Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

Boston 4 double-doubles from tying Gamecocks’ all-time mark

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COLUMBIA, S.C. >> Aliyah Boston had 11 points and 10 rebounds for her 68th career double double to keep No. 1 South Carolina undefeated with a 102-39 victory over Coastal Carolina on Wednesday.

Boston, who played just 13 minutes, moved four games away from matching the program’s all-time mark for double-doubles held by Sheila Foster establishe­d four decades ago.

Freshman Ashlyn Watkins had a career high 16 points and Zia Cooke 14 as the defending national champs improved to 12-0 for a second straight season and fourth time in Dawn Staley’s 15 years as coach.

Indiana 67, Butler 50

BLOOMINGTO­N, IND. >> Mackenzie Holmes scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half, and Indiana completed an unbeaten nonconfere­nce schedule with a win over Butler.

Yarden Garzon added 13 points and Sydney Parrish 10 for the Hoosiers (12-0).

Rachel McLimore scored 13 and Sydney Jaynes 11 for Butler (5-7).

Indiana is nearing the program record for most successive wins to open a season: 15-0 in 1972, the first year for women’s basketball at the school. The Hoosiers were 14-0 in 2013-14.

Notre Dame 85, Western Michigan 57

SOUTH BEND, IND. >> Maddy Westbeld scored 10 points in four minutes and Notre Dame started the second half on a 17-0 spree en route to a big win over Western Michigan. The Fighting Irish (10-1) led 38-30 at the half, but scored on seven of their first eight possession­s during the third quarter with a trio of 3-pointers. Westbeld scored a seasonhigh 23 points, including 15 in the third quarter, and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.

UConn 98, Seton Hall 73

STORRS, CONN. >> Aaliyah Edwards had 23 points, leading six players who scored in double figures for UConn in its rout of Seton Hall.

Caroline Ducharme and Nika Muhl each had 16 points and were a combined 8 of 11 from 3-point range.

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