Southern California coach Lindsay Gottlieb earned her 300th career win in style on Tuesday as the No. 3 Trojans thrashed Cal State Northridge 124-39 in Los Angeles.
The point total was a program record for USC (3-0), which got 21 points, nine assists, six steals and three blocks from JuJu Watkins. Kiki Iriafen scored 15 points and Kayleigh Heckel had 14 for the Trojans, who had six players finish in double figures and 13 players score overall.
Gottlieb went 56-39 in three seasons as coach at UC Santa Barbara and 179-89 in eight seasons at Cal. She owns a 65-32 mark early in her fourth season at USC.
Laini Dahlin put up 11 points and Erika Aspajo had 10 for the Matadors (2-1). Cal State Northridge managed six, seven and seven points in the first three quarters while the Trojans put up 30, 30 and 37, respectively.
No. 5 UCLA 91, Pepperdine 54
Lauren Betts and Janiah Barker each tallied double-doubles as the Bruins beat the visiting Waves in Los Angeles.
Betts had 17 points and 12 rebounds for UCLA (3-0), while Barker had 18 points and 11 boards off the bench. Gabriela Jaquez added 15 points and eight rebounds for UCLA, while Elina Aarnisalo chipped in 16 points and nine assists. The Bruins won again despite the absence of star guard Kiki Rice, who remains out with an undisclosed injury.
Ornela Muca scored 20 points for Pepperdine (1-2). UCLA never trailed and outrebounded the Waves 56-22.
No. 7 LSU 117, Charleston Southern 44
Aneesah Morrow piled up 21 points and 20 rebounds as the Tigers routed the visiting Buccaneers in Baton Rouge, La.
Flau’Jae Johnson poured in 18 points and 10 rebounds for LSU (3-0). Mikaylah Williams had a team-high 25 points and Kailyn Gilbert flirted with a triple-double, notching 14 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Catherine Alben paced Charleston Southern (0-4) with 15 points.
LSU trailed by five points early on, then ripped off a 24-4 run to close the first quarter and rolled from there, shooting 59 percent from the floor.
No. 12 Ohio State 94, Charlotte 53
Chance Gray scored a career-high 31 points as the Buckeyes rolled to a victory over the 49ers in Columbus, Ohio.
Gray, a transfer from Oregon, shot 9-of-14 from behind the arc to power Ohio State (2-0). Ajae Petty added 12 points while Cotie McMahon scored 11 points and had four assists.
Charlotte was led by 15 points from Alexis Andrews.
No. 14 North Carolina 66, North Carolina A&T 47
Redshirt freshman Laila Hull had 14 points and five rebounds off the bench to lead the Tar Heels to a win over the Aggies in Greensboro, N.C.
Hull, who missed last season after having shoulder surgery, shot 4-for-7 from 3-point range to help North Carolina (3-0) pull away. Lexi Donarski added 10 points, Grace Townsend dished out six assists and Alyssa Ustby had seven points and nine boards. The Tar Heels played without starting center Maria Gakdeng, who is day-to-day due to an undisclosed injury.
Paris Locke paced North Carolina A&T (0-3) with 15 points and eight rebounds, and Jordyn Dorsey added 12 points.
No. 15 West Virginia 82, Pitt 54
JJ Quinerly scored 17 points as the Mountaineers beat the Panthers in the latest edition of the Backyard Brawl in Morgantown, W.Va.
Quinerly shot 0-of-10 on 3-point attempts, but she added four rebounds, three assists and three steals to her stat line in the win for West Virginia (3-0). Jordan Harrison scored 14 points while Sydney Shaw chipped in 11.
Khadija Faye powered Pitt (2-1) with 14 points and 12 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Lauren Rust added 12 points.
No. 18 Louisville 86, UT Martin 64
Nyla Harris scored 16 points to lead the Cardinals to a road victory over the Skyhawks in Martin, Tenn.
Olivia Cochran added 14 points, seven rebounds and three steals for Louisville (2-1), while Tajianna Roberts scored 13 points. The Cardinals led by as much as 33 points and outscored the Skyhawks 20-5 on fastbreaks and 52-18 in the paint.
Kenley McCarn led all scorers with 21 points for UT Martin (0-3), while Anaya Brown added 12 points and Shae Littleford had 11.
No. 20 Kentucky 76, Wofford 42
Dazia Lawrence scored 19 points and Teonni Key registered her first career double-double to power the Wildcats over the visiting Terriers in Lexington, Ky.
Key, a transfer from North Carolina, had 11 points and 13 rebounds as one of two players to notch double-doubles in the win for Kentucky (3-0). Clara Strack had 16 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and four blocks, while Georgia Amoore had 11 points and seven assists.
Maddie Heiss had 11 points for Wofford (2-1). Evangelia Paulk and Indiya Clarke scored 10 apiece.
No. 21 Nebraska 84, Southern 58
Alexis Markowski scored 22 points to steer the Cornhuskers past the Jaguars in Lincoln, Neb.
Markowski shot 8-for-13 from the floor and also had six rebounds. Natalie Potts added 17 points and 12 boards for Nebraska (3-0), and Alberte Rimdal scored 13 points.
Aniya Gourdine was the leader for Southern (0-4) with 22 points. Nebraska won the rebounding battle 46-26 and outscored the undersized Jaguars 44-24 in the paint.
No. 25 Oregon 66, North Texas 35
Newly ranked in the AP Top 25 this week, the Ducks improved to 4-0 on by beating the Mean Green in Eugene, Ore., behind 11 points apiece from Elisa Mevius and Nani Falatea.
The juniors were the only players to score in double figures for the Ducks as coach Kelly Graves was liberal with playing time and went deep into his bench, allowing 13 players to see game action. Mevius also had a team-high seven rebounds.
Tommisha Lampkin led North Texas (2-1) with six points, six rebounds and two steals.
–Field Level Media
