Aubrey Galvan scored 20 points and helped No. 5 Vanderbilt remain perfect by staving off No. 8 Michigan 72-69 on Monday at the Coretta Scott King Classic in Newark, N.J.
Mikayla Blakes and Justine Pissott each added 14 points and Pissott added team highs of eight rebounds and five assists for the Commodores (19-0), who assisted on 20 of their 25 made baskets.
Vanderbilt went on a 10-0 run in the first quarter and dominated the second quarter to establish a 47-30 halftime lead. Michigan (15-3) ended the third quarter on a 6-0 run to get back within single digits and used a 10-2 stretch early in the fourth to cut it to 65-63. But Aiyana Mitchell’s jumper and Galvan’s 3-pointer put Vanderbilt ahead by seven with three minutes to go, and it held on from there.
Syla Swords and Kendall Dudley scored 16 points apiece, Olivia Olson had 14 points and Brooke Q. Daniels wrangled 10 rebounds for the Wolverines.
No. 1 UConn 85, Notre Dame 47
Sarah Strong put up 18 points and 11 rebounds and the Huskies shot an overwhelming 55.6% as they steamrolled the Fighting Irish in Storrs, Conn.
Azzi Fudd tallied 15 points, KK Arnold had 12, Serah Williams paired 11 points with eight rebounds and Ashlynn Shade scored 10 to lift UConn (19-0), which ended a three-game losing streak in the nonconference rivalry. The Huskies, who pulled away with a 27-12 third quarter, outrebounded the Irish 39-24 and outscored them 44-24 in the paint.
Hannah Hidalgo finished with 16 points on 5-of-15 shooting for Notre Dame (12-6), which fell out of the AP Top 25 poll earlier Monday and has dropped four of six. Cassandre Prosper added 12 points and seven rebounds. Notre Dame shot 36.5% overall and 1 of 16 from the 3-point arc.
No. 12 Ohio State 71, No. 9 TCU 69
Chance Gray scored 22 points and hit a crucial 3-pointer in the waning moments to help the Buckeyes outlast the Horned Frogs at the Coretta Scott King Classic in Newark, N.J.
Jaloni Cambridge finished with 18 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Ohio State (17-2). She and her sister Kennedy Cambridge combined for 12 of Ohio State’s final 15 points in a fourth quarter that contained eight ties and three lead changes. Kennedy made a tiebreaking 3-pointer and Jaloni added two go-ahead free throws before Gray nailed a triple with 16 seconds left to make it 70-66.
Olivia Miles racked up 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to power TCU (18-2), which led 18-8 after one quarter before the Buckeyes chipped away at the lead. Taylor Bigby scored 14 points and Clara Silva added 12 and eight rebounds.
No. 20 Princeton 82, Harvard 79 (OT)
Ashley Chea nailed the game-tying 3-pointer in the last second of regulation, Madison St. Rose scored six of her 19 points in overtime and the host Tigers got past the Crimson for their 14th straight victory.
Chea also finished with 19, while Princeton (16-1, 4-0 Ivy) got 14 points from Olivia Hutcherson, 13 from Skye Belker and 11 points, nine rebounds and five steals from Fadima Tall. Karlee White tallied 27 points and 10 rebounds for Harvard (9-8, 2-2) while Saniyah Glenn-Bello added 16 points, Abigail Wright 12 and Olivia Jones 11.
Harvard, which led much of the first half, climbed out of a late 57-50 hole. Glenn-Bello’s 3-pointer tied the game with 44 seconds left in regulation and Katie Krupa buried the go-ahead triple with less than five seconds before Princeton called time and advanced the ball to set up the play for Chea.
–Field Level Media
