Purdue men edge Wisconsin
Purdue’s inside-outside combination of Zach Edey and Braden Smith is a tough matchup for the Boilermakers’ opponents. Even the strongest ones. Smith scored 19 points and Edey joined another exclusive club as the second-ranked Boilermakers beat No. 6 Wisconsin 75-69 on Sunday for their seventh consecutive victory.
Lance Jones scored 20 points for Purdue, which took the lead for good midway through the first half and extended its Big Ten lead to 1½ games.
NO. 14 ILLINOIS 87, NEBRASKA 84
Marcus Domask and Justin Harmon each made two free throws and Terrance Shannon Jr. had a steal in the final 25 seconds of overtime to help Illinois beat Nebraska.
Coleman Hawkins led Illinois with 20 points. Domask had 19, and Ty Rodgers finished with eight points and 14 rebounds. Shannon scored 18 points in his fifth game back after sitting out six games because of a university-imposed suspension because of a rape charge in Kansas.
NO. 11 ARIZONA 82, STANFORD 71
Oumar Ballo had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Caleb Love added 18 points and Arizona shut down Stanford in awin on Sunday night.
After falling into an 11-point halftime hole, Arizona turned the game around with its defense, holding Stanford to 9-of32 shooting while forcing 11 second-half turnovers. Pelle Larsson added 17 points.
Women
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 85, MISSISSIPPI 56
Kamilla Cardoso scored 13 of her 17 points in the final two quarters, and South Carolina won its 19th straight over Mississippi.
Milaysia Fulwiley added 14 points for the Gamecocks. Ashlyn Watkins had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
NO. 12 TEXAS 61,
NO. 2 KANSAS STATE 54
Madison Booker scored 20 points and Taylor Jones added 13 points and eight rebounds as Texas sent Kansas State to its second straight loss.
The Wildcats had tied their highest ranking in school history behind a 14game win streak that included three victories after star forward Ayok
NO. 4 STANFORD 80,
NO. 7 UCLA 60
Cameron Brink had 19 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocked shots, helping Stanford beat UCLA.
Kiki Iriafen scored 18 points as the Cardinal bounced back nicely after losing 67-58 to Juju Watkins and No. 15 Southern California on Friday night.
NO. 8 OHIO STATE 74,
NO. 10 INDIANA 69
Jacy Sheldon scored 25 points, and Ohio State earned its ninth consecutive win.
Cotie Mcmahon had 20 points and seven rebounds for Ohio State.
NO. 9 LSU 108, FLORIDA 66
Aneesah Morrow had 18 points, 20 rebounds, two blocks and a steal, and LSU snapped a two-game skid.
Hailey Van Lith and Mikaylah Williams each scored 21 points for the Tigers, who led by as many as 45 points in the second half. Angel Reese added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
NO. 11 UCONN 78, ST. JOHN’S 63
Aaliyah Edwards scored a career-high 33 points for Uconn, and Paige Bueckers finished with 26.
Edwards and Bueckers combined to score the first 17 of Connecticut’s 18 points in the fourth quarter. The string was broken by a free throw from KK Arnold with 96 seconds remaining.
NO. 13 BAYLOR 83, HOUSTON 60
Dre’una Edwards had 15 points and eight rebounds, sending Baylor to the victory.
Yaya Felder scored 14 points for Baylor. Darianna Littlepage-buggs had 12 points and eight rebounds.
NO. 14 NOTRE DAME 78, PITTSBURGH 53
Hannah Hidalgo scored 22 points, leading Notre Dame to the win.
Maddy Westbeld had 15 points and 14 rebounds for Notre Dame. Sonia Citron also scored 15 points.
NO. 15 USC 79, CALIFORNIA 69
Freshman Juju Watkins scored 29 points to send Southern California to the road win.
Watkins, who had 51 points in a 67-58 victory over No. 4 Stanford on Friday night, made 12 of 27 shots from the floor. She also had five assists, four rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots for the
Trojans.
NO. 17 VIRGINIA TECH 70, NO. 24 UNC 61, OT
Virginia Tech’s Georgia Amoore hit a big 3-pointer in overtime and finished with 21 points and 11 assists.
The Hokies were clinging to a one-point lead against the Tar Heels in OT when Amoore buried a 3-pointer. Matilda Ekh, who hit a 3-pointer to open overtime, hit another to push the lead to seven with 1:21 remaining and wrap up Virginia Tech’s fifth straight win in the series.
NO. 20 UTAH 73, WASHINGTON STATE 61
Alissa Pili scored 15 points and Utah took over in the fourth quarter.
Pili also had seven rebounds and three assists. Isabel Palmer added with 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting.
NO. 21 SYRACUSE 75, BOSTON COLLEGE 63
Dyaisha Fair scored a season-high 38 points, powering Syracuse to the victory.
Fair remains in sixth place on the NCAA career scoring list for women. She has 3,167 points, 116 points behind No. 5 Brittney Griner.
NO. 22 CREIGHTON 75, BUTLER 65
Emma Ronsiek scored 26 points, and Creighton pulled away in the second half for the road win.
Ronsiek sank 10 of 15 shots for the Bluejays, who upped their win streak to eight by completing a season sweep of the Bulldogs. She also had nine rebounds on the night.