No. 1 South Carolina women upset
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Raina Perez made a 3-pointer with 3:07 left that put No. 8 North Carolina State ahead to stay, and the Wolfpack ended No. 1 South Carolina’s 29-game winning streak with a 54-46 victory Thursday night.
The Wolfpack (3-0) beat a top-ranked opponent for the first time since knocking off Duke in the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
South Carolina (3-1) lost for the first time since falling to Indiana on Nov. 28, 2019, and the first time at home since a 68-64 loss to Mississippi State in the regular-season finale two seasons ago.
The Gamecocks were ice-cold throughout, shooting 28 percent from the field.
Kayla Jones led North Carolina State with 16 points, Elissa Cunane added 14 points, five rebounds and four blocks, and Perez finished with 11 points.
NO. 11 KENTUCKY 60 KANSAS ST. 49
Dre’Una Edwards had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Kentucky closed the game with an 11-0 run to beat Kansas State in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge at Manhattan, Kan.
Robyn Benton and Chasity Patterson added 11 points apiece for Kentucky (3-0).
Christianna Carr had 15 points for Kansas State (1-1).
NO. 13 INDIANA 71 SAMFORD 26
Grace Berger and Mackenzie Holmes scored 13 points apiece for the Hoosiers in a victory over the visiting Bulldogs.
Alie Patberg added 12 points, and Aleksa Gulbe 11 for Indiana (2-0).
NO. 14 MARYLAND 112 TOWSON 78
Diamond Miller scored a career-high 28 points, and the Terrapins set a Big Ten record with 21 3-pointers in a rout of the Tigers in College Park, Md.
Ashley Owusu also had a career-high 25 points and added seven rebounds for Maryland (3-1).
Maryland was 8-of-12 on 3-pointers at the half and finished 21-of-31 (67.7 percent). The previous conference record was 19 by Iowa at Northwestern in 2014-15 and Minnesota at Illinois the following season. The NCAA record is 28 by Western Illinois in 2018.
NO. 16 ARKANSAS 103 LOUISIANA-MONROE 50
Destiny Slocum scored 18 points in the Razorbacks’ rout of the Warhawks in Fayetteville, Ark.
Arkansas (4-1), coming off a 115-96 loss to then-No. 12 Maryland on Sunday, went on a 20-0 run in the first quarter — with 10 points from Slocum. Erynn Barnum added a careerhigh 17 points.
NO. 17 OREGON ST. 89 SAN FRANCISCO 80
Freshman Sasha Goforth scored 24 points, and Taylor Jones added 19 to help the Beavers beat the Dons in Corvallis, Ore.
Oregon State (2-0) trailed by 12 points late in the first half and 43-35 at the break before scoring the first eight points of the second half and turning that into into a 13-2 run to grab the lead.
NO. 24MICHIGAN 76 NOTRE DAME 66
Naz Hillmon had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Hailey Brown added 18 points, and the Wolverines held off the Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. Leigha
Brown added 14 points for Michigan (2-0).
Men
NO. 3 IOWA 99 WESTERN ILLINOIS 58
Luka Garza scored 35 points, 30 in the first half, and grabbed 10 rebounds as the host Hawkeyes stayed unbeaten with a win over the Leathernecks. Jack Nunge, playing his first game this season following the death of his father, matched his career high with 18 points for Iowa (3-0).
NO. 7 KANSAS 89 WASHBURN 54
David McCormack scored 17 points, and Ochai Agbaji added 16, helping the Jayhawks (3-1) cruise past the lower-division Ichabods in Kansas’ longdelayed home opener.
NO. 16 VIRGINIA TECH 64 VMI 57
Keve Aluma had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and the Hokies (4-0) beat the Keydets to win their 34th consecutive nonconference home game.
NO. 25 ARIZONA ST. 70 CALIFORNIA 62
Remy Martin had 22 points, five assists and four rebounds as the Sun Devils (3-1) beat the host Golden Bears (2-2) in the Pac-12 opener for both schools.
SAINT MARY’S 82 TEXAS SOUTHERN 70
Leemet Bockler went hit six of seven 3-pointers and scored 20 points, Tommy Kuhse added 15 points and 13 assists, and the host Gaels (4-1) beat the Tigers.
Michael Weathers had 23 points to lead Texas Southern (1-3).