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Kaltounková and Cherkowski score goals, Osborne has 31 saves as Sirens beat Victoire 2-1

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Kristýna Kaltounková and Anne Cherkowski each scored a goal, Kayle Osborne had 31 saves and the New York Sirens beat the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Sunday at Capital One Arena as part of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour. Montreal (5-2-0-5) had its three-game win streak snapped. Sarah Fillier had two assists for New York (7-0-1-5), which has won five of six.

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Mississippi State women take advantage of No. 7 Kentucky's shooting woes in 71-59 win

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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Kharyssa Richardson scored a career-high 23 points, Favour Nwaedozi had 21 rebounds and Mississippi State took advantage of No. 7 Kentucky's shooting woes to beat the Wildcats 71-59 on Sunday. Kentucky shot 32% from the field, making only 5 of 29 3-point tries. Down 33-30 at the half, the Bulldogs (15-5, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) outscored the Wildcats (17-3, 4-2) 18-11 in the third quarter and pulled away tio snap a four-game losing streak. Mississippi State had a...

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Berry Wallace scores career-high 29, No. 25 Illinois women edge Northwestern 74-71

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Berry Wallace scored a career-high 29 points, 12 in the fourth quarter, and No. 25 Illinois held off a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Northwestern 74-71 on Sunday. Illinois took the lead for good with 2 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter and led 58-51 heading to the fourth. Although Illinois remained in front, Northwestern cut it to one on a 3-pointer by Xamiya Walton with seven minutes to go and again on a layup by Casey Harter with 2:15 remaining.

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Gabriela Jaquez's 22 points power No. 3 UCLA to a dominant 99-67 win over No. 12 Maryland

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabriela Jaquez scored 22 points, and No. 3 UCLA pulled away in a dominant third quarter to beat 12th-ranked Maryland 99-67 on Sunday. The Bruins (17-1, 7-0 Big Ten) won their 11th in a row since their only loss to then-No. 4 Texas on Nov. 26. During that stretch, they've won by a whopping 33.7-point margin, with their only close game being a seven-point win at then-No. 19 Ohio State. Oluchi Okananwa led the Terrapins with 25 points and Saylor Poffenbarger added 15. Marylan...

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Oldacre has 18 rebounds, 5 blocks to help No. 4 Texas rout Texas A&M 80-35

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Kyla Oldacre had a career-best 18 rebounds along with five blocks and 10 points and No. 4 Texas routed Texas A&M 80-35 on Sunday to end a a two-game losing streak. Texas (19-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) pulled away for its 37th straight home winby outscoring A&M 23-3 in the third quarter. The Aggies (8-6, 1-4) made their only basket from the field with 10 seconds remaining after missing their first 13 shots of the quarter and committing seven turnovers.

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