Hannah Hidalgo posted 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists as No. 3 Notre Dame halted a two-game skid, defeating No. 25 Louisville 72-59 to gain a piece of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Sunday at South Bend, Ind.
Notre Dame (25-4, 16-2 ACC) shares the regular-season title with NC State, which will hold the No. 1 seed for the ACC tournament based on defeating the Irish in double overtime last Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. Notre Dame will be the No. 2 seed.
Olivia Miles scored 15 points and Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld both had nine for the Irish. Jayda Curry scored 19 points for Louisville (20-9, 13-5), which shot 30.1 percent from the field.
Notre Dame’s 36-28 halftime lead dwindled to 40-35 before the Irish went on an 18-5 stretch to end the third quarter. Miles had seven points during that run, capped by a 3-pointer before the buzzer.
No. 1 Texas 72, Florida 46
Kyla Oldacre scored 18 points off the bench as the Longhorns completed their first Southeast Conference regular season in fine fashion at Austin, Texas.
Madison Booker’s 14 points also boosted Texas (29-2, 15-1 SEC), which won despite 1-for-9 shooting on 3-pointers.
Ra Shaya Kyle had 12 points for the Gators (14-16, 5-11). The Longhorns built a double-figure lead early in the second quarter and were up 29-18 at halftime.
No. 5 Connecticut 92, Marquette 57
Paige Bueckers scored 19 points and Sarah Strong had 17 as the Huskies wrapped up another undefeated Big East Conference season by rolling at Storrs, Conn.
Azzi Fudd had 12 points and Aubrey Griffin added 11 for UConn (28-3, 18-0 Big East). Jaidynn Mason with 13 points and Skylar Forbes with 12 paced Marquette (20-9, 12-6).
UConn created an early surge, with Bueckers scoring 11 points as part of the team’s 31-15 lead by the end of the first quarter. It was 54-34 at halftime.
No. 6 South Carolina 78, No. 15 Kentucky 66
Reserve Tessa Johnson racked up 16 points for the Gamecocks at Columbia, S.C.
Te-Hina Paopao had 13 points and Chloe Kitts posted 12 as South Carolina (27-3, 15-1 SEC) claimed a share of the SEC regular-season crown.
Clara Strack’s 23 points and Georgia Amoore’s 16 led Kentucky (22-6, 11-5), which was coming off Thursday’s upset of No. 11 Tennessee. South Carolina led 41-33 at halftime and shot 49.2 percent from the field for the game.
Ole Miss 85, No. 7 LSU 77
Tameiya Sadler scored 19 points with five 3-pointers and Starr Jacobs added 18 points as the visiting Rebels (19-9, 10-6 SEC) earned a victory over a top-10 team for the second time in six games by getting past the Tigers (27-4, 12-4) at Baton Rouge, La.
KK Deans scored 17 points and Christeen Iwuala added 11 with nine rebounds for Ole Miss, which outscored LSU 11-3 over the final 2:45 after the game was tied 74-all.
Aneesah Morrow scored 28 points with 12 rebounds and Mikaylah Williams added 25 points for the Tigers, who have dropped three of their last five games after they were 25-1. LSU already had locked down the No. 3 seed in the SEC tournament. Leading scorer Flau’jae Johnson sat out the game due to skin inflammation.
Virginia 78, No. 8 North Carolina 75
Latasha Lattimore tallied 23 points and the Cavaliers overcame an 18-point first-half deficit for their first victory in Chapel Hill, N.C., since 2010.
Paris Clark had 17 points and Edessa Noyan posted 16 for Virginia (16-14, 8-10 ACC). Maria Gakdeng poured in a career-best 25 points and Lexi Donarski had 18 for the Tar Heels (25-6, 13-5), who were coming off a loss at rival Duke on Thursday.
North Carolina played without injured starters Alyssa Ustby and Reniya Kelly, who both average just above 10 points per game. The Tar Heels scored the first six points of the second quarter for a 33-17 lead and later held a 41-23 edge.
No. 9 NC State 69, SMU 45
Aziaha James and Zoe Brooks both scored 19 points and the Wolfpack clinched the No. 1 seed for the ACC tournament by rolling past the Mustangs at Fort Worth, Texas.
Madison Hayes had 18 points for NC State (24-5, 16-2 ACC), which overcame 15 turnovers. Brooks made nine of 12 shots from the field and Hayes shot 7 of 11.
Zanai Jones racked up 17 points and Kylie Marshall notched 13 for SMU (10-20, 2-16), one of three teams failing to qualify for the ACC tournament. The Mustangs shot 33.9 percent from the field, including 3 of 15 on 3-pointers.
Georgia 72, No. 11 Tennessee 69
Roxane Makolo’s layup broke a tie with 1:55 to go and the Bulldogs held on for the upset at Knoxville, Tenn.
Mia Woolfolk poured in 20 points and De’Maun Flournoy notched 18 for Georgia (12-18, 4-12 Southeastern Conference), which won back-to-back games for the first time since mid-December. Asia Avinger and Trinity Turner both had 11 points and Makolo finished with 10.
Jewel Spear’s 20 points and Zee Spearman’s 19 paced Tennessee (21-8, 8-8), which shot 33.9 percent from the field. The Volunteers, who stumbled Thursday at No. 15 Kentucky, fell behind 39-26 by halftime. Tennessee scored the first 13 points of the second half before Georgia regrouped.
No. 13 Oklahoma 91, No. 20 Alabama 84
Payton Verhulst scored 24 points and Raegan Beers added 22 with 11 rebounds as the Sooners (23-6, 11-5 SEC) secured the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament with the victory over the visiting Crimson Tide (23-7, 10-6) at Norman, Okla.
Sahara Williams scored 15 points for Oklahoma, which won its seventh consecutive game. The Sooners had a 47-35 rebounding advantage, with 17 second-chance points.
Zaay Green scored 27 points and Sarah Ashlee Barker added 20 for Alabama, which will be the No. 6 seed in the SEC tournament. Aaliyah Nye scored 15 points and Karly Weathers added 11 rebounds.
Iowa State 85, No. 14 Kansas State 63
Audi Crooks scored a career-high 36 points with 10 rebounds and the Cyclones (21-10, 12-6 Big 12) pulled off the victory over the visiting Wildcats (25-6, 13-5) in the regular-season finale for both teams at Ames, Iowa.
Emily Ryan scored 17 points with 10 assists and Addy Brown had nine points with 10 rebounds as Iowa State won for the sixth time in its last seven games.
Temira Poindexter scored 17 points and Serena Sundell added 11 as Kansas State was outrebounded 47-31. Wildcats All-America selection Ayoka Lee missed the last 11 games of the regular season with a foot fracture. Kansas State was 19-1 at the time of Lee’s injury.
No. 21 Oklahoma State 57, Kansas 51
Tenin Magassa scored 20 points with 16 rebounds and Micah Gray added 17 points as the Cowgirls (24-5, 14-4 Big 12) set a program record for most conference victories in a season by getting past the Jayhawks (16-13, 6-12) in Lawrence, Kan.
Oklahoma State held Kansas to 32.8-percent shooting, including 3 of 20 from 3-point range, to win its fourth consecutive game and six of the past seven, while on the way to the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tournament.
S’Mya Nichols scored 16 points for the Jayhawks, who were unable to capitalize on 11 steals while forcing 18 turnovers in losing six of their last eight regular-season games.
No. 10 TCU 51, No. 17 Baylor 48
Sedona Prince scored 16 points with 19 rebounds and Hailey Van Lith added 14 points as the visiting Horned Frogs (28-3, 16-2 Big 12) won the first Big 12 regular-season title in program history with the victory over the Bears at Waco, Texas.
TCU held Baylor to 27.7-percent shooting, including 16.7 percent from 3-point range, to sweep the two-game season series after ending a 37-game losing streak against the Bears on Jan. 26.
Yaya Felder and Aaronette Vonleh each scored 17 points for Baylor, which was without leading scorer Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (knee) for the fourth consecutive game. The Bears had won nine consecutive games between losses to the Horned Frogs.
No. 19 Maryland 93, No. 12 Ohio State 90 (OT)
Sarah Te-Biasu hit a running 3-pointer with one second remaining in overtime as the Terrapins (23-6, 13-5 Big Ten) pulled off the victory over the visiting Buckeyes (24-5, 13-5) at College Park, Md., to earn the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament.
Kaylene Smikle scored 26 points with eight rebounds, Shyanne Sellers added 21 and Allie Kubek had 17 as Maryland closed out the regular season on a four-game winning streak. Te-Biasu had 15 points.
Taylor Thierry led five Ohio State players in double figures with 21 points as the Buckeyes will be the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament. Cotie McMahon scored 18 points, Ajae Petty and Madison Greene had 12 each and Jaloni Cambridge had 10 for the Buckeyes. Petty had 10 rebounds.
No. 16 Duke 71, No. 24 Florida State 57
Toby Fournier scored 28 points on 11-of-15 shooting and the visiting Blue Devils (23-7, 14-4 ACC) wrapped up the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament with the victory over the Seminoles (23-7, 13-5) at Tallahassee, Fla.
Ashlon Jackson scored 14 points, Taina Mair had 10 and Oluchi Okananwa grabbed 10 rebounds as Duke won its third consecutive game.
Makayla Timpson scored 25 points on 11-of-19 shooting as Florida State saw a four-game winning streak come to an end. The Seminoles shot 36.4 percent and were outrebounded 51-35 while scoring a season low in points.
No. 22 Creighton 70, Villanova 55
Morgan Maly scored 23 points with 10 rebounds and Lauren Jensen added 17 points as the Bluejays (24-5, 16-2 Big East) rebounded from a rare defeat with the victory over the visiting Wildcats (17-13, 11-7).
Molly Mogensen had 11 rebounds as Creighton had a 41-33 advantage on the boards to bounce back from a loss to UConn. The Bluejays will be the No. 2 seed in the Big East tournament.
Jasmine Bascoe scored 27 points with nine rebounds and Maddie Webber had 14 points for Villanova, which finished fifth in the conference standings.
–Field Level Media
