Serena Sundell tallied 27 points, six rebounds and four assists to help No. 12 Kansas State take sole possession of first place in the Big 12 with a 59-50 win over visiting No. 9 TCU on Wednesday in Manhattan, Kan.
Kansas State (22-2, 10-1 Big 12) trailed 25-19 at halftime, but Sundell saved 23 of her points for the second half, when she shot 9-for-13 from the field. Jaelyn Glenn added 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting for the Wildcats.
Sedona Prince put up 14 points and 11 rebounds for TCU (21-3, 9-2), while Hailey Van Lith contributed 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists. The Horned Frogs lost for their second time in four outings, while the Wildcats are 17-1 in a span that began Nov 27.
TCU opened the fourth quarter on an 8-0 run to flip a seven-point deficit into a 44-43 lead. Sundell responded by scoring eight of her team’s 16 points in the frame.
No. 7 Southern California 86, Wisconsin 64
Kiki Iriafen led five players in double figures with 15 points for the visiting Trojans, who coasted past the Badgers in Madison, Wis.
JuJu Watkins and Avery Howell each had 14 points, Talia von Oelhoffen added 11 and Kayleigh Heckel recorded 10 points, five assists and three steals for USC (20-2, 10-1 Big Ten), which rebounded from a loss Sunday at Iowa by shooting 50.7 percent on field goals.
Serah Williams paced Wisconsin (11-12, 2-10) with 19 points, while Carter McCray posted 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Tess Myers also scored 12 points.
No. 18 West Virginia 76, Kansas 43
Sydney Shaw scored a career-high 22 points and Ja’Naiya Quinerly added 16 as the Mountaineers smothered the Jayhawks in Morgantown, W.Va.
West Virginia (18-4, 8-3 Big 12) scored the first 18 points of the game and nearly blanked Kansas in the first quarter before the Jayhawks managed six points in the last 35 seconds. Jordan Harrison finished with 15 points, six rebounds and four of the Mountaineers’ 17 steals. They forced 29 turnovers in all.
S’Mya Nichols scored 12 points to lead Kansas (14-9, 4-8) but lost nine turnovers.
–Field Level Media
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