LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chloe Kitts had 19 points and 14 rebounds and Tessa Johnson scored 15 points as top-ranked South Carolina defeated scrappy Michigan 68-62 on Monday night in the Hall of Fame Series. Joyce Edwards added 10 points for South Carolina, which won the national championship last season. Syla Swords led Michigan with 27 points and 12 rebounds and Jordan Hobbs had 19 points.
South Carolina, which was favored by 21 1/2 points at BetMGM Sportsbook, was pushed in the season opener for both teams. Michigan tried to become the first team since Big Ten Conference rival Iowa in 2023 national semifinals to beat the Gamecocks. Michigan got to within 64-62 with 22 seconds left, but South Carolina held on from there.
NO. 3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 68, NO. 22 MISSISSIPPI 66 PARIS (AP) — Kiki Iriafen made a pair of free throws with seconds remaining to lift No.
3 Southern California over Mississippi in a doubleheader in France. The score was tied 66-66 with 10 seconds left when Iriafen — an Associated Press preseason All-America selection — hit her two free throws. Iriafen finished with 22 points while teammate JuJu Watkins led the way for USC with 27 points.
K.K. Deans scored 19 points for No.
20 Ole Miss. Madison Scott added 14. With a little under two minutes left, Deans made a jump shot from near halfway to put Ole Miss ahead 66-64.
The 8,000-capacity Adidas Arena, home to the men’s Paris Basketball team, was about half full. NO. 5 UCLA 66, NO.
17 LOUISVILLE 59 PARIS (AP).