Associated Press ADVERTISING Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Tia Presley scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half, and Washington State made a season-high 12 3-pointers in a 76-72 upset of No. 10 Nebraska on Saturday. The Cougars
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Tia Presley scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half, and Washington State made a season-high 12 3-pointers in a 76-72 upset of No. 10 Nebraska on Saturday.
The Cougars (4-4) made 9 of 17 3s in the first half while getting out to a 45-38 lead. It was 58-40 early in the second after Lia Galdeira and Sage Romberg combined for three more early in the second, and the Cougars’ lead was 19 points with under 13 minutes.
The Huskers (6-1) made it a one-point game late but couldn’t finish the comeback.
Galdeira added 14 points and Taylor Edmondson and Dawnyelle Awa had 13 apiece for the Cougars, who beat a ranked opponent for the first time since last December.
Jordan Hooper led the Huskers with 24 points. Emily Cady had 13 points, Hailie Sample added 11 and Rachel Theriot and Tear’a Laudermill 10 apiece.
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Tricia Liston scored 19 points and Elizabeth Williams added 17 to lead No. 2 Duke to a 73-40 win over Kansas on Saturday at the Paradise Jam.
Oderah Chidom added seven points and 14 rebounds for the Blue Devils (8-0).
Duke led 29-20 at the half before scoring 17 of the first 21 points in the second half to blow the game open. Alexis Jones had five points and three steals during the burst which was capped by Williams’ layup with 14:27 left that made it 46-24.
Kansas (4-3) never got closer than 20 the rest of the way.
Keyla Morgan scored 11 points to lead the Jayhawks.
GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico — Freshman Lexie Brown scored a season-high 16 points and Alyssa Thomas added 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Maryland to a rout of Ohio in the San Juan Shootout.
Malina Howard added 13 points, while Brene Moseley had 12 points and nine assists for the Terrapins (7-1). She had 18 assists over the two games.
Maryland trailed 14-11 early on before taking over with a 26-5 run. The Terrapins led 44-25 at the half.
The Terrapins’ next game is at home against Ohio State in the ACC/Big Ten challenge Wednesday night.
Lexie Baldwin and Kiyanna Black each scored 12 points to lead the Bobcats (3-3).
CANCUN, Mexico — Stephanie Mavunga had a game-high 24 points and 12 rebounds as North Carolina defeated Illinois at the Cancun Challenge.
Mavunga has her fifth double-double as North Carolina (6-2) bounces back from its overtime loss to Arizona State Friday. The Tar Heels defeated Arkansas State Thursday.
Alisha Gray and Diamond DeShields also scored in double figures. Xylina McDaniel grabbed 10 rebounds and added seven points for the Tar Heels.
Illinois (5-3) scored 19 second-half points and made just two of 15 from the floor during the last ten minutes. Sarah Hartwell and Amber Moore each scored in double figures, and Jacqui Grant scored eight points and had 12 rebounds to lead the Illini.
The Illini lost to Arizona State Thursday and defeated Arkansas State Friday.
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — Briana Butler scored a career-high 29 points as Syracuse beat Texas A&M to win the Paradise Jam Reef Division title.
Syracuse (8-0) closed the first half on a 16-5 run, going into the break with a 38-27 advantage. Butler drilled two 3-pointers during the stretch.
Texas A&M (4-2) got the lead as close as 55-46 after a pair of Courtney Walker free throws. Butler answered for the Orange. She hit a 3-pointer, blocked a layup on the defensive end and hit another trey on the ensuing possession.
The Aggies wouldn’t get the lead into single digits again. A&M struggled from 3-point range, going 1 for 11.
Butler finished 9 of 14 from the field, including 7 of 12 from long range. Brittney Sykes added 15 and Shakeya Leary 14.
Walker paced the Aggies with a career-high 26, and Achiri Ade added 14.
FREEPORT, Bahamas — Maggie Lucas scored 25 points to earn MVP honors as No. 14 Penn State won its second Junkanoo Jam title with a win over Illinois State.
Dara Taylor added 12 points, three assists and three steals for the Lady Lions (5-1), who won the tournament in 2003. Alex Harris and Talia East each had 11 rebounds in the win.
Alexis Foley scored 24 for the Redbirds (1-4) with Octavia Crump adding 13. Illinois State shot 31 percent.
Penn State took control early with an 11-2 run for an 11-5 lead. A quick six points made it 17-7. That pattern continued until the Nittany Lions took control for a 44-34 lead at halftime. Midway through the second half Illinois State got it down to 52-49 but the lead was quickly back up to 12 as Keke Sevillian hit a 3 and Lucas made six consecutive free throws.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Lindsay Sherbert score a career-high 22 points to help Gonzaga rout Colgate.
It is the fewest points allowed in GU history. At one point early in the second half, Sherbert had 17 points and the Bulldogs (4-1) had a 44-16 lead.
After Colgate (1-5) scored the first basket the Bulldogs scored the next 10 points. When Sherbert and Danelle Walters hit back-to-back 3s it was 18-6. An Ellie Tinkle basket and another Sherbert 3 — she had four in all — and it was 23-8. The margin was 32-13 at the half and Sherbert had 11.
Sunny Greinacher had 13 points, hitting 6 of 9 shots for the Bulldogs, who shot 52 percent. Haiden Plamer had 11 points, 10 rebounds and five steals. GU had a 45-32 rebounding advantage.
Colgate shot 21 percent.
