Top 25 roundup: Olivia Miles (triple-double), No. 6 Notre Dame roll

Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles (5) celebrates making a 3 pointer throughout an exhibition recreation in opposition to Davenport on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend. Notre Dame received 101-41.

Former All-American Olivia Miles performed for the primary time since February 2023 and notched her fourth profession triple-double, piling up 20 factors, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as No. 6 Notre Dame beat visiting Mercyhurst 105-61 on Monday evening in South Bend, Ind., in each groups’ season opener.

Miles, who missed final season whereas recovering from knee surgical procedure, linked on 8 of 12 pictures from the sphere and had three steals in 32 minutes.

Miles was considered one of 5 double-figure scorers for the Preventing Irish, together with Pitt switch Liatu King (24 factors, 11 rebounds), reigning ACC Defensive Participant of the Yr Hannah Hidalgo (19 factors, 9 rebounds, six steals), Kate Koval (18 factors) and Cassandre Prosper (17 factors).

Bailey Kuhns paced Mercyhurst with 20 factors within the faculty’s first recreation on the Division I stage. Notre Dame by no means trailed and outscored the Lakers 82-28 within the paint.

No. 3 Southern California 68, No. 20 Ole Miss 66

JuJu Watkins posted 27 factors and 10 rebounds and the Trojans a survived a second-half comeback by the Rebels in Paris, France.

The Trojans made their final 17 free throws, the final two by Stanford switch Kiki Iriafen with 9 seconds left for the ultimate margin. Iriafen completed with 22 factors and 13 rebounds. Watkins added 5 blocks, 4 assists, three steals and a whopping 9 turnovers.

The Trojans had two essential offensive rebounds within the remaining minute to outlive going the ultimate 8 minutes, 47 seconds with no area purpose. KK Deans scored 19 to guide the Rebels earlier than fouling out on the play that despatched Iriafen to the road for the decisive factors.

No. 5 UCLA 66, No. 17 Louisville 59

Lauren Betts recorded 18 factors, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks because the Bruins staved off the Cardinals in Paris, France.

UCLA led 32-29 at halftime and 50-46 after three quarters. Isla Juffermans made a jumper to chop the deficit to 50-48 earlier than the Bruins rattled off 11 of the following 14 factors. Betts had the ultimate 4 factors of that surge, together with her layup giving UCLA its largest lead at 61-51 with 4:02 to play.

Timea Gardiner put up 15 factors and Londynn Jones had 13 for the Bruins. Tajianna Roberts completed with 21 factors for Louisville to guide all scorers, whereas Jaleah Williams had 11 factors, 9 assists and 4 steals.

No. 8 Iowa State 96, Chicago State 56

The Cyclones scored the primary 29 factors of the sport and shot 50.8 p.c from the sphere in a runaway victory over the Cougars in Ames, Iowa.

Addy Brown paced Iowa State with 20 factors and 9 rebounds. Audi Crooks added 16 factors and Aili Tanke and Alisa Williams every had 12.

Aiyanna Culver broke up the shutout with a 3-pointer with three seconds left within the first quarter. Asha Walker led the Cougars with 18 factors and Culver added 14, with every making 4 3-pointers.

No. 10 Oklahoma 76, Southern 44

In her Sooners debut since transferring from Oregon State, Raegen Beers tallied 21 factors and 14 rebounds in a season-opening win over the Jaguars in Norman, Okla.

Sahara Williams chipped in 19 factors and Skylar Vann added 10. With six factors, Aniya Gourdine was the main scorer for Southern in its season debut.

Oklahoma led wire-to-wire and outrebounded the Jaguars 40-12.

No. 11 Duke 89, Radford 36

Duke dominated with high-intensity, full-court stress from the opening tip, holding Radford to 10 complete area targets and 23.3 p.c taking pictures within the recreation in Durham, N.C.

Turning 34 turnovers into 41 factors, the Blue Devils constructed a double-digit lead that went to fifteen factors eight minutes into the sport on Toby Fournier’s sweeping right-handed layup.

Six Blue Devils hit double figures in scoring, led by Jordan Wooden with a game-high 13 factors. Sophomore guard Oluchi Okananwa had 10 factors, 5 steals and 6 rebounds. Radford prime scorer Cate Carlson had 10 factors and two of the Highlanders’ three 3-pointers (17 makes an attempt) within the recreation.

Duke missed 16 of 20 3-point makes an attempt.

No. 13 Kansas State 92, Inexperienced Bay 45

Kennedy Taylor delivered 16 factors and 11 rebounds off the bench and three different Wildcats scored in double figures in a wire-to-wire win in Manhattan, Kan.

Jaelyn Glenn led Kansas State with 17 factors and added 9 boards and 6 assists. Temira Poindexter tallied 15 factors and Serena Sundell added 12 for the Wildcats, who led 28-7 after one quarter and 49-12 at halftime.

Ok-State outrebounded Inexperienced Bay by a 56-25 margin and restricted the Phoenix to 30.6 p.c taking pictures (19 of 62). Natalie McNeal led Inexperienced Bay with 14 factors and 7 rebounds.

No. 15 North Carolina 83, Charleston Southern 53

Alyssa Ustby tallied 18 factors, eight rebounds and 4 assists and Lexi Donarski contributed 14 factors for the Tar Heels, who pulled away within the remaining minute of the second quarter in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Again-to-back Trayanna Crisp jumpers ended the second quarter and Donarski, a switch from Iowa State making her debut at UNC, ripped the ball from CSU at midcourt to start out the third with a layup and adopted with a 3-pointer to crank the lead as much as 43-23.

Catherine Alben led the Buccaneers with 18 factors.

No. 19 Florida State 119, North Florida 49

Ta’Niya Latson scored 27 factors in 20 minutes, Sydney Bowles added 18 and Makayla Timpson put up 17 factors, 22 rebounds and 4 assists because the Seminoles pressured 26 turnovers that led to 46 factors in a blowout in Tallahassee, Fla.

Sarah Taub was the lone scorer in double digits for the Ospreys with 12 factors. North Florida turned it over on one-third of its possessions.

No. 22 Kentucky 98, South Carolina Upstate 43

Clara Strack scored a career-high 22 factors to guide the Wildcats to a victory over the Spartans in Kenny Brooks’ debut as head coach at Lexington, Ken.

Strack, who together with Georgia Amoore adopted Brooks from Virginia Tech to Kentucky, additionally had six rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks for the Wildcats. Amoore had 11 factors and 10 assists, and Teonni Key had a career-best 14 factors and 5 assists together with 9 rebounds.

AC Markham led USC Upstate with eight factors, six rebounds and two assists. Kentucky scored 34 factors off 18 turnovers by the Spartans, whereas the Wildcats did not enable USC Upstate to attain any factors off their 9 turnovers.

No. 23 Nebraska 88, Omaha 48

Nebraska jumped in entrance 18-2 within the first quarter and by no means hit the brakes in a lopsided afternoon opener in Lincoln.

Alexis Markowski had 14 factors, 11 rebounds and solely missed one shot for the Cornhuskers, who bought 14 factors and 6 boards from Natalie Potts.

Omaha pressured 20 turnovers however dedicated 24 and shot 19 of 57 (33.3 p.c) from the sphere. The Mavericks have been led by guard Alana Powell with 15 factors.

No. 24 Alabama 115, New Orleans 53

Aaliyah Nye poured in 25 factors on 7-of-12 taking pictures from 3-point land to guide the Crimson Tide over the Privateers in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in each groups’ season opener.

Sarah Ashlee Barker was additionally instrumental for the Tide, notching 23 factors, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. Eris Lester added 16 factors for Alabama whereas Zaay Inexperienced scored 12.

Jayla Kimbrough led New Orleans with 13 factors and three boards.

Alabama by no means trailed and outscored New Orleans 26-2 in fastbreak factors.

–Discipline Stage Media