Women's Basketball

American Teams Cruise in Non-Conference Play, UConn Drops No. 12 Ohio State



Monday, Dec. 19 Results
 
No. 1/1 UConn 82, No. 12/13 Ohio State 63 Box Score Recap
Houston 56, UTSA 49 Box Score Recap
Memphis 56, Louisiana Tech 54 Box Score Recap
Long Beach State 73, No. 21/19 USF 68 Box Score Recap
SMU 61, Texas Southern 36 Box Score Recap

Highlights

• Katie Lou Samuelson  scored eight of her 26 points during a key third-quarter run, and No. 1 UConn beat 12th-ranked Ohio State 82-63 on Monday night for the Huskies' 85th consecutive victory. Napheesa Collier added 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Huskies (10-0), who are five games away from matching their NCAA record 90-game winning streak set from 2008-10.



• Houston opened the Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament with a 56-49 win over host UTSA on Monday. The Cougars won their third straight game and fifth out of their last six. Rookie Jasmyne Harris led the Cougars in scoring with 16 points. The guard is averaging 16.4 points per game over her last five contests.

• Another double-double by Cheyenne Creighton (13 points, 10 rebounds) and double-figure scoring efforts by Taylor Williams (17) and Brea Elmore (13) led Memphis to a 56-54 victory over Louisiana Tech Monday evening. The Tigers improved to 4-2 in games at Elma Roane Fieldhouse with the win.

• SMU (8-4) posted a 61-36 win over Texas Southern on Monday and moved to  5-0 at Moody Coliseum for the first time since the 2013-14 season. The 25-point win was the largest margin of victory since the Mustangs defeated Florida A&M 77-46 on Nov. 28, 2014. Alicia Froling paced SMU with 12 points and six rebounds, both team highs.

Schedule/Results
(Week of Dec. 19-25)

Monday, Dec. 19
No. 1/1 UConn 82, No. 12/13 Ohio State 63
Houston 56, UTSA 49#
Memphis 56, Louisiana Tech 54
Long Beach State 73, No. 21/19 USF 68^
SMU 61, Texas Southern 36

Tuesday, Dec. 20
Omaha at UCF • 2 p.m. ET
Houston vs. Central Arkansas# • 5 p.m. ET
Southern at East Carolina • 7 p.m. ET
No. 21/19 USF vs. Santa Clara^ • 3:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Dec. 21
Tulsa at Indiana State • Noon ET
Nicholls State at Memphis • 2 p.m. ET
Seattle at SMU • 2 p.m. ET
Eastern Washington at Tulane% • 6 p.m. ET
Eastern Illinois at Cincinnati • 7 p.m. ET
No. 1/1 UConn at Nebraska (Big Ten Network) • 9 p.m. ET
No. 21/19 USF vs. TBD^ • TBD

Thursday, Dec. 22
Fairfield at Temple • 2 p.m. ET
RV/RV Auburn/Drake at Tulane% • 4/6 p.m. ET

All times subject to change

[^] Play4Kay Tournament (Las Vegas)
[#] Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament (San Antonio)
[%] 21st Tulane Classic (New Orleans)