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No. 1 South Carolina women extend streak, roll past Georgia

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Jan 27, (AP): Sabrina Ionescu scored 19 points and Satou Sabally added 16 to help No. 4 Oregon beat seventh-ranked Oregon State 66-57, sweeping the two-game Civil War series.

The Ducks (17-2, 7-1 Pac-12) dominated the final 20 minutes after trailing by three points at the half.

Oregon, which won Friday’s game 76-64 in Eugene, swept Oregon State for first time since the 2009-10 season, a year before coach Scott Rueck became the Beavers’ head coach and began to turn the program around.

Ionescu was emotional after the game in a TV interview about the death of Kobe Bryant, who had mentored her. “Everything I do, I do it for him. This season is for him,” she said.

Mikayla Pivec scored 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Beavers (16-4, 4-4), who have lost three games in a row.

S. Carolina 88, Georgia 53 In Athens, Georgia, Aliyah Boston points, Chante Stonewall 11 and Sonya Morris 10. Stonewall had eight rebounds, Campbell had seven rebounds and eight assists and Church had three steals.

Florida St 79, Miami 61 In Tallahassee, Florida, Kiah Gillespie scored 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Florida State defeat Miami for the second time this season.

Nicki Ekhomu led the Seminoles (17-3, 6-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) with 19 points and Nausia Woolfolk added 15 points.

Florida State closed the first quarter with a 7-0 run to grab an 18-10 lead. The Hurricanes battled back behind a couple of 3-pointers from Kelsey Marshall, the second tying the game at 22.

Texas A&M 72, Missouri 53 In College Station, Texas, Kayla Wells scored 18 points and N’dea Jones added a double-double as Texas A&M rolled to a victory over Missouri.

Wells made 5 of 14 shots from the floor and all six of her free throws for the Aggies (17-3, 5-2 Southeastern Conference), who led 33-22 at halftime and broke the game open with a 22-11 third-quarter run. Jones finished with 10 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out, while Shambria Washington scored 11 with seven assists.

Iowa 74, Michigan St 57 In Iowa City, Iowa, freshman McKenna Warnock scored 15 of her career-high 22 points in the fourth quarter when Iowa broke open a close game and beat Michigan State for the Hawkeyes’ eighth straight victory.

Warnock came off the bench to shoot 8 of 11 to better her previous high of 14 points and also matched her personal best of 10 rebounds. Kathleen Doyle made seven steals and added 20 points.

The Hawkeyes (16-3, 7-1 Big Ten) extended their home winning streak to 32 games, the second-longest active streak behind Baylor’s 49 straight. Maryland 70, Northwestern 61 In College Park, Maryland, Stephanie Jones had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Maryland defeated Northwestern in a duel between Big Ten contenders.

Taylor Mikesell scored 14, and Ashley Owusu and Blair Watson had 13 points apiece for the Terrapins, who took charge with a 12-5 run in the fourth quarter after the Wildcats closed to 48-46.

The game was a rematch of a Dec 31 meeting in which the Wildcats rolled to an 81-58 victory. Maryland was 8-0 against Northwestern before this season.

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Arkansas 79, Florida 57 In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Makayla Daniels scored 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting and Arkansas beat Florida.

The Razorbacks (16-4, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) have won three of their last four.

Taylah Thomas scored 13 points with seven rebounds, Amber Ramirez scored 12, A’Tyanna Gaulden – off the bench – added 12 and Alexis Tolefree 10. Arkansas shot 32 of 56 (57.%) and committed just 10 fouls.

Lavender Briggs led Florida (11-9, 2-5) with 17 points and eight rebounds and Kiara Smith scored 10. The Gators have lost four straight.

Tennessee 63, LSU 58 In Knoxville, Tennessee, Rennia Davis scored 30 points, making all 10 of her free throws, and Tennessee beat LSU.

Tennessee took the lead for good after Davis scored six straight points in the final minute of the first half. The Lady Tigers stayed within single digits and trailed 58-55 with 1-1/2 minutes left before Tennessee’s Jazmine Massengill hit a short jumper and Davis, with 16 seconds left, made two free throws. S. Dakota 79, Oral Roberts 56 In Vermillion, South Dakota, Monica Arens and Ciara Duffy scored 18 points apiece and South Dakota beat Oral Roberts.

The Coyotes (19-2, 8-0 Summit League) have won eight straight games, their last loss coming at now top-ranked South Carolina, 73-60, on Dec 22.

TCU 73, W. Virginia 60 In Fort Worth, Texas, Kianna Ray scored 19 points, Jaycee Bradley added 14 for TCU.

Jayde Woods had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists for TCU (14-4, 5-3 Big 12).