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No. 1 Tennessee 88, Vanderbilt 83 OT

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Grant Williams scored a career-high 41 points and finished off a three-point play with 31.6 seconds left in overtime to put top-ranked Tennessee ahead to stay, holding off Vanderbilt. Williams went a career-best 23 of 23 at the free throw line. Jordan Bone added 14 for the Vols. Aaron Nesmith had a career-high 24 points, Lee added 21, Ryan 12 and Simisola Shittu 10.

No. 12 Marquette 79, DePaul 69

MILWAUKEE

Markus Howard scored 13 of his 23 points in the final six minutes and Sam Hauser added 19 as 12th-ranked Marquette held off DePaul to remain unbeaten at home. Theo John scored a career-high 16 points for Marquette, and Joey Hauser had 14. Paul Reed had 18 points and Femi Olujobi added 15 for DePaul.

No. 17 Houston 94, East Carolina 50

HOUSTON

Armoni Brooks scored 17 points, Corey Davis Jr. added 12 and No. 17 Houston hit 16 3-pointers while beating East Carolina. Brooks and Davis combined to hit nine 3-pointers while the Cougars finished 16 of 24 from behind the arc. Nate Hinton had 13 points, Cedrick Alley scored 12 and Fabian White Jr. had 11. Seth Leday had 12 points and Isaac Fleming added 11 for ECU. Jayden Gardner finished with eight points for the Pirates.

No. 25 LSU 92, Georgia 82

BATON ROUGE, LA.

Tremont Waters scored a season-high 26 points and No. 25 LSU beat Georgia for its eighth straight victory. Waters added four assists and four steals with no turnovers in 32 minutes. Skylar Mays matched his season best for the Tigers with 20 points. Naz Reid had 15 and Ja’vonte Smart added 10 for LSU. Rayshaun Hammonds paced Georgia with 18 points. Nicolas Claxton had 15, Derek Ogbeide added 14 and Jordan Harris scored 10.

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No. 2 Baylor 84, No. 20 Iowa St. 69

WACO, TEXAS

Lauren Cox scored 22 points to lead all five Baylor starters in double figures and the No. 2 Lady Bears pulled away in the second half for a victory over No. 20 Iowa State. Kalani Brown had 18 points for Baylor. Juicy Landrum scored 16, DiDi Richards added 15 and Chloe Jackson 11. Jackson also had 11 assists, and the Lady Bears assisted on 29 of their 34 field goals. Bridget Carleton had 28 points, 24 before halftime. Alexa Middleton finished with 18 points for the Cyclones, and Kristin Scott had 12.

No. 3 UConn 79, SMU 39

STORRS, CONN.

Napheesa Collier scored 22 points and Katie Lou Samuelson added 21 to lead No. 3 UConn to a rout of SMU, the Huskies’ 107th straight victory over an American Athletic Conference opponent. Christyn Williams had 12 points and Megan Walker chipped in with 11 for the Huskies. Alicia Froling had 13 points and Johnasia Cash scored 12 for SMU, which has lost seven of eight.

No. 12 Texas 62, Kansas 43

AUSTIN, TEXAS

Sug Sutton scored 18 points, Joyner Holmes added 15 and No. 12 Texas defeated Kansas. Texas was 1 of 9 from 3-point range but shot 24 of 48 overall and had a 45-26 edge in the paint. The Jayhawks shot just 26 percent (17 of 66), 13 percent behind the arc (4 of 30) and went 5 of 9 from the foul line. Mariane De Carvalho had 11 points and Austin Richardson 10 for Kansas.

Miami 84, No. 13 Syracuse 71

SYRACUSE, N.Y.

Emese Hof scored 21 points, Laura Cornelius and Beatrice Mompremier had double-doubles and Miami upset No. 13 Syracuse. Hof finished 11 of 11 from the foul line, tying the Miami record for best mark in a game. Cornelius had 13 points and a career-high 10 assists for her first double-double, Mompremier 12 points and 10 rebounds and Mykea Gray added 17 points for Miam. Kiara Lewis led the Orange with 16 points.

No. 17 Iowa 72, No. 14 Rutgers 66

IOWA CITY, IOWA

Megan Gustafson scored 32 points and No. 17 Iowa made 12 of 15 free throws in the fourth quarter to end Rutgers’ 10-game winning streak. There were 14 ties and 12 lead changes in the early going before the Hawkeyes scored 10-straight midway through the second quarter to take the lead for good. Gustafson grabbed 12 rebounds for the Hawkeyes, who have won four straight. Kathleen Doyle added 17 points. Sasha Carey had 17 points for the Scarlet Knights.

Associated Press