ncaa women’s roundup Saturday’s games

KINGSTON REGIONAL

No. 1 Connecticut 83, Prairie View A&M 47

BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 21 points to help top-seeded Connecticut roll in the opening round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Mosqueda-Lewis matched the school record set by Jamelle Elliott in 1993 for points by a Huskies player in her first tournament game.

No. 8 Kansas State 67, No. 9 Princeton 64

BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

Branshea Brown scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Kansas State past Princeton. Janala Childs added 15 points for the Wildcats (20-13).

No. 2 Kentucky 68, No. 15 McNeese State 62

AMES, IOWA

Keyla Snowden scored 11 points, Azia Bishop added 10 and Kentucky squeaked by McNeese State in its NCAA tournament opener.

No. 11 Gonzaga 86, No. 6 Rutgers 73

SPOKANE, WASH.

Kayla Standish scored 23 points to lift Gonzaga over Rutgers. Playing before a big crowd on its home floor, Gonzaga (27-5) mostly handled Rutgers’ press and used a 3-point barrage in the second half to hold off the Scarlet Knights.

No. 3 Miami 70, No. 14 Idaho State 41

SPOKANE, WASH.

Shenise Johnson scored 20 points and added four assists to lead Miami (26-5).

DES MOINES REGIONAL

No. 2 Tennessee 72, No. 15 Tennessee-Martin 49

ROSEMONT, ILL.

Meighan Simmons scored 20 points and Tennessee gave coach Pat Summitt a victory over the school where she played.

No. 7 DePaul, No. 10 BYU

ROSEMONT, ILL.

Anna Martin led a balanced attack with 17 points for DePaul (26-7).

RALEIGH REGIONAL

No. 2 Maryland 59, No. 15 Navy 44

COLLEGE PARK, MD.

Alyssa Thomas had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 2 seed Maryland past in-state foe Navy. Laurin Mincy scored 14 for Maryland (29-4), which pulled away after leading 31-23 at halftime.

No. 7 Louisville 67, No. 10 Michigan State 55

COLLEGE PARK, MD.

Becky Burke scored 14 points and Shawnta’ Dyer had 13 to help Louisville beat Michigan State. The Cardinals (23-9) rattled the Spartans (20-12) with speed and defense, forcing 14 turnovers and pulling away with a 16-2 run late in the first half. Boardman High graduate Courtney Schiffauer did not score in four minutes off the bench for MSU.

No. 6 Arkansas 72, No. 11 Dayton 55

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS

Quistelle Williams scored 15 points, Keira Peak and Lyndsay Harris added 14 apiece and Arkansas rallied from an early double-digit deficit to defeat Dayton. C’eira Ricketts had 13 points and five assists for the Razorbacks (24-8).

No. 3 Texas A&M 69, No. 14 Albany 47

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS

Tyra White scored 18 points in her return from injury and defending national champion Texas A&M used a big second half run to pull away from Albany.

FRESNO REGIONAL

No. 1 Stanford 73, No. 16 Hampton 51

NORFOLK, VA.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 22 of her 28 points in the first half and Stanford pulled away before halftime to beat Hampton.

No. 8 West Virginia 68, No. 9 Texas 55

NORFOLK, VA.

Taylor Palmer scored 13 of her 18 points in the second half and West Virginia held on.

No. 4 Purdue 83, No. 13 South Dakota St. 68

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.

Courtney Moses scored 29 points and set a first-round NCAA women’s tournament record by making nine 3-pointers, helping Purdue pull away.

No. 5 South Carolina 80, No. 12 Eastern Michigan 48

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.

Markeshia Grant scored 12 points and Charenee Stephens added 11 to lead South Carolina.

Associated Press