No. 24 Canes women roll past Eagles
Emese Hof scored 20 points, Beatrice Mompremier picked up her seventh double-double of the season and No. 24 Miami defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore 71-53 on Sunday in Coral Gables.
Mompremier had 13 points and 14 rebounds for the Hurricanes (9-2), who never trailed after scoring the first seven points of the game and raced to a 15-2 lead. Mykea Gray added 12 points.
“I thought Sarah [Mortensen] starting really did open up a lot for Emese, as she went from being in the high post, where she’s been a lot of this year, to the low post and really dominating them,” Miami coach Katie Meier said. “I thought that really helped. Beatrice responded [to not starting] with a double-double, basically in the second half. I’m proud of her.”
Miami built a 19-point lead in the second quarter and was up 37-23 at halftime. The Eagles quickly cut the deficit to 10 starting the third quarter but Mompremier scored six straight points and the Hurricanes pushed the lead back to 24 in the fourth quarter.
“That’s a scrappy team. It’s not easy to get a rebound against them,” Meier said. “That team plays hard and they play smart and they followed their scout. There were some positives. We just weren’t focused and we’ve been flat.”
Keyera Eaton had 15 points and Ciani Byrom 14 for UMES (2-8), which shot just 29 percent in losing to an Atlantic Coast Conference team for the third-straight game.
No. 2 Notre Dame 103, Binghamton 53: Marina Mabrey had 21 points and 10 assists, roommate Arike Ogunbowale had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and the host Irish (9-1) routed the Bearcats (5-6). Jackie Young also scored 21 points for the Irish, adding six rebounds and seven assists.
No. 12 Texas 65, Stetson 46: Danni Williams scored 15 points and the Longhorns (8-2) overcame miserable longrange shooting to beat the Hatters (2-7).
No. 16 Iowa 83, Northern Iowa 57: Megan Gustafson scored 28 points with 12 rebounds for her 64th career double-double and ninth this season to help the Hawkeyes (8-2) beat the Panthers (5-4). Gustafson was 11 of 14 from the field. Kathleen Doyle added 13 points and seven assists for Iowa (8-2). The Hawkeyes won their fourth straight and improved to 6-0 at home.
No. 21 Gonzaga 70, Missouri State 67: Chandler Smith had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Zykera Rice added 13 points and Gonzaga (10-1) held off Missouri State (1-7). The Bulldogs have won six straight in the best start in school history.
No. 23 Michigan State 74, Hartford 66: Sidney Cooks scored a career-high 19 points and Michigan State used a 9-0 run in overtime to pull away at Hartford (5-6) , Connecticut. Victoria Gaines added 16 points with 11 rebounds to help the Spartans (9-1) win their sixth straight.
No. 25 South Carolina 82, Purdue 73 (2OT): Mikiah Herbert Harrigan scored 19 points and had a career-high 15 rebounds and South Carolina won at Purdue. Herbert Harrigan had a basket to start a 7-0 spurt that gave the Gamecocks (6-4) a 76-69 lead in the second overtime. Karissa McLaughlin scored 26 points for Purdue (7-4).
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No. 9 Michigan State 104, Green Bay 83: Nick Ward scored 22 of his 28 points in a nearly perfect first half to help the host Spartans (9-2) rout the Phoenix (6-6).
No. 24 Houston 68, Saint Louis 64: Corey Davis Jr. hit the tiebreaking three-pointer with 29 seconds left and had 17 points in the Cougars (10-0) win over the Billikens (7-3). Davis was 3 of 5 from three-point range and hit all six of his free throws. Armoni Brooks had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Galen Robinson Jr. added 13 for Houston in its 23rd straight at home.