PSU upset by Ohio St.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Ameryst Alston scored 33 points and Cait Craft 24 as eighth-seeded Ohio State stunned top-seeded and No. 11-ranked Penn State 99-82 Friday in the Big Ten Conference tournament quarterfinals.
The Buckeyes (17-17) advance to a Saturday semifinal against Iowa.
Raven Ferguson added 15 points for OSU, which shot 71.9 percent in the first half when it made all 10 of its 3-pointers for a 58-34 lead. The 58 points were a tournament record.
The Lady Lions (22-7) were led by Ariel Edwards’ career-high 29 points plus 10 rebounds. Maggie Lucas added 21 points, including a pair of 3-pointers that gave her the conference’s career record with 358.
OSU built its lead to 27 points before PSU cut it to nine with 2:56 left. OSU then went on an 11-2 run to seal the outcome.
OSU’s last win over a top-15 team came against Michigan State in the 2011 conference tournament.
No. 2 Notre Dame 83, Florida State 57
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jewell Loyd scored 17 points to lead No. 2 Notre Dame in its Atlantic Coast Conference tournament debut.
Kayla McBride added 13 for the top-seeded Fighting Irish (30-0), who ran off 21 straight points in the first half to turn their quarterfinal matchup with the ninth-seeded Seminoles (20-11) into a rout. Notre Dame shot 65 percent before halftime to build a 22-point lead at the break and never looked back.
Notre Dame advanced to Saturday’s semifinals to face No. 14 North Carolina State, which lost by 24 points at home to the Fighting Irish less than a week ago.
Natasha Howard followed up her big second-round performance with 29 points to lead Florida State, which led 12-11 before Notre Dame took over.
No. 4 Stanford 69, Colorado 54
SEATTLE — Chiney Ogwumike scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half, and No. 4 Stanford overcame its worst scoring first half of the season to knock off pesky Colorado in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Conference tournament.
No. 5 South Carolina 67, Georgia 48
DULUTH, Ga. — Alaina Coates scored 13 points, Elem Ibiam added 12 points and South Carolina took an easy victory in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.
No. 12 Kentucky 75, Florida 70
DULUTH, Ga. — DeNesha Stallworth scored 13 points and No. 12 Kentucky continued its string of Southeastern Conference tournament success in a quarterfinal win.
No. 14 N.C. State 79, Syracuse 63
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Markeisha Gatling scored a career-high 28 points before leaving with an injury, helping No. 14 North Carolina State beat Syracuse in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals.
No. 23 Iowa 87, No. 17 Purdue 80
INDIANAPOLIS — Ally Disterhoft scored 10 of her 12 points in the final 5:38 as 23rd-ranked and fifth-seeded Iowa clawed back from the brink with a 24-11 closing run to upend No. 17, fourth-seeded Purdue in a Big Ten quarterfinal.
The Hawkeyes (25-7) face eighth-seeded Ohio State (17-17) in a semifinal Saturday after the Buckeyes shocked No. 11 and top-seeded Penn State, 99-82.
