Skylar Vann scored eight of her 12 points in the fourth quarter, including a clutch 3-pointer that gave No. 10 Oklahoma a double-digit lead, in a 72-62 win over No. 20 Michigan in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday.
Payton Verhulst also scored 12 points, Lexy Keys added 11 and Sahara Williams 10 for the Sooners (10-1), who had been averaging 92.6 points per game, fourth-best in the nation. The game was the nightcap of the Jumpman Invitational.
Mila Holloway led all scorers with 20 points but went just 6 of 14 from the floor as Michigan (9-2) had its nine-game winning streak snapped. Jordan Hobbs netted 14 points and Syla Swords 11, but the two combined for 13 of the Wolverines’ 26 turnovers.
Oklahoma, which shot only 37.5 percent for the game, took a three-point lead into the fourth quarter but went 7 of 13 from the floor in the period and hit all three of its 3-point attempts. Keys and Vann hit treys about 90 seconds apart that pushed the Sooners lead to 62-51, their largest of the game, with 5:47 to play. The Wolverines got no closer than eight the rest of the way.
No. 4 UConn 101, Iowa State 68
The Huskies’ Sarah Strong, Paige Bueckers and Ashlynn Shade each made 10 field goals, and combined for 83 points to help UConn demolish the Cyclones in the second game of the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase in Uncasville, Conn.
Strong (29 points) went 10-of-18 from the floor and 5-of-9 from deep. The other scorers were even more on-target, as Shade (27 points) finished 10-of-13 and 7-of-10 from distance, while Bueckers (27 points) was 10-of-15 and 5-of-7 on threes. Of the six other Huskies to score, none had more than five points.
Shade went 7-of-7 from the field and hit six triples during her 20-point first quarter that propelled UConn ahead 36-10. The Huskies (10-1) shot 52.8 percent from the floor in the first half and led 54-35 at the break.
Audi Crooks, Division I’s 10th-leading scorer entering Tuesday (21.6 ppg), tallied 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting for Iowa State (9-4). Sydney Harris made 6 of 8 3-point attempts and finished with 17 points. The rest of the Cyclones made just 10 of 32 shots from the floor (31.3 percent).
No. 5 LSU 91, Seton Hall 64
Aneesah Morrow finished with 24 points, 19 rebounds and three steals and Mikaylah Williams added 22 points as the Tigers buried the Pirates in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase in Uncasville, Conn.
Morrow scored six points as the Tigers (13-0) closed the first quarter on a 10-2 run to erase a one-point deficit. Williams, who finished 6-of-11 on 3-point attempts, nailed three straight treys early in the second quarter to power a 17-4 burst that gave LSU a 39-19 lead.
The Tigers entered as the third-best scoring team in the nation, averaging 93.7 points per game. Flau’Jae Johnson added 17 points and Kailyn Gilbert scored 14.
Faith Masonius netted a career-high 29 points to go with five rebounds and three steals for Seton Hall (8-3), which shot only 31 percent from the floor, including 23.5 percent from deep. LSU hit 53.7 percent overall and 45 percent on 3-pointers.
No. 6 Texas 111, La Salle 49
The Longhorns put six scorers in double figures and took control in the second quarter en route to pummeling the Explorers in Austin, Texas.
Kyla Oldacre finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, fellow reserve Justice Carlton scored 17 points, and Taylor Jones collected 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for Texas (11-1). Bryanna Preston added 11 points off the bench and Rori Harmon and Madison Booker notched 10 apiece.
The Longhorns, who began the night scoring 88.6 points per game, sixth in the country, tallied their second-most points in a game this season. They led by five near the end of the first quarter before going on a 15-0 run that carried over into the second period.
Aryss Macktoon and Ivy Fox led the Explorers (6-6) with seven points each. La Salle shot just 26.3 percent from the floor and committed 26 turnovers.
No. 11 Ohio State 82, Grand Valley State 57
Cotie McMahon scored nine of her 21 points in the first five-plus minutes and the unbeaten Buckeyes had no problem defeating the Lakers in a matinee in Columbus, Ohio.
Chance Gray led Ohio State with 23 points and went 5-of-8 on 3-point shots, including nailing her first three attempts as the Buckeyes jumped to a 22-4 lead with 4:39 left in the first quarter.
McMahon and Gray combined to go 17 of 28 from the floor to carry the Buckeyes (11-0), who hit 78.6 of their shots in the first quarter and 52.5 percent for the game.
Abrie Cabana led the Division II power Lakers (11-1) with 14 points. She went 4-of-8 from the floor, but the rest of the team was just 16-of-49 to finish at 35.1 percent.
No. 12 TCU 103, Samford 64
Madison Conner’s season-high 33 points led the onslaught as the Horned Frogs routed the Bulldogs in Fort Worth, Texas.
Conner went 8-of-16 on 3-point attempts and 10-of-21 overall, adding six rebounds and four assists. Hailey Van Lith finished with 15 points, eight assists and two blocks for TCU (11-1), which shot 50 percent from the floor and 45.7 percent (16 of 35) from deep. Donovyn Hunter added 14 points and five steals, and Deasia Merrill chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds.
Sadie Stetson led Samford with 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting, including 3-of-5 on 3-pointers. Emily Bowman collected 10 points and six rebounds, and Claire Johnson also netted 10 points.
The Bulldogs hung within single digits through the first quarter, but Merrill scored four points during an 8-0 run that bridged the first and second periods to push the lead to 13. The margin reached 24 at halftime, 55-31.
–Field Level Media
