Boston 4 games from tying Gamecocks’ mark for double-doubles

COLUMBIA, S.C. >> Aliyah Boston had 11 points and 10 rebounds for her 68th career double double to keep No. 1 South Carolina undefeated with a 102-39 victory over Coastal Carolina on Wednesday.

Boston, who played just 13 minutes, moved four games away from matching the program’s all-time mark for double-doubles held by Sheila Foster established four decades ago.

Freshman Ashlyn Watkins had a career high 16 points and Zia Cooke 14 as the defending national champs improved to 12-0 for a second straight season and fourth time in Dawn Staley’s 15 years as coach.

This figured to be a challenge for the Chanticleers (5-6), who have just two players 6 feet or taller while South Carolina had 10.

NO. 4 INDIANA 67, BUTLER 50

Mackenzie Holmes scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half, and No. 4 Indiana completed an unbeaten nonconference schedule with a 67-50 win over Butler on Wednesday.

Yarden Garzon added 13 points and Sydney Parrish 10 for the Hoosiers (12-0).

Rachel McLimore scored 13 and Sydney Jaynes 11 for Butler (5-7).

The Bulldogs stayed close early, trailing 12-11 with two minutes left in the first quarter.

Indiana outscored Butler 9-0 in the opening 87 seconds of the second quarter, featuring Holmes’ threepoint play and successive 3-pointers by Parrish and Garzon. The run eventually became 18-3, expanding the Hoosiers’ lead to 35-16.

Butler cut what had been a 19-point deficit to 41-31 midway through the third quarter, thanks to three inside baskets by James. That was as close as the Bulldogs would come.

Indiana is 8-0 at home, featuring wins by 37, 56, 35, 37, 24, 63 and 17 points. The Hoosiers’ one close victory was 65-61 over Illinois in a Big Ten opener on Dec. 4.

Indiana is nearing the program record for most successive wins to open a season: 15-0 in 1972, the first year for women’s basketball at the school. The Hoosiers were 14-0 in 201314.

NO. 5 NOTRE DAME 85, WESTERN MICHIGAN 57 >> Maddy Westbeld scored 10 points in four minutes and Notre Dame started the second half on a 17-0 spree en route to a big win over Western Michigan/

The Fighting Irish (101) led 38-30 at the half, but scored on seven of their first eight possessions during the third quarter with a trio of 3-pointers. Westbeld scored a season-high 23 points, including 15 in the third quarter, and grabbed a gamehigh eight rebounds.

The Broncos (5-6) missed their first nine shots from the field in the period and saw their three-game winning streak snapped. Lauren Ross led Western Michigan with 15 points.

NO. 9 UCONN 98, SETON HALL 73 Aaliyah Edwards had 23 points, leading six players who scored in double figures for UConn in its rout of Seton Hall.

Caroline Ducharme and Nika Muhl each had 16 points and were a combined 8 of 11 from 3-point range. Lou Lopez Senechal had 14 points, Aubrey Griffin added 13 points and seven rebounds, and Dorka Juhasz had 10 points and 10 rebounds for UConn (9-2, 2-0 Big East).

Sidney Cooks had 18 points and Lauren ParkLane finished with 17 for Seton Hall (9-4, 2-1), which had its seven-game winning streak snapped.

UConn coach and Norristown native Geno Auriemma missed his second straight game due to illness.

Associate coach Chris Dailey ran the team and improved to 15-0 when filling in for Auriemma.

NO. 13 IOWA 92, DARMOUTH

Caitlin Clark had 20 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and reached 2,000 career points as No. 13 Iowa beat Dartmouth 92-54 on Wednesday for its fifth straight victory.

Clark hit the career scoring mark in her 75th game — tying Elena Delle Donne for the quickest women’s or men’s Division I player to reach 2,000 career points since at least 1999-00, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

Clark made her 242nd career 3-pointer to tie Delle Donne’s record, and Iowa coach Lisa Bluder called a timeout to celebrate the moment.