USC Doubles Up on Sacramento State

The USC women scored the game’s first 12 points and went on to defeat Sacramento State, 84-42, Saturday at Lyon Center. It was the ninth-fewest points scored by a USC opponent.

USC (4-2) got 12 points from Danielle Golay and 11 each from Tashara Carter and Lauren Smith-Hams. Denise Woods was USC’s leading rebounder with 12.

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Andrea Garner had a career-high seven blocks and 16 points to lead No. 16 Penn State (6-2) to a 77-65 victory over No. 6 Auburn (5-1) at State College, Pa. . . . Ericka Haney had 24 points for No. 7 Notre Dame (5-2) in an 84-54 victory over Michigan State (7-1) at South Bend, Ind. . . . Angie Welle had 21 points for No. 9 Iowa State (5-2) in a 79-69 victory over Iowa before the largest crowd (13,271) for a women’s basketball game at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. . . . Jackie Stiles scored 38 points to lead Southwest Missouri State (5-3) to a 70-69 victory over No. 10 Oregon (6-1) in the championship game of the Women’s Sports Foundation Classic at Springfield, Mo. . . . LaQuanda Barksdale had 29 points and had a career-high 19 rebounds for No. 11 North Carolina in a 77-58 victory over Radford at Chapel Hill, N.C. . . . Brook Reves made six consecutive shots during a 13-2 run and finished with 22 points as No. 14 Kansas (6-1) was a 97-53 winner over Mississippi Valley State (2-6) at Lawrence, Kan. . . . No. 15 Louisiana State (6-1) got 20 points from Marie Ferdinand in a 67-56 victory over Michigan (7-2) at Baton Rouge, La. . . . Kelly Komara scored 21 points to lead No. 19 Purdue (7-1) to a 79-68 victory over North Texas (6-1) at Denton, Texas. . . . Peppi Browne scored 14 points to lead No. 20 Duke (8-1) to its seventh straight victory, 66-52 over Seton Hall (3-4) at South Orange, N.J.