Carter, A&M women slip past Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Chennedy Carter scored a season-high 37 points in her first start since returning from an ankle injury as No. 16 Texas A&M edged slumping No. 25 Tennessee 73-71 on Sunday.
Carter, the Southeastern Conference’s preseason player of the year, had missed seven games after hurting her left ankle, with the Aggies going 4-3 in that span. The 5-7 junior returned to action Thursday and scored 18 points in 22 minutes off the bench in a 74-53 victory over Vanderbilt.
Shambria Washington scored 10 points, and N’dea Jones had eight points and 16 rebounds for Texas A&M (20-5, 8-4 SEC). Rae Burrell scored 19, and Rennia Davis had 18 for Tennessee (17-8, 7-5), which lost its fourth straight.
STANFORD 69 COLORADO 66
Junior Kiana Williams hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 12 seconds left, then stole the ball from Mya Hollingshed and sank a 40-footer at the buzzer to send the eighth-ranked Cardinal past the Buffaloes in Boulder, Colo.
Williams, whose 29 points and seven 3-pointers were both career highs, looked as stunned as Colorado and its fans as her teammates swarmed her and celebrated in a pile in front of their bench while the officials went to the monitors to confirm the basket was good.
Stanford (23-3, 12-2 Pac-12) won its fifth straight game, and just like its 76-68 overtime win against Colorado three weeks ago, last-second heroics were necessary to escape the Buffaloes’ upset bid.
GEORGIA TECH 65 NORTH CAROLINA ST. 61
Francesca Pan scored 13 of her 30 points in the first six minutes of the third quarter, and the Yellow Jackets built a double-digit lead and withstood a late rally to stun the No. 4 Wolfpack in Raleigh, N.C.
N.C. State (22-3, 11-3), which started 22-1, lost at home for the second time in four days following a defeat to No. 9 Louisville on Thursday.
OREGON 93 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 67
Erin Boley scored 25 points, Ruthy Hebard added 22, and Satou Sabally had 18 to help the No. 3 Ducks (24-2, 13-1 Pac-12) rout the Trojans in Los Angeles.
CONNECTICUT 67 SOUTH FLORIDA 47
Megan Walker scored 21 points, and Olivia NelsonOdoda added 20 to help the fifth-ranked Huskies shrug off a slow start to beat the host Bulls (21-3, 11-0) and remain unbeaten
in the American Athletic Conference. KENTUCKY 73 MISSISSIPPI ST. 62
Rhyne Howard scored 26 points and led a thirdquarter surge that sent the No. 18 Wildcats over the sixth-ranked Bulldogs in Lexington, Ky.
Howard had 11 points to help the Wildcats (19-5, 8-4 Southeastern Conference) outscore the Bulldogs 22-9 in the third period. Amanda Paschal and Howard hit consecutive 3-pointers as Kentucky closed the quarter on an 8-0 run en route to beating Mississippi State (22-4, 10-2).
MARYLAND 106 PENN ST. 69
Stephanie Jones scored 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the No. 10 Terrapins (22-4, 13-2 Big Ten Conference) clamped down defensively in the second half to roll over the host Nittany Lions.
DUKE 66, FLORIDA ST. 64
Haley Gorecki scored 21 points, including two free throws with 3.5 seconds left, and the Blue Devils upset the No. 14 Seminoles (20-5, 9-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) in Durham, N.C., ending a string of 13 straight losses against Top 25 teams.
OHIO ST. 80, INDIANA 76
Madison Greene scored 14 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter, and the Buckeyes rallied to beat the No. 20 Hoosiers (20-7, 10-5 Big Ten Conference) in Bloomington, Ind.
ARKANSAS 108 MISSISSIPPI 64
Alexis Tolefree scored 19 points, Chelsea Dungee scored 18, and the No. 23 Razorbacks disposed of the Rebels to set an SEC single-game scoring record. Arkansas (20-5, 8-4) also topped the century mark beating Kentucky 103-85 last week.
Men SAN DIEGO ST. 72 BOISE ST. 55
Malachi Flynn scored 22 points, Yanni Wetzell added 14, and the No. 4 Aztecs beat the host Broncos to remain undefeated.
San Diego State (26-0, 15-0 Mountain West Conference) won in Boise for the first time since Jan. 16, 2016. They had little trouble handing Boise State (17-10, 9-6) its first conference loss at home this season.
OREGON 80, UTAH 62
Payton Pritchard scored 25 points and led an early 3-point shooting spree as the No. 17 Ducks rolled to a victory over the Utes in Eugene, Ore.
Shakur Juiston had 11 points, and Addison Patterson added 10 as Oregon (20-6) regained a share of first place in the Pac-12 with Colorado at 9-4.
VILLANOVA 76, TEMPLE 56
Collin Gillespie scored a season-high 29 points to lead the No. 15 Wildcats (19-6) to a victory over the rival Owls in Philadelphia.
IOWA 58, MINNESOTA 55
Luka Garza scored 24 points, Ryan Kreiner added 10 points, and the No. 21 Hawkeyes (18-8, 9-6 Big Ten) came back to beat the host Golden Gophers.