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Top 25 Capsules

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Peyton Little scored 17 points to lead No. 13 Oklahoma to a 74-60 victory over South Dakota State on Wednesday night.

Little has scored in double figures in three straight games, and needs 13 points to reach 1,000 during her career between Oklahoma and Texas A&M.

Maddie Manning had 15 points for Oklahoma (4-0). Vionise Pierre-Louis added 13 points and 14 rebounds for her second double-double of the season and third of her career.

Macy Miller scored 17 points and Madison Guebert had 16 to lead South Dakota State (4-1).

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No. 14 TEXAS 86, NORTHWESTERN ST. 39

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lashann Higgs scored 14 points and Kelsey Lang and Joyner Holmes each added 12 for Texas.

Ariel Atkins added 11 points and Jada Underwood and Brooke McCarty each had 10 for the Longhorns, who never trailed.

Beattrice Attura's 3 brought the Lady Demons within 8-6 with 7:24 left in the first before Texas (2-2) closed on a 13-3 run to end the quarter.

Texas blew it open in the second as Northwestern State (3-1) scored just five points and Texas led 47-14 at halftime.

Attura led the Lady Demons with 15 points and Shahd Abboud finished with 13.

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No. 19 WEST VIRGINIA 79, EAST CAROLINA 47

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Teana Muldrow had season highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds as West Virginia won in the Savannah Invitational for the undefeated Mountaineers' sixth straight victory.

Tynice Martin, who made two free throws to extend her streak to 30 straight, and Kristina King each added 16 points, and Katrina Pardee, with three 3-pointers, had 10. Muldrow's double-double was the first this season for the junior and the second of her career.

Bre McDonald scored 19 points and Kristen Gaffney 11 for the Lady Pirates (4-2).

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No. 20 KENTUCKY 74, MOREHEAD ST. 47

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Taylor Murray had 18 points and eight rebounds and Makayla Epps added 18 points and nine assists for Kentucky, which held Morehead State without a field goal for more than 15 minutes.

Maci Morris scored 14 points for the Wildcats and Evelyn Akhator had 11 points and nine rebounds.

Kentucky (4-1) led by three points at the end of the first quarter, but used a 25-7 run to open a 45-24 lead with 3 minutes left in the third.

Morehead State (3-2) scored two points in the second, setting the school record for fewest points in a quarter. Miranda Crockett hit a jumper with 7:30 left in the half and the Eagles went scoreless for the next 8:56 and didn't make another field goal until a jumper by Brianna McQueen with 2:26 left in the third quarter.

The Eagles shot 23 percent (13 of 57) and were held to their fewest points since a 45-43 win over Jacksonville State on Feb. 17, 2014.

McQueen led Morehead State with 14 points on 4-of-17 shooting and was the only Eagle with more than two field goals.

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