Ashlon Jackson and Taina Mair each scored 14 points and Riley Nelson provided 13 points as No. 11 Duke fended off No. 21 North Carolina for a 72-68 home victory Sunday in Durham, N.C., winning its 16th game in a row.
The Blue Devils (19-6, 14-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) went 17-for-21 on free throws, while North Carolina (21-6, 10-4) didn’t attempt a free throw as its eight-game winning streak ended. It marked only the third time this century an ACC team didn’t attempt a foul shot.
Duke ended the first half on a 13-0 run for a 41-33 lead at the break. The Blue Devils finished with 46 points in the paint in the rivals’ first meeting since Duke won last March in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.
Ciera Toomey’s 14 points, Indya Nivar’s 12 points and 10 points apiece from Nyla Harris and Nyla Brooks paced the Tar Heels, who held a 42-34 rebounding advantage. That was Toomey’s most points in a game in more than a month.
No. 2 UCLA 92, Indiana 48
Kiki Rice’s 17 points and Lauren Betts’ 16 points led seven Bruins in double figures in their Big Ten Conference runaway over the Hoosiers in Los Angeles.
Charlisse Leger-Walker and Gianna Kneepkens each scored 12 points, Gabriela Jaquez had 11 points and Sienna Betts and Lena Bilic posted 10 points apiece for UCLA (25-1, 15-0 Big Ten). Betts pulled in 14 rebounds as part of the Bruins’ 51-24 edge on the boards.
Maya Makalusky had 13 points and Lenee Beaumont added 11 points for Indiana (14-13, 3-12), which was 4-for-20 on 3-point attempts.
No. 4 Texas 65, No. 22 Tennessee 63
Madison Booker scored 14 points and Jordan Lee and Rori Harmon both had 12 points as the Longhorns escaped with a Southeastern Conference victory in Knoxville, Tenn.
Texas (24-3, 9-3 SEC), which had a 10-point lead with 3 1/2 minutes remaining, went 0-for-6 on 3-point attempts. Tennessee hit three in a row, two by Talaysia Cooper, to cut the margin to one before Booker hit two key foul shots.
Cooper pumped in 29 points for Tennessee (16-7, 8-3), which was charged with 23 turnovers and was outscored by 17-5 at the free-throw line. Janiah Barker had 12 points and Nya Robertson added 11 points.
Georgia 76, No. 5 Vanderbilt 74
Trinity Turner scored the go-ahead basket with less than a minute remaining and Dani Carnegie racked up 29 points for the Bulldogs in the SEC upset in Athens, Ga.
After Turner’s basket, Carnegie added a free throw for the game’s final point. Mia Woolfolk had 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the floor and Rylie Theuerkauf added 10 points for Georgia (20-6, 6-6 SEC), which squandered a 14-point lead before recovering.
Mikayla Blakes poured in 27 points and Justine Pissott had 23 points for Vanderbilt (24-3, 10-3), which shot 20 of 22 on free throws but let a five-point lead in the fourth quarter get away.
No. 7 Michigan 86, No. 13 Michigan State 65
Syla Swords supplied 24 points and Olivia Olson collected 23 points and eight rebounds as the Wolverines won the in-state rivalry game over the Spartans in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Michigan (22-4, 13-2 Big Ten) used a 26-9 second-quarter edge to snatch a 41-30 halftime lead and began the third quarter on a roll. Mila Holloway had 15 points for the Wolverines.
Kennedy Blair had 21 points and 12 rebounds for Michigan State (20-6, 9-6), but the Spartans committed 24 turnovers and made only 15 of 23 free-throw attempts. Jalyn Brown had 11 points and Grace VanSlooten added 10.
No. 20 Maryland 76, No. 8 Ohio State 75
Oluchi Okananwa and Yarden Garzon both scored 17 points and the Terrapins came back from a 19-point deficit for the Big Ten victory in Columbus, Ohio.
Addi Mack had 14 points and Saylor Poffenbarger added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Maryland (21-6, 9-6 Big Ten). Okananwa had 10 rebounds as the Terrapins enjoyed a plus-13 advantage on the glass.
Ohio State’s Kylee Kitts made one of two free throws with 10 seconds left to pull the Buckeyes within 76-75. Then Maryland’s Kyndal Walker missed two foul shots before Jaloni Cambridge missed the potential winning 3-point launch. Cambridge scored 29 points and teammate Chance Gray had 25 points, including five 3-point baskets.
No. 10 Oklahoma 79, No. 23 Alabama 71
Raegan Beers scored 21 points, Payton Verhulst notched 17 and the Sooners used a strong fourth quarter to topple the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Aaliyah Chavez added 15 points for Oklahoma (19-6, 7-5 SEC), which trailed 60-58 going to the fourth quarter. The Sooners shot 54.0% overall (including 8 for 13 in the fourth) to help overcome 19 turnovers. Beers’ nine rebounds helped Oklahoma to a 45-25 edge on the boards.
Ta’Mia Scott provided 17 points for Alabama (20-6, 6-6). Teammates Jessica Timmons and Ace Austin both had 11 points.
No. 12 Baylor 93, UCF 63
Taliah Scott’s 26 points paced the visiting Bears past the Knights in the Big 12 Conference romp in Orlando.
Scott shot 8-for-10 from the field and 7-for-7 on free throws. Kayla Nelms had 12 points and Bella Fontleroy notched 11 points for Baylor (22-5, 11-3 Big 12), which received a double-double from Jana Van Gytenbeek of 10 points and 11 assists.
Samari Bankhead’s 16 points and Kayanna Cox’s 13 led the Knights (10-15, 2-12), who didn’t benefit much from Baylor’s 17 turnovers.
No. 18 Kentucky 74, No. 14 Ole Miss 57
Clara Strack pumped in 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Wildcats rolled past the Rebels in Lexington, Ky.
Asia Boone added 15 points and Tonie Morgan posted 14 points and nine assists for Kentucky (20-7, 7-6 SEC), which shot 50.9% from the field.
Cotie McMahon’s 18 points and Latasha Lattimore’s 15 points and 11 boards led Ole Miss (20-6, 7-4), which held a 22-9 scoring edge on free throws but only made 3 of 15 3-pointers.
–Field Level Media
