Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points for her fourth consecutive 30-point performance and Aubrey Galvan added 18 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 5 Vanderbilt to a convincing 86-70 victory over No. 4 Texas on Thursday night in Southeastern Conference play at Nashville, Tenn.
Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda had 11 points and four steals and Sacha Washington added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Commodores (24-2, 10-2 SEC). Vanderbilt shot 50.9% from the field and has won four straight contests since its
first two setbacks of the campaign.
Madison Booker recorded 20 points, eight rebounds and three steals for the Longhorns (23-3, 8-3). Breya Cunningham tallied 14 points and Jordan Lee added 11 for Texas, which had a five-game winning streak halted.
Vanderbilt sailed to a 47-30 halftime lead and led by as many as 26. The Commodores were 21 of 25 from the free-throw line -- Blakes was 13 of 15 -- while the Longhorns had just nine attempts, making seven.
No. 7 Michigan 80, Northwestern 58
Down by seven points in the third quarter, the Wolverines went on a 14-0 run and pulled away from the Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.
Ashley Sofilkanich scored six of her eight points in the decisive surge as Michigan (21-4, 12-2 Big Ten) bounced back from a loss to No. 2 UCLA on Sunday. The Wolverines' Olivia Olson compiled 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Syla Swords added 16 points and Kendall Dudley scored 12.
Caroline Lau amassed 16 points and six assists for Northwestern (8-16, 2-11), which lost its sixth game in a row. Grace Sullivan also scored 16 points while Tayla Thomas had 13. The Wildcats committed 20 turnover that led to 23 points for Michigan.
No. 9 Louisville 86, Wake Forest 67
Laura Ziegler scored 13 points and Tajianna Roberts added 12 on four 3-pointers as the host Cardinals defeated the Demon Deacons in ACC play.
Elif Istanbulluoglu added 10 points for Louisville (23-4, 13-1), which led 43-18 at halftime and never trailed. Reyna Scott contributed eight points, eight assists and six rebounds as the Cardinals won for the 16th time in the past 17 games.
Grace Oliver recorded 20 points and nine rebounds for Wake Forest (13-13, 3-11), which lost for the 10th time in the past 11 games. Milan Brown and Aurora Sorbye added 12 points apiece for the Demon Deacons.
No. 10 Oklahoma 81, Florida 74
Zya Vann made four 3-pointers while recording 18 points and four steals to help the Sooners pick up the SEC victory over the Gators at Norman, Okla.
Payton Verhulst had 16 points and nine rebounds and Aaliyah Chavez registered 16 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals for Oklahoma (18-6, 6-5). The Sooners rallied from a 13-point, second-quarter deficit and outscored Florida 27-17 in the fourth quarter to end a two-game slide.
Liv McGill had 29 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Gators (15-12, 3-9), who lost for the ninth time in the past 12 games. Me'Arah O'Neal had 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots and Jade Weathersby had 11 points off the bench.
No. 14 Ole Miss 80, Arkansas 57
Cotie McMahon scored 21 points as the Rebels cruised past the Razorbacks in Oxford, Miss.
Denim DeShields hit one of her four 3-pointers in the final seconds of the first quarter to put Ole Miss on top 26-16, and Arkansas never got within single digits the rest of the way. Latasha Lattimore logged 17 points and 11 rebounds, DeShields scored 12 points and Sira Thienou had 11 for the Rebels (20-5, 7-3 SEC), who recovered from a loss to then-No. 21 Alabama in their previous game.
Arkansas (11-15, 0-11) took its 12th straight loss despite getting 16 points from Taleyah Jones plus 14 points and eight rebounds from Bonnie Deas.
No. 17 TCU 83, No. 12 Baylor 67
Olivia Miles established career highs of 40 points and 10 3-pointers to fuel the Horned Frogs past the Bears in Big 12 play at Waco, Texas.
Miles had seven 3-pointers and 23 points in her team's 25-point third quarter as TCU (22-4, 10-3) won for the fourth time in six games. Marta Suarez added 27 points and made three 3-pointers as the Horned Frogs made 15 of 29 from distance.
Taliah Scott scored 22 points as the Bears lost for just the second time in 12 games. Jana Van Gytenbeek and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs had 14 points apiece for Baylor (21-5, 10-3).
No. 18 Kentucky 75, Texas A&M 55
Tonie Morgan had 19 points and eight assists and Asia Boone also scored 19 points as the Wildcats knocked off the Aggies in SEC play at Lexington, Ky.
Clara Strack added 17 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots for Kentucky (19-7, 6-6), which prevailed for just the second time in the past seven contests. The Wildcats owned a 52-32 rebounding advantage but shot just 36.1% from the field in a contest in which they never trailed.
Ny'Ceara Pryor recorded 21 points, eight rebounds and four steals for Texas A&M (9-11, 2-9), which lost for the seventh time in its last eight games. Janae Kent had 13 points and Fatmata Janneh added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Aggies.
No. 20 Maryland 81, Penn State 62
Yarden Garzon made five 3-pointers and scored 19 points and Oluchi Okananwa added 15 points, six assists and matched her career best of six steals as the Terrapins outclassed the Nittany Lions in Big Ten action at College Park, Md.
Addi Mack scored 13 points as Maryland (20-6, 8-6) won its third straight game. Saylor Poffenbarger had 10 points, 11 rebounds and five assists and Mir McLean added 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting.
Kiyomi McMiller scored 30 points for her third straight effort of 30 or more points for Penn State (8-17, 1-13). Gracie Merkle added 13 points off the bench for the Nittany Lions, who have dropped 16 of their last 18 contests.
No. 21 North Carolina 94, SMU 42
Lanie Grant scored 15 points and Indya Nivar added 14 while making all five of her shots to help the Tar Heels cruise past the Mustangs in ACC play at Chapel Hill, N.C.
Taliyah Henderson tallied 13 points on 6-of-6 shooting and Laila Hull added 11 points for North Carolina (21-5, 10-3). The Tar Heels shot 57.6% from the field and held a 50-20 rebounding advantage while notching their eighth consecutive victory.
Zahra King scored 15 points for SMU (8-17, 1-12), which shot just 23.1% from the field. The Mustangs have lost six straight games, including a 59-point loss to Duke on Sunday in the first contest of the two-game North Carolina trip.
No. 22 Tennessee 98, Missouri 53
Janiah Barker registered 22 points and eight rebounds to help the Lady Volunteers roll to the easy SEC win over the Tigers at Knoxville, Tenn.
Talaysia Cooper added 17 points and four steals and Alyssa Latham had 15 points for Tennessee (16-6, 8-2), which had lost three of its previous four games. Nya Robertson scored 14 points and Deniya Prawl added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Volunteers, who held a 49-30 rebounding advantage.
Grace Slaughter scored 20 points for Missouri (16-11, 4-8), which lost two straight games and eight of its past 12. Shannon Dowell had 11 points for the Tigers, who shot 29.6% from the field and committed 21 turnovers.
--Field Level Media
