Sira Thienou scored six of her 19 points in overtime as No. 13 Ole Miss pulled out a 73-64 road win over Memphis on Tuesday.
The Rebels (4-0) led by one point in OT before back-to-back layups from Thienou opened the gap to 67-62 with 2:03 remaining. Ole Miss’ Denim DeShields followed with another basket, and the Tigers (2-3) couldn’t catch up.
Cotie McMahon finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds for Ole Miss, and Christeen Iwuala added 15 points and 14 rebounds. McMahon tied the game by sinking a layup with 40 seconds left in regulation.
Chae Harris put up 24 points and Daejah Richmond added 22 for Memphis, which led by 13 late in the third quarter.
No. 6 Michigan 120, Binghamton 50
Thirteen Wolverines scored as Michigan posted the second-highest point total in program history while routing the Bearcats in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Syla Swords and Olivia Olson each registered 15 points for Michigan (4-0), which shot 66.2% from the floor and made 11 of 20 3-point attempts (55%). McKenzie Mathurin scored 14 points off the bench for the Wolverines, who produced a team-record 37 first-quarter points.
Bella Pucci logged 19 points as the lone double-figure scorer for Binghamton (2-2). The Bearcats hit 34% from the floor and made only 5 of 19 3-point tries (26.3%).
No. 11 Southern California 78, Portland 51
Jazzy Davidson sank three layups in a 21-0 second-quarter run that sparked the Trojans to a victory over the Pilots in Los Angeles.
Portland led 18-10 prior to USC’s game-changing surge. The spree featured 3-pointers from Kara Dunn, Londynn Jones and Kennedy Smith. Davidson wound up scoring a game-high 19 points and grabbing seven rebounds for the Trojans (3-1), who led by at least seven points throughout the second half.
Lainey Spear topped Portland (2-2) with 11 points, while Brynn Smith and Florence Dallow had nine apiece. Freshman Julia Dalan blocked a season-high eight shots.
No. 20 Kentucky 76, Purdue 35
Clara Strack amassed 17 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Wildcats blasted the Boilermakers in Lexington, Ky.
Jordan Obi also scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Kentucky (6-0). Tonie Morgan added 11 points and six assists, and Amelia Hassett recorded 11 points.
Tara Daye scored 10 points for Purdue (2-2), which shot just 20% from the floor and 15.8% (3 of 19) from 3-point range.
–Field Level Media
