TOP 25 BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Men

No. 22 Cincinnati 55, East Carolina 46

Kyle Washington had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Cincinnati beat East Carolina for its eighth straight win. Jacob Evans III added 10 points for the Bearcats (15-2, 5-0 American Athletic Conference). Cincinnati extended its longest winning streak since the 2013-14 team reeled off 15 straight. Freshman Elijah Hughes had 18 points for the Pirates (9-10, 1-5). They have lost five in a row.

No. 25 Southern California 71, Colorado 68

Chimezie Metu scored a career-high 24 points, including a goahead hook shot with 29 seconds left, and Southern California held off slumping Colorado. Metu arched a shot over his defender moments after Xavier Johnson gave the Buffaloes a one-point lead on a 3-pointer. George King had a final chance to tie it at the buzzer, but the ball bounced off the rim. Metu scored 20 points in the opening half by showing off an array of hook shots, mid-range jumpers and powerful dunks. His previous high for a game was 21 at UCLA last January. USC (16-3, 3-3 Pac-12) trailed by as many as 11 points midway through the opening half and rallied back, which seems to be nothing new for this team. The Trojans have eight comeback wins this season when falling behind by nine or more points. King had 16 points and Johnson added 15 for the Buffaloes (10-8, 0-5).

Women

No. 2 Baylor 92, Kansas 43

Kalani Brown scored 16 points, Nina Davis added 15 and Baylor throttled Kansas. The Lady Bears (17-2, 6-0 Big 12) ran out to a 10-0 lead in the first four minutes and were up by 23 at halftime. Baylor had seven field goals in the third quarter to just one for Kansas (6-11, 0-6). With a 38-point lead heading into the final 10 minutes, coach Kim Mulkey took out all of her starters. Jessica Washington scored 15 points for Kansas.

No. 5 South Carolina 84, LSU 61

Alaina Coates had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and South Carolina again overcame the absence of All-American A'ja Wilson. Allisha Gray added 21 points, and Bianca Cuevas-Moore had 17 points for South Carolina (15-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference). The Gamecocks have won nine in a row.