Emma Calvert scored 19 points, including eight in a wild fourth quarter, and BYU rallied to knock off No. 20 Oklahoma State 68-64 in a Big 12 Conference encounter in Provo, Utah, on Saturday evening.
Calvert went 8 of 13 from the floor and added seven rebounds as the Cougars (13-12, 4-10 Big 12) ended a two-game skid. Delaney Gibb contributed 14 points, seven rebounds and six assists, but she also had five of her team’s 24 turnovers.
Oklahoma State (20-5, 10-4) finished with 20 turnovers, and the teams combined for six in a two-minute span after BYU took the lead 62-60 with 2:25 to play. Kambree Barber’s basket finally extended the lead to four, but Micah Gray’s 3-pointer made it 64-63 with 18 seconds to play. Gibb and Calvert each hit a pair of free throws to eke out the win.
Anna Gret Asi and Tenin Magassa scored 13 points each for Oklahoma State, which shot 40.4 percent from the floor compared to BYU’s 50 percent. The Cowgirls, who had won two straight games, are tied for fifth in the conference.
No. 14 Kansas State 97, UCF 67
Taryn Sides scored 21 points off the bench and three teammates had at least 14 points as the Wildcats clobbered the Knights in a Big 12 Conference mismatch in Manhattan, Kan.
Conference co-leader Kansas State (24-3, 12-2) shot a blistering 58.3 percent from the floor, including 68.8 percent in the first quarter and 69.2 percent in the third. The Wildcats also made 14 of 20 shots (70 percent) from 3-point range. Temira Poindexter added 16 points and Zyanna Walker and Jaelyn Glenn chipped in 14 apiece.
Kaitlin Peterson notched 19 points and Nevaeh Brown and Achol Akot contributed 12 apiece for UCF (9-15, 2-12), which had 20 turnovers and is 2-13 since beginning the season at 7-2. The Knights shot just 38.1 percent overall and trailed by double digits less than three minutes into the game.
No. 18 West Virginia 69, Cincinnati 50
JJ Quinerly scored a game-high 29 points and Sydney Shaw netted five of her nine points to cap a 14-0 burst as the Mountaineers coasted in the second half to rout the Bearcats in the Big 12 Conference matchup in Morgantown, W.Va.
Cincinnati took a 21-20 lead on two free throws by Jillian Hayes with just over a minute left in the first half, but West Virginia (20-5, 10-4 Big 12) took over. Destiny Agubata hit a 3-pointer to begin the decisive run overlapping the halves, and Quinerly added four points. Shaw’s layup and 3-pointer put the Mountaineers up 34-21 less than two minutes into the second half, and Cincinnati trailed by double digits the rest of the way.
Hayes finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Bearcats (14-10, 6-8), who have lost four of their last five games. They also had 24 turnovers, keeping alive West Virginia’s streak of forcing at least 15 in every game this season. The Mountaineers have won four of their last five games.
No. 24 Creighton 70, Georgetown 48
The duo of Morgan Maly and Lauren Jensen combined for half of the Bluejays’ points in their Big East Conference win over the Hoyas in Omaha, Neb.
Maly scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 2-for-2 on 3-point attempts, and Jensen contributed 17 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks for Creighton (21-4, 13-1 Big East). The Bluejays trail only UConn (14-0) in the conference. Maly also has made at least one 3-pointer in 45 straight games. Creighton has won five consecutive games and 12 of 13.
Kelsey Ransom led Georgetown (11-14, 4-10) with 20 points and added six rebounds and three steals. Khadee Hession notched 12 points and six boards, and Ariek Jenkins finished with 13 rebounds, six of them on the offensive glass. The Hoyas have lost three games in a row.
No. 25 Baylor 66, Texas Tech 60
Darianna Littlepage-Bugg collected 19 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks as the Bears survived a visit to Lubbock, Texas, by beating the Lady Raiders.
Littlepage-Bugg, the reigning conference player of the week, played 38 minutes as the Bears (22-5, 12-2 Big 12) won their sixth game in a row and their 31st consecutive against the Lady Raiders. They are tied atop the conference with Kansas State. Sarah Andrews added 16 points.
Bailey Maupin paced Texas Tech (14-13, 3-11) with 15 points and Jasmine Shavers contributed 10, although Shavers went just 3 of 16 from the floor. Maupin, who was averaging 80.4 percent from the free-throw line coming into the game, missed two free throws that could have pulled the Lady Raiders within 63-62 with 51 seconds left.
–Field Level Media
