Delaware rolls past VCU

Elena Delle Donne scored 22 points to lead four Delaware players in double figures as the No. 12 Blue Hens defeated Virginia Commonwealth 68-49 on Sunday.

Delle Donne had 12 rebounds also for the Blue Hens (20-1, 11-0 CAA), who have won 10 straight after their only loss of the season against Maryland.

Danielle Parker had 16 points, Akeema Richards 12, and Lauren Carra 11 for the Blue Hens.

Courtney Hurt scored 19 points and Andrea Barbour added 17 for the Rams (13-9, 6-5).

After trailing by as many as 16 points in the first half, VCU cut Delaware's lead to 46-40 on Barbour's basket with 12:30 left. But the Blue Hens answered with a 10-2 run to take back control for good.

The 19-point margin was Delaware's biggest lead of the game.

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH (13-9, 6-5 CAA) — Hurt 19, Snyder 2, Hobson 1, Barbour 17, Carter 4, Lane 0, Green 2, McRae 2, Parks 2, Henry 0, Adebayo 0. Totals 19 9-14 49.

DELAWARE (20-1, 11-0) — Delle 22, Parker 16, Richards 12, Carra 11, Lucas 4, Bailey 2, Miller 1, Buchanan 0. Totals 25 17-21 68.

3-point goals — VCU: Hurt, Barbour; D: Carra.

Halftime — Delaware 37-28

VIRGINIA 55, N.C. STATE 47: Ataira Franklin scored 20 points and Ariana Moorer scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Cavaliers held the Wolfpack to 29 percent shooting from the floor in the win in Raleigh. Moorer also got five steals for the contest.

Marissa Kastanek led the Wolfpack with 12 points and Bonae Holston had 10 points and 16 rebounds.

VIRGINIA (17-8, 5-6 ACC) — Egwu 2, Gerson 10, Moorer 11, Franklin 20, Shine 3, Thompson 0, Wolfe 5, Pitts 2, McCall 2. Totals 20 10-17 55.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE (14-10, 4-7) — Goodwin-Coleman 3, Tasler 5, Holston 10, Kastanek 12, Burke 4, Durham 0, Williams 5, Barrett 4, Donovan 0, Daniel 2, Evans 2. Totals 16 8-12 47.

3-point goals — U.Va.: Franklin 3, Gerson, Wolfe; NCSU: Kastanek 4, Goodwin-Coleman, Tasler, Barrett.

Halftime — Virginia 22-21

FLORIDA STATE 78, VIRGINIA TECH 60: Porschia Hadley scored 18 points and Monet Tellier had 17 points for Virginia Tech, but the Hokies couldn't overcome an 11-point deficit as they fell to the Seminoles in Tallahassee.

The Seminoles, who had five players score in double digits led by Natasha Howard, Cierra Bravard and Chelsea Davis who all scored 16 points apiece, got 16 points from their bench players.

VIRGINIA TECH (7-17, 3-8 ACC) — Hines-Allen 8, Hadley 18, Wilson 16, Fenyn 1, Tellier 17, Sarver 0, Nichols 0, Montgomery 0, Hall 0, Conyers 0. Totals 25 6-11 60.

FLORIDA STATE (13-11, 5-5) — Howard 16, Bravard 16, Clayton 12, Deluzio 5, Rodriguez 13, Loucks 0, Mokube 0, Bresnahan 0, Davis 16. Totals 29 16-21 78.

3-point goals — VT: Wilson 2, Tellier 2; FSU: Clayton 2, Rodriguez 2.

Halftime — Florida State 39-28.

N.C. WILMINGTON 80, W&M 77: Emily Correal scored 22 points and Janine Aldridge scored 19 points, but William and Mary (9-13, 2-9 CAA) fell on the road to the Seahawks (14-8, 7-4). Jaclyn McKenna scored 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Tribe.

OLD DOMINION 81, HOFSTRA 79: Tia Lewis and Jackie Cook each scored 15 points as the Monarchs (8-15, 5-6 CAA) held off a strong rally by the Pride (16-6, 8-3). Lewis also got 11 rebounds and four assists. Shante Evans scored 31 points and had 10 rebounds for Hofstra.

JAMES MADISON 49, GEORGE MASON 45: Despite shooting only 22.1 percent from the field and having no players in double-digit scoring, the Dukes (17-5, 8-3 CAA) earned the home win. Lauren Whitehurst and Tarik Hislop led JMU with nine points and Whitehurst had 12 rebounds. Taleia Moton led all scorers with 13 points for the Patriots (11-11, 5-6).

FERRUM 82, CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT 58: Tesla Akers scored 15 points and had five assists and Katy Kipps had 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Panthers (17-4, 12-2 USA South) stopped CNU's 12-game winning streak. Camry Green had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Captains (17-4, 12-2).

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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) coast past DePaul (17-7, 5-5).

The Irish (23-1, 10-0 Big East) scored 56 points in the first half, shooting 72 percent from the field — including hitting six of their seven 3-pointers.

Skylar Diggins added 11 points and 10 assists.

LSU 61, NO. 6 KENTUCKY 51: Adrienne Webb scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half as LSU (15-8, 5-5 SEC) snapped Kentucky's 10-game winning streak.

A'dia Mathies led Kentucky (21-3, 10-1) with 12 points.

NO. 7 MIAMI 68, CLEMSON 47: Shenise Johnson scored 19 points to lead Miami (20-3, 9-1 ACC) past Clemson.

Nikki Dixon scored 16 points to lead Clemson (6-15, 2-8), which has lost five of six.

NO. 8 TENNESSEE 82, AUBURN 61: Glory Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds to help Tennessee (17-6, 8-2 SEC) beat Auburn.

Auburn (11-13, 3-8) hit six of its first nine shots and led by as many as five points early.