Chloe Kitts scored 21 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as No. 3 South Carolina held on for an 81-70 win over No. 8 Duke on Thursday night in an SEC/ACC Challenge game at Columbia, S.C.
Te-Hina Paopao and Sania Feagin added 11 points apiece for South Carolina (8-1), which won its third straight game since absorbing its only loss of the season against then-No. 5 UCLA.
Delaney Thomas and Taina Mair shared the team lead with 14 points apiece for Duke (8-2). The Blue Devils’ six-game winning streak ended.
South Carolina relied on hot shooting to hold on for the narrow win. The Gamecocks shot 57.4 percent (31 of 54) overall and 50 percent (5 of 10) from 3-point range, and the Blue Devils hit 44.8 percent (30 of 67) overall and 37.5 percent (6 of 16) from beyond the arc.
No. 10 Notre Dame 80, No. 4 Texas 70 (OT)
Hannah Hidalgo scored 30 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Fighting Irish outlasted the Longhorns for an overtime victory in an SEC/ACC Challenge game at South Bend, Ind.
Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron added 18 points apiece for the Fighting Irish (6-2). Texas scored the first basket of overtime before Notre Dame finished the game on a 12-0 run, including 3-pointers from Hidalgo and Citron.
Madison Booker scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished five assists to lead Texas (7-1). Shay Holle finished with 14 points and Kyla Oldacre scored 13.
No. 5 LSU 94, Stanford 88 (OT)
Mikaylah Williams scored 32 points on 12-for-18 shooting, including 5-for-9 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc, and the Tigers outlasted the Cardinal in overtime in an SEC/ACC Challenge game at Baton Rouge, La.
Williams opened OT with a 3-pointer and added another in the extra frame as the Tigers pulled away. Kailyn Gilbert added 25 points on 9-for-12 shooting for LSU (10-0), which had won all but one previous game this season by double digits. Flau’Jae Johnson scored 21 points and dished a game-high six assists.
Nunu Agara led Stanford (7-2) with 29 points and 13 rebounds. The Cardinal were outscored 14-8 in the extra session.
No. 13 Kansas State 110, South Carolina Upstate 24
The Wildcats recorded their largest win in school history as they walloped the Spartans by an 86-point margin in Manhattan, Kan.
Serena Sundell produced 26 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, the first triple-double by a Kansas State player in 15 years. Taryn Sides scored 23 points and Temira Poindexter finished with 17 for the Wildcats (9-1), who finished the game on a 24-0 run.
Ava Miller led South Carolina Upstate (2-9) with seven points.
No. 16 North Carolina 72, No. 14 Kentucky 53
Reniya Kelly scored 18 points and handed out a team-high six assists as the Tar Heels took down the Wildcats in an SEC/ACC Challenge game at Chapel Hill, N.C.
Maria Gakdeng added 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds for North Carolina (8-1), which improved to 4-0 at home. Alyssa Ustby scored 13 points and secured eight rebounds.
Dazia Lawrence scored 17 points to lead Kentucky (7-1), which was playing its first true road game of the season. Amelia Hassett had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Georgia Amoore finished with 10 points and eight assists.
North Carolina State 68, No. 18 Ole Miss 61
Zoe Brooks scored 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting and the Wolfpack held off a late rally by the Rebels in an SEC/ACC Challenge game at Raleigh, N.C.
Zamareya Jones added 14 points and made all four of her 3-point attempts for North Carolina State (5-3). The Wolfpack shot 57.1 percent (8 of 14) as a team from beyond the arc.
Madison Scott scored 15 points to lead Ole Miss (5-3). Tameiya Sadler added 14 points for the Rebels, who outscored the Wolfpack 23-13 in the fourth quarter but ran out of time to complete their comeback attempt.
California 69, No. 19 Alabama 65
Kayla Williams scored 21 points on 7-for-13 shooting to help the Golden Bears edge the Crimson Tide in an SEC/ACC Challenge game at Berkeley, Calif.
Ioanna Krimili added 19 points for California (8-1), which improved to 5-0 at home. Marta Suarez finished with 16 points.
Zaay Green scored 28 points on 13-for-25 shooting to pace Alabama (9-1). Essence Cody finished with 13 points, and Karly Weathers notched 10 points and nine rebounds.
–Field Level Media
