Brittanny Johnson scored 16 points, Carolyn Swords added 14 points and seven rebounds, and Mickel Picco contributed 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists as the Eagles closed out the first half with a 16-4 run to take control en route to a 72-64 win over the Hurricanes at Conte Forum.

Trailing by 5 with six minutes left in the opening half, BC (12-10, 3-4 Atlantic Coast) turned to the 3-ball to surge ahead. Johnson and freshman Kerri Shields (9 points) each hit a pair of treys during the run that gave BC a 33-26 halftime edge.

The Eagles extended the lead to 15 points early in the second half after layups by Stefanie Murphy (10 points), Jaclyn Thoman (4 points, 6 assists), and Swords.

The Hurricanes (14-7, 2-5) made a late run, cutting BC’s lead to 5 before Picco hit a 3-pointer with 6:53 left to regain control.

Northeastern 70, George Mason 57 - Deanna Kerkhof tallied career highs with 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists and the Huskies (8-12, 3-6 Colonial Athletic) shot 70.6 percent from the floor in the second half to rally past the Patriots (8-12, 1-8) at Solomon Court.

Kim Carr added 19 points and eight rebounds and Kashaia Cannon hit four of five 3-pointers and finished with 15 points for NU.

Vermont 78, UNH 64 - May Kotsopoulos scored 26 points and the host Catamounts (17-5, 7-2) moved into a tie for second in America East with Boston University by rolling past the Wildcats (7-15, 2-7), who have lost nine of their last 12. Jill McDonald had 19 points and 10 boards for New Hampshire.

Indiana 67, Ohio St. 62 - Jori Davis scored 19 points and Danilsa Andujar added the go-ahead basket with 3:45 left, helping the host Hoosiers (12-10, 5-6 Big Ten) stun the No. 4 Buckeyes (21-3, 9-2), just their second win in the last 13 meetings with Ohio State.

Tennessee 60, South Carolina 55 - Kamiko Williams scored a career-high 17 points to help the No. 5 Lady Vols (19-1, 7-1 Southeastern) beat the host Gamecocks (11-10, 4-5) for the 38th straight time.

Oklahoma St. 67, Texas A&M 63 - Andrea Riley shook off early foul trouble to score 31 points and rally the No. 15 Cowgirls (18-3, 6-1 Big 12) from a 14-point second-half deficit in an upset of the No. 8 Aggies (15-4, 3-3) in College Station, Texas.

Auburn 67, Georgia 53 - Alli Smalley scored 22 points and the host Tigers (12-10, 3-6 SEC) handed the No. 9 Lady Bulldogs (18-4, 5-4) their third straight loss.

Dee Goens finished with a career-high 13 points for Holy Cross (5-17, 2-5).

Purdue 66, Penn State 46 - Robbie Hummel scored 23 points and the No. 10 Boilermakers (18-3, 6-3 Big Ten) routed the visiting Nittany Lions (8-13, 0-9) for their fourth straight win.

Tennessee 61, Florida 60 - In Knoxville, Tenn., Scotty Hopson hit a long jump shot with 21 seconds left to give the No. 14 Volunteers (16-4, 4-2 SEC) their sixth straight win over the Gators (15-6, 4-3).

South Florida 70, Pittsburgh 61 - Dominique Jones scored 37 points and the host Bulls (14-7, 4-5) extended their school-best Big East winning streak to three games with an upset of the No. 17 Panthers.

Gilbert Brown scored a career-high 25 for Pittsburgh (16-5, 6-3), which has dropped three of four conference games after starting 5-0 in the league and working its way into the Top 10.

Arkansas 80, Mississippi 73 - Mike Washington had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Marshawn Powell added 19 and two key blocks in the final 1 1/2 minutes to rally the visiting Razorbacks (10-11, 3-3 SEC) to an upset of the 18th-ranked Rebels (16-5, 4-3).

Ohio St. 85, Minnesota 63 - William Buford scored a career-high 26 points and Evan Turner and Jon Diebler each had 19 points to lead the 20th-ranked Buckeyes (16-6, 6-3 Big Ten) past the visiting Gophers (13-8, 4-5).