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Columbus, Ohio — With a 79-66 victory over Maryland on Sunday, Celeste Taylor scored 20 points to help No. 2 Ohio State secure at least a share of the Big Ten title and the top seed in the league tournament.
With two games remaining in the regular season, the rapidly improving Buckeyes (24-4, 15-1 Big Ten) won their 14th straight game behind 17 points from Jacy Sheldon. If they win one of those, they can clinch the conference title.
Even though she committed her fourth foul in the third quarter, Cotie McMahon ended with 15 points.
With a four-game winning run interrupted, the Terrapins (16-11, 8-8), led by Bri McDaniel with 21 points and Brinae Alexander with 16.
AP/IOWA CITY, Iowa Iowa overcame a defeat to No. 14 Indiana, led by Caitlin Clark, who had her 16th career triple-double with 24 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists.
With five triple-doubles, Clark leads Division I. Hannah Stuelke scored 20 points for Iowa (24-4, 13-3 Big Ten).
For the Hawkeyes, Molly Davis scored 17 points and Kate Martin scored 13. For the ninth time this season, Iowa, which leads the country in scoring offense (91.8 points per game), eclipsed the 100-point threshold.
Illinois was led by Makira Cook’s 26 points (13-13, 7-9). Adalia McKenzie scored 13, Kendall Bostic finished with 10 points and 17 rebounds, and Genesis Bryant finished with 19 points. Camille Hobby scored 12 points.
With the Hokies (23-4, 14-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), Kitley shot 11 for 17 from the field and 12 for 14 from the foul line to help the team secure a share of the ACC regular-season championship.
With 29 points, Deja Kelly led the Tar Heels (18-10, 10-6). The three-game winning streak for North Carolina was snapped.
Louisiana, Kansas (AP) – Kansas won its sixth straight game behind 22 points from rookie S’Mya Nichols.
Kansas (16-11, 9-7 Big 12), with 11 points from Taiyanna Jackson and 10 from Holly Kersgieter, finished the game with an 11-4 run.
Kansas State (23-5, 12-4), which has lost three of its previous seven games, found itself down to 14 points from Ayoka Lee and 11 from Taryn Sides.
Tennessee / Knoxville (AP) – LSU utilized a late 16-2 run to win, with Hailey Van Lith scoring 12 of her 26 points in the fourth quarter and Angel Reese contributing 11 points and 16 rebounds.
For LSU (24-2, 11-3 SEC), Mikaylah Williams scored 15 points, and Reese reached 2,000 career points with four points in the game’s final run.
The Lady Vols (16-10, 9-5) were led by Rickea Jackson, who finished with 16 points and 9 rebounds, for the first time in her career. Tamari Key scored ten.
(AP) — SYRACUSE, N.Y. As Syracuse used a late comeback to win, Dyaisha Fair scored 15 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter and rose to sixth place on the women’s NCAA Division I career scoring list.
Having scored 3,283 points for Baylor between 2009 and 2013, Brittney Griner was surpassed by Fair to take sixth place on the career scoring list. On the women’s NCAA Division I career list, Fair, with 3,302 career points, sits behind Jackie Stiles (3,393), Kelsey Mitchell (3,402), Kelsey Plum (3,527), and Caitlin Clark (3,617).
After making only 4 of 18 shots in the first quarter, Notre Dame trailed 21–11 entering the second. The Irish defeated Boston College, who shot poorly, 18–4 in the second quarter and 42–19 in the intermediate sessions.
Sonia Citron led the Fighting Irish (21-6, 11-5 ACC) with 16 points, while Anna DeWolfe contributed 11.
The Eagles (11-18, 3-13) had Dontavia Waggoner score 25 points on 9-for-17 shooting, good for a 30.8% shooting percentage.
KY LOUISVILLE (AP) — Nine of Camryn Taylor’s 22 points came in the fourth quarter, and Virginia won because to three free throws from Kymora Johnson in the final 14.6 seconds.
The Cardinals’ 56-game winning streak came to an end when the Cavaliers defeated them, becoming the first unranked Atlantic Coast Conference club to do so since the venue’s opening.
With 18 points in the game, Johnson helped Virginia (14-13, 6-10) defeat its third team in the Top 25. Jillian Brown scored 11 points, and Paris Clark scored 12.
Nyla Harris led Louisville (22-7, 11-5) with 17 points and nine rebounds. Kiki Jefforson contributed ten points and ten rebounds, while Sydney Taylor scored fifteen points.