The Bakersfield Californian

No. 15 Ohio St. women snap Iowa’s 42-game home winning streak

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Madison Greene had 20 points and a career-high six steals, Jacy Sheldon and Braxtin Miller each added 18 points and No. 15 Ohio State beat Iowa 84-82 in overtime on Wednesday to snap the Hawkeyes’ 42-game home winning streak.

Iowa had not lost in Carver-Hawkeye Arena since a 92-74 defeat against Nebraska on Jan. 28, 2018. It was the second-longest active streak at home behind Baylor’s 61.

Ohio State (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half, but took its first lead since the first quarter on a 3-pointer by Gabby Hutcherson with 1:29 left in regulation. It was the final field goal of the fourth quarter as Kate Martin forced overtime at the line with 54.4 seconds left.

Caitlin Clark had 27 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for Iowa (8-3, 4-3).

NO. 16 SOUTH FLORIDA 72, TULANE 53

NEW ORLEANS — Elisa Pinzan had 22 points, seven assists and a career-best six steals to lead No. 16

South Florida to a 72-53 victory over Tulane on Wednesday night.

The Bulls (10-1, 7-0 American) have won nine straight games. Tulane (7-4, 3-3) ended a three-game winning streak.

NO. 19 DEPAUL 101, ST. JOHN’S 84

CHICAGO — Dee Bekelja scored 22 points and Lexi Held had 21 points, five rebounds and seven assists to help DePaul (7-3, 4-1 Big East) beat St. John’s (4-6, 1-4).

All five starters for DePaul scored in double figures. Deja Church added 18 points and nine rebounds, and Jorie Allen and Sonya Morris each scored 17 points. Morris also had nine assists and Allen grabbed seven rebounds.

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NO. 16 LOUISVILLE 77, WAKE FOREST 65

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Carlik Jones scored a season-high 23 points to help Louisville (9-1, 4-0 ACC) beat Wake Forest (3-4, 0-4), extending the Cardinals’ best start in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Samuell Williamson added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Cardinals, who blew nearly all of a 16-point second-half lead before finally putting this one away in the final 6 minutes as the Demon Deacons went cold.

Louisville shot 51% for the game to reach 4-0 in the league, marking the program’s best since joining the ACC before the 2014-15 season. It marked the best start in any league since for the Cardinals since winning their first eight Big East games during the 200809 season.

NO. 18 VIRGINIA 80, NOTRE DAME 68

CHARLOTTES­VILLE, Va. — Jay Huff scored 18 points and Sam Hauser had 15 points and nine rebounds as Virginia (8-2, 4-0 ACC) beat Notre Dame (3-8, 0-5) for its fourth consecutiv­e victory.

NO. 21 OHIO ST. 81, NEBRASKA 71

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Duane Washington Jr. scored a career-high 23 points to lead Ohio State (10-3, 4-3 Big Ten) to a win over Northweste­rn (6-5, 3-4).

Justin Ahrens added 12 points, hitting four 3-pointers, including a timely one late in the second half to help preserve the Buckeyes lead.

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