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Ninth-ranked UCLA snaps short skid, tops Washington

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LOS ANGELES • Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Amari Bailey scored 13 points and No. 9 UCLA beat Washington 70-61 Thursday night.

UCLA completed a season sweep of Washington and stopped a two-game skid that had followed a 14-game winning streak. The Bruins (18-4, 9-2 Pac12) also remained in first place in the conference standings.

UCLA dominated inside and defensively in the first half, scoring 26 of its first 30 points in the paint.

Keion Brooks Jr. led Washington (1311, 5-8) with 23 points.

No. 3 Houston 70, Wichita St. 61

WICHITA, KAN. • Jarace Walker had 15 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 4:27 left, and No. 3 Houston rallied.

Marcus Sasser also scored 15 for the Cougars (21-2, 9-1 American Athletic Conference), who trailed by six midway through the second half. Jamal Shead added 13 points and seven assists. All five starters scored in double digits to help Houston win its third straight since a one-point loss to Temple.

Alabama-Birmingham 86, No. 19 Florida Atlantic 77

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. • Eric Gaines scored 21 points and UAB ended Florida Atlantic’s nation-best 20-game winning streak. The Owls hadn’t lost since falling to Mississippi on Nov. 11 and made their debut in the AP Top 25 just over two weeks ago.

WOMEN No. 1 South Carolina 87, Kentucky 69

COLUMBIA, S.C. • Aliyah Boston had 14 points and 14 rebounds as South Carolina won its 28th straight game.

Boston notched her 75th career game with double figure points and rebounds to extend her school record. The Gamecocks stayed perfect at 22-0.

No. 3 LSU 82, Georgia 77

BATON ROUGE, LA. • Angel Reese had 23 points and 14 rebounds to extend her program-record streak of double-doubles to 22 games, and LSU narrowly remained unbeaten with avictory over Georgia in overtime.

No. 6 Iowa 96, No. 8 Maryland 82

IOWA CITY, IOWA • Caitlin Clark scored 42 points and Monika Czinano had 28 as Iowa won. Clark, who entered second in the nation in scoring at 27.1 points per game, was 13 of 19 from the field, including 6 for 11 on 3-pointers.

No. 9 Notre Dame 72, Boston College 59

BOSTON • Olivia Miles scored 22 points with 10 assists and eight rebounds, combining with Sonia Citron to score 14 straight points in the fourth quarter as Notre Dame pulled away.

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