No. 2 Notre Dame women top DePaul 91-82
No. 2 Notre Dame 91, DePaul 82
Jessica Shepard scored a career-high 39 points and Notre Dame withstood DePaul's 3-point spree in a victory on Sunday.
Shepard, who twice scored 35 points for Nebraska before transferring, hit 17 of 22 shots and had 11 rebounds. Arike Ogunbowale added 21 for the Irish (10-1).
Ashton Millender led the Blue Demons (7-4) with 18 points.
No. 3 Louisville 87, Kentucky 63
Asia Durr scored 32 points, Myisha Hines-Allen added 18 and Louisville outscored Kentucky 24-9 in the second quarter in the annual Bluegrass rivalry showdown.
Durr shot 12 of 22 from the field with six 3-pointers to help Louisville improve to 13-0.
Maci Morris had 16 points for Kentucky (8-4).
No. 4 S. Carolina 99, Savannah St. 38
A'ja Wilson scored 26 points and South Carolina, which began the game with just nine players and then lost another, beat Savannah State. The Gamecocks (10-1) announced before the game that senior point guard Bianca Cuevas-Moore will miss the season with an ACL injury. She hadn't played this season, but was said to be recovering. Senior guard Lindsey Spann missed her fourth straight game with a knee injury, and Te'a Cooper remained out while appealing to the NCAA for a hardship waiver. The Gamecocks lost junior guard Doniyah Cliney to a foot injury in the first half. Donasja Scott had 17 points for Savannah State (2-7).
No. 5 Mississippi State 83, Maine 43
Teaira McCowan had 18 points and 11 rebounds in her seventh double-double of the season, and Mississippi State beat Maine. Victoria Vivians added 12 points for Mississippi State (11-0). Blanca Millan led the Black Bears (6-5) with 13 points.
No. 7 Tennessee 90, Long Beach 61
Anastasia Hayes and Meme Jackson each scored 15 points and Tennessee beat Long Beach State 9to extend its season-opening winning streak to 11. Evina Westbrook and Mercedes Russell added 14 points apiece to lead Tennessee to its fourth road victory of the season. The Vols are 11-0 for the first since winning the first 18 in 2005-06.
Ma'Qhi Berry led Long Beach State (2-8) with 19 points and nine assists. Brooke McCarty returned from a hip injury to score a season-high 24 points, leading Texas past Florida State.
McCarty, a senior guard, missed one game. She appeared just fine against Florida State, making 10 of 13 shots and adding six assists. Ariel Atkins had 17 points, eight rebounds and four steals for Texas (9-1). AJ Alix led Florida State (10-1) with 21 points.
No. 9 Oregon 90, Mississippi 46
Sabrina Ionescu tied an NCAA record with her seventh career triple-double, and Oregon beat Mississippi.
Ionescu, a sophomore guard, had 21 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds for her third triple-double this season. She broke the Pac-12 career mark of six by Stanford's Nicole Powell, a former Oregon assistant under coach Kelly Graves.