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Women’s basketball: No. 1 Notre Dame defeats Washington Huskies

Notre Dame’s Lindsay Allen (15) celebrates after forcing an offensive foul against Washington during the second half of Notre Dame’s 71-60 win in an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in South Bend, Ind. (Robert Franklin / Associated Press)
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Arike Ogunbowale scored 17 points, Kathryn Westbeld added 14 points and eight rebounds and top-ranked Notre Dame held No. 17 Washington to 37 percent shooting in a 71-60 victory Sunday to win the Preseason WNIT in South Bend, Indiana.

After trailing by as many as 20 points early in the second quarter and 19 late in the third quarter, the Huskies closed to 63-53 on a basket by Chantel Osahor with 5:53 left. But Ogunbowale hit a basket inside and Brianna Turner hit a free throw and scored on a rebound as the Irish regained control. Turner added 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Irish (4-0).

Kelsey Plum, who entered the game averaging 30 points, finished with 22 points on 7 of 19 shooting, including 2 of 6 from 3-point range. The Huskies (3-1) entered the game shooting 48.2 percent from 3-point range, but only shot 32 percent on Sunday.

(3) Connecticut 76, LSU 53: Katie Lou Samuelson scored a career-high 28 points, Kia Nurse added a season-best 15 points along with eight assists, and UConn routed LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Crystal Dangerfield added 10 points, and Gabby Williams had 10 rebounds for UConn (3-0). The Huskies extended college basketball’s longest active winning streak to 78 games.

Samuelson, a 6-foot-3 sophomore who was among the nation’s best freshmen last season, hit seven of her eight made shots from 3-point range and also sank all five of her free throws.

Raigyne Moncrief scored 15 points for LSU (3-1).

(10) Mississippi State 79, (8) Texas 68: Morgan William scored 23 points, Victoria Vivians added 19 and Mississippi State beat Texas in Starkville, Mississippi.

Mississippi State (4-0) pulled away in the second quarter thanks to some valuable minutes from the bench – especially guards Jazzmun Holmes and Roshunda Johnson – and a suffocating defense that held the Longhorns without a field goal for the final 9:40 of the half.

The Bulldogs had a 26-9 advantage in the second quarter to turn a tie game into a 42-25 halftime lead. Texas (1-2) had 15 turnovers in the first half and 24 in the game.

Brooke McCarty led Texas with 19 points, and Ariel Atkins added 18.

Penn State 70, (13) Tennessee 56: Teniya Page scored 13 of her 29 points in the fourth quarter and Penn State pulled away to upset Tennessee at University Park, Pennsylvania.

Jaime Nared, who had 18 points, had 12 in the third quarter as the Lady Vols cut a 33-20 halftime deficit to 44-40. After Tennessee made it a two-point game, the Nittany Lions reeled off 13 straight points to lead 57-42 on Amari Carter’s 3-point with 5:47 to play. Page scored the first six points of the run as the Lady Vols went 4:19 between field goals.

Penn State (3-1) had three 3-pointers and went 8 of 12 in the fourth quarter. Kaliyah Mitchell had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Nittany Lions. Mercedes Russell had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Tennessee (3-1).