San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
Mississippi deals Cal women first defeat of season
Shakira Austin scored 14 points to lead three Mississippi players in double figures and the Rebels ended Cal’s fivegame, season-opening winning streak with a 64-45 victory at Haas Pavilion on Saturday in the championship game of the Raising the B.A.R. Invitational.
The Bears, who shot 49% in their tournament-opening win over Furman on Friday, were held to 23% shooting by Mississippi.
“We struggled to make shots, and I wish we could have been better,” Cal head coach Charmin Smith said. “But a lot of things to learn from here as we move on and get ready for Fresno State on Thursday.”
Austin scored the first four points of the game as Mississippi took a lead it would not relinquish. The Rebels (6-1) led 12-9 after the first period, took their first double-digit lead on a 3-pointer by Snudda Collins with 21 seconds left in the first half and led by at least nine points the rest of the way.
Cal (5-1) got 12 points from Jayda Curry and 10 from Cailyn Crocker, but the players were a combined 5-for-28 from the field, including 1-for-13 from 3-point range.
Drake 84, USF 60: Megan Meyer scored 15 points to lead four Bulldogs in double figures as Drake (3-2) defeated the Dons (4-2) in the Nugget Classic in Reno. Kennedy Dickie scored 19 points for USF. Santa Clara 67, Cal State Bakersfield 53: Lindsey VanAllen scored 26 points as the host Broncos (4-1) beat the Roadrunners (1-3). St. Mary’s 68, UC Santa Barbara
45: Taycee Wedin had 22 points and the host Gaels (3-3) jumped to an 18-4 first-quarter lead as they defeated the Gauchos (2-3).
#4 Indiana 53, Miami 51: Mackenzie Holmes had 14 points and 11 rebounds as the Hoosiers (5-1) beat the Hurricanes (4-2) in Nassau, Bahamas. #5 North Carolina State 62, Washington State 34: Diamond Johnson scored 24 points and the Wolfpack (6-1) beat the Cougars (4-1) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
#6 Baylor 74, Houston 58: NaLyssa Smith had 21 points and 19 rebounds as the Bears (6-1) beat the Cougars (3-4) in the championship game in the Cancun Challenge.
#9 Arizona 80, Rutgers 44: Cate Reese scored 16 points as the Wildcats (6-0) beat the Scarlet Knights (4-4) in St. Thomas. Notre Dame 64, #16 Oregon State
62: Maya Dodson had 14 points and nine rebounds as the Fighting Irish (6-1) beat the Beavers (3-2) in Daytona Beach, Fla. Talia Von Oelhoffen scored 25 points for Oregon State.
Utah 73, Hawaii 57: Brynna Maxwell scored 23 points for the Utes (5-1) in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown in Honolulu. Hawaii (3-3) got 19 points from Daejah Phillips.
South Dakota State 76, #19 UCLA
66: Sacred Heart Cathedral alum IImar’i Thomas, a graduate transfer from Cincinnati, scored a game-high 18 points for the Bruins (3-2) in their loss to the Jackrabbits (3-4) in Estero, Fla.
Colorado 59, Louisiana Tech 58:
Peanut Tuitele scored 14 points to lead the host Buffaloes (6-0) past the Techsters (4-2).
Arizona State 58, Fordham 43:
Jaddan Simmons scored 16 points as the Sun Devils (3-4) topped the Rams (4-3) in Cancun.
North Carolina 58, Washington 37:
The Huskies (2-4) were held to 28% shooting in their loss to the Tar Heels (6-0) in Bimini, Bahamas.
Central Florida 56, USC 47: Alyson Miura scored 12 points for the Trojans (4-2) in their loss to the Knights (5-1) in Cancun.