South Carolina forward Aaliyah Boston takes a shot against Arkansas during the first half of the NCAA college basketball game in Columbia, South Carolina on Sunday, January 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
South Carolina forward Aaliyah Boston takes a shot against Arkansas during the first half of the NCAA college basketball game in Columbia, South Carolina on Sunday, January 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Aaliyah Boston had a record 73rd double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds as No. 1 South Carolina went 20-0 with a 92-46 victory over Arkansas on Sunday.
Zia Cook led the Gamecocks (8-0 Southeastern Conference) with 24 points, followed by a 26-game win streak against the Razorbacks (17-5, 4-3) and a 7-game win streak. And like much of the past four seasons, 6-foot-5 Boston was at the center of things.
Boston, who tied the school mark set by Sheila Foster in 1979-82 at Vanderbilt last Thursday, quickly came out with 7 points and 3 boards in the first quarter. She had a maximum of 11 points and 6 rebounds at the break.
Samara Spencer scored 15 points to lead Arkansas, going 74-17 overall and 32-2 on the offensive board.
4th Stanford 62, 24th Colorado 49
STAMFORD, Calif. (AP) — Hannah Jump scores 21 points, Hayley Jones adds 11 points and has a season-high 18 rebounds as Stanford beats Colorado to take first place in the Pac-12 .
Cameron Brink scored 14 points in 13 straight games, reaching double digits. She also had six of the Cardinal’s season-high 14 blocks, and Brink said she reached 72 blocks during the season and hit at least one of her shots in every game.
Jalyn Sherrod led Colorado with 16 runs scored and three stolen bases. Key Miller tallied 14 points and 9 rebounds, Arlonette Vonley added 13 and 10 boards, and the Buffaloes completed his seventh straight win.
Stanford (19-2, 7-1 Pac-12) used a 12-0 run in the first quarter to surge to a 16-4 lead. Colorado (15-4, 6-2) narrowed the lead to 10 in the fourth quarter after trailing 17 points.
No. 7 Notre Dame 76, Virginia 54
SOUTH BEND, Indiana (AP) — Sonia Citron scored 20 points, hit a career-high six 3-pointers, and grabbed nine rebounds to help Notre Dame beat Virginia State .
Lauren Evo had 15 points and a career-high four steals, while Olivia Myles had 12 points and seven assists (16-2, 7-1 ACC).
Notre Dame lost starter Dara Mabrey to a knee injury two minutes into the game and her Irish teammate picked up the slack. and did not return.
Camryn Taylor scored 13 points before fouling out the Cavaliers (14-6, 3-6).
No. 8 Utah 87, California 62
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Alyssa Pilli and Gianna Niepkens scored 20 points each to lead Utah to a California rout.
Neepkens had 4 of 5 3-point attempts and had 10 rebounds on his first double-double of the season. Added 15 points to a rebounding Utah (16-2, 6-2 Pac-12).
The Utes took double-digit leads each quarter, winning big thirds and outscoring the Bears 30-19 with a 65{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c} shooting percentage from the field.
Jada Curry broke his 41-game 3-pointer streak with 15 points and eight assists (10-9, 1-7) for California. Leilani McIntosh added his 10 points, while Kemery Martin and Evelien Lutsche his Schiholt each scored 9 points.
No. 9 UCLA 73, Washington 66
PULLMAN, WA (AP) — UCLA defeated Washington State as Emily Bessoir scored 13 points.
A 3-pointer by Bessoir with 8:21 remaining gave UCLA an 11-point lead. This is the biggest one in this contest. Bessoir hit three of his three-pointers on his nine for the Bruins.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Ulla Motuga and Grace Thurber cut the lead to 3 with 2:51 remaining, but the Cougars couldn’t get any closer after three turnovers and no field goals in the final two minutes. I could not do it.
The Bruins (17-3, 6-2 Pac-12) forced five Cougar turnovers to keep Washington State scoreless in the final four minutes of the first quarter and take an 8-point lead. I spread it.
Astera Tuhina scored 15 points and was one of five players (13-7, 3-5) to finish in double digits for Washington State.
No. 11 Maryland 69, Nebraska 54
LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) — Sophomore Cheyenne Sellers finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds as Maryland never beat Nebraska.
Sellers made 6-of-12 3-point shots and sunk 7 of his 8 free throws (16-4, 7-2 Big Ten Conference). It was her first double-double of the season and her second of her career. Diamond Miller added her 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Jazz Shelley scored 10 points to lead the Cornhuskers (12-8, 4-5).
No.12 VIRGINIA TECH 74, WAKE FOREST 57
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Elizabeth Kitley had 28 points and 12 rebounds as Virginia Tech endured a big rally in the third quarter to beat Wake Forest.
Georgia Amoore added 17 points and Virginia Tech had five 3-pointers and six assists. Taylor Soul has 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.
Wake Forest’s Jewel Spear scored 18 points in the 3rd quarter and the Damon Deacons trailed 15 points at halftime, closing in on 53-50 heading into the 4th quarter. Both teams shot over 60{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c} in the third quarter. Wake Forest scored his 30 points in the third quarter, recording 9-of-12 shooting, 4-of-4 3-pointers, and 8-of-9 free throws.
The Damon Deacons couldn’t keep up the pace in the fourth quarter, trailing 68-54 on one of their first seven shots.
Spear finished with 27 points.
No.13 DUKE62, SYRACUSE50
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke turned back Syracuse as Celeste Taylor scored 15 points and turned a streak of turnovers into a late basket.
The Blue Devils trailed by six when Reagan Richardson stole the ball and fed Taylor for a layup as the clock dipped to two minutes. Taylor knocked the ball out on the ensuing inbounds and turned it into a jumper to take a 56–46 lead with 90 seconds remaining.
The Orange then missed two shots before Taylor scored on a fast break in less than a minute. The final minute is a free throw parade.
The Blue Devils (17-2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back from an 11-game winning streak in rival North Carolina on Thursday, with Shayne Day Wilson leading with 16 points.
Alaina Rice scored 15 points to lead Syracuse (13-7, 4-5).
No. 17 North Carolina 70, Georgia Tech 57
CHAPE HILL, N.C. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 13 of 18 points in the first half while Alyssa Ustby had 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and had eight rebounds. Georgia Institute of Technology.
Kennedy Todd Williams had 13 points and 7 rebounds (14-5, 5-3 ACC) for North Carolina while Eva Hodgson had 10 points.
Kelly scored seven points, including the final five, to give North Carolina a permanent lead in a 9-2 spurt, making it 18-11 at the end of the first quarter.
Freshman Tony Morgan led Georgia Tech with 15 points and eight rebounds (10-10, 1-8), while Cameron Swartz scored 13 points.
No. 19 ARIZONA 80, ARIZONA STATE 67
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Madison Connor came off the bench to score 16 points and Esmery Martinez recorded his fifth double-double of the season as Arizona beat Arizona State.
Conner sank 5 of 12 shots on the Wildcats’ two 3-pointers (15-4, 5-3 Pac-12). Ranked 9th in the nation (94.7{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c}) in free-throw shooting, Connor went 4-for-4 against the Sun Devils. Martinez had 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Shaina Pellington added 13 points for the Wildcats.
Treasure Hunt scored a career-high 24 points for the Sun Devils (7-10, 0-8).
The Sun Devils are on an eight-game losing streak, including game forfeits at No. 8 Utah and Colorado on January 13 and January 15, respectively, which is enough health. 11 of the last 12 games due to lack of decent scholarship players.
No. 20 North Carolina 63, Louisville 51
LOUIVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — North Carolina State wins Louisville as Jada Boyd leads a balanced offense with 15 points.
The Wolfpack scored the final five points of the third quarter and led 48–47 as Louisville missed the final three shots. The cardinal then imploded.
After playing 2-for-4 from the foul line in the fourth quarter, Louisville scored the first basket with 1:35 remaining after 13 errors. That cut North Carolina State’s lead to his 58-51, but the Wolfpack quickly responded with a layup from Sanya Rivers to Boyd, and the Cardinals missed his last two shots, dropping his season average to 10. 25 points below
Diamond Johnson and Rivers both scored 12 points for North Carolina (15-5, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), and Mimi Collins added 11.
Chris Linker scored 16 points in Louisville (16-6, 6-3).
No. 21 Illinois 67, Northwestern 64
Evanston, Illinois (AP) — Genesis Bryant scored 18 points with a 3-pointer with 18.8 seconds left, Kendall Bostic completed a double-double, and Illinois held off Northwestern.
Makilla Cook added 14 points, including two free throws within two seconds, as the Illini (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten Conference) lost eight straight to the Wildcats (6-13, 0-9). Did.
Illinois was leading 62-54 when Bostic made a layup with 1:35 left. Northwestern rushed into the downcourt, turning an offensive rebound into Cary Webb’s 3-pointer. A blocked shot led to his 3-pointer on Gillian Brown and he cut the deficit to 62-60 with 47.5 seconds remaining.
That’s when Bryant hit a step-back 3 just before the shot clock ran out. However, Bostic fouled Brown, who made the first free throw in 10.8 seconds, and missed the second free throw that the Wildcats rebounded. Courtney Shaw then made a putback and was fouled, converting a 3-point play to a score of 65-64 with 4.2 remaining.
Cook’s free throw proved decisive as the Illini took a 67-64 lead and Caroline Lau was fouled and a missed rebound 3-point shot scenario didn’t work.
No. 25 Texas 68, Baylor 55
WACO, Texas (AP) — DeJonah Gaston had 11 rebounds and was one of four Texas players to score 13 points in the Longhorns’ defeat of Baylor.
Shayley Gonzalez, Lori Harmon and Sonya Morris also scored 13 for Texas. Taylor Jones had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Texas (14-6, 5-2 Big 12) 23 Kansas and then- no. Last week, the 15th Iowa State, who had a 10-game win streak in 11 games, bounced back from his 68-64 loss at his Tech in Texas on Wednesday. The Longhorns tied him for second with Iowa State in the conference standings.
Sarah Andrews hit four 3-pointers to give Baylor (13-6, 4-3) a 19-point lead.
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