Serena Sundell scored 21 points with 10 assists and Temira Poindexter added 18 points as No. 14 Kansas State secured a bounce-back victory in style by rolling past Cincinnati 90-53 on the road Wednesday night.
Taryn Sides added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (23-3, 11-2 Big 12), who won following a humbling 85-55 loss at No. 20 Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Jillian Hayes scored 15 points with 15 rebounds, while Chloe Mann and Reagan Jackson each added 10 points for the Bearcats (14-9, 6-7).
Kansas State got off to a slow start, falling behind 6-0 less than two minutes into the game before taking an 8-7 lead near the halfway point of the opening quarter. The Wildcats never trailed again, leading 42-25 at halftime and by double digits the rest of the way while shooting 50.8 percent from the floor.
No. 7 UConn 78, St. John’s 40
Azzi Fudd scored a career-high 34 points with eight 3-pointers and Paige Bueckers added 16 points as the Huskies (23-3, 14-0 Big East) remained undefeated in conference play with the victory over the visiting Red Storm (13-11, 3-10) at Storrs, Conn.
Aubrey Griffin scored 10 points with nine rebounds for UConn, while Fudd and Bueckers combined to go 19 of 30 (63.3 percent) from the floor.
Lashaw Dwyer scored 11 points and Ber’Nyah Mayo added 10 for St. John’s, which dropped its second consecutive game following a two-game winning streak.
No. 20 Oklahoma State 83, Arizona 64
Micah Gray scored 20 points and Stailee Heard added 17 points with nine rebounds as the Cowgirls (20-4, 10-3 Big 12) knocked off the Wildcats (15-11, 6-7) at Stillwater, Okla., to win for the sixth time in their past seven games.
Tenin Magassa and Praise Egharevba each scored 10 points as Oklahoma State improved to 14-1 at home and reached 20 wins for the second time in three seasons under head coach Jacie Hoyt.
Isis Beh scored 24 points and Paulina Paris added 15 for Arizona, which committed 16 turnovers and was outrebounded 37-28.
No. 22 Michigan State 91, Wisconsin 71
Grace VanSlooten scored 22 points, Theryn Hallock had 18 and Ines Sotelo added 17 as the Spartans (19-5, 9-4 Big Ten) rolled past the visiting Badgers (11-4, 2-12) at East Lansing, Mich., in advance of a matchup against No. 1 UCLA on Saturday.
Jocelyn Tate scored 13 points for Michigan State, which shot 59.1 percent from the floor and had 31 assists on 39 made baskets. Nyla Hampton led the Spartans with eight assists.
Serah Williams scored 23 points and Carter McCray added 16 as Wisconsin dropped its fourth consecutive game and fell to 1-8 in true road games.
–Field Level Media
