A&M women reach SEC tourney semis
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Anriel Howard had 19 points as Texas A&M took control in the third quarter on the way to a 62-48 victory over No. 23 Missouri in the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Friday night.
The Aggies (21-10) will face No. 6 Mississippi State — and coach Gary Blair’s former longtime assistant in the Bulldogs coach Vic Schaefer — for a spot in the SEC final on Saturday. Texas A&M reached the semifinals for the first time since winning the SEC Tournament in its debut league season four years ago.
In other SEC action, No. 5 South Carolina routed Georgia 72-48 to reach the semifinals, where the Gamecocks will face No. 20 Kentucky, a 65-55 winner over Alabama.
HOUSTON 74, CINCINNATI 61
Angela Harris scored 17 points, Jasmyne Harris added 16, and the 10thseeded Cougars upset the seventh-seeded Bearcats in the first round of the American Athletic Conference tournament in Uncasville, Conn.
Houston (12-18) will face second-seeded Temple in the quarterfinals Saturday.
BIG 12 TOURNAMENT
Recee’ Caldwell scored 14 of her game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter, and Texas Tech beat TCU 76-58 in the first round at Oklahoma City. The Lady Raiders (14-16) will face top-seeded Baylor in Saturday’s quarterfinals, while TCU ended its season at 12-18.
In other action, Oklahoma State beat Kansas 79-75 and will face second-seeded Texas.
ACC TOURNAMENT
Arike Ogunbowale scored 19 points, and Manvel product Brianna Turner added 16 to help No. 3 Notre Dame beat Virginia 76-59 in the quarterfinals at Conway, S.C. Notre Dame will face No. 14 Louisville, a 59-58 winner over No. 17 North Carolina State, in Saturday’s semifinals.
No. 13 Duke routed No. 21 Syracuse 68-46 to advance to the semifinals, where the Blue Devils will face No. 16 Miami, which upset No. 8 Florida State.
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough made six 3-pointers and scored 28 points as No. 4 Maryland advanced to the semifinals with a 92-80 victory over Minnesota in Indianapolis. The Terrapins will face Michigan State, a 7464 winner over Michigan, on Saturday.
No. 9 Ohio State routed Northwestern 99-68 to reach the semifinals and will meet Purdue, a 66-60 victor over Indiana.
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
Sydney Wiese scored 26 points, and No. 6 Oregon State rolled into the semifinals with a 65-49 win over California in Seattle. The Beavers face No. 15 UCLA, a 77-68 winner over Arizona State, on Saturday.
In other quarterfinals action, No. 10 Stanford scored the first 21 points of the game on the way to a 66-36 victory over Washington State. The Cardinal will face either No. 11 Washington or Oregon in the semifinals.
COOPER-DYKE RESIGNS
Basketball Hall of Famer Cynthia CooperDyke resigned after four years as coach at Southern California, the school announced.
The former Comets star had a 70-56 record at her alma mater. The Trojans finished off a 14-16 campaign (5-13 Pac-12) with a 71-58 loss to California in the first round of the conference tournament Thursday.
Hired in 2014, CooperDyke guided the Trojans to the Pac-12 tournament title and an NCAA tournament berth while going 22-13.
Cooper-Dyke previously coached the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and had college stints at Prairie View A&M, North Carolina-Wilmington and Texas Southern.
DYKES OUT AT ARKANSAS
Jimmy Dykes quit as Arkansas’ coach after compiling a 16-36 record against Southeastern Conference foes over three seasons.
Arkansas was 43-49 under Dykes and made the NCAA Tournament only once, in his first season. The Razorbacks lost 11 in a row to end the season and finished 13-17.
Men WEST VIRGINIA 87 IOWA ST. 76
Daxter Miles Jr. tied a career high with 23 points to lead the 10th-ranked Mountaineers over the No. 24 Cyclones in Morgantown, W.Va.
Nathan Adrian added 16 points for West Virginia (24-7, 12-6 Big 12), which clinched the second seed in next week’s conference tournament behind topranked Kansas.
Iowa State (20-10, 12-6) can earn the third seed if No. 11 Baylor loses at Texas on Saturday.
Naz Mitrou-Long led Iowa State with 22 points.
WICHITA ST. 82 BRADLEY 56
Darral Willis Jr. scored 17 points, and Rashard Kelly added 14 as the No. 21 Shockers overpowered the Braves in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals at St. Louis.
Second-seeded Wichita State (28-4) shook off a slow start to beat Bradley for the 16th straight time. Bradley, the No. 7 seed, hasn’t beaten Wichita State since Feb. 24, 2010.
Darrell Brown led Bradley with 18 points, and Antoine Pittman added 13.