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Olivia Hamlin tallied 20 points off the bench on 9-of-15 shooting to lead BYU to a 73-61 upset of No. 19 Texas Tech on Wednesday evening in Provo, Utah.
After the Red Raiders opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, the Cougars (15-4, 4-3 Big 12) scored the next seven points, led 25-16 after one quarter and never trailed the rest of the way. Delaney Gibb scored 18 and Lara Rohkohl added 15 and eight boards for BYU, which shot 47.3% from the floor and 44.4% from outside the arc.
Texas Tech (19-2, 6-2) has lost two straight games since its 19-0 start. Snudda Collins (17 points) and Bailey Maupin (11) were the only two Red Raiders in double figures as the team shot 33.3% from the floor.
The Red Raiders had 21 turnovers which the Cougars turned into 24 points and were nearly doubled up in paint points (36-20).
No. 3 UCLA 96, Purdue 48
Gabriela Jaquez (25 points) led five players in double figures as the Bruins doubled up the Boilermakers in Los Angeles.
Lauren Betts added 16 points and 10 rebounds and Kiki Rice had 15 points and 10 rebounds for UCLA (18-1, 8-0 Big Ten), which ran its winning streak to 12. The Bruins made 53.7% of their shots, 13 of 22 3-pointers (59.1%), racked up 16 steals and forced 23 turnovers (32 points off).
Nya Smith led Purdue (10-9, 2-6) with 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting while Avery Gordon added 13 off the bench. The Boilermakers were outscored in all four quarters and by 12-plus points in three of those.
No. 14 Baylor 73, UCF 48
The Bears’ Taliah Scott posted 22 points on 8-of-18 shooting in a comfortable victory over the Knights in Waco, Texas.
Baylor (18-3, 7-1 Big 12) sprinted out to a 14-4 lead early on, then gradually added to its advantage before attaining its largest lead of the game, 25 points, with the game’s final score.
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs chipped in with 13 points and 18 rebounds. UCF (10-9, 2-6), paced by Khyala Ngodu’s 11 points and 12 rebounds and Kristol Ayson’s 10 points off the bench, shot just 30% for the game.
No. 22 West Virginia 53, Arizona State 43
Kierra Wheeler’s 16 points helped the Mountaineers survive a game of wild swings in a Big 12 win over the Sun Devils in Morgantown, W. Va.
West Virginia (16-4, 6-2) built a 10-point advantage in the first half, then fell behind 37-29 with a little more than a minute left in the third quarter. The Mountaineers chipped that deficit down to three by the end of the period, then outscored Arizona State 19-6 the rest of the way.
Sydney Shaw added 11 points and Gia Cooke had 10 for West Virginia. The Sun Devils (17-3, 4-3) were paced by 15 points apiece from McKinna Brackens and Gabby Elliott.
Wisconsin 63, No. 24 Nebraska 60
Gift Uchenna scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Badgers upset the Cornhuskers in Madison, Wis.
The Badgers (13-7, 5-4 Big Ten) built a 17-15 lead after one quarter before pressing their advantage to 38-25 at the half. A strong second-half push from the Cornhuskers came up short. Nebraska was powered by Amiah Hargrove’s 15 points, Eliza Maupin’s 13 points and 13 rebounds and Britt Prince’s 11 points.
Nebraska (14-5, 3-5) carried a two-point lead into the fourth quarter, and from there the teams went back and forth. The Cornhuskers held a 60-57 lead with 2:12 to play before Kyrah Daniels, who scored 19 points, hit a tying 3-pointer. Daniels then collected an offensive rebound and absorbed a foul, after which she hit a free throw to regain the lead. After a Nebraska turnover, Uchenna provided the final margin with her layup.
No. 25 Washington 81, Penn State 65
Sayvia Sellers scored a game-high 24 points to lead the Huskies to a win over the Nittany Lions in Seattle.
Avery Howell paired 13 points with 12 boards for her fourth double-double of the season for Washington (15-4, 5-3 Big Ten), which has won three straight games since a two-game skid. The Huskies led by 10 after one quarter before trailing early in the third quarter, requiring an extended 16-5 run to extend its advantage back to 11 late in the stanza.
Gracie Merkle tallied 19 points for Penn State (7-13, 0-9), which has lost nine straight and 12 of 13 since a 6-1 start. The Nittany Lions forced 14 turnovers while committing eight but were outrebounded 49-29.
–Field Level Media
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