Villanova Upsets Notre Dame

Villanova Coach Harry Perretta said the calm before his Wildcats’ 59-54 upset of No. 4-ranked Notre Dame on Sunday began with Jackie Adamshick.

“When she started making some shots, we started to relax as a team,” the coach said. “Other people began to make some shots then.”

What Adamshick, who had a game-high 25 points, started, Kate Dessart Mager finished, scoring all 14 of her points in the second half and giving the Wildcats a 51-49 lead with 1:39 left when she made a shot off an inbounds pass with one second left on the shot clock.

“We were just trying find a mismatch in the game that we could go after to help us offensively,” Perretta said of Adamshick’s and Dessart Mager’s success in the game at Villanova, Pa.

Betsy McManus made four free throws in the final 25 seconds to help the Wildcats (9-4, 2-0 Big East) end Notre Dame’s six-game winning streak.

Jacqueline Batteast’s 22 points led Notre Dame (13-2, 2-1), which made 20 turnovers.

No. 2 Duke 88, No. 25 Virginia Tech 67 -- Monique Currie scored 18 points at Durham, N.C., to lift the Blue Devils (15-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast), who are poised to move up to the top ranking for the third consecutive season in light of No. 1 Louisiana State’s overtime loss to Rutgers on Wednesday.

Erin Gibson, Carrie Mason and Kerri Gardin each scored 13 points for the Hokies (11-3, 1-1).

No. 21 Maryland 92, No. 5 North Carolina 77 -- The Tar Heels (11-2, 0-1 ACC) pulled within six points with 8:33 left, but the Terrapins (11-2, 1-1) made 18 of their last 19 free throws to hang on to the victory at College Park, Md. Shay Doron’s career-high 37 points led Maryland.

No. 6 Michigan State 68, No. 18 Iowa 56 -- Defensive pressure by the Spartans (13-2, 2-1 Big Ten) helped force 20 turnovers by the Hawkeyes (13-2, 2-2) at East Lansing, Mich. Victoria Lucas-Perry had four of her team’s 15 steals. Jamie Cavey topped Iowa with 21 points before fouling out with 4:02 left.

No. 8 Stanford 78, Arizona 66 -- Candice Wiggins’ 28 points helped the Cardinal (13-2, 5-1 Pacific 10) end the nation’s longest home-court winning streak at 34 games. The Wildcats (11-4, 3-2) had not lost at Tucson since a 78-71 setback to LSU on Nov. 22, 2002.

No. 11 Minnesota 75, No. 23 New Mexico 35 -- The Golden Gophers (13-2) won at Minneapolis as the Lobos (10-2) finished 21 points below their previous season low and committed 23 turnovers.

Marquette 63, No. 19 DePaul 57 -- The Golden Eagles (10-4, 1-0 Conference USA) used a 14-0 second-half run to upset Blue Demons (11-3, 0-1) at Milwaukee.

No. 24 Purdue 60, Michigan 43 -- The Boilermakers (10-4, 3-1 Big Ten) scored 24 points off turnovers in the victory over the Wolverines (4-11, 0-4) at West Lafayette, Ind.

Delaware 73, Old Dominion 70 -- The Monarchs’ 122-game home winning streak in Colonial Athletic Assn. play ended with the loss at Norfolk, Va.