FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jadyn Wooten scored 19 points, Lara Somfai had 12 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 15 TCU beat Iona 78-53 on Tuesday to extend its NCAA-leading home winning streak to 48 games.
The home winning streak is tied for the 21st longest in Division I women’s basketball history.
TCU trailed 28-26 before closing the first half on a 14-2 run — with scoring from five different Horned Frogs — for a 40-30 lead. Iona did not make a field goal in the final 3:58 of the first half.
Iona trimmed its deficit to 47-41 before TCU scored the next 17 points spanning the third quarter break to take a 66-41 lead with seven minutes remaining. Jessie-May Hall scored the opening five points of the 7-0 run to close the third quarter, and Clara Silva began the fourth with seven straight points.
TCU shot 46% from the field despite going 7 of 31 (23%) from distance. Iona did not make a 3-pointer in the second half.
NO. 7 LOUISVILLE 71, LINDENWOOD 35
LOUISVILLE (AP) — Tajianna Roberts scored 15 points as Louisville had little trouble dispatching Lindenwood.
It was a hot-and-cold night for the Cardinals offensively. They made their first six shots in the second quarter to take a 37-13 lead after Grace Mbugua’s layup with 5:26 left in the first half.
Then after missing five straight, Louisville (4-0) ended the half on a 9-0 run, making their final four shots to take a 47-18 lead into the locker room.
The Cardinals shot 40.9% (27 for 66). While they overcame a 40.8% shooting performance Sunday at Southern Indiana by shooting 11 for 32 from the 3-point arc, Louisville also struggled from the perimeter on Tuesday going 6 for 29 from long range, including 1 for 12 in the second half.
Still, they locked down the Lions (1-3) defensively. The Ohio Valley Conference school located just outside of St. Louis went 2 for 21 over a 13-plus minute stretch from 1:22 left in the first half to 8:10 remaining in the fourth quarter.
NO. 9 LSU 100, MCNEESE ST. 43
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Mikaylah Williams scored 17 points, ZaKiya Johnson scored 10 of her 14 points in the first half, and LSU posted its third straight blowout victory to start the season, over McNeese.
The Tigers (3-0) had six players in double figures. MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 13, Noa Morro 12, Lola Lampley 11 and Anna Minaeva 10.
LSU shot 56.5% (35 of 62) from the floor and made 34.8% (8 of 23) of its 3-point attempts. The Tigers outscored the Cowgirls in the paint, 42-4.
McNeese (2-2) was led by Valencia Fontenelle-Posson with 10 points. The Cowgirls made 9 of 44 3-point attempts (20.5%).
Back-to-back 3s from Morro and Lampley gave LSU an 86-37 lead with 6:39 to play and the Tigers held the Cowgirls without a field goal until Sumaiya Ibrahim’s 3-pointer with 14 seconds to play.
NO. 13 NOTRE DAME 108, DETROIT MERCY 60
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, along with five assists, for Notre Dame, and six scored in double figures for the Fighting Irish in a rout of Detroit Mercy.
Hidalgo shot 7 of 13 from the floor and made all eight of her free-throw attempts. Her free throw midway through the third quarter was the 564th of her career, surpassing Skylar Diggins for the program record.
Anaya Hardy added a career-high 21 points on 10-of-14 shooting for Notre Dame, which shot 59% (41 of 69) from the field.
Madison Rose scored 19 points for the Fighting Irish. Leah Macy chipped in with 17 points, while Jacy Abii and reserve Jenica Lewis each scored 12.
Colleena Bryant scored 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting off the bench for Detroit Mercy (2-2).
NO. 14 OKLAHOMA 98, SAN JOSE ST. 44
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NO. 18 MINNESOTA 86, SOUTHERN U. 47
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mara Braun scored 19 points and Minnesota cruised to an victory over Southern.
Braun made 6 of 13 shots with three 3-pointers and hit all four of her free throws for the Golden Gophers (3-0). She added four steals.
Gracie Merkle scored 12 off the bench on 6-for-7 shooting for Minnesota. Natalie Kussow totaled 11 points, five rebounds and four assists. Grace Grocholski had 11 points and six boards.
NO. 25 NEBRASKA 76, NC A&T 35
LINCOLN, Nebr. (AP) — Britt Prince made four 3-pointers and finished with 24 points to lead Nebraska to a victory over North Carolina A&T.
Amiah Hargrove scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Nebraska (3-0). Ashlyn Koupal added 11 points. Seven players had at least one of the Cornhuskers’ 11 steals.
Prince made three consecutive 3-pointers in the first quarter as the Cornhuskers jumped out to a 20-6 advantage. She finished with four 3s in the first half to help Nebraska (3-0) take a 34-15 lead into the break. Prince finished 9-of-15 shooting, with three rebounds, three steals, two assists and a block.
North Carolina A&T (1-2) didn’t score in double digits until the fourth quarter, shooting 14 of 45 from the floor while missing 10 of its 11 3-point attempts. Darrionna Howard led the Aggies with 10 points.
