UConn breezes to 97th straight win, 96-50 over Tulsa
STORRS, Conn. — Napheesa Collier scored 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead topranked UConn to its 97th consecutive win, 96-50 over Tulsa on Sunday.
The sophomore hit 10 of her 13 shots from the floor in reaching the 20-point plateau for the 12th time this season.
Saniya Chong added 17 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Huskies (22-0, 10-0 American Athletic Conference), who have now won 124 straight games against unranked opponents.
All five UConn starters scored in double figures. Katie Lou Samuelson, who has reached double digits in every game this season, had 16 points. Kia Nurse had 14 and Gabby Williams chipped in with 10.
Freshman Shug Dickson had 12 points lead Tulsa (8-15, 4-6).
No. 3 Maryland 92, Indiana 56
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 23 points, Brionna Jones added 17 and 14 rebounds, and Maryland won its 11th-straight game in dominant fashion topping Indiana.
The Terrapins outscored Indiana 27-13 in the first quarter and then 28-9 in the third, the two deciding periods of the game. Maryland (23-1, 11-0 Big Ten) held Indiana’s leading scorer, Tyra Buss (19 ppg) to just six points on 2-of-17 shooting. The Terps blocked 11 shots and outrebounded Indiana 47-32. Indiana (15-8, 5-5) relied on Amanda Cahill, who finished with 16 points.
Indiana finished the game shooting just 32 percent from the floor (22 of 69) Jenn Anderson scored eight points, and Alexis Gassion finished with nine for Indiana. The Terps’ bench outscored Indiana’s 20-12 and 14-6 in second-chance points. Maryland shot 58 percent from the floor (36 of 52).
No. 5 Mississippi State 70, Missouri 53
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Dominique Dillingham scored a career-high 24 points and Mississippi State forced 29 turnovers to beat Missouri.
Looking for separation after a tight first quarter that saw MSU lead 18-17, the Bulldogs got it from Dillingham.
The senior leader scored 13 of her 16 first-half points in the second quarter going up against Mizzou’s top player Sophie Cunningham on both ends of the floor. Dillingham hit four 3-pointers as the Bulldogs took a 36-27 lead into the break.
The Bulldogs (22-1, 8-1 SEC) scored the first 11 points of the third quarter to extend the advantage to 47-27 to put the game away.
Cunningham scored 19 points to lead Missouri (16-7, 6-4).
No. 10 Washington 79, Colorado 75
BOULDER, Colo. — Kelsey Plum scored 28 points, Chantel Osahor had 20 points and 16 rebounds, and Washington held on to beat Colorado.
The Huskies (22-3, 10-2 Pac-12) have won eight of their last nine.
Kennedy Leonard and Alexis Robinson led Colorado with 19 points each and Makenzie Ellis scored 18.
The Huskies haven’t played many close games this season. Only one of their previous 21 wins were by single digits.
Colorado (13-10, 3-9) hung around after falling behind by nearly 20. The Huskies led 54-37 midway through the third when Colorado scored 11 straight points, capped by Leonard’s 3-pointer.
No. 11 Oregon State 65, Arizona 57
TUCSON, Ariz. — Breanna Brown had 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked three shots and Oregon State held off Arizona for its seventh-straight win.
Gabriella Hanson added 13 points for the Beavers (22-2, 10-1 Pac 12), who won their seventh-straight over the Wildcats (11-12, 2-9) and moved a half-game in front of Stanford for the conference lead.
The Beavers scored the first points of the game and never trailed but couldn’t put the Beavers away. Brown sandwich two basket’s around Hanson’s 3-point play in a 7-2 start to the third quarter for the biggest lead, 39-27. But the Wildcats answered with nine straight.
Oregon State led by 10 five different times in the fourth quarter but Arizona used 7-0 and 6-0 runs to keep it interesting. Poor foul shooting, 14 of 25 for the game, 9 of 17 in the second half, and 19 turnovers hurt the Beavers despite a 41-23 rebounding advantage.
Breanna Workman had 17 points and LaBrittney Jones 13 for the Wildcats, who have lost six straight.
No. 15 Duke 70, Virginia 51
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Rebecca Greenwell hit four 3-pointers and scored 21 points to lead Duke to a victory over Virginia for the Blue Devils’ 20th victory.
Greenwell was 7-of-10 shooting and had a team-high six rebounds for the Blue Devils (20-4, 8-3 ACC). Lexie Brown added 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting.
The game matched the ACC’s top two scoring defenses in Virginia (53.9) and Duke (54.3), but only the Blue Devils lived up to the billing, shooting 55 percent while holding Virginia to 36 percent.
Dominique Toussaint made three 3-pointers and scored 10 points for the Cavaliers (15-8, 4-6).
Duke, which led by eight at halftime, broke the game open in the third quarter, outscoring Virginia 23-6 with Greenwell starting it off with a pair of 3-pointers and a layup. The lead reached a high of 27 points early in the fourth quarter. No. 17 DePaul 86, Seton Hall 60 CHICAGO — Brooke Schulte scored 22 points and pulled down 12 of DePaul’s season-high 61 rebounds and the Blue Demons defeated Seton Hall.
Tanita Allen added 19 points, Amarah Coleman 17 and Jacqui Grant 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Blue Demons (20-5, 12-1 Big East), who rolled to their 14th win in 15 games.
DePaul made up for 6-of-33 shooting from 3-point range by outrebounding Seton Hall 61-35, including 25 on the offensive glass which led to 25 second-chance points. DePaul also scored 24 points off 21 turnovers.
Kaela Hilaire scored 12 points with seven assists for Seton Hall (11-13, 4-9). JaQuan Jackson and Lubirdia Gordon added 10 points each.
Seton Hall led only at 4-2 with DePaul scoring the next 12 points. Claire Lundberg’s bucket to open the second half got the Pirates within three, but they were outscored 29-14 in the third period. The lead reached 30 points in the fourth quarter.