Ny’Ceara Pryor and Fatmata Janneh had double-doubles and Texas A&M upset No. 21 Tennessee 82-74 on Thursday night in Knoxville, Tenn.
Pryor finished with 22 points and 10 assists, Janneh produced 17 points and 12 rebounds and Lemyah Hylton scored 12 for the Aggies (11-11, 4-9 SEC), who took command with a 16-2 spurt to start the third quarter that generated a 63-44 lead.
Texas A&M scored the first 10 points of the game, but held just a five-point halftime lead before the blitz that triggered a 22-9 scoring edge in the third quarter.
Senior forward Janiah Barker posted a career-high 29 points with 10 rebounds, Zee Spearman scored 14 and Talaysia Cooper had 11 to pace the Volunteers (16-9, 8-5), who never led while losing their third straight game.
No. 2 UCLA 82, Washington 67
Lauren Betts had 23 points and eight rebounds and the Bruins took a 22-12 lead after one quarter and rolled to their 20th consecutive victory by beating the Huskies in Los Angeles.
Gianna Kneepkens added 17 points, Kiki Rice scored 13 and Gabriela Jaquez and Angela Dugalic added 10 each for UCLA (26-1, 16-0 Big Ten).
Brynn McGaughy scored 19 points, Avery Howell had 17 and Sayvia Sellers added 14 to lead Washington (19-8, 9-7).
No. 3 South Carolina 76, No. 25 Alabama 57
Joyce Edwards and Madina Okot had double-doubles to lead the Gamecocks past the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Edwards finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds, Okot added 16 points and 16 rebounds and Ta’Niya Latson and Maddy McDaniel scored 10 points each. In its seventh straight win, South Carolina (26-2, 12-1 SEC) raced to a 21-8 lead at the end of the first quarter and never trailed.
Ta’Mia Scott scored 14 points to lead Alabama (20-7, 6-7), which lost its third consecutive game.
No. 4 Texas 93, Arkansas 62
Madison Booker scored 21 points and the Longhorns raced to a 20-point halftime lead and coasted past the Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Ark.
Aaliyah Crump added 16 points, Kyla Oldacre had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Ashton Judd scored 13 and Jordan Lee had 11 for Texas (25-3, 10-3 SEC), which never trailed and led 47-27 at halftime.
Taleyah Jones scored 16 and Bonnie Deas had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Arkansas (11-17, 0-13), which lost its 14th straight game.
No. 7 LSU 78, No. 17 Ole Miss 70
MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 10 of her 26 points in the fourth quarter and the Tigers finished with a 19-1 run to overtake the Rebels in Oxford, Miss.
Flau’jae Johnson added 18 points for LSU (23-4, 9-4), which overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit. Ole Miss (21-7, 8-5) missed all 17 of its field-goal attempts in the final period, scoring only by making 7 of 12 free throws.
Cotie McMahon scored 25 points, Christeen Iwuala had 13 points and eight rebounds and Latasha Lattimore added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Rebels.
No. 9 Duke 83, North Carolina State 65
Toby Fournier had 26 points and 12 rebounds and three teammates scored in double figures to lead the Blue Devils over the Wolfpack in Durham, N.C.
Ashlon Jackson scored 17 points, Arianna Roberson had 15, Riley Nelson had 10 and Taina Mair added 11 rebounds, nine assists and seven points for Duke (20-6, 15-0 ACC).
Khamil Pierre scored 24 and Zoe Brooks added 21 to lead NC State (17-9, 10-5), which missed all six of its 3-point shots while the Blue Devils made 7 of 21.
No. 11 Oklahoma 71, No. 24 Georgia 67
Aaliyah Chavez scored 27 points and the Sooners never trailed in holding off the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga.
Sahara Williams added 11 points for Oklahoma (20-6, 8-5 SEC), which scored the first nine points of the game and built a 37-27 halftime lead.
Mia Woolfork had a career-high 29 points with nine rebounds for Georgia (20-7, 6-7), which shot just 2 of 15 from 3-point range. Dani Carnegie scored 14 points and Trinity Turner added 10.
No. 13 Iowa 83, Purdue 74
Ava Heiden had 21 points and 13 rebounds and three teammates scored in double figures to lead the Hawkeyes past the Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind.
Taylor Stremlow finished with 19 points and eight assists, Journey Houston scored 16 and Kylie Feuerbach added 10 for Iowa (21-5, 12-3 Big Ten), which shot 59.3% from the floor.
Nya Smith tallied 19 points, five rebounds and five assists to lead Purdue (12-14, 4-11). Kiki Smith chipped in 17 points, Tara Daye had 15 and Kendall Puryear added 12.
No. 22 North Carolina 66, Virginia Tech 63 (OT)
Nyla Harris had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead the Tar Heels over the Hokies in Blacksburg, Va.
Harris made two free throws to give North Carolina (22-6, 11-4 ACC) the lead for good with 1:27 left in overtime as it bounced back from a 72-68 loss at Duke on Sunday that ended an eight-game winning streak. Elina Aarnisalo added 13 points, Lanie Grant scored 12 and Indya Nivar had 10.
Carys Baker had 15 points and eight rebounds, Samyha Suffren scored 15 and Carleigh Wenzel added 14 for Virginia Tech (20-8, 10-6), which had two game-tying 3-point attempts blocked in the waning seconds before missing a third at the buzzer.
–Field Level Media
