shooting a 3-pointer. He made two of three free throws to get the Wildcats within four.
That’s as close as they could get as St. John’s converted its free throws down the stretch. The win snapped a 12-game losing streak for St. John’s against Villanova (20-6, 11-2) at Madison Square Garden dating back 17 years.
MICHIGAN ST. 62 OHIO ST. 44
Kenny Goins had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and the No. 11 Spartans finished the game with a 20-2 run, beating the Buckeyes in East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan State (21-5, 12-3) pulled into a first-place tie with Michigan atop the Big Ten, holding Ohio State to 13 points in the second half. The Buckeyes (16-9, 6-8) led by six at the half but shot 4-of-21 the rest of the way.