Getting a chance to play in the Coretta Scott King Classic has special meaning for Ohio State senior Chance Gray. Her great grandfather Benjamin Hooks worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and was onetime executive director of the NAACP. Gray remembered when she was young hearing stories from Hooks, who died in 2010. Gray’s team _ the No. 14 Buckeyes _ faces 10th-ranked TCU on Monday in the opener of the women’s basketball doubleheader. Fifth-ranked Vanderbilt plays No. 8 Michigan in the second game. It’s the second year of the tournament.
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Coby White scored 24 points, Ayo Dosunmu had 19 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 124-102 on Sunday night to split a home-and-home set. The Nets won the opener 112-109 on Friday night in Brooklyn. Nikola Vucevic added 17 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Chicago. Matas Buzelis also scored 17 points. Nolan Traore scored 16 points for Brooklyn. Danny Wolf and Jalen Wilson each had 14. The Nets have lost nine of 11. Dosunmu had 3-pointers at the beginning and end of a 10-0 run late in the first quarter to help the Bulls take a 39-22 lead into the second. Chicago led 70-51 at the half and the advantage stayed above 20 points for most of the second half.
Kharyssa Richardson scored a career-high 23 points, Favour Nwaedozi had 21 rebounds and Mississippi State took advantage of No. 7 Kentucky’s shooting woes to beat the Wildcats 71-59 on Sunday. Kentucky shot 32% from the field, making only 5 of 29 3-point tries. Down 33-30 at the half, the Bulldogs (15-5, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) outscored the Wildcats (17-3, 4-2) 18-11 in the third quarter and pulled away to snap a four-game losing streak. Mississippi State had a 15-2 run, highlighted by two 3-pointers from Traynna Crisp and a five-point spurt from Richardson. Nwaedozi led Mississippi State to a 52-35 rebounding edge and had 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Crisp had 16 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range. Tonie Morgan led Kentucky with 15 points.
Imari Berry scored 33 points and No. 9 Louisville rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to beat North Carolina State 88-80 in overtime for its 11th consecutive victory. Skylar Jones’ 17 points helped carry the Cardinals who went from trailing by 13 to leading 54-51 in a span of less than 4½ minutes bridging the third and fourth quarters. Mackenly Randoph scored four of her 12 points in overtime. Berry had a game-high 12 rebounds. Khamil Pierre scored five of her season-high 26 points in the final two minutes of regulation, but N.C. State couldn’t overcome mishaps down the stretch. Zamareya Jones added 20 points
Ryan Conwell hit five 3-pointers and scored 24 points, and all five Louisville starters scored in double figures as the 20th-ranked Cardinals routed Pittsburgh 100-59 on Saturday night. J’Vonne Hadley scored 17 points, Sanadra Fru and Adrian Wooley each added 12 and Isaac McKneeley had 11 as Louisville (13-5, 2-4 ACC) shot 63.2% (36 of 57) from the field and 51.7% (15 of 29) from 3-point range. The Cardinals also held a 35-23 rebounding edge. Brandin Cummings scored 11 points off the bench for Pitt (8-10, 1-4), which has lost four of its last five games. The Panthers shot 38.2% (21 of 55).
No. 5 Purdue survived a close game against USC to open a stretch of six of eight games on the road. A crowd of 8,629 mostly Purdue fans filled Galen Center to see their team's first appearance in Los Angeles against the Trojans in 53 years. The Boilermakers rallied from a 14-point deficit to win 69-64 for their ninth straight victory. They have two days off in Los Angeles before facing UCLA on Tuesday. Purdue coach Matt Painter says he's looking forward to visiting Pauley Pavilion for the first time and seeing John Wooden's gold seat behind the Bruins' bench. Wooden was an All-American player at Purdue before coaching UCLA to a record 10 national championships.
Braden Smith stole the ball and scored a layup with 23 seconds left, helping No. 5 Purdue edge Southern California 69-64. The win tied Purdue with Nebraska for first place in the Big Ten standings. Smith scored 18 of his 22 points in the first half, despite Purdue trailing by 14 points. The Boilermakers make 8 of 10 free throws in the final minutes to secure their ninth consecutive victory. Chad Baker-Mazara led USC with 15 points but struggled from the 3-point line as the Trojans had their two-game winning streak snapped.
Day Day Thomas scored 19 points to lead Cincinnati to a 79-70 win Saturday over No. 2 Iowa State, which has lost two straight after winning its first 16 games. Milan Momcilovic scored a career-high 34 points, hitting eight 3-pointers, for the Cyclones (16-2, 3-2 Big 12) who were looking to rebound after an 84-63 loss to Kansas on Tuesday. But a desperate Cincinnati team made things difficult, forcing 12 turnovers leading to 20 points. Iowa State trailed by as many as 26 points against Kansas and 17 on Saturday. Jizzle James scored 15 points and Sencire Harris and Jalen Celestine each scored 12 for Cincinnati (10-8, 2-3) which has won two straight games after starting 0-3 in the league.
Bennett Stirtz scored 27 points, Tavion Banks added a career-high 26, and Iowa defeated Indiana 74-57. The Hawkeyes never trailed and a 14-5 run gave them their first double-digit lead, 24-13. Neither team missed a shot in one stretch from 9:45 to 5:30 in the first half, leaving Iowa with a 30-23 lead. Iowa led 38-28 at the break. Indiana closed to within 49-45 in the second half, but soon thereafter Stirtz dropped a couple of 3s and Banks had a three-point play followed by a midrange jumper to put Iowa in command 62-48 with seven minutes remaining. The Hawkeyes’ next six points came at the free-throw line and Banks followed with a layup for a 70-50 lead with four minutes remaining.
John Mobley Jr. scored 28 points and knocked down a career-high six 3-pointers as Ohio State pulled away in the second half for an 86-74 win over UCLA on Saturday.