RALEIGH Ataira Franklin scored 20 points and Ariana Moorer had 11 points and 10 rebounds as Virginia defeated N.C. State 55-47 Sunday in the ACC.
Virginia (17-8, 5-6) scored eight unanswered points to open the game and held N.C. State scoreless until 11 minutes, 28 seconds of the first half.
Marissa Kastanek led N.C. State (14-10, 4-7) with 12 points, all on 3-pointers. Bonae Holston had 10 points and 16 rebounds.
Wake Forest 73, Boston College 60: Four Deacons scored in double figures, led by junior Lakevia Boykin's 21, as Wake Forest stopped a three-game skid with a road win.
Secily Ray had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Deacons (13-10, 3-7), as well as three blocks and three steals. Sandra Garcia had 14 points and Chelsea Douglas 11.
Katie Zenevitch led Boston College (5-18, 0-10) with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Joy Caracciolo scored 11 and Tessah Holt 10.
Florida State 78, Virginia Tech 60: Natasha Howard 16 points and 14 rebounds - 10 on offense - and the Seminoles (13-11, 5-5 ACC) won at home. Cierra Bravard and Chelsea Davis also scored 16 each as the Seminoles outscored Virginia Tech 40-14 in the paint.
Porschia Hadley scored 18, Monet Tellier of Charlotte had 17 and Aerial Wilson 16 for the Hokies (7-17, 3-8).
No. 7 Miami 68, Clemson 47: Shenise Johnson scored 19 to lead Miami (20-3, 9-1 ACC). Riquna Williams finished with 15 points for the Hurricanes, who won their 37th straight home game.
Nikki Dixon scored 16 to lead Clemson (6-15, 2-8), which has lost five of six.
Southern Mississippi 67, East Carolina 57: Shala Hodges scored 16 for the Pirates (6-16, 0-9 Conference USA), but they couldn't overtake host Southern Miss (8-15, 2-8).
Top 25
Louisiana State 61, No. 6 Kentucky 51: Adrienne Webb scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half and LSU snapped visiting Kentucky's 10-game winning streak. LaSondra Barrett scored all of her 12 points in the second half for the Tigers (15-8, 5-5 SEC), who had lost five of six.
A'dia Mathies scored all of her 12 points in the second half and Keyla Snowden added 11 for Kentucky (21-3, 10-1), which had won 13 straight SEC games dating to last season.
No. 2 Notre Dame 90, DePaul 70: Natalie Novosel scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half to help Notre Dame (23-1, 10-0 Big East) coast at home. Jasmine Penny scored 24 and Katherine Harry 20 for DePaul (17-7, 5-5), a team that has been beset by a season-long injury bug and is down to seven players.
No. 8 Tennessee 82, Auburn 61: Glory Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds to help Tennessee (17-6, 8-2 SEC) at home. Camille Glymph led Auburn (11-13, 3-8) with 13 points.
No. 12 Delaware 68, Virginia Commonwealth 49: Elena Delle Donne had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead Delaware (20-1, 11-0 Colonial) at home against VCU (13-9, 6-5).
No. 15 Purdue 77, Illinois 66: Sam Ostarello had 21 points and 13 rebounds to help Purdue (19-5, 9-2 Big Ten) remain on top of the Big Ten with a home victory against Illinois.
Adrienne Godbold scored 25 for Illinois (8-16, 2-9).
No. 19 Penn State 68, Minnesota 65: Mia Nickson scored 20 and Alex Bentley added 16, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 38.9 seconds to play, to help Penn State (18-5, 8-3 Big Ten) rally at Minnesota (12-13, 4-7).
No. 21 Georgia 81, Alabama 66: Jasmine James and Krista Donald each scored 18 for Georgia (18-6, 7-4 SEC) at Alabama (10-14, 0-10).
No. 25 Texas Tech 76, Missouri 49: Casey Morris scored 15 to lead four in double figures for Texas Tech (16-6, 4-6) at home against Missouri (10-11, 0-10).
