ODU women rally to win opener of series vs. WKU
ODU 55, Western Kentucky 53
NORFOLK — Down by 10 late in the third quarter, Old Dominion (9-10, 6-9 Conference USA) rallied past Western Kentucky (7-14, 6-9) to start a two-game series. The teams will meet again at Chartway Arena at 6:30 tonight in a regular-season finale.
Ajah Wayne and Victoria Morris had 17 points apiece for ODU, and Wayne had 12 rebounds, four assists and three steals.
ODU trailed 45-38 before holding WKU scoreless for more than six minutes, going ahead 49-45. The Monarchs went ahead to stay on Wayne’s layup for a 51-49 edge with 2:40 remaining.
WKU had two chances to tie and one to go ahead in the final seconds, but all of them missed.
ACC tourney, second round Virginia Tech 72, Miami 64
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Elizabeth Kitley and Georgia Amoore had 16 points apiece and Carla King had 15 as the Hokies (14-8) advanced to the ACC quarterfinals at Greensboro Coliseum and further tightened their stranglehold on an NCAA tournament appearance. They will face second-seeded N.C. State in a quarterfinal.
Earlier in the day, Wake Forest ousted North Carolina 82-71 and Syracuse held off Boston College 67-61.
Pac-12 quarterfinal
No. 4 Stanford 92, USC 53
LAS VEGAS — Haley Jones had 14 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the top-seeded Cardinal (23-2) breezed past Southern California (11-12) to reach today’s semifinals. Stanford will play fifth-seeded Oregon State.
Exhibition: CNU 77, Southern Virginia 71
BUENA VISTA — Anaya
Simmons’ 24 points guided Christopher Newport to its sixth straight victory despite a 39-30 halftime deficit, making the Captains 6-1 in their exhibition season.
Williams-Flournoy out: Auburn ended the tenure of coach Terri Williams-Flournoy, who grew up in Hampton, after nine years. She was 140-138, 48-96 in the Southeastern Conference, with three NCAA tournament appearances. The Tigers were 5-19 this season, 0-15 in the SEC, under Williams-Flournoy, the sister of Hampton basketball maven Boo Williams.
STATE MEN
Atlantic 10, second round Duquesne 67, Richmond 62
RICHMOND — A Spiders season that began 6-1, including victories against Kentucky and Loyola Chicago, ended at 13-8 as Marcus Weathers recorded 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Dukes at Siegel Center in
the Atlantic 10 tournament. Duquesne (9-8) advanced to face top-seeded St. Bonaventure in the first quarterfinal today.
George Mason 73, George Washington 59
RICHMOND — Jordan Miller’s 19 points and 10 rebounds guided the Patriots (13-8) past the Colonials and into a quarterfinal against No. 3 seed Davidson.
Atlantic Sun quarterfinal Liberty 69, Kennesaw State 59
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Darius McGhee had 16 points, reaching 1,000 for his career, as the top-seeded Flames (21-5) advanced to the semifinals.
Big South semifinal Campbell 78, Radford 60
RADFORD — Joshua Lusane had 14 points and eight rebounds as the third-seeded Camels dominated the second-seeded Highlanders to advance to the Big South championship game. Campbell will face top-seeded Winthrop or fifth-seeded Longwood
at noon Sunday with an NCAA tournament berth at stake.
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Men
N.C. State 80, Notre Dame 69
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Former Lake Taylor High standout Dereon Seabron, a redshirt freshman, posted season highs of 17 points and 13 rebounds as N.C. State (13-9, 9-8) won its fifth game in a row, its longest ACC victory streak since the 2003-04 season.
Seabron, whose role increased after junior Devon Daniels was injured on Jan. 27, has started the last five games. He shot 8 of 12 from the floor and blocked three shots against the Fighting Irish (9-14, 6-11).
No. 10 Villanova 72, No. 14 Creighton 60
VILLANOVA, Pa. — Justin Moore scored 24 points as the Wildcats captured the Big East title by beating the Bluejays, whose coach, Greg McDermott, is under fire for using language evocative of slavery.
McDermott had apologized for urging his players to “stay on the plantation” in a recent postgame locker room talk. He said on Creighton’s pregame radio show that he offered to resign but that his players wanted him to stay.
No. 11 Florida State 93, Boston College 64
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — M.J. Walker scored 18 points, hitting six 3-pointers, and RaiQuan
Gray added 16 as the Seminoles achieved their 25th straight ACC home win.
Jay Heath scored a career-high 28 for BC (4-14, 2-10).
No. 19 San Diego St. 71, UNLV 62
LAS VEGAS — Matt Mitchell scored 19 points and Jordan Schakel added 16 for San Diego State (20-4, 14-3), which clinched the Mountain West regular-season title for the second straight year.