No. 24 Arizona State defeats No. 20 Syracuse 63-60
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Kelsey Moos scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as No. 24 Arizona State held on to defeat No. 20 Syracuse 63-60 Monday night.
Moos had 10 points in the second half. Her layup gave the Sun Devils a 61-60 lead with 1:31 remaining. On Syracuse's next possession, Moos fouled Briana Day, but Day missed both free throws.
The teams then traded turnovers before Adrianne Thomas hit two free throws for the Sun Devils to cap the scoring. Rachel Coffey missed a 3-pointer for Syracuse as time expired.
Arizona State (11-1) has a 10-game winning streak. Joy Burke scored 14 points with 10 rebounds. Sophie Brunner grabbed 11 rebounds for the Sun Devils.
Day finished with seven points and 12 rebounds for Syracuse (11-2). Brianna Butler scored 25 points, including a trio of 3-pointers to lead the Orange.
No. 16 LSU dominates Jackson State 72-45
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Jeanne Kenney made 6 of 7 3-point attempts as No. 16 LSU dominated Jackson State 72-45 Monday night.
Kenney tied her career-high with 22 points. Raigyne Moncrief had 13 points and Theresa Plaisance added 10 for LSU (10-2).
LSU took an early lead but Jackson State (2-8) came back to tie at 12 on a layup by Ekwara Ndongo at the 11:03 mark. LSU held a 33-24 lead at the half.
LSU went on a 16-3 run to start the second half to lead 48-30 with 16:34 remaining in the game. The Tigers stretched that to 62-36 with 9:16 remaining.
Jackson State was led by Ndongo's 12 points and Kameron Jones with 10.
LSU dominated the boards, pulling down 40 rebounds to 29 for Jackson State. LSU also made 22 of 32 free throws while Jackson State only took 11 free throws, making seven of those.
