N.C. STATE WOMEN PUT AWAY INDIANA
BLOOMINGTON, IND.» Reserve Diamond Johnson scored 19 points, and No. 2 N.C. State used an 11-2 run late in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 66-58 win over No. 6 Indiana Thursday night in the Big TEN/ACC Challenge.
Kayla Jones scored 15 points, Raina Perez had 13 and star center Elissa Cunane battled through foul trouble to score 11 for the Wolfpack (7-1), who haven’t lost since a season-opening defeat to No. 1 South Carolina.
Mackenzie Holmes scored 24 points for Indiana (5-2).
NO. 8 MARYLAND 82, MIAMI 74.
COLLEGE PARK, MD.» Angel Reese had 26 points and 15 rebounds, Ashley Owusu scored 22 and Maryland beat Miami. Reese recorded her fifth double-double of the season as the Terrapins (7-2) extended the nation’s longest home-court winning streak to 29 games.
DUKE 79, NO. 9 IOWA 64. DURHAM, N.C.» Freshman Shayeann Day-wilson scored 19 points to help Duke (7-0) beat Iowa in the Hawkeyes’ return from a COVID-19 pause.
Celeste Taylor added 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Blue Devils (7-0), while star guard Caitlin Clark scored 22 points for the Hawkeyes (4-1).
NO. 10 LOUISVILLE 70, NO. 12 MICHIGAN 48.
LOUISVILLE, KY.» Emily Engstler had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Kianna
Smith added 14 points and Louisville (6-1) used an early 25-2 run to roll past Michigan (7-1).
Engstler made 8 of 15 from the field and 2 of 4 from long range to post her second double-double this season.
TEXAS-ARLINGTON 61, NO. 13 SO. FLORIDA 56.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS» Terryn Milton scored 14 points and Texas-arlington beat South Florida.
South Florida (5-3), which entered with consecutive wins against top-10 teams Oregon and Stanford, lost for the first time this season against an unranked team.
LSU 69, NO. 14 IOWA STATE 60.
BATON ROUGE, LA.» Alexis Morris scored a career-high 25 points with five 3-pointers and LSU beat Iowa State. It was LSU’S first win over a ranked team under coach Kim Mulkey.
Khayla Pointer scored 20 points for LSU (6-1), which won its fifth straight game for the former Baylor coach.
Ashley Joens scored 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting for the Cyclones (7-1).
NO. 20 GEORGIA 66, TEXAS TECH 56.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS» Que Morrison scored 20 points, Jenna Staiti had 12 points and nine rebounds, and Georgia beat Texas Tech.
Georgia is 7-0 for the second straight year and the third time under coach Joni Taylor.
NO. 24 NOTRE DAME 76, MICHIGAN STATE 71.
EAST LANSING, MICH.» Freshman Sonia Citron scored a career-high 29 points, classmate Olivia Miles had 11 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Irish.
NO. 25 FLORIDA ST. 67, ILLINOIS 58.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.» Morgan Jones had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Florida State turned back Illinois.
Men NO. COLORADO 77, MONTANA STATE 75.
GREELEY» Daylen Kountz scored a game-high 21 points, while Kur Jongkuch and Matt Johnson II added 14 apiece to lead the Bears (4-5, 1-0 Big Sky) to a win in both teams’ Big Sky opener.
WYOMING 77, DENVER 64.
LARAMIE, WYO.» The Cowboys (7-0) stayed unbeaten behind a 35point, 14-rebound night from Graham Ike. Hunter Maldonado added 15 points, while Michael Henn led the Pioneers (3-6) with 19 points.