Madison Booker and Reserve Kyla Oldacre both scored 19 points and No. 3 Texas was for the most part of defeating No. 8 Kentucky 67-49 in their Southeastern Conference-Showdown on Thursday evening in Lexington, KY.
Texas (25-2, 11-1 sec) enjoyed defense and never allowed more than 14 points on a quarter. Longhorns needed the skinny defense because they shot 38.2 percent from the field, including 1-for-12 on 3-points.
Taylor Jones added 15 points and eight returns for Texas. Booker had eight returns, four assists and three steal and Oldacre chipped in seven boards.
Georgia Amoore led Kentucky (19-4, 8-3) with 14 points, Teonni Key followed with 12 and Dazia Lawrence had 11, but the trio combined to shoot 14-for-37 from the floor. The team ended at 34.7 percent in total. Wildcats were within 33-25 at half time before Texas surpassed them 24-10 during the third quarter.
No. 2 Notre Dame 88, Pitt 57
Olivia Miles poured 28 points and Sonia Litron scored 19 of her 22 points during the first half when the warring Irish rolled over host Panthers in Atlantic Coast Conference Matchup. Miles shot 10-for-16 from the field.
Liatu King had 11 points for Notre Dame (22-2, 13-0 ACC), which was up 49-33 at half time. Irish star Hannah Hidalgo, who started the day an average of 25.9 points per match, went only 3-for-17 from the field and ended with 11 points.
Khadija Faye had a big game for Pitt (11-15, 3-10) and ended with 23 points, 16 returns four steals and two blocks. Mikayla Johnson noted 15 points and Marley Washenitz had 13.
No. 4 South Carolina 101, Florida 63
Joyce Edwards pumped in 28 points on 10-for-17-shooting in Gamecocks’ rush across the streets in the Southeastern Conference competition in Columbia, SC
TE-Hina Paopao added 14 points and Milaysia Fulwiley for GameCocks (23-2, 11-1 sec), which called a 62-32 half-time leadership. South Carolina made 21 out of 22 on a free throw before Sunday’s non -conference home match with No. 7 Uconn.
Liv McGill and Ra Shaya Kyle both published 15 points for Florida (12-13, 3-8), who shot 33.3 percent from the floor.
No. 9 Ohio State 87, Minnesota 84 (OT)
Cotie McMahon picked up 25 points when Buckeyes recovered from wasting a late lead in the regulation to snap his two-game skid by winning over the Golden Gophers in the Big Ten battle in Columbus, Ohio.
Grace Grocholski’s 3-pointer for Minnesota with eight seconds left in the fourth quarter forced overtime to meet a 13-1 run. Ohio State (21-3, 10-3 Big Ten), which led 35-30 at half time, also got 16 points from Reserve Ava Watson and 10 points per piece from Jaloni Cambridge and Taylor Thierry.
Golden Gophers received 10 straight points to close within 73-71 with 34 seconds left before Madison Greene shared a couple of free throw to put Ohio State forward with three. Sophie Hart scored 21 points for Minnesota (19-7, 7-7). Amaya Battle chipped 17 and Annika Stewart 12.
No. 10 North Carolina State 76, Miami 74
Madison Hayes scored 19 points with a season high four 3-points and Zoe Brooks weaved through traffic for a Layup with 46 seconds left when Wolfpack survived an Atlantic Coast conference threat from Miami in Raleigh, NC
Aziaha James scored 15 points and Tilda Trygger added 10 for Wolfpack (20-4, 12-1 ACC), which extended his winning line to nine matches, while won for the 16th time in his last 17. Hayes exceeded 1,000 Points for her career.
Haley Cavinder scored 20 points with eight returns and six assists and Natalija Marshall added 17 points when the hurricanes (13-11, 3-10) lost for the sixth time in seven games.
No. 12 North Carolina 67, Virginia Tech 62
Reniya Kelly matched her career high with 20 points and takes Heels in her first home game since January 26 by turning off Hokies in the Atlantic Coast Conference meeting in Chapel Hill, NC
Kelly sank two who dressed a free throw with four seconds left, when North Carolina went out the last five points in the game. Lexi Donarski added 15 points for North Carolina (22-4, 10-3 ACC), which reached the 10-win brand in the league game for the fourth straight season. Alyssa Ustby withdrew 16 returns.
Cary’s Baker had 17 points and seven returns, and Matilda Ekh listed 13 points for Virginia Tech (16-9, 7-7), which went speechless in the last 2:51.
No. 13 Duke 72, Wake Forest 47
Toby Fournier scored 17 points and Olluchi Okananwa added 15 when the visiting Blue Devil leaned into his defense to get the victory over the Demondiaons in Winston Salem, NC
Duke (20-5, 11-2 ACC) scored 41 points out of 33 Wake Forest turnover when Jadyn Donovan recorded four steals, while DeLaney Thomas had three.
Rylie Theuerkauf scored 11 points for Wake Forest (8-16, 1-12), which went 1 out of 8 from 3-point intervals during the second half and had three offensive returns for the game.
No. 15 Tennessee 99, Auburn 61
Jewel Spear scored 17 points, Ruby Whitehorn had 15 and Zee Spearman added 14 when Lady Vols rolled past the visiting tigers in Knoxville, Tenn., In their highest score conference game this season.
Kaniya Boyd scored 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting from the bench and Talaysia Cooper added 10 as Tennessee (18-6, 5-6 SEK) shot 55.7 percent in total and made half of its 28 attempts from 3-point interval.
Deyona Gaston received 24 points with 12 returns and Yuting Deng added 13 points for Auburn (12-13, 3-9), which fell to 2-8 in road games.
Nebraska 91, No. 17 Maryland 71
Alexis Markowski received 20 points with 11 returns for his ninth double double and Albert Rimdal added 15 points when Cornhuskers finished a three-game losing line with a road victory over Terrapins at College Park, MD.
Britt Prince scored 13 points and pulled out eight assists, while Logan Nissley and Jessica Petrie each deducted 11 points when Nebraska (17-8, 8-6 Big Ten) shot 50.7 percent from the floor and 57.1 percent (12 out of 21 ) from the 3-point interval while holding a 42-25 rebounding advantage.
Shyanne seller received 23 points for Maryland (19-6, 9-5), which fell to 3-5 since January 20.
Clemson 68, No. 19 Georgia Tech 61
Tessa Miller picked up 18 points on 8-for-11 shooting and added eight returns when host Tigers completed the Atlantic Coast Conference upset.
Maddi Clus added 14 points and Hannah Kohn 13 points for Clemson (12-13, 5-9 ACC). The tigers, who played their third ranked opponents in a row, led 37-26 at half time and pulled out a victory despite 16 turnover. They shot 50 percent from the field.
Kara Dunn received 18 points, including beating four 3-points, to lead Georgia Tech (20-5, 8-5), which took 34 of her 67 shots from 3-point intervals but made only eight. Tonie Morgan had 11 points.
Louisville 83, No. 23 Florida State 69
Tajianna Roberts received 17 points with 10 returns and Jaayda Curry also had 17 points because the visiting Cardinals won their third game in a row with the victory over Seminoles at Tallahassee, FLA.
Nyla Harris received 14 points with nine returns for Louisville (18-7, 11-3 ACC), while Imari Berry added 11 points and Olivia Cochran had nine returns to reach 1,000 for her career.
Ta’niya Latson got 29 points, O’Mariah Gordon had 15 and Makayla Timpson had 10 for Florida State (19-6, 9-4), which went 3 out of 20 (15.0 percent) from 3-point range and lost its Others right after a six-match winning line.
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