Women's Top 25 Capsules
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Jewell Loyd scored 34 points, Lindsay Allen added 15 and No. 6 Notre Dame made 58 percent of its shots to beat fifth-ranked Tennessee 88-77 Monday night, ending an 11-game winning streak for the Lady Vols.
The Fighting Irish (17-2) beat the Volunteers for the fifth straight after losing the first 20-games in the series. It's only the second time in 10 tries Tennessee (15-3) has lost at Notre Dame.
Just like in the other five losses to the Irish, the Lady Vols were hurt by Notre Dame's best player. Loyd made 13-of-23 shots, hitting big shots every time the Irish needed one and Notre Dame opened a 66-52 lead with 6:36 left.
Tennessee narrowed the lead 80-74 on a layup by Bashaara Graves with 56 seconds left, but couldn't get any closer. Graves led Tennessee with 22 points and Cierra Burdick added 15.
No. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 77, FLORIDA 42
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Tiffany Mitchell scored 18 points, A'ja Wilson added 16 and South Carolina remained unbeaten with a victory at Florida.
The Gamecocks (18-0, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) dominated every aspect of the game, taking a double-digit lead early, going up by 35 midway through the second half and coasting down the stretch.
Mitchell was the best player on the floor, making 8 of 10 shots, beating Florida up and down the floor constantly and finishing with four steals.
Wilson was solid, too. She made 7 of 11 shots and added nine rebounds.
Florida (9-10, 1-5) struggled from the start, missing 13 of its first 16 shots and playing little, if any, post or transition defense. South Carolina finished with 46 points in the paint and 14 on fast breaks.
Ronnie Williams led the Gators with 12 points before fouling out with 11:41 remaining.
No. 3 BAYLOR 75, No. 8 TEXAS 58
WACO, Texas (AP) - Nina Davis scored 25 points and Niya Johnson had 15 points with 12 assists as Baylor stretched its winning streak to 16 games with a victory over Texas.
The Lady Bears (17-1, 6-0 Big 12) took control with a 10-0 run before halftime against a Texas team that had been 3-0 against top-10 teams this season, already with earlier wins against Stanford, Tennessee and Texas A&M.
But the Longhorns (14-3, 3-3) have lost three of their last four games overall, and suffered a big blow when leading scorer and rebounder Nneka Enemkpali injured her left knee while grabbing an offensive rebound in the first half.
Enemkpali was in obvious pain, clutching her knee and crying out after falling awkwardly to the floor with 5:44 left in the first half.
No. 9 OREGON STATE 75, WASHINGTON 67
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Jamie Weisner scored 26 points and Oregon State held off Washington.
Ruth Hamblin added 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for the Beavers (16-1, 6-0 Pac-12), who only have lost at Tennessee this season.
Talia Walton had 22 points and Jazmine Davis added 15 for the Huskies (14-4, 3-3).
The Huskies trailed 68-67 with less than two minutes left, but Weisner was fouled on a drive and sank both free throws. Washington guard Kelsey Plum was stripped by Ali Gibson on the next possession, and Hamblin then scored for the Beavers to give Oregon State a 72-67 lead.
Neither team was able to gain much separation early, and the game was tied at 22-all when Oregon State went on a 12-3 run capped by a Weisner jumper with 3:18 left in the first half.
No. 13 ARIZONA STATE 60, No. 11 STANFORD 57
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Promise Amukamara had 17 points and seven rebounds and Arizona State held off Stanford to stay unbeaten atop the Pac-12 standings despite the Cardinal's second-half rally.
The Sun Devils (17-1, 6-0 Pac-12) snapped a 16-game losing streak in the rivalry and won at Maples Pavilion for only the second time spanning 33 chances in program history and first since March 3, 1984.
Coach Charli Turner Thorne, in her 18th year leading ASU, had never beaten the Cardinal at Stanford - where she played her college ball under Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer.
No. 16 NEBRASKA 69, PURDUE 59
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Rachel Theriot made all seven of her free throw attempts and finished with 16 points to help Nebraska beat Purdue.
Hailie Sample scored 15 points for Nebraska (14-3, 4-2 Big Ten), Brandi Jeffery had 13 and Tear'a Laudermill added 10. Emily Cady grabbed 13 rebounds and had five assists to help the Cornhuskers win their fourth consecutive conference game.
Nebraska scored 15 first-half points off of 12 Purdue turnovers on its way to a 33-24 halftime lead.
Whitney Bays recorded her ninth straight double-double for Purdue (9-9, 3-4) with 14 points and 14 rebounds. April Wilson added a career-high 20 points as the Boilermakers lost their fourth game in a row for the first time since 2010.
Bays hit two free throws to cut Purdue's deficit to 53-49, but Theriot started an 8-0 spurt with a 3-pointer and capped it with a three-point play with 3:04 left.