Red Raiders stave off upset against Southern Miss

LUBBOCK, Texas — Terrence Shannon scored 18 points and No. 24 Texas Tech rallied in the second half for a 71-65 victory over Southern Miss on Monday night after re-entering the poll coming off the school’s first-ever win over a topranked team.

Davide Moretti scored 17 points and hit a punctuating 3-pointer on an otherwise rough shooting night as the Red Raiders (7-3) extended the nation’s second-longest active home nonconference winning streak to 52 games.

Texas Tech, which lost to Virginia in overtime in the national championship game last season, had dropped from 12th all the way out of the Top 25 with two straight losses, then lost again at DePaul.

The Red Raiders returned to the poll following a two-week absence with a 70-57 victory over then-No. 1 Louisville at Madison Square Garden in New York last Tuesday.

But the Golden Eagles (3-9) led well into the second half and were within two points in the final three minutes despite playing without leading scorer Boban Jacdonmi and two other players who have started this season.

Texas Tech was also short-handed in its fourth straight game without freshman Jahmi’us Ramsey. The team’s leading scorer has been sidelined by a hamstring injury.

LaDavius Draine scored 21 points and Gabe Watson added 20 in Southern Miss’ eighth consecutive loss to a ranked team going back to January 2011. Three of the defeats have come this season.

Chris Clarke had his second doubledouble for Texas Tech with 14 points and 11 rebounds and led the Red Raiders with six assists.

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NO. 2 UCONN 84, NO. 16 DEPAUL 74:

In Chicago, Megan Walker had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Crystal Dangerfield also scored 22 and the Huskies (9-0) held off the Blue Demons (10-2).

Olivia Nelson-Ododa added 19 points for the Huskies, who dominated in the first half and won their 17th straight over the Blue Demons, whose seven-game winning streak ended. Connecticut led 55-29 at the half before DePaul began a furious comeback.

Chante Stonewall led DePaul with 21 points. Sonya Morris had 20 points, Dee Bekelja has 12 and Lexi Held added 11 for the Blue Demons, whose other loss was to No. 4 Oregon State on Nov. 14. NO. 3 OREGON 84, UC. RIVERSIDE 41:

In Eugene, Ore., freshman Jaz Shelley hit a school-record 10 3-pointers in her first start for the Ducks (9-1) scoring 32 points in a romp over the Highlanders (3-7).

Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu had 16 points, a career-high 18 rebounds and 12 assists in her NCAA-record 20th tripledouble, and second of the season.

Former New Mexico Lobo Jannon Otto led UC Riverside with 19 points. Riverside shot only 25%, a season low for an Oregon opponent. NO. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE 64, LA.LAFAYETTE 48: In Lafayette, La., Jordan Danberry had 12 points and 10 rebounds, Andra Espinoza-Hunter also scored 12 points and the Bulldogs (9-2) beat the Ragin’ Cajuns (6-3) to extend their road winning streak to 12 games.

Espinoza-Hunter banked in a running 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer for a 30-25 lead, and the Bulldogs held ULL to 23 points in the second half to keep the nation’s longest active road win streak. GRAND CANYON 53, UNLV 51: In Phoenix, Jada Holland scored 18 points, leading the Antelopes (3-5) past the Lady Rebels (3-7).

Bailey Thomas and Latecia Smith scored 12 points each for UNLV. UTAH STATE 66, NORTH TEXAS 55:

In Logan, Utah, guard Lindsey JensenBaker scored 32 points and pulled down nine rebounds as the Aggies (4-7) downed the Eagles (4-6).

Forward Hailey Bassett had 21 points for Utah State.