Edey has 25, No. 3 Purdue routs Rutgers

Staley gets 600th win; South Carolina takes SEC title

COLUMBIA, S.C.>> Ashlyn Watkins had 14 points and 10 rebounds and South Carolina claimed a share of its third straight Southeastern Conference regular-season title in coach Dawn Staley’s 600th career win, beating Alabama 72-44 .

The Gamecocks (26-0, 13-0 SEC) cruised without top scorer and rebounder Kamilla Cardoso, who felt sore following a win over Georgia this past Sunday and got the game off.

Jessica Timmons led Alabama (20-8, 7-6) with 20 points. Sarah Ashlee Barker was held to four points, 13 below her average.

NO. 2 OHIO STATE 82, PENN STATE 69>> Jacy Sheldon scored 20 points, Cotie Mcmahon and Celeste Taylor added 16 apiece as Ohio State won its 14th straight game.

Ashley Owusu scored 22 points and Ali Brigham and Leilani Kapinus added 10 apiece for the Lady Lions (16-11, 7-9), who lost their sixth in a row.

NORTH CAROLINA 80,

NO. 6 N.C. STATE 70>> Lexi Donarski scored 23 points to power North Carolina past North Carolina State.

Aziaha James led the Wolfpack (23-4, 11-4) with 24 points.

NO. 16 GONZAGA 74, SAN FRANCISCO 48>> Yvonne Ejim scored 20 points, Brynna Maxwell added 18 and Gonzaga extended its overall winning streak to 21 games and its home winning streak to 33 games.

DUKE 58, NO. 17 SYRACUSE 45>> Kennedy Brown scored 12 points, Reigan Richardson added 11, and Duke (17-9, 9-6 ACC) halted Syracuse’s fivegame win streak.

Syracuse’s Dyaisha Fair, who entered with 3,257 career points, scored 22 on 7-of-25 shooting and is four points shy of tying Brittney Griner for fifth all-time.

NO. 19 NOTRE DAME 74, CLEMSON 47>> Sonia Citron scored 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting, Maddy Westbeld had a doubledouble and Notre Dame dominated the middle quarters in a win over Clemson.

NO. 20 LOUISVILLE 80, GEORGIA TECH 62>> Sydney Taylor scored 23 of her season-high 31 points in the first half, Jayda Curry added 13 points and Louisville won its 11th straight in the series.

Kara Dunn had 17 points for Georgia Tech).

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.>> Zach Edey scored 25 points on near-perfect shooting, Camden Heide added a career-high 18 and No. 3 Purdue routed Rutgers.

Edey was 7 of 8 from the field and made 11 free throws without a miss. He also had seven rebounds.

NEW MEXICO 68, NO. 22 CSU 66>> Donovan Dent drove the length of the court to lay in the winning shot with 2.8 seconds to play and give New Mexico a 68-66 win over No. 22 Colorado State on Wednesday night.

Dent, who finished with 16 points, barreled straight up the floor with the Lobos trailing by one, found a seam through the lane and banked the ball in off the glass as he was fouled. After he made the foul shot, Nique Clifford’s fadeaway 3-pointer hit the rim at the buzzer.