Greene’s 24 points lead No. 14 Ohio State over No. 7 Maryland
No. 14 Ohio State 88, No, 7 Maryland 86: Madison Greene scored 24 points, Jacy Sheldon had 21 and No. 14 Ohio State beat No. 7 Maryland 88-86 on Monday night.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Braxtin Miller put the Buckeyes up 75-69 with 4:22 left. The Terps missed 12 of their next 13 field-goal attempts, allowing the Buckeyes to build a lead down the stretch.
The Terps pulled within five on a pair of foul shots by Ashley Owusu with under a minute left. A late 3-pointer by Chloe Bibby and another by Katie Benzan at the buzzer weren’t enough.
Miller scored 18 points and Dorka Juhasz had 16 rebounds as Ohio State (9-1, 5-1) handed Maryland (11-2, 7-1) its first conference loss of the season and snapped the Terps’ 24-game Big Ten winning streak going back to last January.
Benzan had 22 on 7-for-12 shooting from 3-point range.
No. 22 Georgia 75, No. 19 Arkansas 73: Gabby Connally scored 20 points, including a long jumper with 0.9 seconds left to lift No. 22 Georgia to a win over No. 19 Arkansas.
Connally made two shots in the final minute from about the same spot. Her first from the top of the key with 57.7 seconds left tied the game for the 11th time, to go with 11 lead changes. Arkansas went with a quick shot trying to a get 2-for-1 possession advantage but Jailyn Mason’s jumper missed with 41 seconds to go.
Waiting until late in the shot clock, Que Morrison missed a 3-pointer but Jordan Isaacs corralled the offensive rebound on the baseline with less than 11 seconds to go. She got the ball to Mikayla Combs in the left corner who got the ball back to Connally near midcourt. Connally made her move, shaking free about a step behind her previous shot and knocked the game-winner home.
Arkansas tried a final lob Marquesha Davis at the rim, but didn’t go.
Jenna Staiti also scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Georgia (13-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference), which had the biggest lead at nine in a high-scoring first quarter that ended tied at 25.
Chelsea Dungee scored 25 points for Arkansas (11-6, 2-5), including 11 of 14 free throws, but one of the misses came on the possession before Connally’s tying jumper. Erynn Barnum added 15 points and Makayla Daniels 13.
Arkansas was trying for its first win in Athens since 2009, and the first win over a ranked team on the road since 2014.
The Razorbacks, who have lost two in a row, host No. 3 UConn on Thursday. to it