Georgia pulls upset

Freshman Gabby Connally returned to her home state and scored 37 points, 15 in overtime, to lead Georgia to a 92-84 overtime upset of No. 17 Texas A&M on Sunday. Connally, from San Antonio, made 10 of 17 shots, including four three-pointers.

GEORGIA 92, NO. 17 TEXAS A&M 84 (OT)

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Freshman Gabby Connally returned to her home state and scored 37 points, 15 in overtime, to lead Georgia to a 92-84 upset of No. 17 Texas A&M on Sunday.

Connally, from San Antonio, came in averaging 8.8 points per game with a season-high of 13 but against the Aggies made 10 of 17 shots, including four three-pointers, plus 13 of 14 free throws. Her 37 points rank third all-time among Georgia freshmen be- hind Coco Miller (45 in 1997) and Janet Harris (39 in 1982). Mackenzie Engram made 6 of 7 from the arc and tied her career high with 23 points while Caliya Robinson added 18 points and a career-high

19 rebounds.

Connally made two free throws to open overtime and the Lady Bulldogs (16-2, 4-1 SEC) held on to their lead. The Aggies were within five with 1:10 left but Connolly made 5 of 6 free throws from there while Texas A&M missed its final five field-goal attempts.

Texas A&M (14-5, 3-2) finished the third quarter with eight consecutive points to take its first lead at 54-52 and were up five, 68-63, when Georgia went on an 8-0 run with Connally making a deep, straightaway three-pointer for a 71-68 lead. The teams exchanged free throws before Chennedy Carter banked in a three-pointer to tie with 14 seconds left. Connally and Robinson missed shots in the final four seconds to send the game into overtime.

In other Top 25/SEC women’s games Sunday, Jessica Shepard scored 24 points in 22 minutes as No. 2 Notre Dame (16-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back from its most-lopsided loss in 16 seasons, routing Boston College (6-11, 1-3) 89-60. … Victoria Vivians scored 21 points, Teaira McCowan added 19 and No. 4 Mississippi State (19-0, 5-0 SEC) beat Alabama (13-5, 3-2) 75-61. … Dekeiya Cohen scored 16 points, Kristy Wallace scored 15 and No. 5 Baylor (15-1, 5-0 Big 12) defeated Oklahoma (8-9, 3-3) 74-52. … Jaime Nared scored 19 points as No. 6 Tennessee (16-1, 4-1 SEC) bounced back from its first loss of the season with an 86-70 victory at No. 9 South Carolina (14-3, 3-2), which played without injured All-American A’ja Wilson. … Shakayla Thomas scored 21 points, Ama Degbeon had a double-double and No. 13 Florida State (16-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) tied a school record en route to a 107-62 victory over Virginia Tech (13-5, 2-3). … Japreece Dean sank five three-pointers and got a career-high 21 points to propel No. 14 UCLA (134, 4-2 Pac-12) to a 93-55 victory over Colorado (11-6, 2-4). … Lexie Brown, held scoreless in the first half, had nine of her 14 points in the fourth quarter and No. 16 Duke (14-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) ended Virginia’s (12-7, 5-1) eight-game winning streak with a 55-48 victory. … Kat Tudor scored 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from three-point range and No. 22 Oregon State (13-4, 4-2 Pac12 Conference) rolled to an 88-48 victory over Arizona (4-13, 0-6). … Kristine Anigwe scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and No. 24 California (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12) overcame Washington State (8-10, 1-5) 66-60.