top 25 roundup Wednesday’s women’s games

No. 1 Connecticut 77, St. John’s 64

NEW YORK — Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles each scored 21 points to help top-ranked Connecticut remain unbeaten. Maya Moore had 20 points and 11 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season as the Huskies (24-0, 10-0 Big East) continued their best start since beginning the 2002-03 season 31-0. UConn has won 32 straight regular-season games. The Huskies are the only unbeaten team in Division I basketball. It was a homecoming for Charles, who grew up in New York and went to school a few miles away from St. John’s at Christ the King. Da’Shena Stevens scored a career-high 27 points and had nine rebounds to lead St. John’s (15-8, 3-7), which was coming off a thrilling 60-53 victory over Cincinnati that saw the Red Storm rally from a 14-point second-half deficit.

No. 2 Oklahoma 58, No. 16 Iowa State 49

NORMAN, Okla. — Courtney Paris got back into double-double territory with a season-high 25 points and 19 rebounds to lead Oklahoma. Two games after her record-breaking string of 122 straight double-doubles was snapped, Paris turned it on in the second half to guide the Sooners (21-2, 9-0 Big 12) to their 17th straight win. Heather Ezell scored 15 points to lead Iowa State (18-5, 6-3).

No. 7 Baylor 64, Oklahoma State 62, OT

STILLWATER, Okla. — Danielle Wilson scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Jhasmin Player scored a season-high 19 and Baylor escaped. Wilson’s offensive rebound and field goal with 45 seconds to play tied the game at 58 and Jessica Morrow, who finished with 10 points, had two key baskets in overtime for the Lady Bears (20-3, 8-2 Big 12).

No. 10 Louisville 71, No. 22 Notre Dame 66

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Candyce Bingham had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Angel McCoughtry added 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Louisville. The Cardinals (22-3, 9-2) bounced back from a surprising loss at home to West Virginia to avoid its first back-to-back losses this season. It was the fifth loss in eight games for the Irish (17-6, 6-5). Becca Bruszewski led Notre Dame with 18 points.

No. 13 Texas 74, Kansas 66

AUSTIN, Texas — Brittainey Raven scored 16 points to lead Texas to its first four-game winning streak in the Big 12 for the first time since 2006. Erika Arriaran helped pace Texas (18-5, 6-3) in the first half with key jumpers, and finished with 12 points.

No. 21 Xavier 82, George Washington 62

CINCINNATI — Ta’Shia Phillips and Jerri Taylor each scored 17 points to lead Xavier to its 12th consecutive victory. Xavier (21-4, 9-0 Atlantic 10), which has not lost since Dec. 21 at Arizona State, were 14-for-19 from 3-point range (73.7 percent), the second-best percentage in school history. Taylor went 4-of-6 from 3-point range.

No. 25 DePaul 80, Seton Hall 39

CHICAGO — Deirdre Naughton scored 17 points and DePaul beat Seton Hall. Naughton added four assists and three steals as the Blue Demons (19-6, 7-4 Big East) jumped out to a big lead and never looked back.

Associated Press