Freshman Jordan Speiser caught fire on her way to career highs of 20 points and six 3-pointers off the bench, and 12th-seeded Kansas State broke the Big 12 women’s tournament record with 17 triples in a 91-66 rout of Cincinnati on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.
Speiser shot 5-for-6 from the arc in the second half. Cincinnati was hanging within 14 points midway through the third quarter when Speiser connected on three triples in an 89-second span to turn it into a Wildcats rout.
Taryn Sides added 20 points, five rebounds and five assists and Nastja Claessens had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats (16-16). Speiser (6-of-8), Sides (5-of-11) and Claessens (5-of-7) combined for most of Kansas State’s 17-of-32 effort from long range.
Mya Perry led 13th-seeded Cincinnati with 23 points. Destiny Thomas scored 13 points and Caliyah DeVillasee had 10 for the Bearcats (11-20).
BYU 76, Houston 66
Olivia Hamlin’s 16 points off the bench, nine coming after halftime, helped power ninth-seeded BYU over 16th-seeded Houston in a battle of Cougars.
Lara Rohkohl scored 11 of her 15 points in the second half as BYU (21-10) broke a halftime tie with a 27-15 third quarter in which it outshot Houston 52.6% to 18.8%. Delaney Gibb also scored 15 points and Sydney Benally added 14 points and a game-high six assists.
Shun’teria Anumele went 11-for-11 at the foul line for the majority of her 17 points to lead Houston (7-23). TK Pitts bundled 14 points and 10 rebounds and Jade Jones scored 11.
Arizona State 54, Arizona 51
Heloisa Carrera scored 16 points and knocked down the go-ahead jumper in the final minutes as the 10th-seeded Sun Devils (23-9) edged the 15th-seeded Wildcats (12-18).
Arizona briefly moved in front 51-50 when Blessing Adebanjo hit a jumper with 2:51 left, but the Sun Devils answered on their next two trips, first with Carrera’s hook shot, then with Last-Tear Poa’s jumper. Neither team scored the rest of the way. Arizona State advances to face seventh-seeded Iowa State.
Daniah Trammell and Sumayah Sugapong led Arizona with 12 points apiece, and Noelani Cornfield added 10. The game stayed tight throughout, with Arizona State up 29-28 at halftime and clinging to a 42-40 edge after three.
Kansas 56, UCF 35
Jaliya Davis posted 10 points and 11 rebounds as the 11th-seeded Jayhawks overwhelmed the 14th-seeded Knights with smothering defense.
Lilly Meister added eight points and seven boards, while Regan Williams scored seven with seven boards as the Jayhawks held the Knights to 24.6% shooting (14 of 57). UCF scored 10 points in the first quarter and failed to hit double figures in any of the final three quarters.
Kansas led 27-17 at halftime and never let the Knights get on track. Jacorriah Bracey paced UCF with 10 points on 5-of-19 shooting, and the Knights were 2-for-19 from 3-point range in the loss.
–Field Level Media
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