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Ashlon Jackson and Taina Mair each scored 14 points and Riley Nelson provided 13 points as No. 11 Duke fended off No. 21 North Carolina for a 72-68 home victory Sunday in Durham, N.C., winning its 16th game in a row.
The Blue Devils (19-6, 14-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) went 17-for-21 on free throws, while North Carolina (21-6, 10-4) didn’t attempt a free throw as its eight-game winning streak ended. It marked only the third time this century an ACC team didn’t attempt a foul shot.
Duke ended the first half on a 13-0 run for a 41-33 lead at the break. Toby Fournier finished with game highs of 12 rebounds and three blocks.
The Tar Heels totaled 46 points in the paint in the rivals’ first meeting since Duke won last March in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. Ciera Toomey’s 14 points, Indya Nivar’s 12 and 10 apiece from Nyla Harris and Nyla Brooks paced North Carolina, which held a 42-34 rebounding advantage. That was Toomey’s most points in a game in more than a month.
No. 2 UCLA 92, Indiana 48
Kiki Rice’s 17 points and Lauren Betts’ 16 points led seven Bruins in double figures in their Big Ten Conference runaway over the Hoosiers in Los Angeles.
Charlisse Leger-Walker and Gianna Kneepkens each scored 12 points, Gabriela Jaquez had 11 and Sienna Betts and Lena Bilic posted 10 points apiece for UCLA (25-1, 15-0 Big Ten). Lauren Betts pulled in 14 rebounds as part of the Bruins’ 51-24 edge on the boards.
Maya Makalusky had 13 points and Lenee Beaumont added 11 points for Indiana (14-13, 3-12), which was 4-for-20 on 3-point attempts.
No. 4 Texas 65, No. 22 Tennessee 63
Madison Booker scored 14 points and Jordan Lee and Rori Harmon both had 12 points as the Longhorns escaped with a Southeastern Conference victory in Knoxville, Tenn.
Texas (24-3, 9-3 SEC), which had a 10-point lead with 3 1/2 minutes remaining, went 0-for-6 on 3-point attempts. The Lady Volunteers hit three in a row, two by Talaysia Cooper, to cut the margin to one before Booker hit two key foul shots with 16 seconds left. Lee sank one of two free throws with 6 seconds remaining for the two-point difference.
Cooper pumped in 29 points for Tennessee (16-7, 8-3), which was charged with 23 turnovers and was outscored by 17-5 at the free-throw line. Janiah Barker had 12 points and Nya Robertson added 11 points.
Georgia 76, No. 5 Vanderbilt 74
Trinity Turner scored the go-ahead basket with 50 seconds remaining and Dani Carnegie racked up 29 points for the Bulldogs in a Southeastern Conference upset in Athens, Ga.
After Turner’s basket, Carnegie added a free throw for the game’s final point. Mia Woolfolk had 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the floor and Rylie Theuerkauf added 10 points for Georgia (20-6, 6-6 SEC), which squandered a 14-point lead before recovering.
Mikayla Blakes poured in 27 points and Justine Pissott had 23 points for Vanderbilt (24-3, 10-3), which shot 20 of 22 on free throws but let a five-point lead in the fourth quarter get away.
No. 7 Michigan 86, No. 13 Michigan State 65
Syla Swords supplied 24 points and Olivia Olson collected 23 points and eight rebounds as the host Wolverines won the in-state rivalry game over the Spartans in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Michigan (22-4, 13-2 Big Ten) used a 26-9 second-quarter edge to take a 41-30 halftime lead and began the third quarter on a roll. Mila Holloway had 15 points for the Wolverines.
Kennedy Blair had 21 points and 12 rebounds for Michigan State (20-6, 9-6), but the Spartans committed 24 turnovers and made only 15 of 23 free-throw attempts. Jalyn Brown had 11 points and Grace VanSlooten added 10.
No. 20 Maryland 76, No. 8 Ohio State 75
Oluchi Okananwa and Yarden Garzon both scored 17 points and the Terrapins came back from a 19-point deficit for the Big Ten victory in Columbus, Ohio.
Addi Mack had 14 points and Saylor Poffenbarger added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Maryland (21-6, 9-6 Big Ten). Okananwa had 10 rebounds as the Terrapins enjoyed a plus-13 advantage on the glass.
The Buckeyes’ Kylee Kitts made one of two free throws with 10 seconds left to pull Ohio State (22-4, 11-3) within 76-75. Then Maryland’s Kyndal Walker missed two foul shots before Jaloni Cambridge missed the potential winning 3-point launch. Cambridge scored 29 points and teammate Chance Gray had 25 points, including five 3-point baskets.
No. 9 Louisville 88, Florida State 65
Laura Ziegler recorded 14 points and eight rebounds alongside four more Cardinals in double-digit scoring en route to a home victory over the Seminoles.
Imari Berry, Skylar Jones and Reyna Scott scored 11 points each and Grace Mbugua tallied 10 as Louisville (24-4, 14-1 ACC) won its third in a row since losing to Duke on Feb. 5. The Cardinals were on a 14-game win streak prior to that setback.
Sole Williams’ 19-point performance paired with Allie Kubiek’s double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds wasn’t enough for Florida State to best Louisville, which scored 26 points from 16 turnovers. The Seminoles (9-17, 4-10) gained five points from 11 turnovers. The Cardinals, who collected 25 assists, shot 49.3% (35 of 71) from the field versus Florida State’s 36.9% (24 of 65) accuracy.
No. 10 Oklahoma 79, No. 23 Alabama 71
Raegan Beers scored 21 points, Payton Verhulst notched 17 and the Sooners used a strong fourth quarter to topple the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Aaliyah Chavez added 15 points for Oklahoma (19-6, 7-5 SEC), which trailed 60-58 going to the fourth quarter. The Sooners shot 54.0% overall (including 8-for-13 in the fourth) to help overcome 19 turnovers. Beers’ nine rebounds helped Oklahoma to a 45-25 edge on the boards.
Ta’Mia Scott provided 17 points for Alabama (20-6, 6-6). Teammates Jessica Timmons and Ace Austin both had 11 points.
No. 12 Baylor 93, UCF 63
Taliah Scott’s 26 points paced the visiting Bears past the Knights in the Big 12 Conference romp in Orlando.
Scott shot 8-for-10 from the field and 7-for-7 on free throws. Kayla Nelms had 12 points and Bella Fontleroy notched 11 points for Baylor (22-5, 11-3 Big 12), which received a double-double from Jana Van Gytenbeek of 10 points and 11 assists.
Samari Bankhead’s 16 points and Kayanna Cox’s 13 led the Knights (10-15, 2-12), who didn’t benefit much from Baylor’s 17 turnovers.
No. 18 Kentucky 74, No. 14 Ole Miss 57
Clara Strack pumped in 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Wildcats rolled past the Rebels in Lexington, Ky.
Asia Boone added 15 points and Tonie Morgan posted 14 points and nine assists for Kentucky (20-7, 7-6 SEC), which shot 50.9% from the field.
Cotie McMahon’s 18 points and Latasha Lattimore’s 15 points and 11 boards led Ole Miss (20-6, 7-4), which held a 22-9 scoring edge on free throws but made only three of 15 3-point attempts.
No. 17 TCU 59, No. 19 West Virginia 50
Marta Suarez and Clara Silva supplied 14 points each as the Horned Frogs took down their second ranked opponent in a row in Fort Worth, Texas.
TCU found itself in a six-point deficit entering the second half but unleashed a 24-11 third quarter that allowed the Horned Frogs to play on cruise control in the fourth. Despite the win, TCU (23-4, 11-3 Big 12) recorded zero bench points and two more turnovers than the Mountaineers (10-8).
Gia Cooke recorded a game-high 18 points for West Virginia (21-6, 11-4), alongside a 12-point, five-rebound performance from Sydney Shaw. The Horned Frogs shot 50% (25 of 50) from the field while the Mountaineers finished at 34% (18 of 53).
No. 25 Washington 51, Oregon 43
Sayvia Sellers tallied 17 points to complement defensive domination by the Huskies, who downed the Big Ten-rival Ducks in Seattle.
The Huskies (19-7, 9-6 Big Ten) kickstarted the contest with a 15-1 run, which barreled to a 27-13 lead with 8:29 left in the second quarter. To end the half, Oregon (18-9, 6-8) retaliated with a 15-0 storm of its own, going into the half on top by one point.
Sarah Rambus led the Ducks in scoring off the bench with 12 points, while Ehis Etute was a force on the glass with game-high 11 rebounds.
–Field Level Media

