No. 1 UCLA Dominates Indiana in Wire-to-Wire Win
Women’s Top 25 Roundup: No. 1 UCLA Goes Wire-To-Wire Past Indiana
Lauren Betts collected a double-double of 25 points and 12 rebounds as No. 1 UCLA remained undefeated and rolled to a 73-62 win over host Indiana in Bloomington on Saturday afternoon.
Betts shot 12 of 16 from the floor and also had three assists and two blocks in the victory for the Bruins (15-0, 4-0 Big Ten). Kiki Rice added 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, while Gabriela Jaquez chipped in 11 points for UCLA.
UCLA never trailed and went ahead by as much as 16 points in the second quarter as Indiana endured a scoring drought that lasted more than eight minutes.
The Bruins had 19 assists on 28 made buckets and outscored the Hoosiers 40-28 in the paint.
No. 12 Kansas State 77, Texas Tech 57
Ayoka Lee scored 19 points to help the Wildcats get a home win over the Red Raiders in Manhattan, Kan.
Lee shot an efficient 9 of 11 from the floor in just 17 minutes of play and also grabbed eight rebounds in the 10th straight win for Kansas State (15-1, 3-0 Big 12). With her scoring total, Lee (2,436) passed Nina Davis of Baylor (2,433 from 2013-17) for seventh all-time in scoring in Big 12 history.
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Texas Tech (12-4, 1-2) was powered by Bailey Maupin’s 21 points. Kansas State outscored Texas Tech 44-26 in the paint. The Wildcats, who led by as much as 27 points, turned 24 turnovers by the Red Raiders into 29 points.
No. 18 West Virginia 66, BYU 53
JJ Quinerly scored 19 points as the Mountaineers held off the visiting Cougars for a victory in Morgantown, W.V.
Quinerly shot just 8-of-26 from the floor, but she also had five assists and five steals to steer West Virginia (12-2, 2-1 Big 12) to its second straight win. Kyah Watson added 10 points, nine rebounds and four steals.
Kemery Congdon led BYU (9-5, 0-3) with 16 points, while Emma Calvert added 13 points and 13 rebounds.
BYU led by seven points early, but West Virginia put the clamps on the Cougars and forced 31 turnovers to fuel its comeback. The Mountaineers scored 33 points off those turnovers and outscored BYU in each of the final three quarters. West Virginia had 16 steals and only turned the ball over eight times.
Reuters/ Adukwu William, Lagos
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