No. 2 UCLA women fall at home to Washington State
By The Associated Press
Bella Murekatete scored 20 points, Jenna Villa added 18 and visiting Washington State held on for a 8582 victory over No. 2 UCLA despite All-pac-12 guard Charlisse Leger-walker suffering a knee injury during the second half.
Leger-walker, who had 17 points, suffered the noncontact injury with 7:30 remaining in the third quarter and with the Cougars (15-6, 4-4 Pac-12) holding a 48-32 lead.
Kiki Rice had 25 points and Charisma Osbourne added 20 for UCLA (16-3, 5-3), which has dropped two of its last three.
UCLA trailed 52-32 early in the second half but got the deficit down to 12 at the end of the third quarter. The Bruins opened the fourth on a 15-7 rally to get within 72-68.
Rice had five points during a 7-2 run, including a pair of free throws with 19 seconds remaining as Washington State held on to an 83-82 advantage.
A pair of free throws by Murekatete put the Cougars back up by three. UCLA had a final chance to send it to overtime but the Bruins missed all three potential tying 3-pointers in the final 11 seconds, including one by Rice that went off the glass as time expired.
WASHINGTON 62, NO. USC 59 >>
Lauren Schwartz scored 21 points to lead the visiting Huskies to an upset of the Trojans.
USC’S Kayla Padilla scored 20 points on 6-for-9 shooting from 3-point range. Juju Watkins scored 19 points but had an off day shooting, making just 8 of 27 shots.
Washington (13-6, 3-5 Pac-12) has won two of its last three games. USC (144, 4-4) has lost two of its last four.
The Trojans cut the lead to 60-59 on a Padilla 3-pointer with two seconds left. Mckenzie Forbes was whistled for a foul with less than a second remaining and Schwartz made both free throws to seal it.
NO.1 SOUTH CAROLINA 91, VANDERBILT 74 >>
Kamilla Cardoso scored 23 points and the host Gamecocks (19-0, 7-0 SEC) followed up their big Thursday win over defending national champion LSU by beating the Commodores (17-4, 4-3).
NO. 3 COLORADO 61, OREGON 48 >>
Aaronette Vonleh had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Buffaloes to the road win over the Ducks (1111, 2-7 Pac-12).
Colorado (16-3, 6-2) bounced back from a loss at Oregon State on Friday.
NO. 6 STANFORD 96, ARIZONA 64 >>
Cameron Brink had 25 points and 19 rebounds and the visiting Cardinal (19-2, 8-1 Pac-12) beat the Wildcats
(11-10, 3-6).
NO. 25 OREGON ST. 91, NO. 16 UTAH 66 >>
Raegan Beers scored 20 points and the Beavers (17-3, 6-3 Pac-12) cruised at home.
Alissa Pili had 28 points to pace the Utes (15-6, 5-4).
The Beavers were coming off a 68-62 victory over
No. 3 Colorado.
NO. 5 IOWA 92, NEBRASKA 73 >>
Caitlin Clark had 38 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to lead the Hawkeyes (192, 8-1 Big Ten) on Saturday. Clark, the nation’s leading scorer at 31.7 points per game, had the 53rd doubledouble of her career.
NO.15 NOTRE DAME 82, NO.8 UCONN 67 >>
Freshman Hannah Hidalgo scored a season-high 34 points and the Fighting Irish (15-4) handed the Huskies their first home loss of the season.
Aaliyah Edwards had 23 points and 11 rebounds for Uconn (17-4), which entered on a 13-game win streak.
Men
NO. 1 UCONN 99, XAVIER 56 >>
Tristen Newton scored 22 points and the Huskies (182, 8-1 Big East) won their eighth straight game, rolling over the Musketeers (10-10, 4-5) on Sunday.
NO. 2 PURDUE 68, RUTGERS 60 >>
Zach Edey had 26 points and 12 rebounds, powering the Boilermakers (19-2, 8-2 Big Ten) to the road win over the Scarlet Knights (10-9, 2-6).
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 81, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 79 >>
Dominique Daniels Jr. had 29 points as the Lancers won the Western Athletic Conference
game on Saturday in Huntsville, Texas.
Yvan Ouedraogo’s free throw with 1:37 left stretched the lead to 81-75 and CBU (13-7, 6-3) held on.
Scotty Washington added 26 points.
LONG BEACH STATE 65, UC RIVERSIDE 53 >>
Marcus Tsohonis’ 15 points helped the 49ers win the Big West Conference game Saturday night in Riverside.
AJ George scored 14 points for the Beach (13-8, 5-4).
Barrington Hargress led UCR (8-14, 3-7) with 16 points and Isaiah Moses added 13 points and four assists.
NO.9 ARIZONA 87, OREGON 78 >>
Caleb Love scored a career-high 36 points, and the Wildcats snapped a threegame road losing streak.
Former Centennial High standout Kylan Boswell added 14 points as Arizona (15-5, 6-3 Pac-12) bounced back after losing 83-80 at Oregon State on Thursday night.
BUTLER 88, VILLANOVA 81, 2OT >>
Former Riverside Poly and Centennial High standout DJ Davis scored all of his season-high 28 points after halftime with 10 coming in overtime as the Bulldogs won at home.