Dani Carnegie drops 29 as Georgia upsets No. 5 Vanderbilt
Dani Carnegie scored 29 points to lead Georgia to a 76-74 upset win over No. 5 Vanderbilt on Sunday.
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No. 3 South Carolina beats No. 6 LSU 79-72, extending winning streak against the Tigers to 18 games
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tessa Johnson scored 21 points as No. 3 South Carolina beat No. 6 LSU 79-72 on Saturday night and extended its winning streak over the Tigers to 18 games. Trailing 73-72, LSU had a chance to take a one-point lead with 45.5 seconds left, but Flau’jae Johnson missed two free throws. South Carolina (25-2, 11-1 SEC) closed out the Tigers (22-4, 8-4) by scoring six straight points, including Madina Okot's layup with 25.5 seconds left and her two free throws with 16.1 second...
UConn, UCLA lead early reveal of NCAA women's top 16 seeds
UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Vanderbilt are the projected No. 1 seeds in the women's NCAA tournament, it was announced Saturday.
St. Rose's 15 points lead No. 24 Princeton women past Cornell, 59-38
Madison St. Rose led with 15 points and seven rebounds and No. 24 Princeton rode a big second half to defeat Cornell, 59-38 on Saturday. The Tigers (20-3, 8-2 Ivy League) bounced back from a loss against Columbia on Friday to win their third game in their past four contests. It was the second-lowest scoring game of the season for Princeton after a 58-49 win over Brown on Jan. 24.
South Carolina edges LSU: What we learned from the crucial SEC showdown
LSU's Flau'jae Johnson missed some late free throws and No. 3 South Carolina survived on the road Saturday night
Seniors Jackson and Mair lead No. 11 Duke women to narrow win over No. 21 North Carolina
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Ashlon Jackson and Taina Mair scored 14 points each on their senior day and No. 11 Duke edged No. 21 North Carolina 72-68 on Sunday, the Blue Devils' 16th consecutive win. After a back-and-forth first half that saw 16 lead changes, Duke led 41-33 at halftime and never trailed in the second half. The Blue Devils' lead was only 56-54 with 30 seconds left in the third quarter but the Tar Heels got no closer. Delaney Thomas' layup made it a six-point game with 30 seconds remai...
Clara Strack scores 28, No. 18 Kentucky women beat No. 14 Ole Miss 74-57
Clara Strack had 28 points and nine rebounds, Tonie Morgan added 14 points and nine assists, and No. 18 Kentucky beat No. 14 Mississippi 74-57 on Sunday. Asia Boone scored 10 of her 15 points in the second quarter for Kentucky (20-7, 7-6 SEC). Latasha Lattimore scored four points and Cotie McMahon the next five in a 9-0 spurt that trimmed the Rebels' deficit to 57-51 with 6:45 left in the game, but Strack scored eight consecutive points over the next three-plus minutes before Morgan made a la...
No. 20 Maryland rallies from 19-point deficit to defeat No. 8 Ohio State 76-75
Oluchi Okananwa had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Yarden Garzon added 17 points and No. 20 Maryland rallied from a 19-point deficit in the first half to beat eighth-ranked Ohio State 76-75 on Sunday. It is the Terrapins largest comeback since Nov. 13, 2019, when they were down 19 in the fourth quarter at James Madison before posting a 70-68 victory. Addi Mack had 14 points and Saylor Poffenbarger 13 for Maryland (21-6, 9-6 Big Ten), which beat a Top 10 team for the first time since it defeated O...
Taliah Scott scores 26 points and No. 12 Baylor women roll past UCF 93-63
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Taliah Scott scored 26 points and No. 12 Baylor breezed to a bounce-back win, defeating UCF 93-63 on Sunday. The Bears fell a half-game out of first place in the Big 12 on Thursday when they lost at home to No. 17 TCU 83-67 . Baylor plays at TCU on March 1. Led by 12 points from Scott, Baylor rolled to a 27-13 lead through the first quarter against UCF, which lost by 50 points against Big 12-leader West Virginia last time out. Baylor led 52-23 at halftime after shooting 6...
Booker helps No. 4 Texas hold on against No. 22 Tennessee 65-63
Madison Booker scored 14 points while Jordan Lee and Rori Harmon each dded 12 as No. 4 Texas held off No. 22 Teenessee, 65-63, Sunday. The Longhorns (24-3, 9-3 in Southeastern Conference) led by as many as 10 points midway through the fourth quarter. The Lady Volunteers (16-7, 8-3) closed the gap to one with a 3-pointer from Janiah Barker and two 3-pointers by Talaysia Cooper.
No. 2 UCLA women beat Indiana 92-48 and extend win streak to 19 games
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kiki Rice had 17 points and nine rebounds, Lauren Betts added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 2 UCLA beat Indiana 92-48 on Sunday to extend its win streak to 19 games. UCLA (25-1, 15-0 Big Ten), which is unbeaten since a 76-65 loss to No. 4 Texas on Nov. 26 at the Players Era Championship , has the third-longest active win streak in the nation behind North Dakota State (21 straight) and UConn (43). Betts had her 10th double-double this season and the 43rd in her career. ...
No. 10 Oklahoma holds off No. 23 Alabama 79-71 after late fourth-quarter surge
Raegan Beers scored 21 points and Payton Verhulst added 17 to help No. 10 Oklahoma beat 23rd-ranked Alabama 79-71 on Sunday. Oklahoma led by double digits on three separate occasions, but each time Alabama cut the deficit down to four points or less. Oklahoma had its struggles offensively- — missing five of its first six shots from the field and only shooting 23% from 3-point range and 58% from the free throw line for the game.