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“Around the NCAAW Weekly” highlights the notable events of the week. Check out the milestones, surprises, best games and outstanding performances for games played through Sunday, Feb. 28:
Conference champions
No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies
In addition to moving up to the 1-line in the NCAA Top 16 reveal on Sunday, the Aggies celebrated their first-ever SEC regular-season championship and first regular-season title title in any conference since winning the Big 12 in 2007.
Texas A&M defeated the No. 5 South Carolina Gamecocks 65-57 on Sunday to secure the title. Senior forward N’dea Jones had 16 points and 14 rebounds in the contest to surpass 1,000 career rebounds and reach 1,010, which is good for first place in Texas A&M history, ahead of former record-holder Anriel Howard (1,002).
February 24, 2021 in Sports, Volleyball
Redshirt junior outside hitter Billy Fautleroy led the team with 22 kills Wednesday night. (Peter Gastis | Daily Trojan)
The men’s volleyball team fell in three straight sets against the Pepperdine Waves at Galen Center Wednesday night. USC now stands at 1-3 on the seasonand in the MPSF conference. The Trojans have lost their last three matches, winning only two sets in those three losses.
USC came close to pushing the match to four sets, taking an 18-15 lead in the third, but ultimately service errors prevented the Trojans from finishing. After holding off five Pepperdine match points, USC had an opportunity to win the set leading 28-27. However, the Waves were able to climb back and secured the win 30-28. It was the first time the Trojans were swept this season.
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BYU battles through riptides to win 57-43 at Pepperdine
The BYU women’s basketball team was able to weather the runs from the Pepperdine Waves on Tuesday in Malibu to comfortably maintain second place in the West Coast Conference.
“It was a good win,” BYU head coach Jeff Judkins said. “Even though we didn’t play to our full potential tonight we sure defended. Sara (Hamson) took the middle away and we did a really good job of fighting through ball screens. I’m happy for the team being able to fight through a game like this.”
Paisley Harding scored 20 points and Shaylee Gonzales had 16 with seven rebounds. Lauren Gustin and Tegan Graham both ended up with eight points while Gustin secured 10 rebounds.