College Basketball Top 25 results | Monday
Men
No. 16 Oklahoma at No. 17 Oklahoma State, late
No. 21 Virginia 62, Miami 51
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Sam Hauser scored 18 points and No. 21 Virginia ended a three-game skid by handing Miami its sixth loss in a row.
Trey Murphy III added 12 points for the Cavaliers (16-6, 12-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who took command with a 14-2 run to end the first half. Miami closed within six points several times after halftime, but each time Virginia kept the Hurricanes from getting closer.
Kameron McGusty scored 14 points and Elijah Olaniyi had 12 for the Hurricanes (7-16, 3-15), who were trying to make Jim Larranaga the 16th coach to win 100 ACC games in his career. Miami scored 18 points in the paint in the first half but only eight after halftime.
Women
No. 1 UConn 63, Marquette 53
STORRS, Conn. — Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead UConn past Marquette in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Aaliyah Edwards added 16 points and eight rebounds for UConn (21-1, 18-0 Big East), which ended the regular season without a conference loss for the eighth straight year.
Camryn Taylor scored 19 points to lead Marquette (17-5, 14-4), which lost for the first time in six games and will be the No. 2 seed in this weekend’s Big East Tournament.
Lauren Van Kleunen had 12 points and Jordan King added 11 for the Golden Eagles.
No. 6 Baylor 64, Texas 57
AUSTIN, Texas — NaLyssa Smith scored 23 points and No. 6 Baylor used a dominant third quarter to build a lead, then had to fight off a late Texas rally to earn a that locked up sole possession of the Big 12 title for the Lady Bears.
Baylor had already clinched a least a share of the program’s 12th league championship and 11th in a row, and the victory locked out any chance West Virginia had of staking a claim to the crown.
Smith scored eight in the third quarter when Baylor broke open what had a been a close but sloppy game in a rematch of a 25-point Lady Bears win earlier this season.
Baylor (20-2, 15-1) has won 10 in a row over Texas and 25 of the last 26 meetings.
Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 15 points to lead Texas (16-8, 10-7).
Butler 86, No. 25 DePaul 81
CHICAGO — Upe Atosu scored 22 points and Butler had its best offense game of the season to shock DePaul to wrap up the regular season.
It was Butler’s first-ever win over DePaul in 21 meetings.
Okako Adika added 17 points for Butler (3-16, 3-15).
Deja Church and Lexi Held scored 20 points each and Church grabbed 12 rebounds for DePaul (14-7, 11-5), which lost for the third time in four games.