Women’s college basketball
Utah tops Stanford for a share of its first- ever Pac- 12 title
SALT LAKE CITY>> Gianna Kneepkens scored 28 points to lead No. 8 Utah to an 8478 victory over No. 3 Stanford on Saturday that gave the Utes a share of their first regular- season Pac- 12 Conference title.
Alissa Pili finished with 14 points and Kennedy Mcqueen had 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and six steals for Utah ( 253, 15- 3). Hannah Jump led Stanford ( 27- 4, 15- 3) with 24 points.
No. 4 Uconn 72, Depaul 69
CHICAGO>> Aaliyah Edwards scored 16 points, including two clutch baskets down the stretch, and Uconn edged Depaul to clinch at least a share of the Big East regular season championship.
Depaul ( 15- 15, 8- 11 Big East) led by as much seven in the second half and was nursing a four- point lead late in the fourth of a tight, physical, contest, but Edwards and Lou Lopez Sénéchal scored to tie it at 65 with 3: 10 left.
Then Edwards scored off a turnover with 2: 40 to go to put the Huskies ahead. .
No. 19 Texas 67, No. 13 Oklahoma 45
NORMAN, OKLA.>> Shaylee Gonzales scored 19 points and Texas snapped a firstplace tie with Oklahoma in the Big 12, beating the Sooners,
Rori Harmon had 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and Deyona Gaston scored 12 points with 11 rebounds, her second double- double this season for the Longhorns ( 22- 7, 13- 3). Taylor Jones had five of Texas’ 10 blocks to go with 10 points. Shay Holle added 11 points, all in the pivotal third quarter.
Oregon State 78, No. 14 Arizona 70
CORVALLIS, ORE.>> Raegan Beers had 24 points and 13 rebounds, fellow freshman Adlee Blacklock scored 22, and Oregon State upset Arizona, snapping the Beavers’ nine- game losing streak.
After trailing 60- 45 through three quarters, Arizona ( 21- 8, 11- 7 Pac
12) scored the first seven points of the fourth period to get within 6052 with 8: 49 remaining. Soon after, Beers converted a three- point play and added two more free throws to put the Beavers ( 12- 17, 4- 14) back up by 13.
No. 17 UCLA 70, Washington 62
LOS ANGELES>> Charisma Osborne scored 11 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to lift UCLA to a win over Washington.
Kiki Rice added 15 points for the Bruins ( 228, 11- 7 Pac- 12 Conference), who pulled away by making 9 of 15 shots. Londynn Jones had 10 points as all 10 players scored for UCLA.
No. 18 Gonzaga 58, BYU 51
PROVO, UTAH>> Yvonne Ejim scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Gonzaga secured the West Coast Conference regular season title with a 58- 51 win over BYU. Ejim’s threepoint play put Gonzaga up 50- 45 with 2: 51 to play and the Bulldogs made 8 of 10 free throws in the final 79 seconds.
No. 20 Iowa State 84, TCU 56
AMES, IOWA>> Ashley Joens
scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and 20th- ranked Iowa State routed TCU
Joens entered with
2,880 career points, putting her 18th in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history for career scoring.
No. 24 UNLV 65, San Diego St. 59
LAS VEGAS>> Desi- Rae Young and Alyssa Brown had doubledoubles to lead UNLV to a sluggish victory over San Diego State.
No. 25 Middle Tenn. St. 61, La. Tech 59
RUSTON, LA.>> Kseniya Malashka scored 27 points, the last two on a short, contested jumper with 2.8 seconds to play, and blocked a last- second shot to give Middle Tennessee State a win over Louisiana Tech.