SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jessica Shepard and No. 2 Notre Dame made certain any memories of a 33-point loss at No. 3 Louisville didn’t linger long.

Shepard and the Irish quickly scored the first nine points of the game, and Notre Dame bounced back from its most lopsided defeat in 16 seasons by routing Boston College, 89-60.

Jessica Shepard of Notre Dame drives down the court Sunday during the 89-60 victory against Boston College. Shepard scored 24 points in 22 minutes for the second-ranked Fighting Irish. Associated Press/Robert Franklin

Quite a change from that 100-67 loss Thursday.

“I think we all came in with a little chip on our shoulders. Quite frankly that game was embarrassing and that is not how Notre Dame basketball is played,” Shepard said.

Shepard scored 24 points in 22 minutes as the Irish (16-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast) overwhelmed the young and overmatched Eagles (6-11, 1-3).

(4) MISSISSIPPI STATE 75, ALABAMA 61: Victoria Vivians scored 21 points, Teaira McCowan added 19 and Mississippi State (19-0, 5-0 Southeastern) beat Alabama (13-5, 3-2) at Starkville, Mississippi.

Mississippi State earned its 11th straight win by double digits and now gets a week of rest to prepare for a showdown at No. 6 Tennessee next weekend.

(5) BAYLOR 74, OKLAHOMA 52: Dekeiya Cohen scored 16 points and Baylor (15-1, 5-0 Big 12) defeated Oklahoma (8-9, 3-3) at Norman, Oklahoma.

Baylor rolled despite getting just nine points from its leading scorer, Kalani Brown. Brown, who entered averaging 21.5 points per game, played just 15 minutes because of foul trouble. Her previous season low was 13 points.

(6) TENNESSEE 86, (9) SOUTH CAROLINA 70: Jaime Nared scored 19 points as Tennessee(16-1, 4-1 Southeastern) bounced back from its first loss of the season, beating South Carolina (14-3, 3-2), which played without injured All-American A’ja Wilson at Columbia, Soith Carolina.

The Vols lost in overtime, 79-76 at Texas A&M on Thursday night. But with the 6-foot-5 Wilson sidelined with a right ankle sprain, Tennessee took advantage of the middle with Nared and Mercedes Russell helping build an 18-point lead late in the third quarter.

(8) OREGON 74, (18) ARIZONA STATE 64: Sabrina Ionescu scored 26 points and Ruthy Hebard added 20 to lead Oregon (17-2, 6-0 Pac-12) over Arizona State (13-5, 4-2) at Eugene, Oregon.

Maite Cazorla had 15 points and Satou Sabally scored 10 for the Ducks, who won their ninth consecutive game and snapped a four-game losing streak against the Sun Devils.

(13) FLORIDA STATE 107, VIRGINIA TECH 62: Shakayla Thomas scored 21 points, Ama Degbeon had a double-double and Florida State (16-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast) tied a school record en route to beating Virginia Tech (13-5, 2-3) at Tallahassee, Florida

The Seminoles tied the 1990-91 team with their fifth 100-point game of the season.

(14) UCLA 93, COLORADO 55: Japreece Dean sank five 3-pointers and got a career-high 21 points to propel UCLA (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12) over Colorado (11-6, 2-4) at Boulder, Colorado.

(16) DUKE 55, VIRGINIA 48: Lexie Brown, held scoreless in the first half, had nine of her 14 points in the fourth quarter and Duke (14-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast) won at Durham, North Carolina, to end Virginia’s eight-game winning streak.

GEORGIA 92, (17) TEXAS A&M 84: Freshman Gabby Connally scored 37 points, 15 in overtime, to lead Georgia (16-2, 4-1 Southeastern) over Texas A&M (14-5, 3-2) at College Station, Texas.

(22) OREGON STATE 88, ARIZONA 48: Kat Tudor scored 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from 3-point range and Oregon State (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12) rolled over Arizona (4-13, 0-6) at Corvallis, Oregon.

(24) CALIFORNIA 66, WASHINGTON STATE 60: Kristine Anigwe scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, and Cal (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12) overcame Washington State (8-10, 1-5) at Berkeley, California.

TRINITY 59, COLBY 55: Katie McCrum finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, Haley Driscoll added 17 points and Paige Russell 16 points for the White Mules (6-7, 1-2 NESCAC) in a loss to Trinity (11-5, 1-3) at Hartford, Connecticut.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

(3) VIRGINIA 68, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 51: Devon Hall scored a career-best 25 points and Virginia (16-1, 5-0 Atlantic Coast) pushed its winning streak to eight with a victory over North Carolina State (12-6, 2-3) at Charlottesville, Virginia.

COLBY 61, TRINITY 51: Dean Weiner had 11 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocked shots, and Sam Jefferson added 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the White Mules (10-5, 1-2 NESCAC) past Trinity (11-4, 2-2) at Waterville.

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