TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s women’s games
Texas Tech 65, No. 8 Texas 62
LUBBOCK, Texas — Dominic Seals hit a short jumper with 7.4 seconds remaining to seal the win and extend the Longhorns road-loss streak to three games. Jordan Murphree led the Lady Raiders (10-4, 1-0 Big 12), who won their fifth straight game, with 19 points.
No. 1 Connecticut 85, West Virginia 55
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Renee Montgomery scored 28 points to lead Connecticut (15-0, 2-0 Big East), which improved to 20-1 against the Mountaineers. The Huskies have won every game this season by double digits. Takisha Granberry scored 17 points, Liz Repella had 15 and Sarah Miles added 14 for West Virginia, which now has three straight losses. Connecticut’s Maya Moore had 16 points and 10 points while Tiffany Hayes added 10 points.
No. 3 Texas A&M 62, Missouri 56
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Danielle Gant scored 22 points, going 10-for-10 from the field, and Texas A&M withstood a late Missouri rally. The senior added seven rebounds for the Aggies, who built a 17-point lead in the second half before a late Missouri rally. Takia Starks added 14 points and La Toya Micheaux collected 10 rebounds for Texas A&M (13-1, 1-0 Big 12). Shakara Jones led Missouri (9-5, 0-1 Big 12) with 14 points, with Jessra Johnson adding 13 points.
No. 4 Oklahoma 77, Nebraska 56
LINCOLN, Neb. — Courtney Paris had 18 points and 20 rebounds and Oklahoma opened Big 12 play. The Sooners (12-2, 1-0 Big 12) won their eighth straight and beat Nebraska (9-5, 0-1) for the 10th time in 11 meetings. Dominique Kelley led Nebraska with 12 points, all in the second half.
No. 6 Baylor 63, Colorado 50
BOULDER, Colo. — Danielle Wilson scored 16 points to lead Baylor. Rachel Allison added 15 points for Baylor (13-1, 1-0 Big 12), which extended its winning streak to seven games. Jessica Morrow had 14 points as the Bears defeated Colorado for the fifth consecutive time.
No. 11 Stanford 102, Washington State 53
STANFORD, Calif. — Jeanette Pohlen scored 18 points and Jayne Appel added 16 tp help Stanford follow its record 77-point win over Washington two days earlier with a rout of Washington State. April Cook and Jazmine Perkins each scored 14 points to lead the Cougars (7-7, 0-3).
No. 12 Notre Dame 84, Georgetown 63
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Erica Williamson scored a career-high 21 points and Notre Dame won its seventh straight. Monica McNutt scored 16 and Morgan Williams added 14 for the Hoyas.
DePaul 69, No. 19 Pittsburgh 62
PITTSBURGH — Natasha Williams scored 27 points, Deirdre Naughton added 24 and DePaul rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to hand Pittsburgh its second consecutive loss.
No. 20 Kansas State 72, Kansas 39
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Shalee Lehning had 14 points and 10 assists to help Kansas State open defense of its Big 12 title with a victory over rival Kansas.
Iowa State 63, No. 21 Oklahoma State 55
AMES, Iowa — Nicky Wieben scored 23 points and Iowa State closed the game with a 15-5 run to beat Oklahoma State. Amanda Nisleit added 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Cyclones, who rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to snap Oklahoma State’s eight-game winning streak.
No. 23 South Dakota State 96, IUPUI 49
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Jill Young scored 17 points and Ketty Cornemann added 15 to lead South Dakota State over IUPUI. Kristin Rotert had 12 points and Jennifer Warkenthien 11 for the Jackrabbits (15-2, 4-1 Summit), who hit 11 3-pointers.
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