Taina Mair poured in a season-high 23 points and supplied six assists and Toby Fournier racked up 20 points as Duke knocked off No. 18 Notre Dame 82-68 on Sunday at Durham, N.C.
The Blue Devils (9-6, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) have rattled off six consecutive victories. Ashlon Jackson scored 13 points, Riley Nelson added 11 points and Delaney Thomas provided 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Duke used a 26-17 edge after the first quarter to set an early tone. The Blue Devils led 43-25 before Notre Dame scored the last nine points of the first half.
Hannah Hidalgo tallied 22 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals for Notre Dame (10-4, 2-2), which lost on the road for the second time in four days following an overtime setback at Georgia Tech. The Irish were unable to avenge last March’s ACC tournament semifinal loss to Duke despite 15 points from Cassandre Prosper and 12 points from Iyana Moore, who was the only reserve used off the Notre Dame bench.
No. 3 South Carolina 74, Florida 63
Raven Johnson’s 17 points and Tessa Johnson’s 15 points lifted the Gamecocks over the Gators in the Southeastern Conference game at Gainesville, Fla.
Madina Okot added 12 points and 17 rebounds and Joyce Edwards had 11 points and 10 boards for South Carolina (15-1, 2-0 SEC), which was charged with 21 turnovers. Florida committed 20 turnovers.
Liv McGill led Florida (12-5, 0-2) with 18 points, but the Gators shot 4-for-23 on 3-point attempts. Laila Reynolds added 12 points and Emilija Dakic had 10 points. Florida ended with a 59-36 rebounding deficit.
No. 11 Kentucky 74, Missouri 52
Clara Strack’s 19 points and 10 rebounds and Tonie Morgan’s 18 points and 14 assists boosted the Wildcats past the Tigers at Lexington, Ky.
Morgan made 7 of 11 shots from the field. Jordan Obi added 10 points for Kentucky (15-1, 2-0 SEC).
Grace Slaughter led Missouri (12-5, 0-2) with 15 points, but the Tigers shot 5-for-28 on 3-pointers and hit 30% of their shots overall. Chloe Sotell had 12 rebounds, but she was scoreless on 0-for-5 shooting on all 3-point attempts.
Stanford 77, No. 16 North Carolina 71 (OT)
Courtney Ogden scored 21 points and the Cardinal rallied in regulation on the way to escaping with an ACC victory at Chapel Hill, N.C.
Lara Somfai added 13 points and Chloe Clardy had 12 points off the bench, including four in the extra session, for Stanford (13-3, 2-1), which trailed by seven in the fourth quarter. The Tar Heels were up 65-61 before baskets from Ogden and Somfai in the final 90 seconds pulled the Cardinal even, though Clardy missed on the final shot in regulation.
Nyla Harris’ 18 points and Ciera Tommey’s 16 paced North Carolina (13-4, 2-2), which took its second overtime defeat at home in league play to end a four-game winning streak.
No. 19 Ohio State 71, Rutgers 49
Jaloni Cambridge scored 18 points and Chance Gray netted 17 to carry the Buckeyes over the Scarlet Knights in the Big Ten game at Columbus, Ohio.
Elsa Lemmila added 10 points and 11 rebounds for Ohio State (13-2, 3-1 Big Ten). The Buckeyes pulled away after leading 51-42 through three quarters.
Faith Blackstone posted 15 points and Imani Lester had 14 points for Rutgers (8-7, 0-4), which was charged with 21 turnovers. The Scarlet Knights were 4-for-17 shooting on 3s.
No. 24 Michigan State 81, Illinois 75
Kennedy Blair scored 19 points, aided by 11-for-12 free-throw shooting, as the Spartans held on to beat the Fighting Illini at East Lansing, Mich.
Grace VanSlooten and Rashunda Jones each had 15 points for Michigan State (14-1, 3-1 Big Ten), which went 21 of 25 at the foul line. Emma Shumate added 11 off the bench.
Berry Wallace and reserve Maddie Webber both connected on four 3-point shots and finished with 22 points apiece for the Illini (13-2, 3-1). Destiny Jackson grabbed 10 rebounds.
–Field Level Media
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