Bruins rally from 17 down to upset Texas
Three days after beating the top team in the nation, Texas couldn’t protect a 17-point lead against a non-conference opponent.
The No. 4 Longhorns continued their early season pattern of following a win with a loss, squandering a large first-half lead and losing 63-60 to UCLA (3-1) Sunday in Los Angeles.
Noelle Quinn scored the go-ahead basket with 16.7 seconds remaining and finished with 27 points, helping the Bruins rally.
Nikki Blue added 13 points for UCLA in the Bruins’ first win over a top-10 team since Nov. 20, 1999, a 69-65 victory over No. 8 North Carolina.
Texas (2-2), which beat Tennessee 74-59 on Thursday, was led by Tiffany Jackson’s 19 points and career-best 15 rebounds.
(1) Tennessee 52, Temple 48: Shanna Zolman scored five of her 10 points in the final minutes and Shyra Ely made two free throws with 11.9 seconds left, helping the Lady Vols (4-1) outlast the Owls (2-2) in Knoxville, Tenn. … (3) Georgia 87, Santa Clara 68: Four Georgia players scored in double figures to lead the Lady Bulldogs (4-1) to a win over the Broncos (1-3) in the consolation game of the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu. … (5) North Carolina 84, UNLV 76: Ivory Latta had a game-high 28 points and eight assists to lead the Tar Heels (5-0) past the Rebels (2-3) in the title game of the Lady Rebel Shootout in Las Vegas. … (7) Stanford 61, (12) Texas Tech 58: Brooke Smith had 22 points and Candice Wiggins scored the go-ahead basket with 1:34 left as the Cardinal (5-0) beat the Red Raiders (1-1) in Santa Clara, Calif.
(11) Ohio St. 86, Bradley 52: Jessica Davenport scored 19 points and Caity Matter added 13 to help Ohio State (5-1) beat the Braves (3-1) to win the Buckeye Classic championship in Columbus, Ohio. … Texas Christian 80, (13) Michigan St. 75: Sandora Irvin had 23 points and 17 rebounds as the Horned Frogs (5-1) upset the Spartans (4-1) in the championship game of the Rainbow Wahine Classic. … (18) Minnesota 79, Creighton 71: Liz Podominick scored 20 points and Janel McCarville had 14 as the Golden Gophers (4-1) held on to beat the Blue Jays (2-2) in Omaha, Neb. … (23) Louisiana Tech 67, Arkansas St. 50: Shan Moore had 14 points and eight rebounds to lead the Techsters (2-0) past the Indians (2-2) in Ruston, La. … (24) Villanova 59, Texas-Arlington 53: Jackie Adamshick scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Wildcats (3-1) past the Mavericks (2-2) in the consolation game of the Lady Rebel Shootout.