CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Jasmyne Roberts, Shayeann Day-Wilson and Lashae Dwyer scored 18 points each and Miami beat No. 4 North Carolina State 73-59 on Thursday night.
Roberts and Day-Wilson both shot 7 of 14 from the field as the Hurricanes (12-5, 2-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) built an early double-digit lead.
N.C. State (15-2, 3-2) rallied from a 14-point deficit early in the third quarter to cut it to 56-50 on Mimi Collins’ two free throws with 5:59 remaining in the fourth. But the Hurricanes responded with a 14-2 run capped by Dwyer’s 3-pointer with 2:05 left for a 70-52 lead.
Collins scored 18 points and Shaniya Rivers added 17 for the Wolfpack, playing without their top scorer, 6-foot-5 center River Baldwin who missed her third straight game because of an ankle injury.
SYRACUSE 79, NO. 15 FLORIDA STATE 73
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Dyaisha Fair sank nine 3-pointers, scoring a season-high 31 points to move three spots up on the career scoring list and rally Syracuse to a victory over Florida State.
Fair has scored 3,038 in her career and passed USC’s Cheryl Miller, Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw and Connecticut’s Maya Moore. She needs two points to move ahead of Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne for 11th.
The Orange (15-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won 15 straight at home — 11 this season — led 20-19 after one quarter.
Ta’niya Latson had 22 points and O’Mariah Gordon added 16 for Florida State (14-5, 5-2).
No. 23 NORTH CAROLINA 73, GEORGIA TECH 68
ATLANTA (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 27 points, including six free throws in the last 22.5 seconds, and North Carolina held off Georgia Tech.
The Tar Heels were up 65-51 with 5 1/2 minutes to go. But the Yellow Jackets scored seven straight, including a 3-pointer by Rusne Augustinaite, to pull within 65-58. Augustinaite also had a four-point play to pull the Yellow Jackets within 67-64 with 29 seconds left.
From there, Kelly iced the game from the foul line.
Alyssa Ustby scored 15 points for North Carolina (13-5, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Tonie Morgan had 15 points and nine assists for Georgia Tech (12-6, 3-3).
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