Kaylynne Truong scored 15 points and led a 3-point barrage that propelled No. 19 Gonzaga to its 30th straight home win, a 104-39 blowout of Pacific on Saturday in Spokane, Wash.
Truong drilled 5 of 8 3-point attempts for Gonzaga (22-2, 9-0 West Coast Conference), which buried a program-high 19 triples on 35 attempts (54.3 percent) and never trailed en route to its most lopsided victory this season.
Yvonne Ejim paced a cast of six double-digit scorers with 21 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs, who have won 16 straight games and have beaten the Tigers 15 straight times.
Lauren Glazier finished with 10 points as the lone double-digit scorer for the Tigers (13-9, 5-4), who shot 26.2 percent from the field and missed 12 of their 13 3-pointers.
Gonzaga, which posted its second-largest margin of victory in program history, trails No. 1 South Carolina for Division I’s longest active home winning streak (50 games).
No. 3 Iowa 93, Maryland 85
Caitlin Clark had 38 points, six rebounds and a season-high 12 assists as the Hawkeyes held off the Terrapins in College Park, Md.
Clark hit 13 of 29 shots from the floor, including 7 of 17 3-pointers, to close within 66 points of eclipsing Washington legend Kelsey Plum as the all-time leading scorer in Division I women’s basketball. Molly Davis chipped in 17 points as Iowa (21-2, 10-1 Big Ten) secured its first win in College Park since the 1992-93 season.
Maryland’s Jakia Brown-Turner had her fifth straight game with at least 20 points, leading the Terrapins (12-10, 4-7) with 25 on 9-of-14 shooting to go along with nine rebounds. Bri McDaniel supplied 22 points and Shyanne Sellers recorded 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for Maryland, which lost its fourth straight game.
No. 23 West Virginia 76, BYU 69
Lauren Fields and JJ Quinerly combined for 41 points as the Mountaineers held off the Cougars in Provo, Utah.
Fields scored 22 points on 8-for-11 shooting and hit 4 of 6 3-point attempts while Quinerly shot 7-for-14 from the field to finish with 19 points for West Virginia (19-2, 8-2 Big 12), which won its sixth straight game.
Lauren Gustin paced the Cougars’ quartet of double-digit scorers with 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. BYU (12-11, 2-8) also got 13 points from Lauren Davenport, 12 from Emma Calvert and 10 from Kailey Woolston as the Cougars fell to 0-4 against ranked opponents this season.
No. 25 Princeton 76, Brown 63
Chet Nweke registered a career-high 18 points to propel the host Tigers past the Bears.
Nweke finished 7-for-11 from the floor and collected three steals for Princeton (17-3, 7-0 Ivy League), while Madison St. Rose matched Nweke with 18 points and Kaitlyn Chen chipped in 17. The Tigers converted their 17 takeaways into 25 points and overpowered Brown 44-20 in paint points to notch their 12th straight win.
Olivia Young parried Nweke’s big day with a career-best 16 points and four 3-pointers on nine attempts for the Bears (13-7, 4-3), who have lost their past 12 meetings against Princeton. Grace Arnolie poured in 19 points in the setback.
–Field Level Media
