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February 1

Indiana hands No. 4 Ohio State a loss

The Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Jori Davis scored 19 points and Danilsa Andujar added the go-ahead basket with 3:45 left to help Indiana beat No. 4 Ohio State 67-62 on Sunday.

Hope Elam added 15 points, including a pair of game-clinching free throws with 1.8 seconds left, for Indiana (12-10, 5-6 Big Ten), which won for just the second time in the last 13 meetings against the Buckeyes.

Trailing 65-62 with 7.3 seconds left, Ohio State’s Brittany Johnson missed a long 3-pointer and Indiana grabbed the rebound to seal the victory.

Jantel Lavender paced the Buckeyes (21-3, 9-2) with 20 points and 15 rebounds, but had just three points in the second half. Andrea Walker added 15 points, Samantha Prahalis 14 and Johnson 11 for Ohio State, which lost for the second time in three games.

Andujar had 12 rebounds and six points, but four of those came in the final 8 1/2 minutes. Her put-back gave Indiana a 59-58 lead — it’s first since it was 2-0.

The Buckeyes regained the lead at 60-59 when Jantel Lavender made one free throw at the 4:14 mark, but Andujar put Indiana back on top to stay with a turnaround hook from the left block.

Elam’s jumper extended the Indiana lead to three, but Andrea Walker’s free throws made it 62-61. Whitney Lindsay grabbed a defensive rebound and went coast-to-coast for a basket to make it 65-62 lead with 1:08 remaining.

No. 5 Tennessee 60, South Carolina 55

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kamiko Williams scored a career-high 17 points to lead the Lady Vols.

Tennessee (19-1, 7-1 SEC) fell behind 13-0 and never led until 7:53 was left in the game, but finished on an 8-1 run to beat the Gamecocks (11-10, 4-5) for the 38th straight time.

The Gamecocks missed their last six shots, made just 1 of 4 free throws and turned the ball over twice in the final four minutes.

La’Keisha Sutton led South Carolina with 19 points, while freshman Kelsey Bone added 11.

No. 15 Oklahoma State 67, No. 8 Texas A&M 63

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Andrea Riley shook off early foul trouble to score 31 points and rally the Cowgirls, who trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half.

Oklahoma State (18-3, 6-1 Big 12) trailed by three before Riley’s 3-pointer tied it 61-all. She got a steal on the ensuing possession for Texas A&M (15-4, 3-3) and Precious Robinson gave Oklahoma State its first lead with a layup with 1:03 left.

Robinson added a pair of free throws with 30 seconds remaining to push the lead to 65-61.

Auburn 67, No. 9 Georgia 53

AUBURN, Ala. — Alli Smalley scored 22 points as Auburn ended a four-game skid and handed the Lady Bulldogs their third consecutive defeat.

KeKe Carrier added 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots for the Tigers (12-10, 3-6 SEC), outrebounded the Lady Bulldogs 39-27, including 17 offensive boards.

Georgia (18-4, 5-4) has been reeling since an upset of the Lady Vols that followed a school-best 16-0 start. Starters Ashley Houts and Angel Robinson were limited by nagging ankle injuries and combined for nine points.

No. 19 Texas 61, No. 14 Baylor 50

AUSTIN, Texas — Earnesia Williams scored 13 points and the Longhorns built a 21-point lead before hanging on against the Bears.

Brittainey Raven added 12 points and Ashleigh Fontenette 11 for Texas (14-6, 3-3 Big 12).

Brittney Griner scored 21 points to lead Baylor (15-5, 2-4), but she got little help offensively from her teammates as Baylor shot just 32 percent.

Texas handled the 6-foot-8 freshman post player much of the game by rotating their own 6-4 forwards, Ashley Gayle and Cokie Reed, to defend her.

No. 18 LSU 78, Alabama 41

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Allison Hightower made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 29 points to lead the Tigers to their 11th straight win over Alabama.

LaSondra Barrett added 13 points and 11 rebounds LSU (15-5, 4-4), which scored the first 11 points, led 18-5 at the 13:13 mark and never looked back.

LSU led Alabama (9-13, 1-8) by a commanding 33-16 at halftime.

Wake Forest 64, No. 21 Virginia 57

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Sandra Garcia scored 21 points and made three clutch free throws for the Demon Deacons, who improved to 3-60 against the Cavaliers.

Secily Ray added 14 points for Wake Forest (12-9, 4-3 ACC).

Lexie Gerson scored 15 points, Ariana Moorer had 14 and Wright finished with 13 for the Cavaliers (15-6, 4-3), who hadn’t lost to Wake Forest since 2003.

Kansas State 73, No. 22 Iowa State 67

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Ashley Sweat scored 31 points, Brittany Chambers added 14 and the Wildcats came off an eight-day break to pull off the upset.

Taelor Karr finished with 12 points for the Wildcats (11-9, 3-3 Big 12), who pushed their lead to nine midway through the second half and stayed on top for good.

Kelsey Bolte scored 19 to lead Iowa State (16-4, 4-3). Alison Lacey finished with 13.

Michigan 66, No. 23 Penn State 62

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Veronica Hicks and Carmen Reynolds each scored 18 points to help the Wolverines win their third straight Big Ten game.

Krista Phillips added 10 points, including a big 3-pointer, as the Wolverines (13-8, 5-6) won their third straight Big Ten game.

Michigan’s Dayeesha Hollins broke a 60-all tie with a free throw with a minute left and Phillips added a huge cushion when her 3-pointer — her only basket of the second half — went through with 14 seconds to play.

The finish capped a wild day that saw the Wolverines in a 21-6 first-half hole after they opened the game 1-for-11 from the field. They trailed 34-26 at intermission, but made their first eight shots during a 19-6 run that got them back in the game.

Hicks played a big part in the early surge, making her first five shots. She had 16 points in the second half.

Tyra Grant had 19 points for the Lady Lions (15-6, 7-4), who dropped their second straight after starting January with six consecutive victories. Meredith Monroe added nine rebounds and Alex Bentley had five assists.

No. 25 Georgia Tech 61, Virginia Tech 47

ATLANTA — Brigitte Ardossi scored 15 points to lead a balanced offense and Georgia Tech improved to 11-0 at home this season.

Alex Montgomery, Sasha Goodlett and Deja Foster each scored 11 points for the Yellow Jackets (18-5, 4-3 ACC).

Utahya Drye had 15 points, 11 rebounds and four assists for Virginia Tech (12-9, 2-5).

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