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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Kiah Gillespie scored 21 points to lead No. 8 Florida State to a 73-62 victory over No. 23 Miami. Gillespie shot 8 of 11 from the field as the Seminoles rebounded from their first loss of the season Thursday at Syracuse. Morgan Jones scored 16 points and Nicki Ekhomu finished with 15 points for Florida State. Mykea Gray scored 21 points for the Hurricanes. Miami standout Beatrice Mompremier missed the game because of a foot injury.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — There is a parity party in college basketball this season unlike perhaps any other year. Five different teams rose to No. 1 before New Year's Day, a record for the AP poll that began with the 1948-49 season. This past week brought losses to No. 4 Oregon, ninth-ranked Memphis and No. 10 Villanova — all to unranked teams. There are a multitude of reasons, ranging from more talent spread more evenly across college basketball to rule changes that include a deeper 3-point line. But regardless of the circumstances, one thing has become clear: Not even the bluest of the blue bloods is safe this season.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dana Evans hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds remaining and Bionca Dunham hit two free throws with 16 seconds left to help No. 7 Louisville beat Duke 60-55. The Cardinals trailed much of the game before finally going ahead 49-47 on Evans’ 3 with 7:15 remaining. The Blue Devils twice rallied from four-point deficits to tie it at 55 on Kyra Lambert’s jumper with 1:06 left before Evans answered with another 3 to finish with 10 points despite 2-of-11 shooting. Jazmine Jones scored a career-high 26 points to break 1,000 for her career. Haley Gorecki had 20 points for the Blue Devils.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Elissa Cunane had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the ninth-ranked North Carolina State women beat Virginia 80-60. Jakia Brown-Turner added 13 points and Grace Hunter scored 10 for the Wolfpack. N.C. State improved to 14-0, matching the second-best start in program history. Jocelyn Willoughby scored 25 points to lead Virginia. Dominique Toussaint had 15 points for the Cavaliers, who have lost four straight and six of seven. N.C. State never trailed and stretched its lead to 38-23 with a 13-2 run in the second quarter.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Kiah Gillespie scored 21 points to lead No. 8 Florida State to a 73-62 victory over No. 23 Miami. Gillespie shot 8 of 11 from the field as the Seminoles rebounded from their first loss of the season Thursday at Syracuse. Morgan Jones scored 16 points and Nicki Ekhomu finished with 15 points for Florida State. Mykea Gray scored 21 points for the Hurricanes. Miami standout Beatrice Mompremier missed the game because of a foot injury.
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