Chloe Kitts and Te-Hina Paopao each finished with 11 points as No. 2 South Carolina handed No. 5 Texas its first Southeastern Conference loss 67-50 in a top-five showdown Sunday in Columbia, S.C.
The Gamecocks (16-1, 4-0 SEC) outshot their opponent 51.0 percent to 27.8 percent from the floor. Seven players scored at least seven points for South Carolina, which led by 11 late in the first quarter and by 17 at halftime.
Joyce Edwards scored 10 points off the bench, while Raven Johnson scored eight points with 10 rebounds and Sania Feagin added eight points and nine boards.
Texas (16-2, 3-1) failed to capitalize on 20 offensive rebounds and had a nine-game winning streak snapped. Kyla Oldacre led the Longhorns with 11 points and 16 rebounds in just 20 minutes, while Rori Harmon scored nine points on 4-of-11 shooting. Madison Booker (seven points, seven rebounds) was held to 3-for-19 shooting.
No. 9 Ohio State 69, Oregon 60
Taylor Thierry poured in 20 points, Ajae Petty paired 13 points with 14 rebounds and the host Buckeyes used a massive second-quarter run to defeat the Ducks in Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio State (16-0, 5-0 Big Ten) grabbed a 17-point lead at intermission by scoring 27 consecutive points during the second period, a stretch punctuated by three 3-pointers from Thierry. The Buckeyes sailed from there, with Jaloni Cambridge adding 13 points.
Amina Muhammad and Nani Falatea each scored 11 points and Deja Kelly added 10 for Oregon (12-5, 3-3).
No. 14 Duke 60, Virginia 55
Oluchi Okananwa scored nine of her game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Blue Devils rallied past the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va.
Duke (13-4, 4-1 ACC) trailed by nine at halftime and by 10 early in the third quarter before Okananwa guided the comeback, scoring five straight to open the fourth and adding four in an 11-0 run to flip the lead. Ashlon Jackson added 11 points for the Blue Devils, who outrebounded the Cavaliers 44-29.
Four starters finished in double figures for Virginia (10-7, 2-3): Latasha Lattimore (14 points), Kymora Johnson (14), Olivia McGhee (11) and Edessa Noyan (10).
No. 16 Tennessee 93, Arkansas 63
Talaysia Cooper netted 20 points, Zee Spearman had 18 points and seven rebounds and the visiting Lady Volunteers ripped through the Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Ark.
Ruby Whitehorn added 17 points and Sara Puckett had 11 and eight boards off the bench as Tennessee (14-2, 2-2 SEC) won the middle two quarters by 20 points and amassed a 43-26 rebounding advantage. Cooper added four steals and Samara Spencer provided eight assists and three steals for the Vols.
Izzy Higginbottom put up 26 points and Carly Keats added 10 for Arkansas (8-11, 1-3).
–Field Level Media
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