UM women’s late rally falls just short at Wake Forest

Senior Lola Pendande and sophomore Jasmyne Roberts were the only Hurricanes to reach double-figures, totaling 12 and 10 points, respectively, but the University of Miami fell just short of the host Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 55-52, Sunday afternoon.

“We had different people stepping up, which is something to be positive about, but we had very inconsistent play throughout the game,” head coach Katie Meier said. “We had three or four chances there at the end that were perfectly executed plays, but just didn’t get the calls on the road.”

“Lola started off kind of flat but we went back to her in the scond half and she relaly came through for her team,” Meier said.

As a team, Miami (13-8, 6-4 ACC) outshot and outrebounded Wake Forest (13-9, 4-7 ACC).

Down six entering the final 10 minutes, Pendande went to work in the paint, scoring six of Miami’s first eight points in the quarter to tie the game at 44-all. The teams traded baskets over the next five minutes until Roberts put in a second-chacne layup to give Miami a 52-51 advantage.

With 18 seconds to play, Pendande was called for fouling Wake Forest’s Jewel Spear and the guard connected on two free throws to put the Demon Deacons back on top for good.

No. 1 South Carolina 65, Alabama 52:

Aliyah Boston had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Bree Hall scored a career-high 18 to lead the Gamecocks past the host Crimson Tide.

Purdue 73, No. 2 Ohio State 65:

Abbey Ellis made a season-high five three pointers and the visiting Boilermakers earned their first top-five road victory in program history, beating the Buckeyes.

No. 3 Stanford 62, Oregon 54:

Cameron Brink had her first career tripledouble with 16 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 blocked shots to lead the Cardinal past the Ducks for their 21st straight

Pac-12 home win.

No. 5 UConn 63, No. 21 Villanova 58: Aubrey Griffin scored 19 points, and the host Huskies topped the Wildcats.

No. 24 Florida State 70, No. 16 Duke 57:

Makayl Timpson scored 21 points with 10 rebounds and three steals and the host Seminoles smothered the Blue Devils on a day FSU honored long-time coach Sue Semrau. Ta’Niya Latson added 15 points for Florida State (19-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). In 25-years Semrau won 492 games and made 16 NCAA Tournaments.

MEN’S TOP 25 No. 1 Purdue 77, Michigan State 61:

Zach Edey scored a career-high 38 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, as the host Boilermakers beat the Spartans.

No. 23 Providence 70, Villanova 65:

Jared Bynum scored 17 of his 19 points after halftime, leading the Friars past the Wildcats.