No. 2 Uconn women win, but Bueckers injures knee
STORRS, Conn. — Connecticut won its rivalry game against
Notre Dame but might have lost last year’s national women’s player of the year to a knee injury.
Paige Bueckers scored
22 points before going down with seconds left in the No. 2 Huskies’ 73-54 victory over the No. 24
Fighting Irish on Sunday.
“The initial report is
(Bueckers) might have hyperextended it,” coach Geno Auriemma said, noting the injury’s extent won’t be known until Monday.
Uconn (5-1) had a 45-32 edge in rebounds. Notre Dame (7-2) was outscored 28-16 in the paint.
■ No. 2 North Carolina State 78, Elon 46: At Raleigh, N.C., Jada Boyd scored 17 points for the Wolfpack (8-1), who shot 51.0 percent and held the Phoenix (5-2) to 27.8 percent.
■ No. 8 Maryland 74, Rutgers 59: At Piscataway, N.J., Angel Reese scored 18 points for the Terrapins (7-2, 1-0 Big Ten), who went on a 7-0 run after the Scarlet Knights (4-6, 0-1) got within 56-52 in the fourth quarter.
■ No. 9 Iowa 88, Michigan State 61: At Iowa City, Iowa, Caitlin Clark had 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (5-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who routed the Spartans (6-4, 0-1) for coach Lisa Bluder’s 800th win.
■ No. 10 Louisville 80, Belmont 66:
At Louisville, Ky., Hailey Van Lith scored 16 points for the Cardinals (7-1), who shot 54 percent. The Bruins (4-4) missed 20 of 29 3-point tries.
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■ No. 11 Arizona 90, Oregon State
65: At Corvallis, Ore., Bennedict Mathurin scored 29 points for the Wildcats (7-0, 1-0 Pac-12), who led 44-36 at halftime. The Beavers (1-8, 0-2) had 22 turnovers.