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No. 4 Texas picks up another top-5 win over No. 5 LSU, No. 17 Duke beat No. 6 Louisville 59-58, snapping the Cardinals’ 14-game winning streak. Minnesota stunned No. 10 Iowa 91-85, handing the Hawkeyes their third straight loss.
Toby Fournier scored 15 points and came up with a huge block late for No. 17 Duke, which started hot and then rallied to beat sixth-ranked Louisville 59-58 on Thursday night. The lone regular-season matchup of the Atlantic Coast Conference co-leaders was a defensive battle as the Blue Devils (17-6, 12-0) shot just 42.6% (23 of 54) and committed 19 turnovers, while the Cardinals (21-4, 11-1) shot a season-worst 33.9% (21 of 62). Louisville’s Imari Berry missed the second of two free throws wit...
Nyla Harris notched a double-double to lead No. 25 North Carolina 53-44 over Clemson on Thursday. Harris scored 17 on 7-of-13 shooting with 10 rebounds and two steals. It was her fourth double-double of the season for the Tar Heels (19-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Joyce Edwards scored 21 points and No. 3 South Carolina won its eight straight over Mississippi State with a 88-45 victory on Thursday night. Edwards surpassed 1,000 points in her career, just third sophomore to accomplish that in program history behind Shelia Foster and career-points leader A'ja Wilson — both who've have their jerseys haning in the rafters at Colonial Life Arena. Edwards had nine of her team's first 15 points as the Gamecocks (23-2, 9-1 SEC) opened a double-digit lead in the...
Grace Grocholski scored 21 points, Mara Braun added 16 and Minnesota beat No. 10 Iowa 91-85 on Thursday night for its fifth straight victory. The Gophers (17-6, 8-4 Big Ten) have the program’s longest winning streak in Big Ten play since the 2018-19 season. The Hawkeyes (18-5, 9-3) lost their third consecutive game since they lost starting guard Taylor McCabe, the team’s leading 3-point shooter, to a season-ending knee injury.
Zee Spearman scored 23 points, and Mia Pauldo added 21 for No. 19 Tennessee in an 82-77 overtime win over Georgia on Thursday night. Talaysia Cooper scored 16 points before fouling out in the extra period. Janiah Barker added nine points and 13 rebounds for the Volunteers (15-5, 7-1 Southeastern Conference).
Mikayla Blakes scored 37 points, 19 in the fourth quarter, to rally No. 7 Vanderbilt to an 85-84 win over No. 16 Kentucky on Thursday night. Blakes scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to give the Commodores (22-2, 8-2 SEC) a 59-58 lead and they stretched the lead to double figures with 6:15 left in the game. Four free throws from Aubrey Galvin in the final 19 seconds sealed the win.
Jaloni Cambridge scored 26 points and No. 9 Ohio State held off a late run by No. 24 Washington to win 70-60 on Thursday for its 10th win in the last 11 games. Cambridge, who went in averaging 22.5 points per game (No. 7 nationally) this season, went 12 of 21 from the field and had her fourth straight game with at least 25. Elsa Lemmila added 13 points and nine rebounds and Chance Gray scored 12 points for the Buckeyes (21-3, 10-2 Big Ten).
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jessica Timmons scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Karly Weathers added 14 points and six rebounds, and No. 21 Alabama took down No. 13 Ole Miss 64-63 on Thursday night. Timmons scored six straight points beginning with 2:31 remaining in regulation, and gave the Crimson Tide (20-4, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) a lead with 47 seconds on the clock. After Ole Miss retook the lead on two free throws, Diana Collins made a driving layup that secured the win with 18...
NYU coach Meg Barber was a player for the Violets when rival Washington University of St. Louis was approaching the Division III winning streak record. Barber now has NYU two victories from breaking the mark held by Washington University of 81 consecutive wins from 1998-2001. The Violets (18-0) will have a chance to tie the record Friday night when they visit Case Western University.
Also, Duke took control of the ACC and Minnesota made a Big Ten statement
