A'dia Mathies scored 23 points, freshman Bria Goss added 18 and No. 10 Kentucky beat No. 6 Duke 72-65 on Thursday night in front of the largest home crowd for a women's game in Wildcats history.
Freshman Azia Bishop added 12 points as Kentucky (9-0) shook off a slow start with a second-half rally in front of 14,508 fans at Rupp Arena for its 29th straight nonconference home win. The Wildcats used their pressure defense to force the Blue Devils into a season-high 24 turnovers and made several clutch shots during an 8-0 run that sealed the victory.
Elizabeth Williams scored 17 for Duke (6-2), but the Blue Devils couldn't counter Kentucky after falling behind by 10 with just under five minutes to play.
Duke's only previous loss was by two points to Notre Dame.
Kentucky has feasted on lesser opponents, using its pressure to force an average of 34.5 turnovers per game. This game featured two top-10 opponents in Lexington for the first time since 1983, when No. 6 Tennessee beat No. 4 Kentucky.
The game was moved to Rupp Arena instead of cozy, 8,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, and tickets went on sale for a $1.
The move paid off with a raucous atmosphere in the 35-year-old building.
Haley Peters scored 13 points and Tricia Liston added 11 for Duke.
No. 1 Baylor 72, Milwaukee 41: Brittney Griner scored 20 points, Odyssey Sims had 19 points and 11 assists and Baylor beat Milwaukee for its 28th consecutive home win.
Brooklyn Pope added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Baylor (9-0).
Ashley Green scored 11 points for Milwaukee (2-5), which is in the midst of a five-game trip that takes the Panthers to No. 24 Oklahoma on Sunday.
No. 5 Maryland 108, Delaware State 33: Laurin Mincy scored 15 points, one of eight players to reach double figures for Maryland in a rout of Delaware State, the largest margin of victory in school history.
The Terrapins (10-0) made 13 of their first 18 shots and shot 67 percent from the floor in taking a 57-14 halftime lead.
Maryland made as many baskets (24) in the first half as turnover-prone Delaware State attempted.
No. 11 Rutgers 68, Fordham 48: Khadijah Rushdan scored 16 points and Monique Oliver added 14 to lead Rutgers to a rout of Fordham.
Betnijah Laney added 12 points for the Scarlet Knights (9-1), who rebounded from their first loss of the season, a double overtime defeat at No. 9 Miami on Monday night. Rutgers will host seventh-ranked Tennessee on Tuesday night.
No. 21 Green Bay 72, Toledo 65: Lydia Bauer hit five 3-pointers and scored 23 points, sending Green Bay to a victory against Toledo.
Julie Wojta added 17 points, including the final basket in a 12-0 run that broke the game open early in the second half.
Men
No. 9 Connecticut 67, No. 25 Harvard 53: Jeremy Lamb had 18 points and Andre Drummond added 12 on 6-for-7 shooting and Connecticut beat Harvard, spoiling the Crimson's first game ever as a ranked team.
The Huskies (8-1) appeared ready to pull away twice, once in the first half when they went up nine points and again in the second when they went up by 16 points.
But Harvard, the first team from the Ivy League to be in the Top 25 since Princeton in 1998, got back in the game by using its crisp passing attack and some solid work underneath.
Providence 64, Boston College 57: Freshman LaDontae Henton scored 21 points and Providence defeated Boston College.
Henton, who entered the game averaging 18 points and nine rebounds over the last three games, scored 16 of his 21 in the second half and finished with seven rebounds.
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