Associated Press ADVERTISING Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Alyssa Thomas had her second triple-double in three games and No. 8 Maryland routed Wofford 110-53 in the Terrapin Classic semifinals on Saturday. Thomas scored 18 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Alyssa Thomas had her second triple-double in three games and No. 8 Maryland routed Wofford 110-53 in the Terrapin Classic semifinals on Saturday.
Thomas scored 18 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and added 10 assists for the fourth triple-double of her career and fifth in program history.
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough tied a career high with 17 points, hitting four 3-pointers, to help the Terrapins (11-1) post their highest point total of the season in their ninth-straight victory.
Brene Moseley and Tierney Pfirman each added 14 points for the Terps, which could stretch their winning streak to 10 in the tournament’s championship Sunday before beginning ACC play next weekend at No. 10 North Carolina.
The Terrapins’ last three victories have come by an average of 54 points.
Jordan Frazier scored 19 points for Wofford (2-9), which has now lost the first five games of a seven-game stretch away from home.
No. 9 BAYLOR 82
MCNEESE STATE 57
WACO, Texas — Odyssey Sims scored 27 points, and No. 9 Baylor beat McNeese State in the last game before the start of conference play for both teams.
The Lady Bears (10-1) extended their nation-leading home winning streak to 67 games, a school record.
Sims, the top scorer in the country at 30.1 points per game, led a 14-2 first-half run to take control heading into a visit to Kansas State for the Big 12 opener on Thursday. The Lady Bears have won three straight conference regular-season and tournament titles.
Baylor has one more non-conference game at home against No. 1 Connecticut on Jan. 13.
Allison Baggett scored 22 points to lead McNeese State (7-4), which had a three-game winning streak snapped. The Cowgirls play host to Southeastern Louisiana in their Southland Conference opener Thursday.
No. 13 SO. CAROLINA 82
SAVANNAH STATE 40
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tiffany Mitchell scored 18 points to help South Carolina rout Savannah State.
Alaina Coates came off the bench to score 17 points and grab 12 rebounds for the Gamecocks (12-1). Aleighsa Welch added 14 points and Asia Dozier had 10. Mitchell also had seven rebounds, five steals and four assists.
Senior reserve Jasmine Kirkland topped Savannah State (5-7) with 19 points, one shy of her career high. No starter had more than three points as they combined for 10 points. Kirkland hit 6 of 9 shots and 7 of 8 free throws.
South Carolina held the Tigers to 26.5 percent shooting and forced 19 turnovers. Coates hit 4 of 5 shots and made 9 of 14 free throws. The Gamecocks went 30 of 48 from the foul line while Savannah State was 12 of 14.
No. 14 IOWA STATE 72
HOLY CROSS 50
AMES, Iowa — Nikki Moody scored 14 points and had 10 assists to lead Iowa State over Holy Cross.
The Cyclones (10-0) shot 47 percent from the floor, including 11 of 32 (34 percent) from beyond the arc. Jadda Buckley added 12 points, while Hallie Christofferson and Nicole Blaskowski both chipped in with 11 points.
Holy Cross (7-3) was led by Raquel Scott’s 14 points and Molly Hourigan added 10 points.
The Crusaders scored the first six points of the game, but Iowa State quickly took over. Tied at 10, the Cyclones outscored Holy Cross 31-12 the rest of the half to take a 19-point lead at 41-22 into the break.
No. 17 PURDUE 109
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 97
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Whitney Bays scored 24 points to lead Purdue over Central Michigan.
Purdue (10-2) shot 58 percent from the floor, including 15 of 29 (52 percent) from beyond the arc. KK Houser had 21 points and 11 boards, Liza Clemons added 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, Courtney Moses had 20 (6 of 10 on 3-pointers) and April Wilson chipped in with 16 points.
Central Michigan (4-7) was led by Jessica Green’s 24 points, while Nichole DiGuilio had 21. The Chippewas also had five in double figures.
NO. 19 GEORGIA 82
ILLINOIS 60
ATHENS, Ga. — Shacobia Barbee had 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists to lead Georgia over Illinois.
The Lady Bulldogs (12-1) took a 65-40 lead with 10:06 left in the game as Khaalidah Miller’s layup capped an 18-6 run. Georgia also used an 11-0 run in the first half to go ahead 25-15 and closed out the half on a 10-3 run to lead 38-25 at the break.
Krista Donald had 10 points and 15 rebounds and seven assists for Georgia which outrebounded the Illini 51-30. The Lady Bulldogs shot 55 percent from the field while holding Illinois to 33.8 percent.
Tiaria Griffin had 17 points, Erika Ford scored 14 and Miller had 12.
Ivory Crawford led Illinois (7-6) with 23 points, five rebounds and five steals
No. 21 IOWA 88
NORTH DAKOTA 62
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Melissa Dixon sparked a key run before halftime and Samantha Logic heated up in the second half as Iowa rallied from as many as nine down to rout North Dakota.
Logic, the reigning Big Ten player of the week after a triple-double against Drake, had six points at halftime. She finished with 21 and eight assists. Dixon scored 10 of her 13 points as the Hawkeyes (12-2) closed the first half with a 25-4 run that included five of their six first-half 3-pointers, two from Dixon. Iowa was 9-for-25 from 3-point range.
North Dakota (6-4) had led through much of the opening half, until Iowa started hitting 3-pointers. North Dakota was led by Madi Buck’s 19 points.
No. 22 FLORIDA STATE 76, TENNESSEE-MARTIN 53
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Natasha Howard tied a career high with 26 points and Florida State defeated Tennessee-Martin.
Howard was 12 of 14 from the field to lead Florida State to 54.5 percent shooting. Ivey Slaughter had 11 points and 13 rebounds and Morgan Jones added 17 points for the Seminoles (12-1) which extended their winning streak to eight games.
FSU completed its nonconference schedule with only one loss for the third time since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1991-92 season.
The Seminoles scored 11 straight points to go ahead 19-8 in the first half and led by as many as 25 before the intermission.
Heather Butler led UT-Martin (7-6) with 16 points and five steals.
SAINT MARY’S 79
No. 24 GONZAGA 78, OT
MORAGA, Calif. — Jackie Nared scored 27 points and Danielle Mauldin added 24 with 23 rebounds to lift Saint Mary’s to a 79-78 overtime win over Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference opener.
Haiden Palmer, who had a career-high 31 points, had a couple missed shots in the closing seconds for Gonzaga, the nine-time defending WCC champion.
It was a wild ending to regulation with Nared hitting a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to give St Mary’s (11-1) a 72-71 lead. But on the inbounds play, screener Lindsay Sherbert was fouled and she made one of two free throws for Gonzaga (10-3).
Gonzaga had led since Palmer’s six points fueled a 12-2 run to close the half for a 37-32 lead.
Saint Mary’s pounded Gonzaga on the boards 54-31, 10 of Mauldin’s career-high coming on the offensive end, and at the foul line, going 23 of 29 while Gonzaga was 6-14.
