



Zoe Brooks scored a career-high 33 points to help No. 13 N.C. State beat top-ranked Notre Dame 104-95 in double overtime Sunday, ending the Fighting Irish’s 19-game winning streak while keeping alive their hopes to share the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title.
Brooks had 10 rebounds for the host Wolfpack (22-5, 14-2 ACC), while Aziaha James added 20 points. That included a highlight-reel transition layup in which James took the ball around her back to change hands and avoid a strip by Olivia Miles, a sequence that had the packed Reynolds Coliseum erupting in a roar.
By the end, the Wolfpack had hung on in a game featuring 21 lead changes while denying the Irish (24-3, 15-1) the chance to clinch the ACC regular-season title outright.
Hannah Hidalgo had 26 points for Notre Dame, while Sonia Citron added 23, including a tough 3-pointer over James with 0.6 seconds left in regulation to extend the game.
The Fighting Irish moved to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time under Niele Ivey to start the week. Their only two losses had come against TCU and Utah in November. But their stay at No. 1 looks like it will be brief.
The Wolfpack had won 15 of 16 before last weekend’s loss at now-No. 9 North Carolina, though Wes Moore’s club regrouped with Thursday’s win at No. 20 Georgia Tech. This was an even bigger response, with five players in double figures while shooting 45.6% and making 24 of 26 free throws.
N.C. State’s 10-0 start to the second OT proved decisive, with Rivers finding Trygger inside for the go-ahead high-low finish. Brooks followed with a floater, and then James had her highlight layup to make it 98-92.
N.C. State got a huge performance from 6-foot-6 freshman Tilda Trygger, who came in averaging 6.4 points but matched her season high with 19 points.
Bruins rally on road: Elina Aarnisalo made two free throws with 3.8 seconds remaining to give No. 3 UCLA a 67-65 comeback win over Iowa on Sunday.
Lauren Betts had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the visiting Bruins (26-1, 14-1 Big Ten), who trailed by 12 points twice in the third quarter before rallying.
Iowa tied it at 65 when Lucy Olsen made three free throws with 6 seconds left. Aarnisalo was fouled when she was tripped by Olsen after she had fallen to the court trying to defend.
Iowa had a final shot to tie or win, but Addison O’Grady’s 3-pointer fell short.
Kiki Rice added 12 points for UCLA.
Olsen led Iowa (18-9, 8-8) with 17 points. Hannah Stuelke had 11, and O’Grady and Taylor McCabe each had 10.
TCU rolls: Hailey Van Lith scored 26 points, Sedona Prince had 20 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks, and No. 10 TCU rolled to a 71-50 victory over 17th-ranked West Virginia. The 21st consecutive home victory for the Horned Frogs dating back to last season also set school records for overall victories with 26 and Big 12 wins with 14. TCU pulled even with Baylor atop the Big 12.