COLLEGE STATION, Texas —Victoria Vivians scored 25 points and Mississippi State avoided an upset, beating A&M 72-67 on Sunday.
The Aggies (19-8, 9-5 Southeastern Conference) led by seven points in the fourth quarter before the Bulldogs (27-1, 13-1) charged back, highlighted by Teaira McCowan’s two field goals in the last 1:17. McCowan had 16 points for the Bulldogs. Danni Williams led the Aggies with 23 points.
Missouri 62, No. 6 South Carolina 60: At Columbia, Mo., Sophie Cunningham made a layup with 0.6 seconds to lift Missouri past South Carolina.
Cunningham had 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting to help the Tigers (19-9, 9-5 Southeastern Conference) beat the Gamecocks (22-4, 12-2) for the second time since joining the conference.
Sierra Michaelis added 11 points, and Cierra Porter had 10 for Missouri. A’ja Wilson had 23 points on 9-of-11 for South Carolina.
No. 7 Notre Dame 85, No. 21 Syracuse 80: At Syracuse, N.Y.,Brianna Turner scored a career-high 31 points, Marina Mabrey added 22, and Notre Dame rallied past Syracuse.
Notre Dame (24-3, 12-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) has beaten Syracuse 16 straight times. Syracuse (18-9, 9-5) had won 18 straight games at home, and even though the Orange set a school attendance record of 11,021 for the big game, the Irish had too much at the end.
Brittney Sykes and Alexis Peterson each had 19 points for Syracuse.
No. 9 Washington 87, USC 74: At Los Angeles — Kelsey Plum scored 35 points to move into second place on the NCAA’s career scoring list and help No. 9 Washington beat Southern California.
Plum needed just three points to tie former Baylor star Brittney Griner on the list, and she hit a 3-pointer with 3:35 left in the first quarter to tie for second. Her free throw with 2:04 left in the first lifted her to second place behind former Missouri State star Jackie Stiles.
Stiles had 3,393 points, and Plum has 3,315.
No. 10 Stanford 72, California 54: At Stanford, Calif., Alanna Smith had 17 points and eight rebounds and Stanford beat California to complete a season sweep.
Brittany McPhee added 16 points for the Cardinal (24-4, 14-2 Pac-12). They have won 11 of their last 12 heading into a Friday night showdown at Oregon State.
Kristine Anigwe scored 12 points for the Bears (17-11, 5-11).
No. 11 Oregon State 63, Utah 49: At Salt Lake City, Sydney Weise scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, grabbed seven rebounds and had two steals in Oregon State’s victory.
Mikayla Pivec also had 14 points, on 5-of-6 shooting, for Oregon State (25-3, 14-2 Pac-12). Emily Potter led Utah (15-12, 4-12) with 17 points.
No. 13 Duke 83, No. 16 Miami 70: At Durham, N.C.,Lexie Brown scored 10 of her 28 points in the decisive third quarter, and Rebecca Greenwell had 22 points, a season-high 13 rebounds and four assists for Duke.
Brown made 8 of 10 from the field, including all four of her 3-pointers, and 8 of 8 free throws. Duke (24-4, 12-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its seventh straight and improved to 16-0 at home.
Adrienne Motley led Miami (19-7, 8-6) with 23 points.
No. 14 Louisville 87, North Carolina 57: At Louisville, Ky., Asia Durr scored 28 points to help Louisville rout North Carolina
Myisha Hines-Allen added 19 points and 12 rebounds for Louisville (23-6, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). Hines-Allen made a layup and then a jumper to start a 12-2 run to close the first half, and her jumper with 10 seconds left made it 34-21 at the break.
Paris Kea had 26 points for North Carolina (14-13, 3-11).
Wake Forest 89, No. 15 N.C. State 77: At Raliegh, N.C., Elisa Penna scored 21 points and Wake Forest beat N.C. State for its first victory over a ranked team since March 2015.
Amber Campbell added 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting for Wake Forest (15-12, 6-7 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Miah Spencer had 24 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Wolfpack (20-7, 10-4).
Marquette 96, No. 17 DePaul 81: At MIlwaukee, Danielle King had a career-high 28 points on 11-of-13 shooting for Marquette.
King, whose previous career best of 27 points came in Marquette’s 102-101 overtime win over the Blue Demons on Jan. 21, added five rebounds and a career-high nine assists.
Natisha Hiedeman and Erika Davenport each scored 19 points for Marquette (20-7, 11-5 Big East). Brooke Schulte had 26 points and 10 rebounds for DePaul (22-6, 14-2).
No. 18 UCLA 67, Washington State 48: At Los Angeles, Monique Billings tied a school single-game record with 25 rebounds and scored 12 points to help UCLA beat Washington State for its 30th straight home victory over the Cougars.
Kennedy Burke added 17 points for UCLA (20-7, 11-5 Pac-12). The Bruins have won 27 straight home games. Calla Hailey scored 10 points for Washington State (10-17, 5-11).
Michigan State 86, No. 20 Michigan 68: At Ann Arbor, Mich., Tori Jankoska made five 3-pointers in setting a single-season school record and scored 28 points to lead Michigan State over No. 20 Michigan before a record sellout crowd of 12,707.
Jankoska’s five 3-pointers gave her 297 in her career, breaking the mark of 294 set by Lindsay Bowen (2002-06). Branndais Agee and Taya Reimer added 15 points each for the Spartans (18-9, 8-6 Big Ten), who handed the Wolverines (21-7, 10-4) their only loss in 14 games at Crisler Center this season.
Hallie Thome had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Wolverines.
Temple 77, No. 22 South Florida 71: At Tampa, Fla., Feyonda Fitzgerald scored 23 points and Donnaizha Fountain had 22 for Temple.
Maria Jespersen’s 3-point play with 2:46 remaining gave South Florida (20-6, 9-4 American Athletic) the lead, but Fitzgerald and Fountain answered with 12 straight points.
Alliya Butts added 13 points for Temple (21-5, 11-2).
No. 25 Drake 86, Loyola-Chicago 42: At Chicago, Lizzy Wendell had 19 points seven assists and Drake won its 16th straight to tie the school record set in 1997.
Wendell rebounded after having her nation-leading string of 102 games with at least 10 points end with a five-point effort in a victory over Indiana State on Friday night.
Sammie Bachrodt added 17 points for Drake (22-24, 15-0 Missouri Valley). Katie Salmon scored 14 points for Loyola (2-23, 1-13).
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