Host UF women lose to Tigers at home

GAINESVILLE — Angel Reese had her ninth first-half double-double, Jasmine Carson had a career-high five 3-pointers before the break, and No. 5 LSU raced past Florida 90-79 Sunday.

Reese finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds for her 25th double-double of the season, two shy of Sylvia Fowles’ LSU single-season record. She also had 5 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals.

Carson also scored 25 points, a career-high, as the graduate transfer from West Virginia went 7 of 14 behind the arc, helping the Tigers to a season-best 11 3s on 20 attempts. The last time LSU had a player hit seven 3-pointers was in 1997.

LaDazhia Williams added 15 and 10 and Flau’jae Johnson scored 12 points for LSU (25-1, 13-1 SEC), which let a 16-point halftime lead dwindle to 59-50 after a dismal third quarter. The Tigers were 4 of 15 in the third with 7 turnovers.

After the third-quarter woes, LSU was 13 of 19 in the fourth, which was enough to stay in front of the hot-shooting Gators, who were 9 of 10 with four 3s, and made 7 of 8 free throws. Reese had 9 points in the first five minutes of the quarter to push the lead back up to 73-57.

Women’s basketball: Zia Cooke scored five of her 24 points in OT to help No. 1 South Carolina remain unbeaten with a 64-57 victory over host Mississippi. The defending national champs won their 33rd straight game . ... No. 2 Indiana routed visitor Purdue 83-60 to clinch a share of its first Big Ten regular-season title since 1982-83.

Golf: New Zealand’s Lydia Ko won the Ladies European Tour’s Aramco Saudi Ladies International. Ko, the 25-year-old world’s top-ranked player, got married in December and skipped the LPGA Tour’s season opener last month.

NHL: Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews announced that he’s dealing with symptoms of long COVID-19 and chronic immune response syndrome. Toews, 34, hasn’t played since Jan. 28.