Kitley, undefeated No. 7 Virginia women top Boston College

BOSTON (AP) — Reigning Atlantic Coast Convention participant of the yr Elizabeth Kitley had 22 factors and 12 rebounds, and Cayla King scored 16 as No. 7 Virginia received its ninth in a row, beating Boston Faculty 73-58 Wednesday evening.

Taylor Soule, one among two BC transfers on the roster for Virginia Tech (9-0, 1-0 ACC), added 9 factors and 5 rebounds. Soule scored greater than 1,500 factors and grabbed nearly 700 rebounds in 4 seasons at BC, incomes All-ACC honors thrice.

Andrea Daley scored 15 factors and Maria Gakdeng scored 14 for BC (7-4, 0-1). They every grabbed six rebounds.

Virginia Tech scored 17 of the sport’s first 21 factors and led by as many as 19 within the third quarter earlier than BC minimize the deficit to 10 within the fourth.

NO. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 64, UNC WILMINGTON 42

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Alyssa Ustby scored 16 factors and North Carolina rebounded from its solely lack of the season to beat UNC Wilmington 64-42.

Kennedy Todd-Williams scored 12 factors and Deja Kelly added 10 for the Tar Heels (7-1), who misplaced by 24 factors at undefeated Indiana final week. North Carolina performed its first dwelling sport in three weeks.

Lexi Jackson’s 11 factors and 11 rebounds led UNCW (2-6), and Jayde Gamble added 10 factors. The Seahawks are 0-39 all-time in opposition to ranked opponents.

NO. 10 IOWA 70, IOWA STATE 57

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 19 factors after a sluggish begin and Monika Czinano added 18 factors and 10 rebounds to guide Iowa over Iowa State.

Kate Martin added 13 factors for the Hawkeyes (7-3). They’ve received six of the final seven video games within the rivalry in opposition to the Cyclones (6-2).

Clark, who got here into the sport because the nation’s main scorer at 28.7 factors per sport, missed her first 9 photographs and was 2 of 14 from the sphere within the first half. However she was 3 of 4 within the third quarter, all of them 3-pointers, because the Hawkeyes outscored the Cyclones 27-8.

The sport was anticipated to be a showcase for Clark and Iowa State’s Ashley Joens, each Related Press preseason All-Individuals, however each had issues making photographs. Clark was 7 of 20 general and Joens had 15 factors whereas going 5 for 13.

NO. 19 BAYLOR 91, UT ARLINGTON 36

WACO, Texas (AP) — Sarah Andrews scored 20 factors, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs had a double-double and Baylor coasted previous UT Arlington.

Jana Van Gytenbeek added 15 factors and Caitlin Bickle had 13 for the Bears (7-2). Littlepage-Buggs had 11 factors and 10 rebounds.

Taleyah Jones scored eight factors and Kamaria Gipson had 10 rebounds for the Mavericks (5-5).

NO. 24 KANSAS STATE 72, UMKC 45

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Emilee Ebert scored 14 factors and ran her free throw streak 32 in a row as Kansas State beat UMKC.

The Wildcats (9-1) scored the final six factors of the primary half for a 39-24 lead and had the primary 13 of the second to make it 50-24. Ebert had six of these 19. The Mavericks went scoreless for 7:36 and with out a discipline aim for nearly 10 minutes.

Jocelyn Ewell led UMKC (3-6) with 14 factors and E’Lease Stafford added 13.

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