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Duffy scores career-high 31, No. 21 South Dakota women win

February 2, 2020

DENVER (AP) — Ciara Duffy scored a career-high 31 points and No. 21 South Dakota rolled past Denver 104-61 on Sunday for the Coyotes' 10th straight victory.Duffy was 11-of-17 shooting with five 3-pointers plus seven assists. Chloe Lamb added 18 points,...

Pointer, Cherry help LSU beat No. 15 A&M women again, 59-58

February 2, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Khayla Pointer scored nine of her 18 points in the fourth quarter and Jailin Cherry hit two free throws with 4.3 seconds left and LSU beat No. 15 Texas A&M for the second time, pulling out a 59-58 victory on Sunday.After...

No. 1 South Carolina defeats No. 22 Lady Vols 69-48

By PETE IACOBELLI | February 2, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Zia Cooke thinks communication is the key to South Carolina's tough defense.All that talking worked out quite well on Sunday.Cooke scored 20 points, and the top-ranked Gamecocks clamped down on No. 22 Tennessee for a 69-48 victory.South...

Campbell has triple-double in win for No. 11 DePaul women

February 2, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Kelly Campbell had a triple-double, Sonya Morris scored 21 points and Big East-leader and No. 11-ranked DePaul bounced back from its lone conference defeat with a 93-71 victory over Providence on Sunday.Campbell scored 12 points with...

Dean, No. 8 Bruins rally for win over No. 19 Sun Devils

By JOSE M. ROMERO | February 2, 2020

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Japreece Dean scored 18 points, and No. 8 UCLA topped No. 19 Arizona State 70-61 on Sunday.Charisma Osborne added 15 points and Michaela Onyenwere had 14 to help Bruins (19-2, 8-2 Pac-12) bounce back from Friday's blowout loss against...

McBryde helps No. 16 Arizona women pull away from USC 73-57

February 2, 2020

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Aari McDonald scored 20 points and Dominique McBryde scored 10 in the fourth quarter when No. 16 Arizona pulled away for its fifth straight win, 73-57 over USC on Sunday.The Wildcats led 50-46 entering the fourth quarter. McBryde...

Briggs rallies Florida women past No. 13 Kentucky 70-62

February 2, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Freshman Lavender Briggs scored nine of her 18 points in a 25-5 fourth-quarter blitz that rallied Florida to a 70-62 win over No. 13 Kentucky on Sunday.Playing their second-straight game without star Rhyne Howard, who has a broken...

No. 23 Northwestern women blitz Penn State 82-59

February 2, 2020

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Lindsey Pulliam and Veronica Burton scored 19 points apiece and No. 23 Northwestern took over in the third quarter and cruised to an 82-59 win over Penn State on Sunday.Abbie Wolf added 15 points and Abi Scheid 13 for the...

Hillmon has career-high 30, Michigan women beat No. 18 Iowa

February 2, 2020

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Naz Hillmon scored a career-high 30 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Michigan to a 78-63 win over No. 18 Iowa on Sunday.Hillmon shot 14 of 19 from the floor and collected her seventh double-double this season.The Wolverines...

Ekhomu scores season-high 25 in win for No. 14 FSU women

February 1, 2020

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nicki Ekhomu scored a season-high 25 points and No. 14 Florida State finally found its shooting touch in the second half in beating Pitt 66-41 on Saturday.After a first half in which both teams shot only 21% and were tied at 20, the...

Campbell, Townsend lift No. 12 Gonzaga women past BYU 59-44

February 1, 2020

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Katie Campbell and Jill Townsend both made 3 of 4 3-point attempts and combined for 33 points on 12-of-17 shooting as No. 12 Gonzaga won its 20th straight game, pulling away from BYU 59-44 on Saturday.Campbell was 7 of 10 and scored...

Ionescu’s triple-double leads No. 3 Ducks over CU, 101-53

By MICHAEL KELLY | February 1, 2020

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu has played with a heavy heart after her friend and mentor Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, and their shared passion for basketball has helped her through the early days of her grief."Always getting...