Duke pulls away to defeat BC

Chelsea Gray scored 10 of Duke's last 12 points, and the No. 5 Blue Devils avoided a shocking upset with a 71-62 win over Boston College on Thursday night.

Gray led all scorers with 19 points, and Duke (20-3, 11-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) also got 18 from Elizabeth Williams.

BC (5-19, 0-11) was led by Kristen Doherty with 17.

Gray hit a jumper that gave Duke a 61-55 lead with 3:22 left. BC closed to 61-60 on a 3-pointer by Tessah Holt and two free throws by Katie Zenevitch.

Gray then made a 3-pointer, Doherty hit a layup and Gray sank another 3-pointer, making it 67-62 with 1:28 to play. The Blue Devils finished with a short hook by Haley Peters and two free throws by Gray.

NO. 8 MARYLAND 91, CLEMSON 61: Lynetta Kizer scored 18 points and Maryland (21-3, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) had five other players in double figures against host Clemson (6-16, 2-9).

The Terrapins, the ACC's highest-scoring team, won their third in a row. They have beaten the Tigers 10 consecutive times.

DETROIT 70, NO. 9 WIS.-GREEN BAY 58: Shareta Brown scored 24 points and Senee Shearer added 23 to help Detroit (13-11, 9-3 Horizon League) hand host Wisconsin-Green Bay (20-1, 10-1) its first loss.

The Phoenix's 40-game regular-season winning streak ended, as did their bid for a second straight perfect season in the conference.

Top-ranked Baylor is now the only unbeaten team in Division I women's basketball.

ILLINOIS 66, NO. 10 OHIO STATE 65: Alexis Moore made a game-winning layup with two seconds left to give Illinois (9-16, 3-9 Big Ten) a win over Ohio State (21-3, 8-3).

After Tayler Hill drove the lane for a layup in traffic with 19 seconds remaining to give Ohio State a one-point lead, Moore answered with a twisting go-ahead basket to give Illinois its first win against a ranked opponent this season.

Adrienne Godbold led four Illini players in double figures with 16 points. Hill scored 20 points to lead Ohio State.

NO. 12 DELAWARE 76, OLD DOMINION 63: Elena Delle Donne had 27 points and 15 rebounds as Delaware (21-1, 12-0 Colonial Athletic Association) beat host Old Dominion (6-16, 5-7) for its 11th consecutive victory.

Delle Donne, the country's leading scorer at 28.1 points per game, hit 11 of 24 shots from the floor as the Blue Hens led from start to finish.

MICHIGAN 63, NO. 13 NEBRASKA 52: Carmen Reynolds matched her season high with 16 points, and visiting Michigan (18-7, 7-5 Big Ten) capitalized on abysmal shooting by Nebraska (19-4, 8-3).

Michigan led 32-12 at halftime after going on a 26-3 run and holding the Huskers without a field goal for more than 14 minutes. Nebraska shot 26 percent for the game.

The 12 first-half points were the fewest by a Top 25 team against an unranked opponent since then-No. 9 California scored 11 against Oregon State in February 2008.

NO. 18 PENN STATE 69, WISCONSIN 54: Maggie Lucas scored 16 points, and Alex Bentley and Ariel Edwards added 14 each as visiting Penn State (19-5, 9-3 Big Ten) beat Wisconsin (8-16, 4-8).

The Lady Lions won for the eighth time in their past nine games.

Penn State, which beat Wisconsin by 33 points in January, shot 48 percent from the field. Wisconsin shot just 37 percent.

ARKANSAS 68, NO. 24 SOUTH CAROLINA 47: C'eira Ricketts scored 16 points and had seven rebounds and seven assists to lead Arkansas (18-5, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) past South Carolina (18-6, 7-4).

The win is a program-best seventh straight SEC victory for the Razorbacks, who haven't lost since opening league play with four losses.

The Gamecocks had won four in a row

FLORIDA 70, AUBURN 56: Lanita Bartley scored 17 points, Deana Allen had 14 and Jaterra Bonds added 12, leading host Florida (16-8, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) past Auburn (11-14, 3-9).

WAKE FOREST 65, FLORIDA STATE 55: Lakevia Boykin scored a game-high 20 points and added nine rebounds as Wake Forest (14-10, 4-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat FSU (13-12, 5-6). Alexa Deluzio led the Seminoles with 14 points.