SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — NO. 5 UCONN 91, SETON HALL 49
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Paige Bueckers had 23 points, nine rebounds and five assists to lead No. 5 UConn to a 91-49 victory over Seton Hall on Wednesday night, the Huskies’ 41st straight victory over the Pirates.
UConn last lost to Seton Hall on Jan. 5th, 1994.
Bueckers, who scored at least 20 points for the 14th time this season, moved past Diana Taurasi and into ninth place on UConn’s career scoring list with 2,166 points.
Kaitlyn Chen and Aubrey Griffin each scored 15 points, Ashlynn Shade added 14 points and Sarah Strong 10 for UConn (25-3, 15-0 Big East), which won its fourth straight game since losing to Tennessee 80-76 on Feb. 6th.
Yaya Lops scored 15 points and Jada Eads and Faith Masonius added 12 apiece for Seton Hall (18-8, 10-5).
NO. 10 TCU 82, ARIZONA ST. 66
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Madison Conner scored all of her 22 points in the second half, Sedona Prince added 17 and No. 10 TCU overcame a rare off night from 3-point distance to beat Arizona State.
The Horned Frogs (25-3, 13-2 Big 12) returned to the top 10 this week behind the nation’s most prolific 3-point-shooting team. TCU labored from the arc against Arizona State (8-19, 2-13), shooting 7 of 22 to allow the Sun Devils to hang around well into the fourth quarter.
Conner helped the Horned Frogs put the game away, hitting three 3s in the fourth quarter. She went 4 of 10 from 3 to reach 101 for the season, breaking the school record she set a year ago.
TCU shot 56% overall and has won four straight to tie the school record for wins in a season, set twice previously.
NO. 23 CREIGHTON 65, ST. JOHNS’ 62
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Morgan Maly scored 14 of her 20 points in the second half and No. 23 Creighton rallied in the fourth quarter to edge St. John’s.
The Red Storm (14-12, 4-11 Big East) led for nearly 30 minutes and were up 51-46 heading into the final quarter before the Bluejays (22-4, 14-1) rallied to win their sixth straight game and clinch a top-two seed in the conference tournament.
Lauren Jensen hit a 3-pointer to give Creighton a 61-60 lead with 3:41 left then neither team scored again until Jensen drove for a layup with 29 seconds left before Jayme Horan added two free throws.
Jailah Donald scored with 11 seconds left to cut the lead to three and St. John’s got the ball back after Kiani Lockett missed two free throws with eight seconds remaining, but Donald missed a final 3-point attempt.
Jensen scored 16 points with Molly Mogensen adding 11 for the Bluejays, who swept the season series.
The Associated Press
