Kharyssa Richardson scored 21 points and Mississippi State delivered a 77-62 victory over No. 15 Tennessee on Thursday, handing the Volunteers their first Southeastern Conference loss of the season in action at Knoxville, Tenn.
Trayanna Crisp added 15 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Bulldogs (16-6, 3-5 SEC), who outscored Tennessee 50-30 over the middle two quarters. Madison Francis contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds and Favour Nwaedozi had 11 points and 14 rebounds for Mississippi State.
Talaysia Cooper scored 19 points and Mia Pauldo added 13 points and four steals for the Volunteers (14-4, 6-1). Janiah Barker added 10 points for Tennessee, which had a seven-game winning streak halted.
The contest was tied at 26 before Mississippi State scored the final nine points of the first half. The advantage reached 20 late in the third quarter as the Bulldogs cruised to the finish of the upset win.
No. 4 Texas 88, Florida 68
Madison Booker compiled 24 points, six rebounds and three steals to help the Longhorns cruise to the victory over the Gators in Gainesville, Fla.
Aaliyah Crump had 14 points and fellow reserve Kyla Oldacre added 12 points and six boards for Texas (20-2, 5-2 SEC). The Longhorns shot 56.1% from the field and had a 60-30 advantage in points in the paint.
Laila Reynolds scored 18 points and Me’Arah O’Neal added 17 for Florida (13-10, 1-7), which lost for the seventh time in the past eight games. Liv McGill had 15 points, eight assists and seven rebounds but also committed nine of the Gators’ 21 turnovers.
No. 12 TCU 79, Kansas 77
Olivia Miles recorded 20 points and six assists and Donovyn Hunter added 15 points as the Horned Frogs held off the Jayhawks in Fort Worth, Texas.
Marta Suarez had 13 points and eight rebounds for TCU (20-2, 8-1 Big 12), which never trailed. The Horned Frogs shot 10 of 20 from 3-point range while Kansas made just 2 of 12 from behind the arc.
Jaliya Davis totaled 29 points and nine rebounds and S’Mya Nichols added 24 points for the Jayhawks (13-9, 3-7). An offensive foul on TCU’s Veronica Sheffey with 0.6 seconds left gave Kansas a chance to force overtime, but Davis’ layup was ruled to have come after the buzzer.
No. 13 Michigan State 86, Purdue 65
Grace VanSlooten scored 17 points and Kennedy Blair stood out with 15 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals as the Spartans routed the Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind.
Ines Sotelo added 12 points before fouling out and Jalyn Brown had 11 points for Michigan State (19-2, 8-2 Big Ten). The Spartans never trailed and owned a 19-3 edge in fastbreak points.
Avery Gordon scored 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting for Purdue (11-10, 3-7). Madison Layden-Zay had 18 points on six 3-pointers.
No. 24 Alabama 68, No. 23 Georgia 53
Essence Cody had 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting and Ta’Mia Scott added 13 points to help the Crimson Tide knock off the Lady Bulldogs in Athens, Ga.
Karly Weathers registered 11 points and eight rebounds and Jessica Timmons added 10 points for Alabama (19-3, 5-3 SEC). The Crimson Tide outscored Georgia 37-25 in the second half.
Mia Woolfolk scored 13 points before fouling out for the Bulldogs, who missed their final 11 field-goal attempts. Rylie Theuerkauf added 11 points.
–Field Level Media
