Lawrence, Kan.
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 84LSU 61
Baton Rouge, La.
No. 7 Florida State 86
Clemson 27
Clemson, s.c.
No. 8 Washington 65
No. 19 Arizona State 54
Tempe, Ariz.
No. 9 Louisville 63No. 14 Miami 59
Louisville, Ky.
No. 10 Oregon State 74Southern California 60
Los Angeles
Orum also had nine rebounds for the Beavers (16-2, 5-1 Pac-12). Maria Gulich added 11 points and 10 rebounds.
No. 11 Ohio State 61Purdue 56
West Lafayette, Ind.
No. 23 NC State 55No. 12 Duke 52
Raleigh, n.c.
No. 13 Stanford 84Colorado 70
Boulder, Colo.
No. 17 UCLA 79, Oregon 63
Los Angeles
No. 21 Depaul 85, Xavier 69
Chicago
Utah 63No. 24 California 57
Salt Lake City
No. 22 Cincinnati 55East Carolina 46
Greenville, n.c.
Jacob Evans III added 10 points for the Bearcats (15-2, 5-0 American Athletic Conference), who overcame their own shooting struggles by making things even tougher on a Pirates team missing its top scorer.
Cincinnati extended its longest winning streak since the 2013-14 team reeled off 15 straight.
Freshman Elijah Hughes scored 18 points in his first start and fellow freshman Jeremy Sheppard added 13 for East Carolina (9-10, 1-5), which has lost five in a row and hasn’t beaten a nationally ranked opponent since knocking off Dwyane Wade and No. 13 Marquette in 2002.
