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Smith leads No. 1 Purdue past Iowa
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.>> Braden Smith scored a career-high 24 points to lead No. 1 Purdue to an 8773 victory over Iowa on Thursday night. Smith, a freshman guard, shot 8 of 10 — including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Zach Edey scored 14 points on 4- of-7 shooting. Edey, who was averaging 22.4 points entering the game, had just four points until the final 8 1/2 minutes. Edey grabbed a team-high 14 rebounds, and Caleb Furst added 10 rebounds as Purdue held a 43-23 edge.
No. 7 UCLA 62, Oregon State 47
CORVALLIS, ORE.>> Amari Bailey scored a careerhigh 24 points to lead No. 7 UCLA to a 62- 47 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night. Bailey, a freshman guard, was 10 of 16 from the field and scored 18 points in the second half as UCLA pulled away.
No. 16 Gonzaga 99, San Francisco 81
SPOKANE, WASH. >> Rasir Bolton had 23 points and six assists, Drew Timme scored 21 and Gonzaga beat San Francisco. Gonzaga extended its streak of seasons with at least 20 wins to 26, bouncing back from last weekend’s overtime loss at No. 15 Saint Mary’s. WOMEN
No. 1 South Carolina gets 30th straight win
AUBURN, ALA.>> Zia Cooke had 15 points and four assists in 20 minutes to lead South Carolina past Auburn 83- 48 and to its 30th straight win. The Gamecocks (24- 0, 11- 0 SEC) dominated from the start in a game sandwiched between a pair of top-5 matchups. They were coming off an 81-77 win over No. 4 Uconn and host No. 3 LSU on Sunday.
No. 2 Indiana 87, No. 5 Iowa 78
BLOOMINGTON, IND.>> Grace Berger finished with a season-high 26 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Mackenzie Holmes added 24 points as No. 2 Indiana used a late scoring run to pull away from No. 5 Iowa 87-78 on Thursday night. The Hoosiers used a 17-7 fourth- quarter run to earn their 11th consecutive win, this time in front of a record crowd of 13,046. .
No. 6 Stanford 84, No. 17 Arizona 60
TUCSON, ARIZ.>> Cameron Brink and Haley Jones each scored 18 points as Stanford bounced back from a loss. The Cardinal won their sixth straight against the Wildcats (18- 6, 8-5), a streak that includes the 2021 NCAA title game. Stanford moved into first place in the conference, a half-game ahead of No. 7 Utah.
No. 8 Maryland 79, Northwestern 54
EVANSTON, ILL.>> Diamond Miller had 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and Maryland eased past struggling Northwestern for its seventh win in eight games. Brir Mcdaniel added 14 points and the Terrapins (20-5, 12-3 Big Ten) followed up the program’s most lopsided win over a top-10 opponent with another dominant performance.
No. 9 Duke 68, Boston College 27
BOSTON>> Reigan Richardson scored 14 points and Celeste Taylor added 11 to lead Duke to the 1,000th win in the program’s history. Richardson scored 10 points in the second quarter, when the Blue Devils turned a five-point lead into a 32-14 runaway.
No. 10 Notre Dame 69, Pittsburgh 63
SOUTH BEND, IND.>> Sonia Citron scored 20 points, Maddy Westbeld added 17 to lead Notre Dame. Sophomore guard Olivia Miles had a double-double of 11 points and 13 assists with seven rebounds and two steals as the Fighting Irish (19- 4, 10-3 ACC) extended their home winning streak against Pitt to 16 games.
Syracuse 75, No. 14 North Carolina 67
SYRACUSE, N.Y.>> Dyaisha Fair scored 18 of her 23 points in the second half, Georgia Woolley added 20 points and Syracuse used a big third quarter to beat North Carolina.
Miami 86, No. 19 Florida St. 82
CORAL GABLES, FLA.>> Haley Cavinder made eight straight free throws in the final 30 seconds and finished with a career-high 33 points to help Miami beat a ranked team for the third time this season. The Hurricanes took a 75-73 lead on a 3-pointer by Cavinder with 2:10 remaining. Florida State forward Makayla Timpson made layups with 25.2 seconds and 18.5 seconds left, but Cavinder made free throws after each to seal it.
No. 22 N.C. State 51, Wake Forest 42
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.>> Saniya Rivers scored eight points in the third quarter and 10 of her team-high 12 points in the second half to help North Carolina State pull away from Wake Forest.