Hoosiers top Hawkeyes
Grace Berger finished with 26 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Mackenzie Holmes added 24 points and No. 2 Indiana used a late scoring run to pull away from No. 5 Iowa for an 8778 victory Thursday night.
The Hoosiers (23-1, 12-1 Big Ten) used a 17-7 fourth-quarter run to earn their 11th consecutive win, this time in front of a record crowd of 13,046. Indiana has broken the attendance mark three times since January and now has a 1½-game lead in the chase for its first regularseason conference crown since the Big Ten’s inaugural season of 1982-83.
“I loved Grace’s mind-set tonight,” Indiana head coach Teri Moren said. “You could tell she was not going to be denied. I’ve seen that look a lot, and I knew she wanted to lead us throughout the 40 minutes.”
Caitlin Clark did everything she could to give Iowa (19-5, 11-2) a shot. She had 35 points on 12for-28 shooting but logged eight turnovers. Clark added 10 assists and four rebounds.
Berger and Holmes made sure Clark couldn’t help Iowa extend its winning streak to nine games.
“Mackenzie Holmes did an excellent job in the post,” Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said. “I thought Grace Berger was outstanding. She played really, really well. So good game by Indiana and we’ll bounce back.”
The rematch of last season’s Big Ten Tournament title game and first top-five matchup in Big Ten play in nearly 30 years lived up to the billing.
Two of the nation’s highestscoring teams played to a 19-19 draw after one quarter and a 3939 tie at halftime. Indiana scored the final four points of the third quarter to take a 62-57 lead.
Finally, in a matchup featuring 11 ties and 14 lead changes, Berger and Holmes quickly turned the game in the fourth quarter by combining for nearly half the points in a 17-7 run that allowed Indiana to move to a 7969 lead with 3:24 to go.
“I just really wanted to win,” Berger said. “I remember losing to them three times last year and in the Big Ten (tournament) championship game, so anytime you play a team like that, it means a little more.”
#1 South Carolina 83, Auburn 48: Zia Cooke had 15 points and four assists in 20 minutes to lead the visiting Gamecocks (24-0, 11-0 SEC) past the Tigers (13-10, 3-8), extending their winning streak to 30 games.
Sydney Shaw scored 15 points to lead Auburn.
#9 Duke 68, Boston College 27: Reigan Richardson scored 14 points and Celeste Taylor added 11 as the visiting Blue Devils (21-3, 11-2 ACC) earned the 1,000th win in the program’s history.
Richardson scored 10 points in the second quarter, a period in which Duke held the Eagles (14-13, 4-10) scoreless for the last 7:55.
#10 Notre Dame 69, Pittsburgh 63: Sonia Citron scored 20 points and Maddy Westbeld added 17 to lead the host Irish (19-4, 10-3 ACC) to a victory over the Panthers (8-16, 1-12).
Dayshanette Harris scored 20 points to lead Pitt.
Syracuse 75, #14 North Carolina 67: Dyaisha Fair scored 18 of her 23 points in the second half, Georgia Woolley added 20 points and the host Orange (16-9, 7-7 ACC) used a big third quarter to beat the Tar Heels (17-7, 8-5).
Deja Kelly led North Carolina with a 32 points.
Miami 86, #19 Florida State 82:
Haley Cavinder made eight free throws in the final 30 seconds and finished with 33 points to help the host Hurricanes (16-8, 9-4 ACC) beat the Seminoles (20-6, 9-4).
Miami took a 75-73 lead — its first since it had an 18-15 advantage — on Cavinder’s 3-pointer off the glass with 2:10 remaining.
Florida State forward Makayla Timpson made layups with 25.2 seconds left and at 18.5, but Cavinder made free throws after each make to seal it.
Men
#1 Purdue 87, Iowa 73: Braden Smith scored 24 points and Zach Edey added 14 points and 14 rebounds as the host Boilermakers (23-2, 12-2 Big Ten) defeated the Hawkeyes (15-9, 7-6).
Kris Murray scored 24 points and Filip Rebraca had 17 for Iowa.
• Texas officials have raised interim head coach Rodney Terry’s salary from $500,000 to $1.2 million as he leads the No. 5 Longhorns (19-4) after the midseason firing of former head coach Chris Beard.
Terry took over the team as acting head coach when Beard was suspended following his arrest on a felony domestic-violence charge on allegations he choked, hit and bit his fiancee.