In women’s NCAA Division I play Tayla Dalton scored a career high 19 points, tallied 42 points in three games and passed the 100-point mark for the season to help Saint Mary’s College Gaels to a 2-1 start in the West Coast Conference. Across the three games Tayla made 16 from 24 from the field that included 7 from 11 three-pointers.

Emme Shearer was also in good form, as her stats line shows – 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals as Portland came from 17 points down to beat San Francisco 65-60 and move to 1-1 in West Coast Conference play.

Tera Reed is more facilitator than scorer these days and delivered a game high 7 assists as USC defeated Washington 73-66. Once again she played all 40 minutes accumulating 5 rebounds, 2 points a block and a steal.

48 hours earlier she had 4 points, 5 rebounds and a career high 9 assists but it wasn’t enough to prevent University of Southern California dropping the contest against Washington State 71-63 to slip to 2-2 in the Pac-12 Conference.

Tera has now drawn level with Micaela Cocks in terms of number of NCAA Division I games played, that’s 125 appearances and equal seventh on the NZ women’s all-time list.

In Division II action Chanel Brodeur-Muir had a tidy 7 points and 7 rebounds as Saint Thomas Aquinas beat District of Columbia 52-45.

Hannah Wentworth knocked down a couple of three-pointers on her way to 8 points and 3 rebounds as Eckerd College improved to 6-3 in Sunshine State Conference play with a 64-54 win against Embry-Riddle.

Northeastern State slipped up 78-62 against Missouri Southern State, a game in which Tessa Talo-Tomokino registered 6 points, 3 rebounds and a block.

Now to Junior College where Keeley Tini had a massive double-double of 17 points and 15 rebounds as Williston State sank Bismarck 70-65. Keeley sitting 11^th on the National Junior College rebounding list with 179 boards and 27^th on the scoring list with 267 points.

Jordyn Maddix was one point short of a season high, scoring 19 points (5/10 3PG) as Western Texas went under 83-67 at Midland College. Parehuia Delamere was also in double figures with 10 points.

Rashaan Smith came up with 6 points, 3 rebounds and a block as Western Nebraska dominated McCook to win 97-63 and move to an impressive 16-1 on the season – 8-0 in conference play.

In Men’s Division I play Kruz Perrott-Hunt was in good scoring form as South Dakota bagged two wins in three days. He scored 19 points (8/18FG) and pulled down 6 rebounds as South Dakota beat Summit League rivals North Dakota 75-68 and tallied 15 in the 105-70 thumping of Omaha.

Kruz now has 432 career points, moving past Jack Salt (415 points) into 19^th spot on the New Zealand men’s NCAA Division I all-time scoring list.

Miami University’s winning streak ended at nine after they were pipped by two made free throws inside the final second of the game to lose 65-64 at Florida State.

Sam Waardenburg had 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals and 2 assists for Miami who lost by a point to Florida State but still head the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 5-1 record. 

Sam Mennenga and Davidson College have won 13 straight games including their first four fixtures in the Atlantic 10 Conference. 10 points (5/9FG), 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals from Sam helped propel the Wildcats to a 77-67 victory against Massachusetts. 

In NCAA Division II play Marvin Williams-Dunn scored 3 points and added a pair of assists and rebounds plus a block as Ouachita Baptist defeated Arkansas Tech 79-72 for a second win in the Great American Conference.

Sean Murphy claimed 11 points and a team high 8 rebounds but couldn’t prevent Nebraska-Kearney slipping to 2-8 in the Mid-American Collegiate League after an 80-65 loss to unbeaten Northwest Missouri State. 

Former Rosmini forward Leo Wenham scored 3 points and secured 3 rebounds as Southeast headed north against Peru State winning 85-56 in a Junior College tie.