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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Natalie Novosel scored a career-high 32 points, Devereaux Peters added 17 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, and No. 3 Notre Dame withstood an upset bid by South Florida to beat the Bulls 80-68 on Saturday and clinch a tie for the Big East regular-season title.
Skylar Diggins had 18 points for the Irish (27-2, 14-1), who set a school regular-season mark with their 27th victory. But this one was not easy against the scrappy Bulls (15-14, 7-8), who got 18 points apiece from Inga Orekhova and Jasmine Wynne..
No. 2 Stanford 69, Utah 42
STANFORD, Calif. — Chiney Ogwumike scored 16 points and had 12 rebounds, older sister Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 15 points and five blocks and No. 2 Stanford beat Utah 69-42 on Saturday, giving coach Tara Vanderveer her 700th career victory with the Cardinal.
The Hall of Fame coach is fifth on the all-time coaching list with 852 wins.
No. 4 Connecticut 85, Marquette 45
MILWAUKEE — Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored a career-high 27 points to lead fourth-ranked Connecticut to an easy 85-45 victory over Marquette on Saturday.
The Huskies (26-3, 13-2 Big East) have won all seven meetings against Marquette and will face No. 3 Notre Dame on Monday night to try and earn a share of the conference regular season title.
No. 12 Green Bay 78, Butler 53
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Julie Wojta had a double-double with 27 points and 13 rebounds as 12th-ranked Green Bay earned its 14th straight Horizon League title with a 78-53 victory over Butler.
No. 15 Georgetown 65, Syracuse 62
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sugar Rodgers scored 21 points, including a three-point play in the game’s last minute, as No. 15 Georgetown used a 5-0 run in the final 39 seconds to sink Syracuse 65-62 on Saturday.
\No. 16 Louisville 75, No. 21 DePaul 62
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Becky Burke scored 20 points and No. 16 Louisville defeated No. 21 DePaul 75-62 on Saturday to earn a split in the season series.
Louisville used a 12-2 run that spanned the final minute of the first half and the first four minutes of the second to build a 43-31 lead after a free throw by Shoni Schimmel with 16:12 to play. The Cardinals led by 13 twice and were never threatened the rest of the way.
No. 20 St. John’s 69, Villanova 49
NEW YORK — Da’Shena Stevens scored 21 points and No. 20 St. John’s won its seventh consecutive game, defeating Villanova 69-49 in a Big East game Saturday.
Eugeneia McPherson scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half for the Red Storm (20-8, 12-3), who shot 51.9 percent (14 of 27) to take a 36-26 lead at the break.
No 24 Rutgers 68, Providence 47
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Khadijah Rushdan scored 21 points to lead No. 24 Rutgers past Providence 68-47 on Saturday, extending the Scarlet Knights’ winning streak against the Friars to 19 straight games.
The Scarlet Knights (20-8, 9-6 Big East) were never really threatened in this one, leading by 16 points at the break and outscoring the Friars 31-26 in the second half to seal it.
Gonzaga 77, BYU 60
SPOKANE, Wash. — No. 25 Gonzaga clinched its eighth straight West Coast Conference regular-season title and avenged a 30-point loss to BYU with a 77-60 victory over the Cougars on Saturday.
