Kiki Rice scored 16 of her 20 points after halftime and Lauren Betts tied a season high of 16 rebounds to go with 16 points as No. 2 UCLA escaped with a 69-66 win over No. 8 Michigan on Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Bruins (23-1, 13-0 Big Ten) rallied from an early six-point hole to lead by as many as 13 in the third quarter. Michigan was down 69-60 with 29 seconds left, but Olivia Olson and Syla Swords sandwiched back-to-back 3-pointers around a Rice turnover to cut it to three.
After Gabriela Jaquez was sent to the line and missed both free throws, Michigan had a chance to tie at the buzzer but Swords was off the mark.
Jaquez scored 13 points and Gianna Kneepkens had 12 for UCLA in its 17th straight win. Olson scored 11 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter to power Michigan (20-4, 11-2) and Mila Holloway added 15 points and six assists.
No. 3 South Carolina 93, No. 19 Tennessee 50
Ta’Niya Latson scored 21 points to lead all five starters in double figures as the Gamecocks smashed the Lady Volunteers in Columbia, S.C.
South Carolina (24-2, 10-1 SEC) won by 43 for the second straight game while Tennessee (15-6, 7-2) suffered its largest loss of the season. The Gamecocks shot 69.2% from the field and limited the Vols to 28.1%.
Joyce Edwards (20 points, eight rebounds) and Madina Okot (10 points, 15 rebounds) also starred for South Carolina. Talaysia Cooper had 17 points, five boards and five assists for Tennessee.
No. 5 LSU 77, Auburn 44
ZaKiyah Johnson tallied 16 points and eight rebounds, Amiya Joyner added 10 points and 10 boards and the visitors ran away with the SEC victory in a battle of Tigers in Auburn, Ala.
Mikaylah Williams had 12 points and seven rebounds and Flau’jae Johnson added 10 points and seven boards as LSU (22-3, 8-3 SEC) bounced back from a loss to No. 4 Texas. LSU owned a 54-30 advantage on the glass while overcoming 19 turnovers.
Harissoum Coulibaly paced Auburn (13-12, 2-9) with 13 points and four assists. Clara Coulibaly grabbed 10 rebounds in 22 minutes.
No. 6 Louisville 84, Syracuse 65
Laura Ziegler made 10 of 13 shots from the floor for a team-high 22 points and the Cardinals used a dominant first quarter to sail to victory over the host Orange.
Mackenly Randolph (15 points, eight rebounds), Imari Berry (15 points, five assists) and Tajianna Roberts (12 points, five boards, five assists) also contributed to the Cardinals’ cause. Louisville (22-4, 12-1 ACC) shrugged off a home loss to Duke on Thursday by winning the first quarter 28-6, then shook off Syracuse’s comeback efforts in the second half.
Dominique Darius scored 22 points on 7-for-7 shooting to lead Syracuse (19-5, 9-4). Uche Izoje posted 13 points, eight rebounds and four blocks and Sophie Burrows scored 11.
No. 9 Ohio State 80, Oregon 64
Elsa Lemmila tallied 23 points and nine rebounds to pace the Buckeyes to a thorough win over the Ducks in Eugene, Ore.
Kennedy Cambridge had 20 points, seven rebounds and eight steals while sister Jaloni Cambridge added 19 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Ohio State (22-3, 11-2 Big Ten). The Buckeyes had 14 steals and 28 fastbreak points on the day.
Ari Long scored 16 points and Mia Jacobs and Sarah Rambus added 13 apiece for Oregon (18-8, 6-7), which committed a season-high 23 turnovers to end its four-game winning streak.
Colorado 80, No. 14 TCU 79
Jade Masogayo drew a foul while sinking a fastbreak layup with two seconds to go and converted the accompanying free throw to give the Buffaloes their only lead of the second half and the upset of the Horned Frogs in Boulder, Colo.
Masogayo scored 17 of her 23 points in the second half for Colorado (16-8, 7-5 Big 12) while Desiree Wooten scored 19 with six assists, Logyn Greer had 17 points and Zyanna Walker chipped in 15 points.
TCU (21-4, 9-3) erased a 10-point deficit with a 10-0 second-quarter run, but squandered an eight-point lead in the fourth. Olivia Miles did all she could with 31 points and five rebounds to lead the Frogs, while Marta Suarez had 20 points and five boards.
No. 17 Duke 95, SMU 36
Toby Fournier dropped 26 points on 12-of-16 shooting, freshman Arianna Roberson had career highs of 22 points and 16 rebounds as the Blue Devils thrashed the Mustangs in Durham, N.C.
It marked the largest margin of victory for the Blue Devils this season and their second time holding an opponent below 40 points. Duke led by as many as 60 in the final minutes.
Delaney Thomas added 16 points and 10 rebounds and Ashlon Jackson bundled 11 points with a career-high 10 assists for the Blue Devils (18-6, 13-0 ACC), who outrebounded the Mustangs, 53-29, and scored 20 points off 25 SMU turnovers.
Grace Hall had nine points and seven rebounds to guide SMU (8-16, 1-11). The home team outshot the visitors 52.0% to 22.8%.
Texas A&M 72, No. 21 Alabama 69
Ny’Ceara Pryor scored a game-high 20 points, including two free throws with 6 seconds left, as the Aggies upset the Crimson Tide in College Station, Texas, and snapped a six-game losing streak.
Texas A&M (9-10, 2-8 SEC) was up 69-65 with 1:02 left on Pryor’s second-chance jumper, and 69-67 when Fatmata Janneh (12 points, game-high 15 rebounds) made one of two foul shots with 21 ticks remaining.
Alabama’s Karly Weathers drove for a layup with 7 seconds to go for a 70-69 deficit before Pryor was fouled. Diana Collins’ 3-point attempt at the buzzer was blocked by the Aggies’ Lauren Ware (13 points). Jessica Timmons led the Crimson Tide (20-5, 6-5) with 19 points and Ta’Mia Scott added 18.
No. 24 Washington 91, Wisconsin 86 (OT)
Avery Howell poured in a career-high 34 points, including 10 in the extra session, and had a game-high 14 rebounds as the Huskies escaped in Madison, Wis.
Washington (18-6, 8-5) scored the last four points of regulation to push the game to overtime, when Howell hit consecutive 3-pointers to put the Huskies in front. A four-point play by Destiny Howell gave the Badgers (13-11, 5-8) an 86-85 lead with 1:09 to go, but Howell and Sayvia Sellers scored the game’s final six points.
Sellers recorded 23 points and five assists and Elle Ladine had 16 points and seven boards for the Huskies. Destiny Howell (unrelated to Avery) led Wisconsin with 28 points and Gift Uchenna had a season-high 24 points with 12 rebounds.
No. 25 North Carolina 84, Wake Forest 56
Freshman Nyla Brooks went off for 21 points and seven rebounds, both career highs, to power the Tar Heels past the host Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Brooks made 5 of 11 3-point tries while teammate Nyla Harris scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half to help North Carolina (20-5, 9-3 ACC) win its seventh in a row.
Milan Brown scored 13 points to lead Wake Forest (13-12, 3-10). UNC owned a 41-24 rebounding edge and a 21-1 advantage in second-chance points.
–Field Level Media
