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No. 1 South Carolina beats Texas A&M, wins 23rd in a row

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COLUMBIA, S.C. » Mikiah Herbert Harrigan scored 20 points to lead No. 1 South Carolina its program-record 23rd straight win and a perfect 16-0 Southeaste­rn Conference season with a 60-52 victory over No. 12 Texas A&M Sunday.

The Gamecocks (29-1, 16-0 SEC) were only ahead 34-28 early in the third quarter before going on a 14-3 surge to take control for good. NO. 3 OREGON 92, WASHINGTON 56 » Ruthy Hebard scored 24 points and Satou Sabally added 20 to lead Oregon to a rout of Washington.

Three other Ducks (282, 17-1 Pac-12) also finished in double figures as reserve Taylor Chavez had 14, Sabrina Ionescu 13 points and 11 assists and Minyon Moore 11 points . NO. 4 STANFORD 55, NO. 24 ARIZONA STATE 44 » Francesca Belibi had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Stanford beat Arizona State in the Pac-12 regular-season finale for both teams.

Lexie Hull and Kiana Williams added 13 points each for Stanford, which avoided its first three-game skid since 2001. NO. 5 LOUISVILLE 70, VIRGINIA TECH 53 » Jazmine Jones scored 18 points to lead Louisville to a victory over Virginia Tech.

On Senior Day, the Cardinals (27-3, 16-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) got big contributi­ons from their seniors, who set a school record with their 124th victory over their four-year career. Jones made 8-of17 shots, and Kylee Shook added 15 points and 12 rebounds in the win. NO. 7 MARYLAND 99, MINNESOTA 44 » Taylor Mikesell scored 22 points on 6-for-8 shooting from 3-point range to lead Maryland’s romp past Minnesota.

The Terrapins forged a tie for the Big Ten title and finished the regular season on a 14-game winning streak. NO. 8 N.C. STATE 75, VIRGINIA 64 » Kayla Jones scored 16 points, Elissa Cunane had 15 points and 13 rebounds and North Carolina State made its first 13 3-point attempts in a victory at Virginia.

The Wolfpack (25-4, 14-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) were 12 for 12 from beyond the arc in taking a 46-32 halftime lead. Jones hit her third 3 early in the third period. Kai Crutchfiel­d missed with about 8 ½ minutes left in the period. NO. 9 UCLA 77, UTAH 54 » Japreece Dean had 16 points and eight assists and Michaela Onyenwere added 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead UCLA past Utah.

UCLA clinched the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament. Oregon had already clinched the top seed. NO. 10 MISSISSIPP­I STATE 84, MISSISSIPP­I 59 » Aliyah Matharu shined for Mississipp­i State for the secondstra­ight game with a career-high 24 points as the Bulldogs beat Ole Miss. CALIFORNIA 55, NO. 13 ARIZONA 54 » Jaelyn Brown’s putback with 13.7 seconds remaining lifted last-place California past Arizona in the teams’ regular-season finale. VANDERBILT 70, NO. 15 KENTUCKY 64 » Mariella Fasoula

scored nine of her 24 points in the fourth quarter and Vanderbilt used a 15-3 run over the last 5½ minutes to close the regular season with an upset of Kentucky. MARQUETTE 90, NO. 16 DEPAUL 83 » Lauren Van Kleunen scored 22 points, Selena Lott scored 20 and Marquette beat DePaul. NO. 17 OREGON STATE 73, WASHINGTON STATE 58 » Mikayla Pivec scored 19 points, Destiny Slocum added 17 and Oregon State ended the regular season by beating Washington State. RUTGERS 78, NO. 18 IOWA 74, OT » Arella Guirantes, who had back-to-back big plays in overtime, was one of three players with 17 points, Mael Gilles had a doubledoub­le off the bench and Rutgers upset Iowa. NOTRE DAME 70, NO. 19 FLORIDA

STATE 67 » Freshman Sam Brunelle drilled a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points and Notre Dame rallied to defeat Florida State. NO. 21 MISSOURI STATE 69, BRADLEY 66 » Alexa Willard scored 19 points, including a pair of free throws with 1.4 seconds left, and Missouri State picked up the 900th win in school history by beating Bradley. NO. 22 INDIANA 78, MICHIGAN 60 » Ali Patberg scored 16 of her 21 points in the second half and led Indiana to a win over Michigan. TEXAS TECH 87, NO. 25 TCU 83 » Lexi Gordon scored 30 points with 11 rebounds and she and Chrislyn Carr scored clutch points in the fading seconds as Texas Tech survived a furious fourth-quarter rally to defeat TCU.

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