COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Madison Greene scored 24 points, Jacy Sheldon had 21 and No. 14 Ohio State beat No. 7 Maryland 88-86 on Monday night.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Braxtin Miller put the Buckeyes up 75-69 with 4:22 left. The Terps missed 12 of their next 13 field-goal attempts, allowing the Buckeyes to build a lead down the stretch.
The Terps pulled within five on a pair of foul shots by Ashley Owusu with under a minute left. A late 3-pointer by Chloe Bibby and another by Katie Benzan at the buzzer weren’t enough.
Miller scored 18 points and Dorka Juhasz had 16 rebounds as Ohio State (9-1, 5-1) handed Maryland (11-2, 7-1) its first Big Ten loss of the season.
Owusu led Maryland with 33 points.
NO. 22 GEORGIA 75, NO. 19 ARKANSAS 73
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Gabby Connally scored 20 points for Georgia, including a long tiebreaking jumper with 0.9 seconds left.
Jenna Staiti also scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Georgia (13-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference), which had the biggest lead at nine in a high-scoring first quarter that ended tied at 25.
Chelsea Dungee scored 25 points for Arkansas (11-6, 2-5). Erynn Barnum added 15 points and Makayla Daniels finished with 13.
Arkansas tried a final lob to Marquesha Davis at the rim, but it didn’t go.
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