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No. 25 Dayton rallies past VCU in OT, stays unbeaten at home

- — The Associated Press

Clark sets another record in No. 4 Iowa’s win over Penn State

MINNEAPOLI­S>> Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA Division I record for 3-pointers in a season by a man or woman, finishing with 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists on a poor shooting night to lead No. 4 Iowa past Penn State 9562 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfin­als.

Clark missed her first 11 3s before connecting in the fourth quarter. It was her 163rd 3-pointer of the season, surpassing Stephen Curry of Davidson (2007-08) and Darius Mcghee of Liberty (202223) for the most by a D-I player.

The Hawkeyes face either Indiana or Michigan in the Big Ten semifinals on Saturday.

NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 79, TEXAS A&M 68>> Kamilla

Cardoso scored 17 points and Tessa Johnson 13 as South Carolina overcame a slow start in the SEC Tournament and reached 30 wins for a third straight season.

The Gamecocks (30-0) will face Tennessee in Saturday’s semifinal round.

NO. STANFORD 66, NO. 13 OREGON STATE 57>> Hannah Jump scored 20 points and No. 2 Stanford rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to beat No. 13 Oregon State 66-57 in the Pac-12 semifinals in Las Vegas.

The Cardinal outscored Oregon State 23-8 in the third quarter and held off a late surge by the Beavers. Stanford will play for its 16th Pac-12 championsh­ip on Sunday.

The Cardinal’s Cameron Brink had 16 points and 12 rebounds for her second straight doubledoub­le in the tournament. Raegan Beers led the Beavers with 17 points.

MARYLAND 82, NO. 4 OHIO STATE 61>> Shyanne Sellers had 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead Maryland over regular-season champion Ohio State in the quarterfin­als of the Big Ten Tournament.

Brinae Alexander and Jakia Brown-turner each scored 19 points and Faith Masonius added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Terrapins (19-12).

NO. 8 LSU 78, AUBURN 48>> Flau’jae Johnson scored 17 of her 25 points in the first half, Angel Reese had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and LSU raced to an early lead on the way to a victory over seventh-seeded Auburn in the SEC.

Second-seeded LSU (274) will face either No. 3 seed Mississipp­i in Saturday’s semifinals.

Mckenna Eddings led Auburn (20-11) with a career-high 15 points, all in the final two quarters.

NO. 10 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 54, DUKE 51>> Aziaha James scored 16 points and North Carolina State overcame three quarters’ worth of offensive struggles to hold off Duke in the quarterfin­als of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Greensboro, N.C.

Freshman Zoe Brooks added 12 points for the second-seeded Wolfpack (26-5), including a critical driving basket past Taina Mair with 58.8 seconds left that made it a twopossess­ion game.l.

NO. 11 VIRGINIA TECH 55, MIAMI 47>> Georgia Amoore scored 23 of her 27 points in the second half and scored at least 20 point for the 15th time this season as Virginia Tech advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament for the third straight year.

Virginia Tech (24-6) won without three-time ACC player of the year

Elizabeth Kitley, who will miss the tournament due to a knee injury.

NO. 14 NOTRE DAME 77, NO. 24 LOUISVILLE 68>> Sonia Citron scored 26 points, Hannah Hidalgo added 21 and Notre Dame beat Louisville to advance to the semifinal round of the ACC Tournament.

Maddy Westbeld added 13 points for Notre Dame (24-6), which shot 24 of 30 from the line.

NO. 17 BAYLOR 71, TEXAS TECH 60>> Sarah Andrews scored 13 points, Aijha Blackwell had 11 points and nine rebounds, and Baylor won its sixth straight game.

Baylor (24-6) advanced to the quarterfin­al round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., and will face Iowa State on Saturday.

FLORIDA STATE 78, NO. 20 SYRACUSE 65>> Ta’niya Latson

scored 25 points and O’mariah Gordon put up a career-high 24 to lead Florida State to a 78-65 win over No. 20 Syracuse in an ACC Tournament quarterfin­al Friday night.

DAYTON, OHIO>> Kobe Elvis hit back-to-back 3-pointers and a pair of free throws in the last 1:09 of overtime to lift No. 25 Dayton to a 91-86 win over VCU in a white-knuckle final regular-season game Friday night.

Max Shulga hit a 3-pointer to get VCU within two points with 4 seconds left in OT, but Enoch Cheeks and Daron Holmes II hit foul shots to seal it for Dayton (246, 14-4 Atlantic 10), which finished 15-0 on its home court.

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