Monarchs dominate S. Alabama
Old Dominion’s women played perhaps their most dominant game of the season, breezing past South Alabama 83-43 on Saturday at Chartway Arena.
Amari Young had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Makayla Dickens had 13 points for the Monarchs (10-7, 2-2 Sun Belt), who completed the first quarter on a 12-2 surge for a 26-9 lead over the reeling Jaguars (4-11, 0-4).
Kaye Clark had eight points and five rebounds, and Jordan McLaughlin had eight points, four assists, three rebounds and three steals for ODU.
Nadia Howard had 11 points, six rebounds and four assists for South Alabama, which hit just a third of its field-goal attempts (18 of 54) and free throws (4 of 12).
Norfolk State 43, Maryland Eastern Shore 34:
Camille Downs scored 22 points and Norfolk State survived a subpar shooting performance in a win over Maryland Eastern Shore in both teams’ MEAC opener at Echols Hall.
Downs, a 5-foot-10 guard from Fredericksburg who transferred from UNC Wilmington, converted 5 of 14 shots from the floor and made 11 of 12 free throws.
The Spartans (13-3, 1-0) won despite shooting just 18.5% from the field and making 1 of 22 attempts from 3-point range.
Deja Francis added 10 points for NSU, which won its fourth straight game.
Ariana Seawell scored eight points for UMES (4-11, 0-1), which shot 22% and made 3 of 14 from long range. The Hawks managed just one point in the final 4 minutes, 19 seconds.
Randolph 67, Virginia Wesleyan 48:
The WildCats (13-2, 7-1 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) went ahead 11-2 and led the rest of the way against the Marlins (5-9, 1-6) in Lynchburg.
Jessica Jennings, a senior from Western Branch High, had 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting for Randolph. Gloucester High product Cameron O’Neil added 13 points and Heritage High graduate Teniyah Crenshaw-Patterson had 10 for the WildCats.
For VWU, Sarah Ellis had 10 points and Adaje Williams nine. The Marlins hit just 29.1% (16 of 55) from the floor.
Late Friday
Hampton 56, College of Charleston 50:
Hampton improved to 2-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association, defeating the College of Charleston at the HU Convocation Center.
The Pirates (5-7), playing their first CAA season, outscored the Cougars 17-13 in the fourth quarter to earn the victory. Charleston fell to 6-7 and 1-2.
Colorado 77, No. 8 Utah 67: Frida Formann scored 20 points, Jaylyn Sherrod had 16 and Colorado (13-3, 3-1 Pac-12) sent the Utes (14-1, 3-1) to their first loss.
Aaronette Vonleh added 15 points as the Buffaloes posted their first win over an AP Top-10 team since knocking off No. 1 Stanford 77-72 in overtime on Jan. 17, 2021.
Postponement
DePaul at No. 5 UConn: The Big East game between No. 5 UConn and DePaul scheduled for today at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, has been postponed because the Huskies don’t have enough healthy players available to suit up, the conference said Friday.
The conference requires schools to suit up seven scholarship players for any game, and injuries have left the Huskies with just six active players, the school said.