No. 14 Indiana upsets No. 4 Iowa
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana made Caitlin Clark fight for every point.
The 14th-ranked Hoosiers’ relentlessly physical defense finally derailed the top women's basketball scorer in NCAA Division I history.
A frustrated Clark endured a rare off-night while Sara Scalia scored 25 points and All-American center Mackenzie Holmes added 24 points and nine rebounds to lead Indiana past No. 4 Iowa 86-69 on Thursday night.
Playing for the first time since she broke the NCAA women's career scoring record, Clark finished with 24 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds but struggled from the field.
Clark has 3,593 points and is 57 away from her next milestone, Lynette Woodard's major women’s college scoring record, with three games remaining in the regular season.
Indiana, the defending regular-season Big Ten champion, had something to prove after Monday night’s inexplicable 20-point loss at Illinois, and the Hoosiers (22-4, 13-3) didn’t disappoint. Yarden Garzon made three 3s and finished with 15 points.
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 72 ALABAMA 44
Ashlyn Watkins had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and the host Gamecocks claimed a share of their third consecutive Southeastern Conference regular-season championship in coach Dawn Staley’s 600th career victory.
South Carolina (26-0, 13-0 SEC) cruised without top scorer and rebounder Kamilla Cardoso, who felt sore following a win over Georgia this past Sunday and got the game off.
Bree Hall had 13 points and Tessa Johnson added 12 as South Carolina extended its conference mark with its 44th regular-season league victory and its 56th straight at home.
Jessica Timmons led Alabama (20-8, 7-6) with 20 points.
NO. 2 OHIO STATE 82 PENN STATE 69
Jacy Sheldon scored 20 points, Cotie McMahon and Celeste Taylor added 16 apiece as the visiting Buckeyes won their 14th straight game.
Ohio State (23-3, 14-1 Big Ten) never trailed and led by as many as 30 points midway through the fourth quarter.
Ashley Owusu scored 22 points and Ali Brigham and Leilani Kapinus added 10 apiece for Penn State (16-11, 7-9), which lost its sixth consecutive game.
NORTH CAROLINA 80 NO. 6 N.C. STATE 70
Lexi Donarski scored 23 points to power the host Tar Heels past the Wolfpack.
North Carolina (18-9, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) was also boosted by 13 points and 11 rebounds from Alyssa Ustby, a career-high 12 points from Alexandra Zelaya, 12 points and seven rebounds from Maria Gakdeng and 11 points from Indya Nivar.
Aziaha James led N.C. State (23-4, 11-4) with 24 points.
TEXAS A&M 73 ARKANSAS 67
Paced by Solè Williams’ 11 points, the host Aggies’ bench outscored the Razorbacks’ reserves 26-2 as Texas A&M snapped a two-game losing streak.
The Aggies needed a strong fourth quarter, nursing a one-point lead heading into the last stanza. Texas A&M (18-8, 6-7 SEC) outscored Arkansas (18-10, 6-7 SEC) out of the break, 10-4, to claim its largest margin of the game, 61-52, with 5:51 remaining.
Men
NO. 21 WASHINGTON ST. 77 NO. 4 ARIZONA 74
Jaylen Wells had a 4-point play in the final minute and scored 27 points to help the visiting Cougars win their eighth straight.
Washington State (21-6, 12-4 Pac-12) won in its first game in the Associated Press Top 25 since the 2007-08 season and leapfrogged Arizona (20-6, 11-4) for first place in the conference race.
NO. 3 PURDUE 96 RUTGERS 68
Zach Edey scored 25 points on near-perfect shooting, Camden Heide added a career-high 18 and the host Boilermakers (24-3, 13-3 Big Ten) routed the Scarlet Knights (14-12, 6-9).
Edey was 7 of 8 from the field and made 11 free throws without a miss.
Jeremiah Williams scored 12 points for Rutgers.