Bueckers’ 32 points lifts No. 9 Uconn over Seton Hall

Paige Bueckers scored a season-high 32 points to lead No. 9 Uconn to an 83-59 win over Seton Hall on Wednesday night.

The All-american guard left the game with 6:38 remaining in the third quarter after colliding with teammate KK Arnold at midcourt. She returned with just under three minutes left in the period after icing her neck and promptly hit a baseline jumper on her first shot attempt for a 59-46 lead.

Bueckers missed all of last season with a torn ACL. With their star back, the Huskies have now won 11 straight games and 37 in a row against Seton Hall.

Mackenzie Holmes scored a seasonhigh 32 points on 15-of-17 shooting and No. 16 Indiana rebounded from a big loss with an 85-62 win over Minnesota.

The Hoosiers bounced back from an 84-57 loss to now-no. 2 Iowa on Saturday by making 11 of 24 3-pointers, shooting 59% overall and having 23 assists on the 33 baskets.

Sara Scalia scored 22 points and Sydney Parrish added 15, both knocking down five 3-pointers for Indiana.

Rebeka Mikulasikova scored 20 points, Taylor Thierry added 17 and Ohio State turned back Maryland.

The Buckeyes scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to lead by seven, the biggest lead of the game to that point, and the Terrapins never got closer than four. Ohio State made 10 if 19 shots and 8 of 14 free throws in

Lucy Olsen scored 37 points, including the last eight of the game and Villanova defeated Marquette.

Christina Dalce added 10 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks, four in the final minute and two on 3-point attempts inside the final five seconds.

Marquette scored the first seven points of the game and Liza Karlen made a pair of free throws with 3:54 to play to give the Golden Eagles a 63-56 lead, only the second time the lead reached seven.

Dalce answered with a quick layup and then Marquette proceeded to miss its final 10 shots. Olsen made two free throws to put Villanova within 63-62 with just under a minute left and her layup with 29.7 seconds to go gave the Wildcats their first lead. Her free throws with about 12 seconds to play forced Marquette to go for a 3-pointer.

Rhyle Mckinney scored all 15 of her points in the first half, Jasmine Shavers had 15 second-half points and Texas Tech beat Iowa State for its first series victory in the last seven meetings.

Texas Tech picked up its first victory over Iowa State since Feb. 23, 2020.

Nneka Obiazor scored 18 points, Desirae Young had 17 points and 11 rebounds for her 41st career double-double and No. 25 UNLV beat San Diego State for its eighth straight victory in the series.

UNLV extended its conference winning streak to 29 games.