Ny’Ceara Pryor and Fatmata Janneh had double-doubles and Texas A&M upset No. 21 Tennessee 82-74 on Thursday night in Knoxville, Tenn.
Pryor finished with 22 points and 10 assists, Janneh produced 17 points and 12 rebounds and Lemyah Hylton scored 12 for the Aggies (11-11, 4-9 SEC), who took command with a 16-2 spurt to start the third quarter that generated a 63-44 lead.
Texas A&M scored the first 10 points of the game, but held just a five-point halftime lead before the blitz that triggered a 22-9 scoring edge in the third quarter.
Senior forward Janiah Barker posted a career-high 29 points with 10 rebounds, Zee Spearman scored 14 and Talaysia Cooper had 11 to pace the Volunteers (16-9, 8-5), who never led while losing their third straight game.
No. 22 North Carolina 66, Virginia Tech 63 (OT)
Nyla Harris had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead the Tar Heels over the Hokies in Blacksburg, Va.
Harris made two free throws to give North Carolina (22-6, 11-4 ACC) the lead for good with 1:27 left in overtime as it bounced back from a 72-68 loss at Duke on Sunday that ended an eight-game winning streak. Elina Aarnisalo added 13 points, Lanie Grant scored 12 and Indya Nivar had 10.
Carys Baker had 15 points and eight rebounds, Samyha Suffren scored 15 and Carleigh Wenzel added 14 for Virginia Tech (20-8, 10-6), which had two game-tying 3-point attempts blocked in the waning seconds before missing a third at the buzzer.
No. 11 Oklahoma 71, No. 24 Georgia 67
Aaliyah Chavez scored 27 points and the Sooners never trailed in holding off the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga.
Sahara Williams added 11 points for Oklahoma (20-6, 8-5 SEC), which scored the first nine points of the game and built a 37-27 halftime lead.
Mia Woolfork had a career-high 29 points with nine rebounds for Georgia (20-7, 6-7), which shot just 2 of 15 from 3-point range. Dani Carnegie scored 14 points and Trinity Turner added 10.
–Field Level Media
