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Keion Brooks Jr. scored 23 points and Washington never trailed in a 67-55 victory over Oregon State on Saturday. Brooks made half of his 14 shots with two 3-pointers for the Huskies (13-11, 5-8 Pac-12 Conference), who snapped a two-game skid while extending Oregon State's losing streak to four. He added nine rebounds. ....
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley learned a little bit more about her top-ranked team and much more about her program's direction. Facing a pair of games without their best player in Kamilla Cardoso, the Gamecocks ran past their opponents for two blowout wins, including a 83-65 victory over No. 11 UConn on Sunday. Te-Hina Paopao, the Oregon transfer, had 21 points with five 3-pointers while junior point guard Raven Johnson had 10 points and team-high 12 rebounds. ....
Donovan Clingan missed five games in December and January with a foot injury and was in foul trouble in his last two, scoring in single digits both times. The player coach Dan Hurley affectionately calls “Cling Kong” shot 8 of 12 from the field in posting his first double-double this season and the fifth of his career. “He was tremendous,” Hurley said. ....
Even on the road without starting forward Alex Karaban, top-ranked UConn had plenty of answers. Cam Spencer scored 23 points, freshman Stephon Castle added a season-best 21 and Connecticut pulled away from St. John's for a 77-64 victory Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Tristen Newton had 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the defending national champion Huskies (20-2, 10-1 Big East), minus an injured Karaban, overcame foul trouble for 7-foot-2 center Donovan Clingan to win their 10th straight game. ....
Freshman guard Stephon Castle scored a season-high 20 points and top-ranked UConn held off Providence 74-65 Wednesday night in a foul-filled Big East battle. Tristen Newton added 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Cam Spencer scored 15 as the Huskies (19-2, 9-1) won their ninth straight in a game that included 48 fouls — 29 of them on Providence. “These are steel cage matches,” UConn coach Dan Hurley said. ....