Category: Basketball

Lexi Donarski knocked down five 3-pointers and No. North Carolina rolled to its sixth straight win over Pittsburgh, 75-58 the Panthers on Sunday. The Tar Heels are now 17-3 overall, 5-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the program's best start though 20 games since the 2013-14 season.

Temira Poindexter tied her season high with five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting on Sunday to help No. Kansas State beat Arizona State 81-69. Kansas State (19-1, 7-0 Big 12) has won 14 consecutive games, the fourth longest active streak in the nation.

Ashlon Jackson scored 16 points and the No. 16 Duke women held Stanford to its lowest point total of the season, posting a 74-49 victory Sunday in the first meeting between the schools as ACC rivals. Duke forced 20 Stanford turnovers, turning them into 25 points. The Blue Devils led by as many as 25 points.

Paige Bueckers scored 18 points to surpass 2,000 in her career and No. 6 UConn cruised to a 96-36 win over Seton Hall on Sunday. Bueckers scored points No. 2,000 and 2,001 on a jumper with 8:05 remaining in the first half. Bueckers reached the mark in her 102nd game, breaking the program record of 108 games by Maya Moore.

Ja'Naiya Quinerly had 20 points to move into eighth place on West Virginia's all-time scoring list and No. West Virginia cruised to an 82-68 victory over Iowa State on Sunday. Quinerly made 7 of 19 shots with three 3-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws for the Mountaineers (15-3, 5-2 Big 12 Conference).

Tre Holloman had 17 points, including two free throws in the closing seconds, Coen Carr and Frankie Fidler scored 11 each and No. 12 Michigan State held on to beat No. 19 Illinois 80-78 on Sunday. The Spartans (16-2, 7-0 Big Ten) extended their winning streak to 11 games, their longest run since the 2018-19 season that ended with Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo's eighth trip to the Final Four. The Fighting Illini (13-5, 6-2) took a 10-point lead in the first half and were trailing by one and had possession when Kylan Boswell turned over the ball with 5.9 seconds left.

Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points, including the go-ahead layup in the final minute, and Maryland squeaked past Nebraska 69-66 on Sunday. The Terrapins led for most of the game but squandered a nine-point lead in the final five minutes before Gillespie's bucket put them back ahead 68-66 with 40 seconds remaining. Maryland's Julian Reese came up with a steal on Nebraska's next possession and with 22 seconds left Rodney Rice made the front end of a one-and-one to give Maryland a 69-66 lead.

After going down early, Michigan State basketball survived a nail-biter vs. Illinois to stay undefeated and alone at the top if the Big Ten.

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