WOMEN’S BASKETBALL \ Top 25 games

No. 1 Connecticut 98, Pittsburgh 56

PITTSBURGH — Tina Charles scored 24 points to become the sixth Connecticut player to reach 2,000 points in her career and the No. 1 Huskies coasted to their 60th consecutive victory. Maya Moore, part of the inside-outside combination that has made these Huskies (21-0, 8-0 in Big East) one of the best teams in UConn’s wildly successful history, added 22 points in a game that — as usual — was decided after only a few minutes.

No. 2 Stanford 83, Arizona 62

STANFORD, Calif. — Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored eight of her 27 points during a 10-0 run to open the second half and Stanford overcame a second straight halftime deficit to beat Arizona. Kayla Pedersen added 27 points and 13 rebounds for the Cardinal (19-1, 9-0 Pac-10), who won their 40th straight home game and finished the first half of the conference season with a perfect record for the second time in the past eight years.

No. 3 Notre Dame 74, Syracuse 73

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Ashley Barlow swished a 3-pointer with 34.2 seconds left, and Notre Dame held off Syracuse. After the Irish’s Lindsay Schrader missed the front end of a 1-and-1, a held ball gave Syracuse a final possession with less than a second left. Tasha Harris’ inbounds pass to Kayla Alexander in the lane was deflected away and the Irish escaped with a win.

No. 6 Nebraska 80, Colorado 64

BOULDER, Colo. — Kelsey Griffin scored 24 points and Nebraska remained unbeaten with a victory over Colorado. Dominique Kelley matched her season high with 18 points for Nebraska (19-0, 6-0 Big 12), which is off to the best start of any Big 12 team since the conference’s inception in 1996-97.

No. 10 Xavier 74, Dayton 49

CINCINNATI — Katie Rutan scored 16 points, hitting five 3-pointers for Xavier. Amber Harris led the Musketeers (16-3, 6-0 Atlantic-10) with 19 points and 14 rebounds to help Xavier go undefeated in January for the first time in school history.

No. 11 Oklahoma 70, Texas Tech 66

LUBBOCK, Texas — Danielle Robinson scored 26 points, including two free throws with 8.9 seconds left, to lead Oklahoma to a victory over Texas Tech.

No. 16 West Virginia 72, Louisville 66

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Vanessa House and Sarah Miles scored 17 points apiece to help West Virginia beat Louisville.

No. 17 Georgetown 59, Rutgers 50

WASHINGTON — Sugar Rodgers scored 27 points and Georgetown rebounded from a loss with a victory against Rutgers.

New Mexico 60, No. 20 TCU 53

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Amy Beggin scored 19 points and Eileen Weissmann added a career-high 17 to help New Mexico upset TCU. Helena Sverrisdotter scored 14 to lead the Horned Frogs (15-5, 5-2 Mountain West), who shot just 17 of 57 (29.8 percent) from the field. It was a ragged game from the outset, with both teams struggling to find a shooting touch.

No. 24 Wisconsin-Green Bay 78, Valparaiso 54

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Julie Wojta scored 14 points and No. 24 Wisconsin-Green Bay used a 16-0 run to pull away from Valparaiso. The Phoenix (18-2, 7-2 Horizon) led 46-43 early in the second half before Wojta started the spurt with consecutive baskets. Heather Golden and Hannah Quilling sank 3-pointers, Kayla Tetschlag scored inside and Celeste Hoewisch made four free throws to cap the burst and give Green Bay a 62-43 edge midway through the half.

Associated Press