No. 8 Florida St. tops N. Carolina
No. 8 Florida State 65, North Carolina 59: Patrick Williams had 14 points and nine rebounds, Trent Forrest also scored 14 and No. 8 Florida State beat North Carolina 65-59 on Monday.
RaiQuan Gray had 10 second-half points as the Seminoles (19-3, 9-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) moved within a win of their best-ever start in league play. Florida State opened 10-2 in ACC play in 2011-12.
Cole Anthony started in his second game back from knee surgery for UNC (10-12, 3-8).
No. 1 Baylor 73, Kansas State 65: Jared Butler scored 20 points and Baylor extended its school-record winning streak to 19 games, beating Kansas State.
MaCio Teague added 15 points and Davion Mitchell scored 13 for the Bears (20-1, 9-0 Big 12), who are off to the best start in league play by any Big 12 team since 2011.
Xavier Sneed had 23 points, Cartier Diarra scored 11 and Makol Mawien had 10 for the Wildcats (9-13, 2-7).
No. 3 Kansas 69, Texas 58: Udoka Azubuike scored 17 points and Kansas beat Texas.
Devon Dotson added 16 points and Marcus Garrett scored 11 for the Jayhawks (19-3, 8-1 Big 12), who have won seven straight, including four since an ugly brawl in the closing seconds of a win over rival Kansas State.
Matt Coleman III scored 20 points to lead the Longhorns (14-8, 4-5), who stayed within a possession of the lead for most of the game.
Top 10 women
No. 3 Oregon 74, No. 4 UConn 56: Ruthy Hebard had 22 points and 12 rebounds and Oregon handed UConn its first loss on campus in seven years.
It was UConn’s worst home loss since Dec. 5, 2005, when the Huskies lost to North Carolina by 23 points. UConn hadn’t lost on campus since falling to Notre Dame on Jan. 5, 2013. The Huskies were beaten by No. 2 Baylor by 16 points in Hartford, Connecticut, last month, ending the team’s 98game home winning streak.
Sabrina Ionescu added 10 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Ducks (20-2.
Crystal Dangerfield led UConn (19-2) with 19 points. The Huskies were outscored 44-14 in the paint.
No. 8 Mississippi State 67, Georgia 53: Freshman Rickea Jackson had a career-high 24 points, and Mississippi State ran past Georgia.
The Bulldogs (20-3, 8-1 Southeastern Conference) shot just 4 of 19 shooting in the first quarter and trailed 15-11 before taking control by outscoring Georgia 23-10 in the second quarter and 22-13 in the third. Que Morrison had 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Georgia (12-10, 3-6).