COLUMBUS, Ohio — Keita Bates-Diop scored a career-high 32 points, and Ohio State stunned No. 1 Michigan State 80-64 on Sunday.

The overachieving Buckeyes put together an electrifying 12-0 run to finish the first half and kept their foot on the gas to give first-year coach Chris Holtmann a signature win.

Ohio State (13-4, 4-0 Big Ten) won its third straight in taking down the best team it is likely to see this season. The mistake-prone Spartans (15-2, 3-1) lost for the first time in the last 15 games, dating to a seven-point loss to Duke on Nov. 14.

The Spartans, who came in leading the nation with a 53.3 field-goal percentage, shot just 39 percent and committed a dozen turnovers.

(4) ARIZONA STATE 80, UTAH 77: Shannon Evans had 22 points, and Arizona State (13-2, 1-2 Pac-12) held on for a choppy win at Utah (10-5, 2-2) to end a two-game losing streak.

(9) WICHITA STATE 95, SOUTH FLORIDA 57: Shaquille Morris scored 15 points to lead a balanced scoring effort, and host Wichita State (13-2, 3-0 American Athletic) blew out South Florida (7-10, 0-4).

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(15) MIAMI 80, (24) FLORIDA STATE 74: Hurricanes 5-foot-7 freshman Chris Lykes scored a season-high 18 points, and Miami (13-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast) withstood a late rally by the visiting Seminoles (12-3, 1-2).

Bruce Brown scored a season-high 23 points for the Hurricanes, who took the lead for good in the early minutes and made 13 of their first 14 shots.

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(2) NOTRE DAME 77, GEORGIA TECH 54: Arike Ogunbowale scored 25 points, Jackie Young added 14 and Notre Dame (15-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast) had no trouble winning its eighth straight game with a victory over Georgia Tech (12-5, 1-3) at Atlanta.

(3) LOUISVILLE 67, VIRGINIA TECH 56: Asia Durr scored 21 points to lead the host Cardinals (18-0, 4-0 ACC) over Virginia Tech (12-4, 1-2).

(15) MISSOURI 83, (4) SOUTH CAROLINA 74: Sophie Cunningham was too much for South Carolina (13-2, 2-1 SEC) to handle for the second straight year, scoring 27 points to lead the Tigers (14-2, 2-1) at home.

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Cunningham, who suffered a right knee sprain last week and sat out Missouri’s loss to LSU on Thursday, returned with a knee brace but showed no ill effects. She made 9 of 10 shots from the field and had seven assists and six rebounds.

(5) MISSISSIPPI STATE 83, LSU 70: Teaira McCowan had 31 points and 20 rebounds to help Mississippi State (17-0, 3-0 SEC) win at LSU (10-4, 2-1).

(7) TENNESSEE 86, VANDERBILT 73: Mercedes Russell scored a career-high 33 points as the Vols (15-0, 3-0 SEC) came from behind in the second half to outlast Vanderbilt (4-13, 0-3) at Knoxville, Tennessee, where the Commodores are 0-33 all-time.

(8) TEXAS 75, KANSAS STATE 64: Lashann Higgs scored 26 points and Texas (13-1, 4-0 Big 12) used a big run to start the second half in a win at Kansas State (9-6, 1-3).

(9) OREGON 70, (14) UCLA 61: Ruthy Hebard scored 19 points, Sabrina Ionescu had 18 and Maite Cazorla 17 in a win for Oregon (15-2, 4-0 Pac-12) at UCLA (11-4, 2-2).

(10) OHIO STATE 78, (22) MICHIGAN 71: Kelsey Mitchell scored 37 points, carrying the Buckeyes (15-2, 4-0 Big Ten) to an overtime victory at Michigan (13-4, 2-2).

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Mitchell scored Ohio State’s final nine points of the fourth quarter, then added nine more in the extra session.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

MAINE 3, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2: Tereza Vanisova had two goals, Jessica Jacques also scored, and Maine extended its unbeaten streak to eight games by holding off host Boston University.

The Black Bears (14-6-3, 8-3-2) completed a weekend sweep of the Eagles and won their third straight overall.

Vanisova broke a 1-1 tie 15:34 into the first period, scoring off a long pass from Vendula Pribylov.

Jacques extended Maine’s lead to 3-1 with four minutes left in the second period on a slap shot.

Jesse Compher got one back for Boston University (7-12-4, 3-9-3) with 5:21 left in the game.


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