Iowa women get by Drake in OT
Monika Czinano scored 36 points and Caitlin Clark added 28 to help No. 4 Iowa beat Drake 9286 in overtime on Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Czinano and Clark scored all but two of the Hawkeyes’ points in the extra period as Iowa outscored the Bulldogs 10-4.
A layup by Drake’s Katie Dinnebier with 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter tied the game at 82. The Hawkeyes (3-0) had a chance to win the game in regulation, but Gabbie Marshall missed a shot with one second left.
Czinano, who led the nation in field-goal percentage the previous two seasons, was 14-for-21 from the field. Clark, a unanimous preseason Associated Press AllAmerican, struggled with her shooting, finishing 9for-28 from the field.
Clark and Czinano combined to score 27 consecutive first-half points, but the Bulldogs led 45-41 at halftime.
All five Drake starters scored in double figures. Dinnebier led Drake with 24 points. Grace Berg had 18 points. Maggie Bair had 13 points. Sarah Beth Gueldner had 12. Megan Meyer had 11.
#7 Louisville 75, Belmont 70: Hailey Van Lith scored 25 points, Payton Verhulst had a steal and the game-clinching free throws with 2.2 seconds left and the Cardinals escaped Belmont with a win.
The final margin was the largest for the Cardinals in a game that featured 17 ties and 20 lead changes. Belmont had a six-point lead late in the second quarter.
#10 North Carolina State 86, Mount Saint Mary’s 38: Aziaha James came off the bench to score 19 points for the host Wolfpack in its romp over the Mountaineers.
Diamond Johnson had 13 points and Jada Boyd and Madison Hayes both scored 11 points for the Wolfpack, which overpowered the Mountaineers with a 63-21 rebounding advantage. Hayes had 11 rebounds. James made 6 of 7 shots from the field, including two 3-pointers. #14 Ohio State 82, Boston College 64: Rebeka Mikulasikova and Jacy Sheldon had double-doubles and the visiting Buckeyes capped an impressive opening week with a victory over the Eagles.
Mikulasikova had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Buckeyes, who defeated No. 5 Tennessee 8775 on Tuesday. Sheldon had the unusual doubledouble
of 14 points and a school-record tying 11 steals. She had eight steals against Tennessee.
Ohio State trailed 22-21 with about six minutes left in the second quarter but finished the period with a 21-3 run that provided most of its 18-point margin by game’s end. #16 LSU 107, Western Carolina 34: Flau’jae Johnson scored 18 points, Angel Reese had her third-straight doubledouble and the Tigers set a program record with their third-straight 100point game in a rout of the visiting Catamounts.
LSU, which scored a school-record 125 points in its opener and 111 in its second game, opened this one with 15 straight points and were never challenged.
#17 Maryland 83, Fordham 76: Diamond Miller scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the host Terrapins turned back the Rams. #19 Arizona 87, Cal State Northridge 47: Esmery Martinez didn’t miss a shot and scored 15 points to help the Wildcats beat the visiting Matadors.
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Tennessee upset
KJ Simpson had 23 points and 10 rebounds, both career highs for the sophomore, to lead visiting Colorado to a 78-66 victory over No. 11 Tennessee.
Tristan de Silva added 14 points for the Buffaloes, who shot 43.5% from the field, compared with the Volunteers’ 25.4%.