Villanova, Pa.
Omari Spellman, Mikal Bridges and Phil Bridges added 14 points apiece and Donte DiVincenzo scored 12 for the Wildcats (7-0), who remained undefeated while winning their 15th straight game against Penn.
AJ Brodeur paced Penn with 15 points and Darnell Foreman had 13 for the Quakers (5-4).
No. 13 North Carolina 86Michigan 71
Chapel Hill, n.c.
Joel Berry II added 17 points on a bounceback offensive night for the Tar Heels (6-1). They were coming off a 63-45 loss to No. 3 Michigan State in the PK80 Invitational that included them shooting a program-record-low 24.6 percent.
But North Carolina had no troubles against the Wolverines (6-2). The Tar Heels closed the first half on a 17-5 run for a 51-37 lead, then went a 17-2 run to blow the game open.
No. 24 Alabama 77Louisiana Tech 74
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The Crimson Tide (6-1) overcame an 11-point deficit over the last 14 minutes and held off the previously unbeaten Bulldogs (5-1).
Louisiana Tech’s Jacobi Harris missed a 3-pointer from the right wing and Jalen Harris grabbed the rebound and hit a layup with 2 seconds left to make it a 1-point game. Riley Norris heaved the inbounds pass across midcourt to Sexton, who made two free throws with just over 1 second left.
No. 3 Notre Dame 83No. 22 Michigan 63
Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Irish (7-0) earned another impressive win heading into their showdown with No. 1 UConn this weekend. Notre Dame held Michigan star Katelynn Flaherty to 13 points on 5-of-18 shooting. It was the first time all season she scored fewer than 20.
No. 6 Mississippi State 94Louisiana-Lafayette 37
Jackson, Miss.
The 6-foot-7 McCowan couldn’t be stopped, making 15 of 20 shots from the field and had four blocked shots and three steals. Victoria Vivians added 16 points for Mississippi State (7-0).
Louisiana-Lafayette (2-5) was led by Skyler Goodwin, who scored 14 points.
No. 13 FLORIDA STATE 94, IOWA 93
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Shakayla Thomas scored 17 of her 31 points in the fourth quarter and Imani Wright added 26 points as No. 13 Florida State erased a 12-point deficit in the final period to beat Iowa in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Megan Gustafson, who scored 34 points on 15-of-18 shooting, scored the first six points of an 8-0 run to end the third quarter and the first four points of the fourth quarter to put Iowa (7-1) ahead 75-63. Thomas, who also had 10 rebounds, ended the run and then had the first basket and the last 11 points in a 15-2 run that put the Seminoles up 80-79 with 3:13 to play.
The teams traded the lead with big 3s and free throws, with Gustafson tying the game at 85 with a pair of free throws with 48 seconds to go. Wright answered with a 3 and after a steal by Thomas, A.J. Alix made two free throws with 24.7 for a 91-86 lead. Tania Davis knocked down a 3-pointer for the Hawkeyes with 17.2 seconds to go. Both teams then went 1 of 2 from the line before Thomas made it a two-possession game with two foul shots with five seconds left. Davis ended it with a 3 at the buzzer.
FSU (7-0) is 9-2 in the challenge with its current six-game winning streak, the longest of any school.
No. 15 MARYLAND 60, VIRGINIA 59
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kaila Charles scored Maryland’s final three points in the last 40 seconds to lift the Terrapins to a victory over Virginia.
Charles drove the key, crossing over for a layup on the left side, for a 59-58 lead and made 1 of 2 free throws with 18 seconds left after being fouled on the defensive glass. She finished with 13 points.
Virginia’s Lauren Moses made 1 of 2 free throws with 14 seconds left and Maryland turned it over, but Dominique Toussaint missed a 3-pointer and Jocelyn Willoughby the put-back in traffic as time ran out.
Stephanie Jones also scored 13 points for Maryland (6-2), which won its fourth straight. Kristen Confroy added 12 and Ieshia Small 10.
Toussaint scored 18 points, J’Kyra Brown 11 and Felicia Aiyeotan 10 with six blocks for the Cavaliers (3-5).
No. 18 TEXAS A&M 82, RICE 76
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Anriel Howard had a career-high 23 points and 13 rebounds, Danni Williams added 19 points, and Texas A&M beat Rice.
The Aggies led by 10 with 24.2 seconds to play.
Chennedy Carter made 7 of 8 free throws and scored 17 points for Texas A&M (6-1), which was 14 of 21 from the line compared to Rice’s nine attempts.
Howard scored eight of Texas A&M’s opening 10 points and the Aggies closed the first half on a 10-1 run for a 36-33 lead. Howard had 12 points and five rebounds in the half and Williams added eight points.
Erica Ogwumike led Rice (5-2) with 26 points on 11-of-13 shooting for her third straight game with 20-plus. She made three of Rice’s program-record 15 3-pointers, topping its previous best of 12. Nicole Iademarco added four 3s and 18 points, Olivia Ogwumike had four 3s and 14 points, and Wendy Knight finished with 10 points with eight assists.
No. 25 VILLANOVA 62, PRINCETON 59
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Alex Louin scored 16 points, Adrianna Hahn added 15 points, and Villanova held off Princeton.
Louin made two free throws with 4:03 left to extend Villanova’s lead to 62-53 but the Wildcats went scoreless the rest of the way. Princeton’s Bella Alarie made four straight free throws on back-to-back Tiger possessions and Abby Meyers’ basket with 40 second remaining made it 62-59.
Megan Quinn missed a shot for Villanova (6-0) and Gabrielle Rush’s 3-pointer in the closing seconds was off the mark.
Alarie had a career-best 29 points, nine rebound and three blocks for Princeton (3-2).