UConn women makes 25th straight Sweet 16

Napheesa Collier scored 23 points and top-seeded Connecticut beat instate neighbor Quinnipiac, 71-46, on Monday night in Storrs to advance to a 25th straight Sweet 16.

Azura Stevens added 14 points and Kia Nurse chipped in with 13 for the Huskies (34-0), who found themselves in a much slower-paced game than their 140-52 first-round rout of Saint Francis (Pa.).

But Connecticut was not threatened in this one either. They opened with a 9-2 run and never trailed.

Jen Fay had 12 points to lead the ninth-seeded Bobcats (28-6), who saw their school-record 23-game winning streak snapped.

Central Michigan 95, Ohio State 78: Presley Hudson scored 28 points and the 11th-seeded Chippewas shocked the No. 3 Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio, to earn the school’s first ever trip to the Sweet 16.

Central Michigan (30-4) outrebounded and outhustled Ohio State (28-7), played taut defense, hit a season-high 14 three-pointers and kept the Buckeyes at bay late in the game.

Buffalo 86, Florida State 65: Cierra Dillard scored 22 points and the visiting Bulls stunned the Seminoles.

The Bulls (29-5), who were one of the last four to earn an at-large berth in the 64-team field, went 24 of 26 from the foul line. They also held the Seminoles (26-7) to 3 of 25 on threepointers and 33.8% from the field.

Duke 66, Georgia 40: Leaonna Odom scored 16 points and the visiting Blue Devils held the Bulldogs to just two points in the second period.

Lexie Brown and Erin Mathias each had 14 points for Duke (24-8).

Georgia (26-7) made only 1 of 19 shots in the second period. The Lady Bulldogs set season lows for fewest points in a period and game and lowest field-goal percentage (24.0) in a game.