Oklahoma's perfect start comes to end in Tennessee

Ivory Latta scored 21 points to lead the North Carolina women.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Dane Bradshaw scored on a putback with 1.9 seconds left, and Tennessee ended No. 15 Oklahoma State's perfect start by beating the Cowboys 79-77 Monday night.
Byron Eaton lobbed the ball downcourt, Mario Boggan caught it and threw up a last shot for Oklahoma State (11-1), but it bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
Oklahoma State came in with its best start since going 13-0 to start the 2001-02 season, but this was the Cowboys' first game in a week because of finals and their first without their third-leading scorer. Freshman guard Obi Muonelo broke his ankle in practice Saturday.
The Volunteers (9-2) used their deeper bench and got the Cowboys into foul trouble early in a physical, sloppy game. It worked as they wore down Oklahoma State in the final minutes.
Boggan finished with 20 for Oklahoma State. Terrel Harris scored 17, JamesOn Curry added 11 and Kenny Cooper had 11.
Chris Lofton led Tennessee with 20. Freshman Duke Crews had a season-high 17 and JaJuan Smith had 14.
Women
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- Ivory Latta loves playing in her home state. And that usually means good things for North Carolina.
Latta, a South Carolina native, matched her season high with 21 points and the second-ranked Tar Heels won their 12th straight to remain undefeated with an 87-48 victory over Coastal Carolina on Monday night.
"I love everything about being here," said Latta, who is from McConnells near the North Carolina border. "The smell, the feel, seeing my family in the stands. I can't wait to come play these games."
Latta was South Carolina's all-time leading prep scorer, boys or girls, at York Comprehensive. Since leaving for college, Latta has led the Tar Heels to four victories at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
No. 6 Connecticut 96, Virginia 60
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Geno Auriemma came back to new-look Virginia but brought his same old Connecticut women's team with him, unleashing them on former boss Debbie Ryan's Cavaliers.
Kalana Greene scored 21 points to lead Connecticut. She had 11 during a 25-9 run to open the second half as the Huskies turned a 13-point game into a runaway.
No. 16 Louisville 80, Butler 77
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Angel McCoughtry scored 34 of her career-high 38 points in the second half andLouisville remained unbeaten.
McCoughtry, who was two points shy of the school record, scored the Cardinals' first 14 points in the second half and Louisville (12-0) battled back from a three-point halftime deficit to hand the Bulldogs (2-8) their fourth straight loss.
No. 24 Arkansas 70, Memphis 54
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Charity Ford scored 15 points, Dominque Washington added 12 and Lauren Ervin grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Arkansas, which won its fifth straight and improved to 6-0 on the road.
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