WACO, Texas — Macio Teague had 18 points to lead six players scoring in double figures for No. 2 Baylor, which beat Alcorn State 105-76 on Wednesday for its second lopsided victory in a 23-hour span.

Jared Butler added 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting and Matthew Mayer had 14 points for the Bears. Davion Mitchell, Jordan Turner and Zach Loveday each scored 10.

Baylor (8-0), the only Big 12 team without a loss, returned from its Christmas break with back-to-back midweek afternoon games. They were the last games for the preseason conference favorites before resuming Big 12 play this weekend.

Tyree Corbett had 24 points to lead Alcorn State (0-5), and Byron Joshua had 12 and Oddyst Walker 11.

Corbett had six early points, including back-to-back jumpers that tied it at 12 about six minutes in after Teague’s second 3-pointer.

Baylor responded with a 17-2 run in less than five minutes, going ahead 29-14 when Butler had a steal that he converted into a fast-break layup.

The Bears got their next basket when Mayer had a steal and got the ball to Butler, who made an alley-oop pass to Mark Vital for a slam. Mitchell then had a steal, and after a media timeout hit a 3-pointer.

Vital later had a steal before his fast-break dunk made it 49-24.

Alcorn State had 14 turnovers in the first half. Baylor turned those into 26 points, only one fewer than the Braves scored overall while going down 59-27 at the break. The Braves had only four turnovers after halftime, when they outscored Baylor 49-46.

(23) VIRGINIA 66, NOTRE DAME 57: Kihei Clark had 19 points and five assists, and visiting Virginia (5-2, 1-0) continued its dominance over Notre Dame (3-5, 0-2).

The Cavaliers improved to 12-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference openers under Coach Tony Bennett and 10-0 in ACC regular-season matchups against the Fighting Irish.

Jay Huff scored 15 points for Virginia, and Sam Hauser added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Notre Dame fell despite a career-high 28 points from Nate Laszewski.

(25) OHIO STATE 90, NEBRASKA 54: Justin Ahrens came off the bench to score 18 points and freshman Zed Key added 14 points on 5-for-5 shooting as Ohio State (8-2, 2-2 Big Ten) used balanced scoring to beat visiting Nebraska (4-6, 0-3).

Duane Washington Jr. added 13 points, Justice Sueing 12 and Seth Towns 11 as Ohio State got points from 10 players and won for the third time in four games.

The Cornhuskers lost their third straight game and were slowed by 28.3% shooting from the field. Nebraska has lost 12 games against ranked opponents.

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(21) SOUTH FLORIDA 63, TULSA 35: Elisa Pinzan made 3 of 5 from 3-point range and had 13 points to help visiting South Florida (6-1, 3-0 American) beat Tulsa (1-3, 0-3).

Pinzan finished 5 of 9 from the field and had four assists and two steals. The Bulls won their fifth straight and third straight road game to open the conference season. Bethy Mununga added 11 points and seven rebounds, and Sydni Harvey and Elena Tsineke scored 10 apiece.

Wyvette Mayberry scored nine points on 3-of-17 shooting for the Golden Hurricane (1-3, 0-3).

(23) GONZAGA 58, PEPPERDINE 42: Jill Townsend scored 13 points and had 11 rebounds, Jenn Wirth had 12 points and 14 rebounds, and Gonzaga (7-2, 2-0 West Coast Conference) beat Pepperdine (3-3, 0-2) at Malibu, California, for its sixth straight win.

Townsend, the reigning West Coast Conference Player of the Year, also had four of the Bulldogs’ 16 assists. It was Jenn Wirth’s fifth double-double in six games.

LeeAnne Wirth added 12 points for Gonzaga. Kaylynne Truong had eight points and five assists.

Malia Bambrick scored 10 points for Pepperdine, which has lost three straight.

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