Stanford women cruise
No. 1 Lady Bears bounce back from loss to Cardinal
Chiney Ogwumike had 15 points and 17 rebounds, and No. 4 Stanford cruised past Hawaii 69- 42 on Saturday night in Honolulu.
The Cardinal ( 4- 0) dominated one night after upsetting No. 1 Baylor at the start of the Rainbow Wahine tournament, never trailing the host team.
Ogwumike was one of four players with doubledigit points for Stanford. Joslyn Tinkle scored 16 points, Amber Orrange had 13 and Toni Kokenis 12.
Stanford scored 14 unanswered points midway through the first half and led by 18 at the break. The Cardinal led by as much as 29 in the second half. Freshman Ashleigh Karaitiana scored 14 points for Hawaii ( 1- 2).
Baylor 82, UT Martin 67: Brittney Griner set an NCAA women’s record with her eighth career dunk to help the No. 1 Lady Bears ( 3- 1) bounce back from their first loss in more than a season with a win over the Skyhawks ( 1- 3) in Honolulu.
Griner scored 16 of her 18 points in the first half and rested most of the second half once Baylor established control.
Griner, the seventh woman to dunk in NCAA history, passed Tennessee’s Candace Parker with her record- breaking jam less than seven minutes into the game.
Santa Clara 80, Utah Valley 67: Ruta Zurauskyte had 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Meagan Fulps scored 15 points, surpassing the 1,000- point mark for her career, to help the Broncos ( 2- 1) defeat the Wolverines ( 1- 3) at the Leavey Center.
Evansville 74, San Jose State 65: The host Purple Aces ( 2- 1) hit a school- record 15 3- pointers in defeating theSpartans ( 2- 1). Ta’Rea Cunnigan had 28 points and 10 rebounds for San Jose State.
The Spartans used a 21- 5 run to take a 62- 55 lead with 6: 07 to play, but it was all Evansville the rest of the way. After regaining the lead, the Purple Aces hit 8 of 10 free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.
Cal State Fullerton 60, USF 55: The visiting Dons ( 2- 1) couldn’t hold a sixpoint lead with 2: 20 to play and lost to theTitans ( 2- 1). Aundrea Gordon led USF with 14 points.
Saint Joseph’s 50, Maryland 49: Chatilla van Grinsven scored 18 points and the Hawks ( 2- 1) defeated the No. 5 Terrapins ( 2- 1) in Philadelphia.
Men
Ohio State 69, Rhode Island 58: Deshaun Thomas scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the No. 4 Buckeyes ( 2- 0) defeated the Rams ( 0- 3) in the Hall of Fame Tip- Off tournament in Uncasville, Conn.
Washington 84, Seton Hall 73: Abdul Gaddy scored 16 points to help the Huskies ( 2- 1) beat the Pirates ( 2- 1) in overtime in Uncasville. Washington will play Ohio State on Sunday. Washington outscored Seton Hall 13- 2 in overtime.
Memphis 65, Samford 54: Adonis Thomas scored 16 points and the No. 17 Tigers ( 2- 0) beat the visiting Bulldogs ( 13).
Notre Dame 78, BYU68: Jack Cooley had 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead the No. 20 Fighting Irish ( 3- 1) past the Cougars ( 22) in the third- place game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in New York.