COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Te-Hina Paopao and Chloe Kitts each scored 11 points, and No. 2 South Carolina rolled past No. 5 Texas 67-50 for its 11th consecutive win on Sunday in front of a sold out crowd of 18,000 at Colonial Life Arena.
Joyce Edwards added 10 points for the Gamecocks (16-1, 4-0), who became the only team in the nation with 13 wins against Division I teams with winning records. Raven Johnson added eight points and 10 rebounds as Coach Dawn Staley improve to 14-3 all-time against Texas Coach Vic Schaefer.
Kyla Oldacare led Texas (16-2, 3-1) with 11 points and 16 rebounds.
South Carolina looked every bit as dangerous as some of Staley's previous teams despite losing Ashlyn Watkins to a season-ending torn ACL last Sunday.
"I think they are product of who we are," Staley said of her players. "They like each other. The teams that we have had that have had really good chemistry and success, they like each other. They want to play for each other and want each other to only look good and hold each other accountable. This team is in line with that."
Said South Carolina's Bree Hall: "We play for each other. When we play for each other, things just fall right into place."
That doesn't mean Staley is without concern as her team navigates a brutal slate of five consecutive games against Top 25 opponents, including No. 6 LSU on Jan. 23.
"South Carolina just has an edge to them," Schaefer said. "They play with an edge. ... Those (great) teams have the 'it' factor, they play with an edge and with an attitude -- the attitude of the dog gets the bone."
Preseason All-American guard Madison Booker was limited to seven points on 3-of-19 shooting for the Longhorns, which had their nine-game winning streak snapped. The sophomore guard came into the game averaging 15.3 points per game.
South Carolina shot 71% from the floor in the first half to build a 39-22 lead, while holding Booker to 1-of-14 shooting from the floor.
While Booker was struggling to get anything to fall, the Gamecocks couldn't miss early on.
They made their first four shots from the floor and first three from the free throw line to take a 12-5 lead, setting the tone for the game. The Gamecocks lead ballooned to 19 late in the second quarter when Raven Johnson knocked down a mid-range jumper.
NO. 3 NOTRE DAME 67,
CLEMSON 68
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Liatu King had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Olivia Miles added 17 points and nine assists and No. 3 Notre Dame held on to beat Clemson without AP Preseason All-American guard Hannah Hidalgo.
Hidalgo had her right foot in a boot before the game and did not play.
King stepped up in her place, making 10 of 14 shots from the floor as the Irish (14-2, 5-0) remained unbeaten in conference play. Miles made all six free throws and Sonia Citron chipped in with nine points and six rebounds for the Irish, who have won nine in a row.
Loyal McQueen and Hannah Kohn each had 14 points for Clemson (10-7, 3-3), which was just 6 of 16 from the floor in the fourth quarter.
NO. 9 OHIO STATE 69,
OREGON 60
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Taylor Thierry scored a season-high 20 points and No. 9 Ohio State had a 27-point run second-quarter run in a win over Oregon in the first meeting between the teams as members of the Big Ten.
Ajae Petty had 13 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, and freshman guard Jaloni Cambridge scored 13 points for the Buckeyes (16-0, 5-0).
Nani Falatea and Amina Muhammad scored 11 points apiece and Deja Kelly had 10 for Oregon (12-5, 3-3), which had its three-game winning streak halted.
NO. 10 OKLAHOMA 77,
TEXAS A&M 62
NORMAN, Okla. -- Raegan Beers scored 16 points before suffering a left shoulder injury in the third quarter, and No. 10 Oklahoma rolled past Texas A&M.
Beers, a 6-4 center, was helped off the floor by teammates. She returned to the bench with an ice pack on her shoulder, but did not play again.
The Sooners (14-3, 2-2) bounced back from a loss to Mississippi State on Thursday to claim their first home SEC win in their first season in the conference.
Aicha Coulibaly scored 16 points for Texas A&M (8-8, 1-3), which shot 26.9%.
LOUISVILLE 69,
NO. 13 GEORGIA TECH 60
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Tajianna Roberts scored 16 to lead a balanced attack and Louisville thumped No. 13 Georgia Tech for its sixth consecutive victory.
Roberts missed all six of her three-point attempts but sank 8 of 12 from inside the arc for the Cardinals (12-5, 5-1). Ja'Leah Williams totaled 13 points and seven rebounds. Nyla Harris scored 11 on 5-for-5 shooting with seven rebounds.
Kara Dunn hit 8 of 10 shots and scored 18 to lead the Yellow Jackets (15-2, 3-2). She had 33 points last time out as Georgia Tech suffered its first loss of the season -- 105-94 to Virginia Tech in double overtime. Tonie Morgan had 13 points and six assists, while Chazadi Wright scored 10 off the bench.
NO. 14 DUKE 60,
VIRGINIA 55
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Backup guard Oluchi Okananwa scored 17 points, Taina Mair hit two big three-pointers, and No. 14 Duke rallied in the second half to defeat Virginia.
Okananwa hit a three-pointer to open the fourth quarter and followed with a mid-range jumper to give Duke (13-4, 4-1) its first lead of the game, 44-43 with nine minutes remaining.
It was Mair, though, who hit the biggest shots. Her three-pointer with five minutes remaining put the Blue Devils back ahead 53-50. A jumper by Toby Fournier and a layup from Okananwa extended Duke's lead to 57-50 with 2 1/2 minutes remaining.
NO. 15 KENTUCKY 80,
AUBURN 61
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Georgia Amoore totaled 21 points and 11 assists, Dazia Lawrence scored 18 of her 21 in the second half and No. 15 Kentucky upped its win streak to eight games with a victory over Auburn.
Amoore made 7 of 17 shots with a three-pointer and all six of her free throws for the Wildcats (15-1, 4-0), who have won each of their first four SEC games by at least 16 points for the first time. Lawrence made 8 of 13 shots with four three-pointers.
Clara Strack had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocked shots for Kentucky. Teonni Key added 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks.
DeYona Gaston finished with 23 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers (9-8, 0-4).
NO. 18 ALABAMA 84,
MISSISSIPPI 78
OXFORD, Miss. -- Aaliyah Nye hit seven three-pointers and scored a career-high 32 points as the No. 18 Alabama women bounced back from a humbling loss to beat Mississippi.
The Crimson Tide was crushed 84-40 at No. 5 Texas Thursday.
Nye, who was just 1 of 8 from beyond the arc against Texas, was 7 of 11 from 3-point range. Zaay Green was 4 of 5 from distance to add 27 points and Diana Collins contributed 11 points. The Tide (16-2, 3-1) was 12 of 19 as a team from deep and 28 of 50 from the floor.
Starr Jacobs had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead Mississippi (11-5, 2-2).
NO. 19 NORTH CAROLINA 80,
BOSTON COLLEGE 67
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Alyssa Ustby scored 17 points, 12 in a second-half rally, and No. 19 North Carolina defeated Boston College.
After trailing by three points at halftime, North Carolina shot 59% in the third quarter and outscored the Eagles 23-12 with Utsby scoring eight points on 4-for-7 shooting. UNC put the game out of reach with an 11-1 run to open the fourth quarter.
Reniya Kelly scored 14 points and freshman Lanie Grant scored 12 off the bench for the Tar Heels (15-3, 3-2). Utsby had four rebounds and four assists to go with her 8-for-13 shooting. She made 6 of 9 in the second half.
T'yana Todd scored 18 points to lead four Eagles in double digits. Dontavia Waggoner had 15 points and reserves Savannah Samuel and Andrea Daley scored 12 and 10, respectively for Boston College (10-8, 1-4).
NO. 20 MICHIGAN STATE 80,
WASHINGTON 68
LANSING, Mich. -- Reserve Grace VanSlooten scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Julia Ayrault also scored 19 points with eight rebounds to help No. 20 Michigan State beat Washington.
Theryn Hallock and Ines Sotelo each scored 11 points for Michigan State (13-3, 3-2).
Elle Ladine hit two free throws, Sayvia Sellers scored in the paint and Ladine added a three-pointer in a 7-2 spurt that gave the Huskies a one-point lead a little more than two minutes into the second half. Michigan State scored seven consecutive points to take a 48-42 lead with 4:58 left in the third quarter and the Spartans led the rest of the way.
Sellers led the Huskies with 21 points, Ladine added 17 and Hannah Stines scored 11. Dalayah Daniels grabbed 11 rebounds to go with 6 points, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
Washington (13-5, 3-2) had its five-game win streak snapped.
NO. 21 N.C. STATE 81,
STANFORD 67
STANFORD, Calif. -- Saniya Rivers had 17 points and 11 rebounds, N.C. State scored 34 points in the third quarter and the No. 21 Wolfpack defeated Stanford.
After leading by six points at halftime, the Wolfpack (12-4, 4-1) shot 65% in the third quarter, including a 5-for-6 stretch in a closing 9-0 run that gave them a 68-43 lead heading to the fourth quarter. N.C. State kept it going early in the fourth, making 5 of 6 shots in the first four minutes to build a 79-57 lead. However, the Wolfpack made only one shot the rest of the game to finish at 53% for the second half and 47% for the game.
Chloe Clardy had 17 points, Nunu Agara 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Elena Bosgana 14 points for Stanford (9-7, 1-4).
INDIANA 74, NO. 23 IOWA 67
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Yarden Garzon scored 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting, including 5 of 5 from three-point range, Chloe Moore-McNeil added 18 points and Indiana beat No. 23 Iowa.
Sydney Parrish made 3 three-pointers and finished with 15 points for Indiana (12-4, 4-1). The Hoosiers have won eight of their last nine games with their lone loss coming at home against No. 1 UCLA, 73-62, on Jan. 4.
Taylor McCabe scored 15 points and Addison O'Grady added 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting for Iowa (12-5, 3-2). The Hawkeyes have lost three games in a row.
NO. 24 CALIFORNIA 82,
FLORIDA STATE 70
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Lulu Twidale hit five three-pointers and finished with 19 points, Ioanna Krimili added 18 and Marta Suarez scored 17 on Sunday to help No. 24 California beat Florida State.
Michelle Onyiah added 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting for Cal.
The Golden Bears (16-2, 4-1), who have won three consecutive games following a 69-58 loss at Clemson on Jan. 2, are off to their best start since the 2012-13 season, when Cal won 28 of its first 30 games and advanced to the Final Four.
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NO. 15 OREGON 82,
PENN STATE 81
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Jackson Shelstad scored 17 points, Keeshawn Barthelemy added 15, Jadrian Tracey had 13 and No. 15 Oregon held on to beat Penn State.
Nate Bittle had 11 points while TJ Bamba and Kwame Evans Jr. added 10 apiece for the Ducks (15-2, 4-2), who trailed for most of the second half before regaining the lead in the final minute.
The game was tied at 78 with just over a minute to go before Shelstad hit a midrange jumper that put Oregon up two with 47 seconds left. Kern tried a layup the other way, but the shot was off. Oregon gained possession, drew a foul and closed out the game with a pair of Tracey free throws.
Freddie Dilione V scored a career-high 21 points, Nick Kern added 19 and Puff Johnson had 15 for the Nittany Lions (12-5, 2-4) who lost their third in a row.
NO. 16 MICHIGAN STATE 78,
NORTHWESTERN 68
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Jaden Akins scored 14 points and No. 16 Michigan State extended its winning streak to nine games with a win over Northwestern.
The Spartans (14-2, 5-0) closed the first half on a 33-12 run and led 47-28 at intermission after all 10 players chipped in at least a field goal. The Wildcats (10-6, 1-4) finally got their deficit under 10 points in the game's final minute.
Jase Richardson scored 13 points and Jeremy Fears Jr. had 12 points and eight assists for the Spartans, whose six dunks in the first half drew plenty of roars from visiting fans who seemed to make up half of the sellout crowd.
Nick Martinelli scored 27 points and Jalen Leach had 17 to lead Northwestern, which lost for the first time at home.
NO. 20 PURDUE 104,
NEBRASKA 68
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- C.J. Cox scored a career-high 23 points and Fletcher Loyer added 19 to help No. 20 Purdue to a romp over Nebraska.
Cox, a freshman who was averaging 5.4 points, made 9 of 11 shots, including 5 of 7 3-pointers. Loyer hit 5 of 6 three-point shots for the Boilermakers (13-4, 5-1)
Purdue hit four of its first six shots from long distance and finished 19 for 33 from three-point range.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half and Myles Colvin added 14 points for Purdue. Braden Smith had a team-leading 14 assists.
Connor Essegian scored 17 points for the Cornhuskers (12-4, 2-3).
NO. 21 WEST VIRGINIA 78,
COLORADO 70
BOULDER, Colo. -- Javon Small scored 26 points and Joseph Yesufu added 18 as No. 21 West Virginia held off Colorado in the teams' first meeting as members of the Big 12.
The Mountaineers (12-3, 3-1) overcame foul trouble and used a late 13-4 run to thwart Colorado, which had cut the deficit to two points with 5:28 left. Yesufu had eight points in that spurt.
Julian Hammond III had 23 points and Assane Diop added 13 for Colorado (9-6, 0-4), which lost its fourth consecutive game.
NO. 24 MICHIGAN 91,
WASHINGTON 75
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Vladislav Goldin had 19 points and Nimari Burnett scored 16 to lead No. 24 Michigan over Washington.
It was the Wolverines' (13-3, 5-0) fifth consecutive victory. Roddy Gayle Jr. had 15 points in his return to the lineup after missing a game because of a bruised knee he suffered against USC.
After Washington took a 5-4 lead, Tre Donaldson followed with a layup that gave Michigan the lead for good. The Wolverines built their advantage to as much as 19 points in the second half.
Great Osobor scored 23 points, including 16 in the first half, and Zoom Diallo and Mekhi Mason added 13 apiece for Washington (10-7, 1-5).
Purdue guard Gicarri Harris (24) celebrates after a defensive stop against Nebraska in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Purdue guard Gicarri Harris (24) makes a pass around Nebraska forward Berke Buyuktuncel (9) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Purdue forward Camden Heide (23) goes up for a dunk over Nebraska forward Berke Buyuktuncel (9) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Nebraska center Braxton Meah (34) gets a basket on a dunk against Purdue in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Rutgers guard Ace Bailey (4) dribbles the ball against Purdue during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Piscataway, N.J. Purdue won 68-50. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Purdue forward Trey Kaufman-Renn (4) drives on Nebraska forward Andrew Morgan (23) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)