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West Virginia Women Beat Eastern Kentucky

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BIMINI, Bahamas (AP) -- Tynice Martin had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Kysre Gondrezick added 17 points and six assists and West Virginia beat Eastern Kentucky, 81-39 on Saturday at the Junkanoo Jam.

West Virginia (4-1) used a 21-3 second quarter to pull away.

Catie Kaifes led Eastern Kentucky (0-4) with 13 points and three 3-pointers.

NO. 1 NOTRE DAME 91

NO. 9 OREGON STATE 81

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Jacki Young scored 23 points, Arike Ogunbowale and Brianna Turner netted 21 apiece and No. 1 Notre Dame claimed the Vancouver Showcase championship, rallying for a victory over No. 9 Oregon State.

Oregon State (6-1) led for the first three quarters, but the Irish drew even early in the fourth and pulled away.

NO. 2 UCONN 86, PURDUE 40

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) -- Katie Lou Samuelson tied her season high with 22 points, and No. 2 UConn rolled over Purdue in the Paradise Jam tournament.

Napheesa Collier had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Christyn Williams added 17 for the Huskies (5-0), who extended their regular-season winning streak to 120 games.

NO. 3 OREGON 79

SAINT MARY'S 55

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) -- Sabrina Ionescu scored a season-high 27 points, and Oregon won in the Saint Mary's Thanksgiving Classic.

Ionescu, a returning All-American point guard who went to high school in nearby Orinda, enjoyed a terrific homecoming weekend. The Ducks (6-0) routed UC Riverside on Friday and before cruising by the host Gaels (3-2).

NO. 5 LOUISVILLE 86

HARTFORD 69

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Asia Durr scored a team-high 20 points, Dana Evans added 11 points and six assists and Louisville rallied from a sluggish start to beat Hartford in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout.

NO. 6 MISSISSIPPI STATE 105 JACKSON STATE 38

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Teaira McCowan scored 19 points in 19 minutes to lead five Mississippi State players in double figures.

McCowan finished 8 of 9 from the field and had made 22 consecutive shots over three games before a third-quarter miss against the Tigers (1-4).

NO. 7 MARYLAND 58, GEORGIA 51

TRUJILLO ALTO, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Stephanie Jones scored 21 points, and Maryland held off Georgia in the Puerto Rico Clasico tournament.

The Terrapins (6-0) led 53-51 in the final minute before Brianna Fraser hit a jumper and Taylor Mikesell added a free throw with 20 seconds left to quell the comeback bid.

Gabby Connally scored 16 on 5-for-21 shooting for Georgia (3-3).

NO. 8 STANFORD 71, AMERICAN 49

HONOLULU (AP) -- Alanna Smith scored a season-high 25 points, and Stanford beat American in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown.

Dijonai Carrington added 13 points for the Cardinal (5-0), who never trailed and led by as many as 22 points.

Elina Koskimies scored 13 points, Kaitlyn Lewis had 12 and Kaitlyn Marenyi added 11 for the Eagles (3-2).

NO. 10 TEXAS 69, MICHIGAN 52

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) -- Jatarie White scored 16 points and Texas defeated Michigan in the semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase.

NO. 11 TENNESSEE 73, UAB 69, OT

BIMINI, Bahamas (AP) -- Rennia Davis scored 18 points, Evina Westbrook added 16 and Kasiyanha Kushkituah had 13 as Tennessee rallied from a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit and won in overtime.

FLORIDA STATE 72

NO. 12 IOWA 67

BIMINI, Bahamas (AP) -- Nausia Woolfolk scored 15 of her career-high 25 points in the second half to help Florida State upset Iowa in the championship game of the Junkanoo Jam.

Kiah Gillespie had 13 points and nine rebounds, Valencia Myers added 10 and nine and Nicki Ekhomu also scored 10 for Florida State (6-1).

NO. 14 SYRACUSE 83

NO. 16 DEPAUL 81, OT

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- Tiana Mangakahia had 22 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and sank a buzzer-beater in overtime to lift Syracuse over DePaul at the Cancun Challenge.

Mangakahia dribbled down the clock, rolled off a high screen to the baseline and sank a reverse layup just before the buzzer.

NO. 17 SOUTH FLORIDA 60

UCLA 56

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) -- Sydni Harvey scored a career-high 19 points before fouling out, Laura Ferreira added 14 and South Florida beat UCLA in the Paradise Jam.

NO. 18 CALIFORNIA 70

SAN DIEGO 53

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Kristine Anigwe scored 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as California capped its San Diego Thanksgiving Tournament by beating the host Toreros.

NO. 19 ARIZONA STATE 82

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 38

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Reili Richardson made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points as Arizona State rolled in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout.

Kianna Ibis and Robbi Ryan added 10 points apiece for the Sun Devils (3-2), who rebounded from a two-point loss to No. 5 Louisville on Friday.

NO. 21 MISSOURI 65

QUINNIPIAC 51

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) -- Sophie Cunningham scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Amber Smith also had a double-double and Missouri beat Quinnipiac in the consolation semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase.

Cunningham made 7 of 14 shots and 9 of 12 free throws, and also had three assists and two blocks. Smith had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Missouri (4-2).

Jen Fay led Quinnipiac (2-3) with 14 points and eight rebounds.

NO. 22 MARQUETTE 96

ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 32

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Amani Wilborn scored a season-high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season to propel Marquette

The Golden Eagles (4-1) led 56-14 at halftime.

The Flames (1-3), who have dropped three straight since a season-opening 75-65 win over Vanderbilt, had nobody score more than six points.

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