Sunday’s top 25 college basketball games

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No. 5 Wisconsin 68, Illinois 49

MADISON, Wis.

Frank Kaminsky scored 23 points while Bronson Koenig added 15, for Wisconsin. Nigel Hayes had 14 points for the Badgers, who are now off to their best start in school history at 23-2. Wisconsin leads the Big Ten at 11-1 in conference play. The Illini (17-9, 7-6) had a four-game winning streak snapped. Malcolm Hill scored 15 points, while Rayvonte Rice added 10. The Badgers took control of the game with a 15-2 run sandwiched around halftime and then prevented Illinois from getting any closer than nine points the rest of the way.

No. 7 Arizona 86, Washington State 59

PULLMAN, WASH.

Brandon Ashley, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Kaleb Tarczewski each scored 17 points as Arizona routed Washington State. T.J. McConnell added 14 points for Arizona (22-3, 10-2 Pacific 12), which plays WSU only once this season. The Wildcats led by 34 points after the first half. Dexter Kernick-Drew scored 20 points and DaVonte Lacy scored 18 for Washington State (11-14, 5-8).

No. 13 Northern Iowa 68, Missouri State 57

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

Seth Tuttle scored 22 points and Northern Iowa matched its season-high with 12 3-pointers to beat Missouri State. The Panthers (24-2, 13-1 Missouri Valley Conference) shot 57 percent from the field (16 of 28) in the first-half, including nine of 14 from 3-point range. Northern Iowa had 14 assists and led 42-20 at the half. The lead stretched to 49-23 with 17:40 to go before Missouri State made a late push. Jeremy Morgan and Deon Mitchell added 11 points apiece in the win for the Panthers. Camyn Boone scored 14 points for Missouri State (9-17, 3-11 MVC), which lost for the 10th time in its last 11 games.

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No. 1 South Carolina 89, Vanderbilt 59

COLUMBIA, S.C.

Tiffany Mitchell and A’ja Wilson had 20 points apiece and No. 1 South Carolina remained perfect in Southeastern Conference play. The Gamecocks (24-1, 12-0 SEC) followed a blowout loss at No. 2 Connecticut on Monday with two consecutive decisive victories in league play, following up an 82-62 win over LSU on Thursday night with their sixth straight win over the Commodores (13-12, 4-8). Mitchell, the defending SEC player of the year, sparked South Carolina with 15 first-half points while the 6-foot-5 freshman Wilson kept the pressure on inside as she went 10-of-11 from the foul line. Rebekah Dalhman led Vanderbilt with 13 points before fouling out.

No. 3 Baylor 79, West Virginia 51

WACO, TEXAS

Nina Davis scored 22 points with eight rebounds and Baylor stretched its winning streak to 23 games. The Lady Bears (24-1, 13-0 Big 12) led 12-0 only 3 1/2 minutes into the game, a stretch when Alexis Prince had the first two baskets and Davis had a pair of layups. West Virginia never got closer than nine points after that. Teana Muldrow had 16 points and Bria Holmes 15 for the Mountaineers (15-10, 5-8), the last opposing team to win in Waco. Dekeiya Cohen had 10 points and seven rebounds for the Lady Bears.

No. 6 Tennessee 72, No. 10 Kentucky 58

KNOXVILLE, TENN.

Ariel Massengale scored 17 points to end her slump and Tennessee overcame the loss of starting center Isabelle Harrison to beat Kentucky. Harrison, the Lady Vols’ top scorer and rebounder, was carried off the court early in the second half after her right leg and right knee twisted awkwardly as she battled for a rebound. Tennessee also lost Jordan Reynolds, who was hit in the nose Thursday in a victory at Mississippi. She started Sunday, but left two minutes into the game and didn’t return. Makayla Epps scored 13 points for Kentucky.

No. 7 Florida State 65, Virginia 56

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

Maegan Conwright had 12 points and seven assists and shut down red-hot Mikayla Venson in the second half, leading Florida State to a victory against Virginia. Adut Bulgak and Ivey Slaughter scored 14 each to lead the Seminoles (23-3, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), and Conwright hit four 3-pointers. Brittany Brown also scored 12 for the Seminoles.

No. 8 Oregon State 73, Arizona 48

CORVALLIS, ORE.

Sydney Wiese scored 20 points, hitting six 3-pointers, to help Oregon State rout Arizona. Wiese set Oregon State’s career record for 3-pointers against Arizona State on Friday. The sophomore now has 186 in her two years. Jamie Weisner added 11 points and seven rebounds for the Beavers (23-2, 13-1 Pac-12). Alli Gloyd had 10 points, all in the first half, for the Wildcats (9-16, 2-12).

No. 9 Louisville 75, No. 17 North Carolina 66

LOUISVILLE, KY.

Mariya Moore scored 28 points, including 13 during ninth-ranked Louisville’s second-half rally that overcame North Carolina. Trailing 45-36 early in the second half, the Cardinals took advantage of the Tar Heels’ foul trouble to forge several ties. They finally led 63-62 with 4:11 left on Sherrone Vails’ free throw in place of an injured Myisha Hines-Allen, part of a parade to the line resulting 16 of 18 attempts made in the second half.

No. 13 Mississippi State 75, Florida 62

STARKVILLE, MISS.

Martha Alwal had 14 points and 13 rebounds, Breanna Richardson scored 16 points, and Mississippi State overcame a slow start to beat Florida. The Bulldogs (24-4, 9-4 SEC) rallied for a 40-30 halftime advantage and opened the second with a 9-4 run for a 15-point lead that never dropped back into single digits. Their 24th win ties the program’s best starts in 1999-00 and 2002-03. Florida (12-13, 4-8) scored the first eight points to open the game and led 17-9 before Mississippi State ripped off a 21-5 run to take the lead for good. Alwal recorded her third double-double of the season and 34th of her career. Victoria Vivians added 10 points as the Bulldogs bounced back from a 92-90 double overtime loss at No. 10 Kentucky on Thursday. January Miller had 16 points to lead Florida. Ronni Williams and Brooke Copeland added 11 each.

No. 14 Iowa 81, Indiana 64

IOWA CITY, IOWA

Melissa Dixon scored 15 points, including four 3-pointers, and Iowa cruised past Indiana. Dixon eclipsed 300 career 3-pointers (303) in the win. It was Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder’s 299th win in her 15th season with the program. Indiana led 18-17 on Karlee McBride’s 3-pointer midway through the first half. Iowa answered with a 16-2 run — punctuated by Ally Disterhoft’s trey with 2:14 left in the frame — to put the Hawkeyes up 33-20, en route to a 35-26 lead at the break. Iowa (20-4, 11-12 Big Ten) took control early in the second. Disterhoft started a 15-4 run with a jumper and ended it with a 3-pointer that lifted the Hawkeyes to an 18-point lead. Jess Walter led Indiana (14-10, 4-9) with 18 points.

No. 20 George Washington 70, St. Bonaventure 48

WASHINGTON

Jonquel Jones had 13 points, 17 rebounds and dished out a career-high eight assists to help George Washington roll to a victory over St. Bonaventure. George Washington (22-3, 11-1 Atlantic 10) bounces back after having its 19-game winning streak snapped in a 79-61 loss at Saint Louis on Wednesday night, and remains atop the conference with a one game lead over of Dayton (19-5, 10-2). Caira Washington scored 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds. Hannah Schaible chipped in 13 points for the Colonials, who built a 37-24 halftime lead and never trailed. Nyla Rueter was 5 of 13 from the floor, including 4 of 9 from long range, to lead St. Bonaventure (13-12, 3-9). The Bonnies shot just 18 of 64 (28 percent) overall.

No. 22 Nebraska 70, Wisconsin 63

LINCOLN, NEB.

Natalie Romeo scored a career-high 21 points and Tear’a Laudermill added 20 and Nebraska ended a three-game losing streak with a win over Wisconsin. All three of the losses came against ranked teams and after the Cornhuskers (18-7, 8-6 Big Ten) lost standout guard Rachel Theriot to an ankle injury suffered in practice.

No. 23 Syracuse 59, Virginia Tech 51

BLACKSBURG, VA.

Brianna Butler and Alexis Peterson combined for 30 points in the second half and No. 23 Syracuse scored the last 11 points of the game to rally past Virginia Tech. The Orange (18-8, 8-5 ACC) had to recover from their worst half of the season, missing all 17 of their 3-point attempts and shooting 14.3 percent (5 for 35) to trail 24-19 at halftime.

TAssociated Press