Kea, North Carolina women stun top-ranked Notre Dame

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. >> Paris Kea scored a season-high 30 points to help North Carolina stun No. 1 Notre Dame 78-73 on Sunday.

Leah Church came through with a 3-pointer at the 1:25 mark for her only basket, which broke a 71-all tie to put the Tar Heels (129, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) ahead for good on the way to a major upset.

UNC led by 10 early in the fourth quarter before Notre Dame ran off 12 straight points to take the lead. But instead of crumpling, the Tar Heels found a counterpunch. NO. 2 BAYLOR 74, OKLAHOMA 53>> Juicy Landrum scored 21 points, Kalani Brown added 20 and Baylor extended its Big 12 Conference winning streak to 30 games, rolling past Oklahoma. NO. 3 UCONN 93, UCF 57 >> Napheesa Collier led a balanced attack with 23 points, and UConn routed UCF to move into sole possession of first place in the American Athletic Conference.

Collier, Megan Walker (21 points), Crystal Dangerfield (17) and Katie Lou Samuelson (15) were all in double figures before halftime for the Huskies (18-1, 7-0). NO. 4 LOUISVILLE 70, PITTSBURGH 42 >> Dana Evans scored 16 points to guide a short-handed Louisville squad to a victory over Pittsburgh. NO. 5 OREGON 76, WASHINGTON 57>> Erin Boley scored a career-high 31 points, hitting nine 3-pointers, to Oregon to a victory over Washington NO. 21 UTAH 75, NO. 6 STANFORD 68>> Erika Bean scored 23 points and a hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with a minute left to lift Utah over Stanford.

Megan Huff had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Utah, and Kianna Moore added 13 points. The Utes (18-1, 7-1 Pac12) won their sixth straight. NO. 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE 80, MISSISSIPPI 49 >> Teaira McCowan had a season-high 33 points with 13 rebounds, and Mississippi State beat Mississippi for the 10th straight time.

McCowan’s barrage followed a poor performance on the road at Florida on Thursday when she managed just two points. The preseason Southeastern Conference Player of the Year has won SEC Player of the Week the last two weeks and four times this season. NO. 8 N.C. STATE 68, GEORGIA TECH 60 >> Elissa Cunane scored 17 points, Kiara Leslie added 16 points and North Carolina State remained the nation’s lone unbeaten team in Division I with a victory over Georgia Tech. NO. 9 OREGON STATE 52, WASHINGTON STATE 53 >> Mikayla Pivec had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Oregon State beat Washington State for its ninth win in 10 games.

Destiny Slocum scored nine points for Oregon State (17-3, 7-1 Pac-12), which has won its past 11 games against Washington State. NO. 10 MARQUETTE 87, BUTLER 58 >> Natisha Hiedeman scored 21 points and Marquette cruised to a victory over Butler.

The Golden Eagles took a 36-31 lead into the half after Butler fought its way back to make things interesting. But the Golden Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 30-13 in the third quarter to take a commanding 66-44 lead into the final period. NO. 11 MARYLAND 76, INDIANA 56>> Kaila Charles scored a season-high 25 points with 11 rebounds and Maryland rolled past Indiana.

Stephanie Jones scored 20 points for the second straight game and Taylor Mikesell added 13 points and five assists for the Terrapins (18-2, 7-2 Big Ten), who won their third straight. NO. 13 SYRACUSE 64, DUKE 55 >> Kiara Lewis came off the bench to score 20 points, setting a career high for a second straight game, and Syracuse defeated Duke. NO. 14 RUTGERS 69, PENN STATE 61>> Stasha Carey scored 19 points, Tekia Mack made back-to-back 3-point plays down the stretch and Rutgers turned back Penn State. NO. 24 TEXAS A&M 73, NO. 15 KENTUCKY 71 >> Chennedy Carter and Kayla Wells each scored 20 points and Texas A&M held off Kentucky. NO. 16 ARIZONA STATE 68, SOUTHERN CAL 59 >> Kianna Ibis led a balanced attack with 11 points, leaving her one point shy of 1,000 for her career, and Arizona State defeated Southern California. NO. 17 IOWA 72, PURDUE 58 >> Megan Gustafson scored 25 points, Hannah Stewart added 21 and Iowa used a 10-2 game-ending run to pull away from Purdue.

The victory was the sixth in a row for Iowa (16-4, 7-2 Big Ten) as the Hawkeyes improved to 11-0 at home and avenged a 62-57 loss at Purdue on Jan. 10. NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE 56, VIRGINIA TECH 54 >> Nausia Woolfolk scored a career-high 27 points, including two free throws with 22.2 seconds left that gave Florida State its first lead in a victory over Virginia Tech.

With 40.2 seconds remaining and Virginia Tech (13-7, 0-7 ACC) in possession with a 54-51 lead, the Hokies’ Taylor Emery was fouled but simultaneously called for unsportsmanlike contact when Morgan Jones was struck in the throat by an elbow. Emery missed both of her free throws but Nicki Ekhomu made two for FSU (17-3, 5-2), which kept possession leading to Woolfolk’s go-ahead free throws. NO. 23 MICHIGAN STATE 77, MICHIGAN 73 >> Taryn McCutcheon had 14 points to help Michigan State hold off Michigan.

The Spartans (15-5, 5-4 Big Ten) have won six of seven against their rivals.

The Wolverines (12-9, 3-6) trailed by 15 points in the third quarter and by nine with 3:13 left before rallying to cut their deficit to four on four occasions over the last 1:50 of the game. NO. 25 MISSOURI 74, AUBURN 65>> Sophie Cunningham scored 30 points — 21 in the first half — and Missouri blitzed Auburn early.

Cunningham scored 13 of Missouri’s first 18 points as it built an 18-0 lead. Cunningham made her first four shot attempts with three coming from behind the 3-point arc. Missouri (16-6, 5-3 SEC) didn’t score until Janiah McKay’s layup with 1:32 before the end of the first. Missouri led 23-2 at the end of one as Auburn shot 1 of 14 from the field. Missouri finished with a 17-5 rebounding advantage at the end of one.

McKay led Auburn (15-5, 3-4) with 23 points.