Feagin’s 23 points helps lead Santa Clara past USF
KJ Feagin scored a game-high 23 points to lead Santa Clara to a 6562 win at USF on Thursday night.
The Broncos (7-12, 4- 3 West Coast Conference) had lost two in a row heading into the rivalry game.
Henry Caruso helped the Broncos with a double-double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
USF (10- 9, 2- 5) lost for the fourth time in five games.
Frankie Ferrari led the Dons with 13 points. VIRGINIA 64, GEORGIA TECH
48 » De’Andre Hunter scored 17 points and No. 2 Virginia won its ninth straight.
It was another defensive masterpiece by the Cavaliers (17-1, 6- 0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who limited Georgia Tech to 40.5 percent shooting and forced 18 turnovers.
Virginia snapped a fourgame winning streak for the Yellow Jackets (10- 8, 3-2).
USC75, OREGON70 » Jordan McLaughlin scored the last eight points for the Trojans (14- 6, 5-2 Pac-12 Conference), who snapped a 14game losing streak against the Ducks (12-7, 2- 4) that dated to 2009. McLaughlin finished had 11 points,
nine rebounds and seven assists. COLORADO 82, WASHING
TON STATE 73 » McKinley Wright IV had 10 of his 17 points during a late run to lead the Buffaloes (12-7, 4-3 Pac-12), who have won four of five, including victories over Arizona, Arizona State and UCLA.
Washington State (9- 9, 1-5) couldn’t build on its 7853 win over Cal last weekend. Women USF 58, SANTA CLARA 54 » Michaela Rakova scored a game-high 25 points to offsetMorganMcGwire’s double- double as the Dons (99, 4-3WCC) won at SCU (513, 1- 6). GONZAGA73, SAINTMARY’S 65 » Stella Beck scored a game- high 23 points and Sydney Raggio’s basket made it a three-point game with 4:33 remaining, but theGaels were unable to rally past the Bulldogs (14- 4, 7- 0) in a battle for first place in the West Coast Conference.
The Gaels (12- 6, 5-2) had won five in a row. CONNECTICUT 78, TULSA 60 » Azura Stevens came off the bench to score 22 points and lead the topranked Huskies to a closerthan- expected win over Tusla.
Tulsa (8-11, 2- 4) had lost each of their previous seven games to theHuskies by an average of just under 49 points. LOUISVILLE77, PITTSBURGH 51 » Myisha Hines-Allen got 13 points and a careerhigh 18 rebounds as theNo. 2 Cardinals earned their NCAA-leading 20th win of the season. NOTRE DAME 84, TENNESSEE70 » Arike Ogunbowale scored 27 points, and the No. 5 Irish completed their largest- ever comeback to beat the No. 6 Lady Vols in South Bend, Indiana.
The Irish (17-2) trailed by 23 points early in the second quarter. The previous biggest deficit that the Irish had overcome in a victory was 18 points.