COLLEGE BASKETBALL: WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP Patberg, No. 6 Indiana defeat Wisconsin
No. 6 Indiana 76, Wisconsin 53: Ali Patberg scored 18 points and Mackenzie Holmes added 16 to help visiting Indiana beat Wisconsin on Wednesday night.
Patberg scored 12 points in the first half when Indiana used a 19-9 second quarter to take a 36-21 lead. Grace Berger had 11 assists and scored seven points in the victory.
Aleska Gulbe scored 13 points and had eight rebounds for the Hoosiers, who’ve won eight straight in the series against Wisconsin.
Indiana (12-2, 4-0 Big Ten) held Wisconsin to under 70 points, and the Badgers became the 14th opponent the Hoosiers have held below that mark.
Indiana had 18 assists on 28 field goals in the game. The Hoosiers shot 48.8 percent from the field. The Hoosiers shot 85.7 percent (12 of 14) from the free-throw line.
Texas Tech 74, No. 9 Texas 61: Vivian Gray scored 23 points, Bre’amber Scott had 21 and visiting Texas Tech dominated inside to beat Texas.
The Red Raiders (8-5, 1-1 Big 12) shot 50 percent from the field, had an 24-16 edge in the paint and continually went to the free throw line, enabling them to overcome a season-high 26 turnovers.
Tech converted 34 of 44 free throws – Gray was 13 for 17 and Scott nine for 10 – while Texas hit 12 of 19. The Longhorns made eight straight in the third quarter but missed their last four when the deficit was single digits, helping Tech pull away.
Texas (10-2, 1-1) had its worst shooting game of the season, 29.2 percent.
No. 12 Iowa State 81, No. 23 Oklahoma 71: Emily Ryan scored a career-high 22 points with eight assists, Ashley Joens had 17 points and 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double this season and visiting Iowa State beat Oklahoma to snap the Sooners’ nine-game winning streak.
Iowa State closed the third quarter on a 16-7 run, with two 3-pointers from
Maggie Espenmiller-mcgraw, to build a 66-52 lead. The Cyclones shot 55% from the field in the quarter, led by Ryan’s 5-of-6 shooting for 11 points.
Oklahoma started the fourth on an 8-0 run with six straight points from Madi Williams. But Iowa State scored 10 of the next 13 points, highlighted by Ryan’s three-point play to tie her career high of 21.
Beatriz Jordao added 15 points and Morgan Kane scored 10 for Iowa State (13-1, 2-0 Big 12). Joens, averaging 20.6 points per game and 9.6 rebounds, secured her 39th career double-double.
Oklahoma scored the first eight points game, but Iowa State also scored eight straight, spanning the first-quarter break, to take its first lead at 23-21. The Cyclones added an 11-0 run, with five points from Joens, for an 11-0 point lead with 2:56 left, and Joens beat the halftime buzzer with a layup for a 41-34 lead. Freshman Kelbie Washington led Oklahoma with all 11 of her points coming in the opening half.
Williams had 26 points and nine rebounds for Oklahoma (12-2, 1-1), which entered ranked second in the nation averaging 89.7 points per game.
No. 24 South Florida 61, Cincinnati 46: Elena Tsineke scored 21 points, Bethy Mununga had a double-double and visiting South Florida blitzed Cincinnati from the outset then held off the Bearcats.
The contest marked the American Athletic Conference opener for both teams. It was the Bearcats’ first game since Dec. 22 following a cancellation and postponement due to COVID-19 protocols.
Arame Niang’s basket 29 seconds in marked Cincinnati’s only lead. South Florida (11-4, 1-0) went on a 13-0 run and closed out the first quarter with a 23-4 lead with the help of four 3-pointers. The Bearcats (7-6, 0-1) made just 1 of 14 shots for the quarter.
Caitlyn Wilson’s 3 with 3:34 remaining brought Cincinnati within 55-46.
Caitlyn Wilson scored 12 points for the Bearcats and Jillian Hayes 11.
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