BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Aleksa Gulbe scored 20 points and Grace Berger had 11 of her 15 points in the second half to help No. 5 Indiana pull away late for a 69-58 win over Northwestern on Thursday night.
Mackenzie Holmes, former star at Gorham High, scored six points and had six rebounds for Indiana in her first game back since Jan. 5 after having surgery on her left knee. Holmes played 23 minutes.
“She looked like she hadn’t played in a month, but that will all come back,” Indiana Coach Teri Moren said. “She’s too good of a player.”
Nicole Cardaño-Hillary added 17 points, including three 3-pointers, for Indiana (19-4, 11-2 Big Ten). Veronica Burton led Northwestern (14-10, 6-7) with 20 points. Lauryn Satterwhite and Jillian Brown each added 14 points.
Indiana finished the game shooting 48%, made 4 of 13 3-pointers and missed just two of 19 free-throw attempts. Northwestern shot 41.7% and made 6 of 16 3-pointers, but made just one in the second half.
(1) SOUTH CAROLINA 75, AUBURN 37: Aliyah Boston had 10 points and 12 rebounds for her 18th straight double-double, Zia Cooke scored 20 points and No. 1 South Carolina (24-1, 12-1 SEC) won its 12th straight with a victory over Auburn (9-15, 1-12).
Boston moved within a game of the Southeastern Conference mark of 19 straight games with double-figure points and rebounds that was set in 2006 by LSU great Sylvia Fowles. South Carolina took a 10-point lead in the first eight minutes, and Auburn could not catch up. The Gamecocks won their 12th straight in the series.
(24) NORTH CAROLINA 66, (3) LOUISVILLE 65: Kennedy Todd-Williams knocked down the go-ahead free throws with 16.2 seconds left and No. 24 North Carolina (20-5, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) survived two final-play missed shots by Louisville (22-3, 13-2) to upset the visiting Cardinals.
Todd-Williams finished with 19 points to lead the Tar Heels, who ended an eight-game skid against the Cardinals in dramatic fashion.
After Todd-Williams’ free throws, Louisville called timeout to set up a final play. As the clock dwindled down, Kianna Smith hit the front rim on a 3-point attempt. Chelsie Hall managed to grab the rebound and toss the ball up as she fell to the court. The ball sat on the rim before slowly rolling off as the horn sounded.
(20) BYU 77, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 54: Shaylee Gonzales had 19 points and eight rebounds, Paisley Harding added 18 points and No. 20 BYU (22-2, 12-1 West Coast Conference) eased past Loyola Marymount (8-16, 3-11) for its 29th straight home victory.
BYU took control with an 11-2 run in the second quarter and a 13-2 run in the third to build a 56-38 lead. LMU only made one field goal in the final five minutes of the third, and trailed by at least 18 points in the fourth.
Lauren Gustin added seven points and 12 rebounds for BYU, which has won 22 straight conference games at home.
(23) VIRGINIA TECH 102, SYRACUSE 53: Elizabeth Kitley had a season-high 24 points and a career-best 11 rebounds, Aisha Sheppard scored 18 points on six 3-pointers, and No. 23 Virginia Tech (20-6, 12-3 ACC) routed Syracuse (11-14, 4-11) for its fifth straight win.
Virginia Tech surpassed 11 conference wins for the first time since joining the ACC in 2004. The only season the Hokies won 11 times in ACC play was 2019-20.
(25) FLORIDA GC 64, KENNESAW STATE 48: Kendall Spray scored 15 points to lead No. 25 Florida Gulf Coast (23-2, 12-1 Atlantic Sun Conference) to a victory over Kennesaw State (9-15, 5-8).
Spray sank two of her three 3-pointers and scored eight as the Eagles grabbed an 18-9 lead after one quarter and never looked back.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
(21) MURRAY STATE 91, AUSTIN PEAY 56: KJ Williams had 25 points and seven rebounds to lead No. 21 Murray State (25-2, 15-0 Ohio Valley Conference) over Austin Peay (10-15, 6-9) at Murray, Kentucky.
Tevin Brown scored 13 points, DJ Burns, Justice Hill and DaQuan Smith each had 11 and Trae Hannibal added 10 for the Racers, who won their 15th straight game and are one of three teams in the country unbeaten in conference play.
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