St. Mary’s women lose at UC Davis
Morgan Bertsch hit a jumper with a second remaining Monday as host UC Davis edged St. Mary’s 76-74 on Monday night.
The Gaels’ Emily Codding had hit a three-pointer with four seconds left to tie the game.
Bertsch contributed a gamehigh 22 points for the Aggies (7-5). Nina Bessolo added 14.
Madeline Holland paced the Gaels (5-4) with 17 points and Sydney Raggio had 16. Megan McKay had 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Arizona points led and a balanced 62, dished UTEP out attack 40: nine Aari with assists McDonald 15 as the host Wildcats (9-1) won easily. McDonald is second in the NCAA in scoring with an average of 25.7 points per game. Briefly: Baylor fell out of the top five for the first time in nearly a year after losing at Stanford on Saturday. The Lady Bears dropped from third to sixth in the AP poll after losing 68-63 to the then-No. 11 Cardinal. Stanford moved up to eighth. Connecticut and Notre Dame still are the top two teams in the country. Cal is No. 14. The Bears host UConn on Saturday afternoon.
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Saben Lee scored 14 points to lead five players in double figures and sharp-shooting Vanderbilt beat No. 18 Arizona State 81-65 in Nashville.
Vanderbilt snapped an eightgame skid against ranked opponents. The Commodores (7-2) also beat Arizona State (8-2) for the first time in five tries on the Sun Devils’ first visit to Memorial Gym. #11 Missouri career Devin first (5-7). Utah Van Florida Dyke half 93, (9-1) Vassell high and scored Florida 68: recovered 23 State beat added Trent points a A&M the 85, career-high Forrest 16 and from Redhawks Southeast as 64: freshman the a scored Parker sluggish Seminoles 20 a points three-pointers (5-5) Allen points and over while apiece Sedrick the making for Rattlers to the lead Barefield a Utes. career-high the (3-9). host added Timmy Utes six 16 Oregon Kylor nine blocks Kelley State and set 82, a added school Pepperdine 10 record points with 67: and nine (7-3) rebounds beat the Waves as the host (6-6). Beavers Washington Robert Franks State had 25 94, points, Rider 12 80: rebounds and five assists as the host Cougars (6-3) beat the Broncs (4-4). Briefly: Kansas, Duke and Tennessee were 1-2-3 in the AP Top 25 poll for the second straight week. Meanwhile, reigning national champion Villanova fell out for a second time. Gonzaga, which lost the No. 1 ranking after a loss to Tennessee on Dec.9, fell four spots to eighth after Saturday’s loss at North Carolina.
Stanford women on Tuesday
Who: No. When: Where: 9 Tennessee No. 3 Knoxville, p.m. 8 Stanford (8-0) Tenn. (7-1) at TV: team, After SEC No. knocking Network 3 Baylor off at one Maples 8-0 Pavilion hopes to on upend Saturday, another Stanford Tuesday. The Cardinal’s 68-63 win over Baylor was their first regular-season win against a topfive team since 2014. They are 17th in the country in scoring offense (82.9) and 15th nationally in field-goal percentage (47.7). Stanford is 10-25 all-time against the Lady Vols but has won four of the past seven meetings. Jaime Nared scored 28 points to lead Tennessee to an 83-71 win last season at Stanford. The Lady Vols are led by sophomore guard Evina Westbrook (16.6 points per game), sophomore guard/forward Rennia Davis (14.1) and senior guard/ forward Meme Jackson (13.1). Jackson scored a career-high 33 points in Tennessee’s 88-82 win over No. 12 Texas on Dec. 9. Center Kasiyahna Kushkituah, who has missed Tennessee’s past three games with a knee injury, is expected to play. She averages 10.2 points and 6.2 rebounds.