Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Missouri upsets South Carolina

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Sophie Cunningham made a layup with 0.6 seconds to give Missouri a 6260 comeback victory against visiting No. 6 South Carolina.

Cunningham had 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting to help the Tigers (19-9, 9-5 SEC) win their third game in a row.

They beat the Gamecocks (22-4, 12-2) for the second time since joining the conference.

Sierra Michaelis added 11 points, and Cierra Porter had 10 for Missouri. The Tigers trailed 48-44 after three quarters.

A’ja Wilson had 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting to lead South Carolina, and Allisha Gray added 10 points.

Cunningham put Missouri up 62-60 with her layup — and Wilson was unable to attempt a shot for South Carolina following a timeout.

The Gamecocks lost for the second time in three games, with the other setback coming at No. 1 Connecticu­t.

Other Top 25

Mississipp­i State 72, Texas A&M 67: Victoria Vivians scored 25 points and No. 3 Mississipp­i State (271, 13-1 SEC) avoided an upset against No. 23 Texas A&M (19-8, 9-5) at College Station.

Notre Dame 85, Syracuse 80: Brianna Turner scored a career-high 31 points and Marina Mabrey added 22 as No. 7 Notre Dame (24-3, 13-1 ACC) rallied to win at No. 21 Syracuse (18-9, 9-5 ACC).

Washington 87, Southern California 74: Kelsey Plum scored 35 points to move into second place on the NCAA’s career scoring list as visiting No. 9 Washington (25-4, 13-3 Pac-12) beat Southern California (14-13, 5-11).

Oregon State 63, Utah 49: Sydney Weise scored 14 points, including four 3pointers as No. 11 Oregon

State (25-3, 14-2 Pac-12) beat Utah (15-12, 4-12) at Salt Lake City.

Duke 83, Miami 70: Lexie Brown scored 10 of her 28 points in the third quarter as No. 13 Duke (244, 12-3 ACC) beat visiting 16th-ranked Miami (19-7, 86).

Louisville 87, North Carolina 57: Asia Durr scored 28 points as host No. 14 Louisville (23-6, 10-4 ACC) cruised past North Carolina (14-13, 3-11).

Wake Forest 89, N.C. State 77: Milan Quinn had her 11th double-double of the season as visiting Wake Forest (15-12, 6-7 ACC) beat No. 15 N.C. State (207, 10-4).

Marquette 96, DePaul 81: Danielle King had 28 points as Marquette (20-7, 11-5 Big East) beat No. 17 DePaul (22-6, 14-2) in Milwaukee.

UCLA 67, Washington St. 48: Monique Billings tied a school single-game record with 25 rebounds and scored 12 points as host No. 18 UCLA (20-7, 11-5 Pac12) beat Washington State (10-17, 5-11).

Michigan State 86, Michigan State 68: Tori Jankoska scored 28 points in leading visiting Michigan State ( 18- 9, 8- 6 Big Ten) past No. 20 Michigan (21-7, 10-4).

Temple 77, South Florida 71: Feyonda Fitzgerald scored 23 points to lift Temple (21-5, 11-2 American) to a win at No. 22 South Florida (20-6, 9-4).

Drake 86, Loyola-Chicago 42: Lizzy Wendell scored 19 points to lead No. 25 Drake (22-24, 15-0 Missouri Valley) past host Loyola-Chicago (2-23, 1-13).

District women

Georgia Tech 71, Pitt 57: Junior point guard Aysia Bugg led a trio of double-figure scorers for Pitt women’s basketball (13-14, 4-10 ACC) in a road loss at Georgia Tech (15-12, 4-10).

 ?? Sam Craft/Associated Press ?? Texas A&M guard Curtyce Knox drives inside against Mississipp­i State guard Morgan William in the first half Sunday in College Station, Texas.
Sam Craft/Associated Press Texas A&M guard Curtyce Knox drives inside against Mississipp­i State guard Morgan William in the first half Sunday in College Station, Texas.

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