Stanford stumbles, falls in OT
Kelsey Mitchell scored six of her game-high 37 points in overtime to lead No. 9 Ohio State to a 94-82 victory over No. 14 Stanford on Saturday night in the Play4Kay Shootout in Las Vegas.
Trailing by nine points after three quarters, the Buckeyes (7-1) outscored Stanford 27-18 in the fourth quarter to force overtime, and then went on a 13-0 run in the extra period to seal the win. Stanford missed its last six field goal attempts, and was held scoreless for the final 2:51 of overtime.
Asia Doss gave Ohio State its first lead of the contest when she knocked down a 3-pointer from the corner with 5:09 left in the game, then scored the Buckeyes’ first seven points in overtime.
Alanna Smith led Stanford (4-3) with 33 points and 16 rebounds.
MISSOURI 55, CAL 52 >> Amber Smith and Sophie Cunningham scored 11 points apiece, and the No. 23 Tigers handed the No. 21 Bears a rare loss in the Cal Classic at Haas Pavilion.
The Tigers (5-1) won the championship by making 9 of 18 3-pointers, the biggest by Jordan Chavis with 3:16 to play after the Golden Bears (3-2) had erased an eight-point deficit to tie the game.
Cal had won 13 straight nonconference home games, five of the past five tournaments and 21 tournament titles since it was switched to the four-team format in 1983.
Asha Thomas, who led the Bears with 14 points, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Tigers held on.
Cal set a record with 17 made 3-pointers in the opening game Friday. However, Missouri held the Bears to 16 attempts, just six makes. SAINT MARY’S 88, INDIANA 82>> A balanced attack on both ends helped the Gaels (4-1) win their fourth game in a row and take the Hilton Concord Classic at McKeon Pavilion. Five Gaels scored
in double figures, led by Stella Beck’s 22 points. SANTA CLARA 45, ILLINOISCHICAGO >> The Broncos (23) picked up their first road win against the Flames. The Broncos forced 21) turnovers and held them to just 25.9 percent shooting. Kyla Martin led all scorers with 13 points and had four assists for Santa Clara. HAMPTON 81, SAN JOSE STATE 73 >> Taylor Turney led the Spartans (1-4) withi 20 points as they fell in the final game of the Turkey Tip-Off in Stockton. OREGON 92, OKLAHOMA 74
>> Sabrina Ionescu scored 28 points, and Ruthy Hebard had 15 points and 15 rebounds to lead the No. 10 Ducks at the PK80 Invitational in Eugene, Oregon. Ionescu had 18 points in the second half and finished one off her career high for the Ducks (5-1) to go with seven rebounds and six assists. UCONN 96, MICHIGAN STATE 62 >> Azura Stevens recorded one of three doubledoubles and reached 1,000 points for her career as the top-ranked Huskies beat the Spartans at the PK80 Invitational. Stevens had 25 points and 16 rebounds for the Huskies (5-0), who won their 136th consecutive game against an unranked opponent. TEXAS 92, WASHINGTON 68 >> Junior Jatarie White was 10 of 12 from the field and scored 24 points along with seven rebounds to lead the second-ranked Longhorns (5-0) over the Huskies (2-3) at the South Point Shootout in Las Vegas. Amber Melgoza led Washington with 12 points. TENNESSEE 69, SOUTH DAKOTA 49 >> Tournament MVP Jaime Nared had 11 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks as the No. 12 Volunteers won the Cancun (Mexico) Challenge. DUKE 72, OREGON STATE 65 >> Lexie Brown scored Duke’s last 10 points of the game, finishing with 19, as the No. 16 Blue Devils held off the visiting No. 18 Beavers. The Beavers used an 8-0 run to close within one with 5:49 to play and were down by three when Brown took over. She had back-to-back steals and layups, converting the first into a 3-point play, to make it 67-59. ARIZONA STATE 72, COLUMBIA 48 >> Reserve Jamie Ruden and Robbi Ryan led a balanced attack with 12 points apiece, the No. 24 Sun Devils (5-2) broke a two-game losing streak by winning its final game at the Cancun Classic. Men
SAM HOUSTON STATE 73, SANTA CLARA 59 >> KJ Feagin led the Broncos (15) with 24 points in the seventh-place game in the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage. MIAMI 86, NORTH FLORIDA
65>> Bruce Brown and Anthony Lawrence scored 14 points each to lead the No. 11 Hurricanes. Dewan Huell finished with 13 points for the Hurricanes (5-0) while Ja’Quan Newton and Chris Lykes had 12 and 10 points, respectively. MINNESOTA 89, ALABAMA
84>> Nate Mason scored 20 points to lead the No. 14 Badgers over the Crimson Tide, which finished the game with just three players, in the championship game of the Barclays Center Classic in New York. Only the third ever matchup between the Southeastern Conference and Big 10 programs was marred by a near brawl involving Minnesota’s Dupree McBrayer and Alabama’s Dazon Ingram in front of the Crimson Tide bench 6:21 into the second half. Just 27 seconds earlier, Minnesota’s Nate Mason and Sexton were each assessed technical fouls for talking to each other, and the Golden Gophers senior guard was ejected.
During the fracas, Alabama players Donta Hall, Alex Reese, Daniel Giddens, Avery Johnson Jr. and Herbert Jones came off the bench and were ejected. Ingram, who had four fouls at the time of the scuffle, fouled out. PITINO A CHEERLEADER >> Former Louisville head coach Rick Pitino said he is “living vicariously” through his son, University of Minnesota men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino, in an interview at Barclays Center.
Pitino, who was fired by Louisville’s Athletic Association in October following a federal investigation into corruption within the men’s basketball program, has been in New York during the Thanksgiving weekend taking in the 14th-ranked Golden Gophers, who are participating in the Barclays Center Classic.
“I’m a cheerleader,” Pitino said, when asked if he can watch his son coach. “I just root for him every possession. For me, being out of work, I am living vicariously through him.”