Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 13 Virginia Tech stuns No. 3 NC State

 

[January 08, 2024]  Sparked by Elizabeth Kitley and Georgia Amoore, No. 13 Virginia Tech erased an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit and Kitley made a buzzer-beating layup to hand No. 3 North Carolina State its first loss of the season, 63-62, on Sunday in Blacksburg, Va.

After leading scorer Madison Hayes (21 points) gave NC State a 60-49 lead with 7:52 to play, Kitley, who finished with a game-high 27 points, hit a layup to start a 12-0 run. Amoore, who scored 21, followed with a layup and 3-pointer. Kitley sank a free throw, Amoore made a jumper and then Kitley gave the Hokies their first lead of the game with a layup with 1:28 left.

Saniya Rivers (12 points) rallied the Wolfpack and gave them the lead with two seconds left, but Kitley beat the final gun with a dramatic layup off a cross-court inbounds pass to secure the one-point comeback win.

The Wolfpack (14-1, 2-1 ACC) built a 19-13 lead after one quarter and led by as many as 13 points heading into the fourth, which began with a 52-45 Wolfpack edge. The Hokies (12-2, 3-0) managed 10 points off 13 NC State turnovers.

No. 1 South Carolina 85, Mississippi State 66

Four players hit double figures as the balanced Gamecocks remained undefeated overall and won their second Southeastern Conference game, dumping the Bulldogs in Columbia, SC.

Bree Hall paced the winners with 15 points, while Kamilla Cardoso added 13 points and 14 rebounds. Chloe Kitts and Te-Hina Paopao each contributed 12 points for the Gamecocks (14-0, 2-0).

Jerkaila Jordan led all scorers with 25 points for the Bulldogs (13-4, 0-2), who lost their second straight. Lauren Park-Lane chipped in 14 points. The Gamecocks shot 47.1 percent from the floor, limiting the Bulldogs to 36 percent.

No. 2 UCLA 65, Oregon State 54

Charisma Osborne notched 15 points to help the Bruins beat the visiting Beavers to remain undefeated.

Osborne also stuffed the stat sheet with eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. UCLA (14-0, 3-0 Pac-12) also got 13 points from Kiki Rice, 12 from Londynn Jones and 10 from Lauren Betts.

Raegan Beers paced Oregon State (12-2, 1-2 Pac-12) with 21 points and five rebounds.

No. 5 Colorado 81, Arizona State 68

The Buffaloes built a 50-25 first-half lead to easily dispatch the Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz.

Aaronette Vonleh was 10-of-15 from the field while scoring 20, Quay Miller scored nine of her 11 points at the free-throw line while grabbing 10 rebounds and Frida Formann and Maddie Nolan each canned three 3-pointers, scoring 13 and 11, respectively. Colorado (13-1, 3-0 Pac-12) shot 50 percent from the field and dominated points in the paint 36-20.

Jalyn Brown poured in 35 points for the Sun Devils (8-7, 0-3), who have lost five of their last six.

No. 7 LSU 84, Ole Miss 73

Angel Reese scored 21 points and Mikaylah Williams added 20 as the Tigers topped the host Rebels in Oxford, Miss.

Reese also had nine rebounds, four assists and three steals in the victory for LSU (15-1, 2-0 SEC). The Tigers also got 16 points from Flau'jae Johnson, and 13 points each from Aneesah Morrow and Hailey Van Lith.

Marquesha Davis led Ole Miss (11-4, 1-1 SEC) with 24 points, while Madison Scott had 13 points and eight assists.

No. 8 Stanford 71, Washington 59

Tara Vanderveer notched her 1,200th victory as the Cardinal topped the visiting Huskies in Stanford, Calif.

Vanderveer, the longtime Stanford coach, is just three wins from passing former Duke men's coach Mike Krzyzewski for the overall wins record in Division I college basketball.

Cameron Brink led Stanford (14-1, 3-0 Pac-12) with 16 points and 16 rebounds, while Kiki Iriafen added 19 points. Dalayah Daniels led Washington (11-3, 1-2 Pac-12) with 15 points.

No. 9 USC 68, Oregon 54

Freshman sensation JuJu Watkins piled up 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists to lead the Trojans over the visiting Ducks in Los Angeles.

USC (12-1, 2-1 Pac-12) also got 16 points and nine rebounds from Rayah Marshall, and 16 points and four assists from McKenzie Forbes.

Grace VanSlooten led Oregon (9-7, 0-3 Pac-12) with 18 points while Phillipina Kyei added 10 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.

No. 12 UConn 83, Georgetown 55

The Huskies moved to 4-0 in Big East play with a comfortable road win against the Hoyas.

UConn (12-3) saw all five starters hit double-digit scoring. Aaliyah Edwards led the way with 18 points to go along with six rebounds, Ashlynn Shade posted 16 points and Paige Bueckers scored 15. Nika Muhl had 14 points and eight assists and KK Arnold added 12 points.

The Hoyas (12-3, 2-2) were led in scoring by Graceann Bennett (13), Kelsey Ransom (12) and Alex Cowan (10).

No. 14 Indiana 91, Nebraska 69

The Hoosiers improved to 4-0 in Big Ten play by outscoring the Cornhuskers in every frame in Lincoln, Neb.

Mackenzie Holmes led all scorers with 22 points for Indiana (13-1). Sydney Parrish (20), Sara Scalia (19) and Chole Moore-McNeil (16) also reached double figures. The Hoosiers shot a blistering 60.9 percent from 3-point range (14 of 23) and were nearly as hot from the field overall (60.7 percent).

Alexis Markowski paced the Cornhuskers (11-4, 3-1) with 21 points and six rebounds. Logan Nissley added 13 points.

Arizona 71, No. 15 Utah 70 (OT)

The Utes lost for the second time in three games, dropping an overtime heartbreaker to the Wildcats in Tucson, Ariz.

With Utah up 70-69 late in the extra session, Kailyn Gilbert came up with the rebound of her own miss and drew a foul with a second left. Gilbert, who led all scorers with 22 points and all rebounders with 12, sank both free throws for the one-point win.

Helena Pueyo added 20 points for the Wildcats (10-5, 2-1 Pac-12), who won despite being outrebounded 41-33. Neither team scored in the final two minutes of regulation.

The Utes (11-4, 1-2) were paced in scoring by Alissa Pili (18), Kennady McQueen (16), Jenna Johnson (13) and Dasia Young (12).

North Carolina 61, No. 16 Notre Dame 57

Indya Nivar scored 16 points off the bench to help the unranked Tar Heels get their second straight win over a ranked opponent, this time on the road against the Irish in South Bend, Ind.

Nivar also had a career-best five steals and scored 10 of her team-high points in the fourth quarter. It was the fifth straight victory for North Carolina (11-4, 3-0 ACC), which also got 13 points from Lexi Donarski and 11 rebounds from Alyssa Ustby.

Notre Dame (10-3, 1-2 ACC) was led by Sonia Citron's 18 points in her first game action since suffering a lower-body injury on Nov. 15. Hannah Hidalgo added 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Irish played without starting forward Maddy Westbeld, who coach Niele Ivey said is day-to-day with concussion symptoms.

No. 22 Florida State 78, Clemson 72

Makayla Timpson tallied 22 points and nine rebounds to help the Seminoles beat the host Tigers in Clemson, S.C.

Timpson shot 10-of-11 from the floor to lead Florida State (12-4, 3-1 ACC). Ta'Niya Latson added 15 points while Sara Bejedi scored 19.

For Clemson (8-7, 1-2 ACC), Dayshanette Harris scored 20 points while Ruby Whitehorn had 17.

No. 25 Syracuse 71, Boston College 64

Dyaisha Fair scored 21 points as the Orange bounced back from a loss to top the Eagles at home in Syracuse, N.Y.

Fair went 10-of-12 from the free-throw line and also had six assists for Syracuse (12-2, 2-1 ACC). The Orange also got 17 points and eight rebounds from Sophie Burrows.

Dontavia Waggoner led Boston College (9-7, 1-2 ACC) with 12 points, six rebounds and three steals.

--Field Level Media

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