Flannigan Leads UCLA

LaCresha Flannigan scored a career-high 27 points to lead No. 10 UCLA past Arizona State, 98-85, Tuesday night at Tempe, Ariz.

Arizona State, 6-5 overall and 0-2 in the Pacific 10, trailed, 42-41, at the half but committed 14 turnovers after the break as UCLA (10-4, 2-0) pulled away.

Maylana Martin scored 19 points to help UCLA, and Erica Gomez set a UCLA record with 16 assists.

Kristine Sand’s career-high 26 points helped keep Arizona State close.

OTHER GAMES

Shea Ralph scored 15 points to lead No. 1 Connecticut (12-0, 5-0) to an 84-56 Big East victory over Seton Hall (4-8, 1-3) at South Orange, N.J. . . . Ukari Figgs scored 10 points, all in the second half, and Stephanie White-McCarty added a game-high 19 points as No. 3 Purdue (10-1, 2-0 Big Ten) held off Penn State (9-3, 1-2), 53-48, at West Lafayette, Ind. . . . Tammy Sutton-Brown had 16 points and six rebounds to lead No. 15 Rutgers (11-3, 4-0) to a 68-54 Big East victory over visiting Miami (8-4, 3-2). . . . Megan Taylor caught a long inbounds pass and swished a three-point shot with one second left, giving No. 16 Iowa State (10-1, 2-0) a 71-68 Big 12 victory over Texas (7-5, 1-1) at Ames, Iowa. . . . Lynn Pride scored 28 points to lead No. 21 Kansas (12-3, 2-0) past visiting Baylor (8-5, 0-2), 84-74, in Big 12 play. . . . Michaela Moua scored 19 points at Columbus, Ohio, to lead No. 23 Ohio State (10-3, 3-0) over Wisconsin (7-6, 2-2), 70-55, in the first Big Ten women’s game at the Schottenstein Center.