UNC upsets fourth-ranked NC State

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – Freshman Alyssa Ustby had season-highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds to help North Carolina upset fourth-ranked rival North Carolina State 76-69 on Sunday. Stephanie Watts added 17 points for the Tar Heels (9-8, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference), who hit a season-high 11 3-pointers and led by as many as a dozen after halftime. UNC had won just one game since shortly before Christmas, yet responded with a huge performance to upend a top-10 Wolfpack team for the third consecutive season. Ustby went 4 for 4 from behind the arc to lead the Tar Heels’ outside shooting. Elissa Cunane scored 14 points to lead the Wolfpack (12-2, 7-2). No. 1 LOUISVILLE 71, NOTRE DAME 65 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Dana Evans scored 27 points, including five late, to lead Louisville to a victory over Notre Dame. The Cardinals (18-1, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their second straight, and Evans their lone senior was a major reason why. The player of the year candidate scored 16 of her points in the first half to help Louisville take a 42-34 lead at the break. The lead would grow to 11 less than 90 seconds into the second half. However, the Fighting Irish (8-8, 6-6) only trailed 66-65 with 1:41 left. Evans, though, responded with a 3 of her own with 57 seconds remaining. She then iced the game with a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left. No. 5 UCLA 84, WASHINGTON 50 SEATTLE (AP) – Charisma Osborne scored 21 points, Michaela Onyenwere added 15 and UCLA hammered Washington. Osborne, the Pac-12’s leading scorer, reached 20 points for the seventh straight game as the Bruins (11-3, 9-3 Pac-12) sent the Huskies (4-10, 1-10) to their eighth straight loss. UCLA also got 14 points from Emily Bessoir in a near-perfect shooting night. UCLA has now won six of its last seven after losing for the first time in 2021 at Washington State on Friday. The Bruins ran out to a 37-16 halftime advantage with Bessoir scoring nine straight at one point and led by as much as 28 in the second half, using its defense to stifle the Huskies. No. 6 STANFORD 83, UTAH 41 STANFORD, Calif. (AP) – Kiana Williams found her shooting stroke early on the way to 13 points making all three of her 3-point tries, leading the Cardinal to their sixth straight win since a rare two-game skid with a victory against Utah. Haley Jones bounced back from a tough 2-of-10 shooting performance two days earlier to score 12 points on 6-for-10 from the floor and freshman Cameron Brink also added 12 points as Stanford (17-2, 14-2 Pac-12) finished 52% on field goals. It was the largest margin of victory in 28 meetings between the schools. Lola Pendande scored 11 points for Utah (5-11, 4-11) with seven of those coming at the free throw line. No. 7 TEXAS A&M 69, No. 16 ARKANSAS 67 COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – Kayla Wells had a season-high 21 points and Jordan Nixon made a layup with eight seconds remaining to lift Texas A&M to a win over Arkansas. A 3-pointer by Amber Ramirez tied it at 67-all with less than 90 seconds to go. Both teams missed a shot on their next possession before Nixon drove into the lane for the basket to put the Aggies up for good. Ramirez missed a 3-point attempt after that to secure A&M’s sixth straight win. This victory comes after the Aggies (18-1, 9-1 SEC) escaped with a 74-73 win in Fayetteville in the first meeting with Arkansas (14-7, 4-6) this season. No. 8 BAYLOR 64, KANSAS STATE 52 MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – NaLyssa Smith scored 17 points and Baylor beat Kansas State. Dijonai Carrington and Moon Ursin each had 16 points. Ursin had six of those in the final two minutes as the Lady Bears beat the Wildcats for the 35th straight time.