Dye leads No. 11 Tennessee to rout of Tennessee Tech
Tennessee 76, Tennessee Alexus Dye had 20 points and nine rebounds, Tamari Key added 11 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, and host Tennessee beat Tennessee Tech on Wednesday night.
Tess Darby gave Tennessee its only double-digit lead of the first half on a 3pointer to make it 30-19 and Dye scored the final eight Volunteer points of the half for a 38-30 lead.
Darby finished with 12 points, on four 3-pointers, for Tennessee (7-0), which plays at Virginia Tech on Sunday. Dye was 10 of 15 from the field.
No. 15 Texas 78, Jackson State 64: Lauren Ebo had 14 points, seven rebounds and five blocks, and host Texas overcame foul trouble to turn back Jackson State.
No. 16 Kentucky 83, West Virginia 60: Rhyne Howard scored 27 points, Dre’una Edwards had a double-double with six blocks and host Kentucky rolled over West Virginia in the Big 12/ SEC Challenge.
No. 17 Texas A&M 65, Little Rock 50: Kayla Wells and Destiny Pitts each scored 15 points and host Texas A&M beat Little Rock.
Coach Gary Blair tied Shelby Metcalf’s Aggie record of 438 victories at A&M. Metcalf coached the men’s basketball program at A&M from 1963-90, amassing a 438-306 record.
Aaliyah Patty had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Texas A&M (8-0.
UC Davis 64, No. 18 (tie) Oregon 47: Sage Stobbart scored all 11 of her points in the second half and visiting UC Davis ended Oregon’s 44-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents.
Syracuse 96, No. 18 (tie) Ohio State 91: Teisha Hyman scored a career-high 30 points, Chrislyn Carr scored all 24 of her points in the second half and host Syracuse upended Ohio State in the Big Ten/SEC Challenge.
Princeton 58, No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast 55: Abby Meyers scored 18 points and her basket with 20 seconds left helped visiting Princeton over Florida Gulf Coast.
Grace Stone scored 17 points for the Tigers (6-1) and Julia Cunningham 10.
No. 23 Oregon State 76, Pacific 72: Talia von Oelhoffen made a go-ahead 3pointer with under a minute to play and sank two free throws with 1.5 seconds left, and host Oregon State to spoil Anaya James’ 31-point performance.