FORT MYERS, Fla. — Sara Scalia scored 28 points with five 3-pointers, Mackenzie Holmes had 20 points and eight rebounds, and No. 21 Indiana beat Princeton 72-63 on Saturday in the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Holmes, of Gorham, became the second player in program history to reach 2,000 career points. She’s chasing the record of 2,364 points set by Tyra Buss from 2014-18.

Yarden Garzon, who scored a career-high 23 points in a 71-55 victory over No. 19 Tennessee on Thursday, added eight points for Indiana (5-1). Scalia, who was named the Big Ten player of the week for her two 20-plus point performances last week, was 10 of 17 from the field, including 5 of 9 behind the arc.

MAINE 60, LOUISIANA TECH 54: Olivia Rockwood scored a career-high 18 points, including a key 3-pointer with 1:24 remaining, and the Black Bears (4-2) beat the Techsters (2-3) in Des Moines, Iowa.

Rockwood, a senior guard, made 6 of 12 3-pointers.

Caroline Bornemann added 13 points, and Adrianna Smith had 11 points and 13 rebounds.

(2) UCLA 97, NIAGARA 46: Gabriela Jaquez scored 23 points, Londynn Jones had 21, and the Bruins (6-0) got the game’s first 23 points in a win over the Purple Eagles (2-4) at the Cayman Islands Classic.

(7) LSU 76, VIRGINIA 73: The defending NCAA champion Tigers (7-1) won again without Angel Reese, using a terrific performance by Aneesah Morrow to beat the Cavaliers (4-2) in the Cayman Islands Classic.

Morrow had 37 points and 16 rebounds in her second straight double-double.

(10) NORTH CAROLINA STATE 78, (3) COLORADO 60: River Baldwin scored a career-high 26 points and the Wolfpack (7-0) beat a top-three team for the second time this month, topping the Buffaloes (6-1) at the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

(9) VIRGINIA TECH 76, TULANE 70: Georgia Amoore scored 24 points, Elizabeth Kitley had 18, and the Hokies (5-1) beat the Green Wave (3-3) at the Cayman Islands Classic.

(19) TENNESSEE 76, (22) OKLAHOMA 73: Jasmine Powell came off the bench to score 13 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter, and the Vols (4-2) rallied past the Sooners (5-2) in the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

(20) LOUISVILLE 72, LIBERTY 63: Olivia Cochran scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Kiki Jefferson added 19 points, and the Cardinals (5-1) opened the fourth quarter with a 16-1 run to rally past the Flames (2-4) in the Betty Chancellor Classic in Katy, Texas.

GREEN BAY 59, (23) WASHINGTON STATE 48: Bailey Butler had 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals as the Phoenix (4-2) defeated the Cougars (7-1) in the Cancun Challenge.

(24) MISSISSIPPI 58, ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK 45: Marquesha Davis and Snudda Collins scored 11 points apiece, and the Rebels (6-1) pulled away from the Trojans (0-5) in Oxford, Mississippi.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA 75, MAINE 56: The Lions (5-2) took control with a 15-3 run early in the second half as they pulled away from the Black Bears (4-4) in New York.

Peter Filipovity and Kellen Tynes each scored 10 points for Maine.

ALABAMA 99, OREGON 91: Mark Sears scored 27 points, Aaron Estrada added 22, and the Crimson Tide (5-1) beat the Ducks (4-2) in the third-place game of the Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville, Florida.

FOOTBALL

(4) WASHINGTON 24, WASHINGTON STATE 21: Grady Gross made a 42-yard field goal on the final play, Rome Odunze caught two touchdown passes from Michael Penix Jr., and the Huskies (12-0, 9-0 Pac-12) became the first school in the 12-team era of the Pac-12 to go unbeaten in the regular season, beating the Cougars (5-7, 2-7) in Seattle.

(8) ALABAMA 27, AUBURN 24: Jalen Milroe and Isaiah Bond rescued Alabama’s playoff hopes, connecting for a last-minute touchdown on fourth-and-goal from the 31 as the Crimson Tide (11-1, 8-0 SEC) stunned the upset-minded Tigers (6-6, 3-5) in Auburn, Alabama.

KENTUCKY 38, (9) LOUISVILLE 31: Ray Davis broke free for a go-ahead, 37-yard touchdown run with 1:02 remaining and caught two second-half touchdown passes, helping the Wildcats (7-5) rally past the Cardinals (10-2) in Louisville, Kentucky.

(14) LSU 42, TEXAS A&M 30: Jayden Daniels passed for four touchdowns and accounted for 355 yards of ]offense against one of the nation’s top defenses, and the Tigers (9-3, 6-2 SEC) beat the Aggies (7-5, 4-4) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(16) ARIZONA 59, ARIZONA STATE 23: Noah Fifita threw for a school-record 527 yards and five touchdowns, Michael Wiley scored three times, and the Wildcats (9-3, 7-2 Pac-12) routed the Sun Devils (3-9, 2-7) in Tempe, Arizona.

(21) OKLAHOMA STATE 40, BYU 34: Ollie Gordon II ran for his fifth touchdown of the game in the second overtime, and the Cowboys (9-3, 7-2 Big 12) rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Cougars (5-7, 2-7) in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and secure a spot in the Big 12 championship game.

(22) LIBERTY 42, UTEP 28: Liberty (12-0, 8-0 C-USA) completed the first undefeated regular season in the program’s 50-year history, with Quinton Cooley rushing for three touchdowns in a victory over the Miners (3-9, 2-6) in El Paso, Texas.

(24) JAMES MADISON 56, COASTAL CAROLINA 14: Jordan McCloud threw a career-high five touchdown passes – three to Elijah Sarratt – and the Dukes (11-1, 7-1 Sun Belt) rolled past the Chanticleers (7-5, 5-3) in Conway, South Carolina.

(25) TENNESSEE 48, VANDERBILT 24: Joe Milton III threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to lead the Vols (8-4, 4-4 SEC) past the Commodores (2-10, 0-8) in Knoxville, Tennessee.

MICHIGAN STATE: Jonathan Smith was hired away from Oregon State and will be tasked with rebuilding a program that crumbled with Mel Tucker in charge.

Smith, 44, was 34-35 over six seasons at Oregon State, including an 8-4 mark this year that helped the program earn at least eight wins in consecutive seasons for the first time in more than a decade.

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