TULSA, Okla. – Katie Lou Samuelson scored a career-high 34 points Tuesday night to help No. 1 UConn beat Tulsa 98-58 for the Huskies’ 92nd consecutive victory.
Napheesa Collier had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Gabby Williams added 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Huskies (17-0, 5-0 American Athletic), who also won their 33rd straight road game.
Shug Dickson scored 21 points for Tulsa (5-13, 1-4).
The Huskies scored the first 14 points and held Tulsa scoreless for more than five minutes to start the game. Connecticut led 30-16 at the end of the first quarter.
Samuelson scored 23 points in the first half to help Connecticut take a 55-33 lead. Dickson had 15 points in the first half but the Golden Hurricane shot 38.7 percent.
(12) TEXAS 86, (20) OKLAHOMA 68: Joyner Holmes scored 20 points with 10 rebounds, and Ariel Atkins poured in 19 points before fouling out as Texas (13-4, 7-0) defeated Oklahoma (14-5, 5-2) in a Big 12 Conference showdown at Austin, Texas.
A Lashann Higgs layup sparked a 10-2 run as the Longhorns broke open the game in the final 4:36. Holmes scored eight points in the final quarter and Atkins six, including driving for a layup after stealing the ball.
(23) SOUTH FLORIDA 79, MEMPHIS 49: Maria Jespersen tied her career high with 26 points on 11-of-18 shooting, Ariadna Pujol had a double-double and Coach Jose Fernandez earned his 300th career win as South Florida (15-2, 4-1 American Athletic) cruised over Memphis (8-10, 1-4) at Tampa, Florida.
Pujol scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half, and finished with 10 rebounds and five assists. Laia Flores added 11 points and Kitija Laska scored 10 for USF, which has won seven of its last eight games.
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(5) KENTUCKY 88, MISSISSIPPI STATE 81: De’Aaron Fox scored 21 points, Malik Monk added 14 and Kentucky (16-2, 6-0 Southeastern) beat Mississippi State (12-5, 3-2) at Starkville, Mississippi.
Kentucky looked like it would cruise to the win after building a 66-49 lead midway through the second half, but Mississippi State responded with 13 straight points to make things interesting down the stretch.
(6) BAYLOR 74, TEXAS 64: Johnathan Motley set career highs with 32 points and 20 rebounds for Baylor (17-1, 5-1 Big 12), which went ahead to stay with a big run before halftime on the way to a victory against Texas (7-11, 1-5) at Waco, Texas.
Nuni Omot, the junior college transfer playing in only his eighth game, had a season-high 14 points. He scored seven in the half-ending 16-4 run that put the Bears up for the first time.
(21) PURDUE 91, ILLINOIS 68: Center Isaac Haas had 24 points and six rebounds, and power forward Caleb Swanigan added 22 points and 10 rebounds as Purdue (15-4, 4-2 Big Ten) dominated Illinois (12-7, 2-4) at West Lafayette, Indiana.
Haas scored 13 points in the second half when the Boilermakers led by as many as 27. Swanigan had a four-point first half but was almost unstoppable during the second half, accounting for 18 points and five rebounds.
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