No. 1 South Carolina wins 23rd in a row, beats No. 12 Aggies

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mikiah Herbert Harrigan scored 20 points to lead No. 1 South Carolina its program-record 23rd straight win and a perfect 16-0 Southeastern Conference season with a 60-52 victory over No. 12 Texas A&M on Sunday.

The Gamecocks (29-1, 16-0 SEC) were only ahead 34-28 early in the third quarter before going on a 14-3 surge to take control for good.

South Carolina finished off the fourth 16-0 SEC season in league history and became the first team to do it twice since the conference supersized the schedule before the 2009-10 season.

The victory also broke the school mark for consecutive wins when the 2014-15 Gamecocks started 22-0 to reach No. 1. Like that group that reached the Final Four, this South Carolina roster has aspirations far beyond regular-season honors.

Texas A&M (22-7, 10-6) lost its final two games of the regular season.

No. 4 STANFORD 55, No. 24 ARIZONA STATE 44

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Francesca Belibi had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Stanford beat Arizona State in the Pac-12 regular-season finale for both teams.

Lexie Hull and Kiana Williams added 13 points each for Stanford, which avoided its first three-game skid since 2001.

Belibi scored 10 points in the third quarter and Stanford outscored the Sun Devils 38-16 in the paint. The Cardinal (25-5 overall, 14-4 in Pac-12) held Arizona State to 16 of 57 shooting (28%).

Robbi Ryan led Arizona State (20-10, 10-8) with 13 points.

No. 5 LOUISVILLE 70, VIRGINIA TECH 53

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jazmine Jones scored 18 points to lead Louisville to a victory over Virginia Tech.

On Senior Day, the Cardinals (27-3, 16-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) got big contributions from their seniors, who set a school record with their 124th victory over their four-year career. Jones made 8-of-17 shots, and Kylee Shook added 15 points and 12 rebounds in the win.

The Hokies (21-8, 11-7) didn’t score for the first 5:40 and were down 14-3 with less than 90 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

They used an 8-0 run to cut their deficit to 26-18 on Aisha Sheppard’s layup midway through the second quarter. However, they would never get closer than eight points the rest of the way.

No. 8 N.C. STATE 75, VIRGINIA 64

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kayla Jones scored 16 points, Elissa Cunane had 15 points and 13 rebounds and North Carolina State made its first 13 3-point attempts in a victory at Virginia.

The Wolfpack (25-4, 14-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) were 12 for 12 from beyond the arc in taking a 46-32 halftime lead. Jones hit her third 3 early in the third period. Kai Crutchfield missed with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the period.

Amandine Toi led Virginia (13-16, 8-10) with 13 points and Kylie Kornegay-Lucas had 11. The Cavaliers had won their previous five at John Paul Jones Arena.

No. 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE 84, MISSISSIPPI 59

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Aliyah Matharu shined for Mississippi State for the second-straight game with a career-high 24 points as the Bulldogs beat Ole Miss.

Matharu followed up an 18-point performance over Arkansas in the previous game to score 24 in just 19 minutes. Jordan Danberry also had a big game against the Rebels as the Mississippi State senior finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Ole Miss (7-22, 0-16 SEC) led the Bulldogs 32-30 with 3:16 remaining in second quarter before Mississippi State closed on a 14-0 run to end the half. Matharu had eight points during that stretch and it sparked a 24-0 run that went into the third quarter as Mississippi State (25-5, 13-3) led by a margin of 54-32 .

RUTGERS 78, No. 18 IOWA 74, OT

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Arella Guirantes, who had back-to-back big plays in overtime, was one of three players with 17 points, Mael Gilles had a double-double off the bench and Rutgers upset Iowa.

Gilles, who finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds, had a pair of inside baskets to start overtime. Kathleen Doyle answered with a three-point play for Iowa, which had opened the extra session with a miss and three straight turnovers, that made it 67-66 with 1:59 to play.

Guirantes quickly answered with her own three-point play and after McKenna Warnock made a layup for the Hawkeyes, Guirantes drained a 3-pointer for a 73-68 lead with 48 seconds left.

NOTRE DAME 70, No. 19 FLORIDA STATE 67

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Freshman Sam Brunelle drilled a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points and Notre Dame rallied to defeat Florida State.

Down three after a Notre Dame free throw with five seconds to go, Florida State’s Nikki Ekhomu was fouled on a 3-point attempt with a second left. Ekhomu missed the first free throw, made the second and was called for a turnover with an intentional miss on the third. The Irish added a free throw.

Mikayla Vaughn scored 12 points for the Irish (13-17, 8-10), who take a three-game winning streak into the first round of the ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C., on Wednesday.

Kiah Gillespie scored 22 points and Nausia Woolfolk had 20 for the Seminoles (22-7, 11-7).

No. 22 INDIANA 78, MICHIGAN 60

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ali Patberg scored 16 of her 21 points in the second half and led Indiana to a win over Michigan.

The Hoosiers (23-7, 13-5 Big Ten) finished fourth and earned the final bye into the quarterfinals for the conference tournament that begins Wednesday. Indiana will play Friday. The win was the first in the Crisler Center since 2009 after eight losses, set a program record for conference victories and tied a school mark for overall wins in a season.

Akienreh Johnson scored 16 points with 14 rebounds to lead the Wolverines (19-10, 10-8), who shot 34% percent and were just 3 of 14 from the arc.

TEXAS TECH 87, No. 25 TCU 83

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Lexi Gordon scored 30 points with 11 rebounds and she and Chrislyn Carr scored clutch points in the fading seconds as Texas Tech survived a furious fourth-quarter rally to defeat TCU.

The Lady Raiders (17-10, 6-10 Big 12 Conference) led by a seemingly comfortable 72-57 with under seven minutes to play when Lauren Heard and Kianna Ray launched a 7-0 run for TCU (20-7, 11-5). The Lady Frogs, ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since February 2018, came as close as 82-81 with under a minute to play.

Carr, who finished with 19 points, nine boards and eight assists, drove for a crucial layup for a three-point lead with 29 seconds left, then she and Gordon added three free throws in the last 10 seconds.