Duke wins 10th straight

Haley Peters scored a career-high 21 points and No. 5 Duke beat No. 8 Maryland 80-72 on Sunday for its 10th straight win.

Chelsea Gray had seven of her 17 points in the final 3 minutes to help the Blue Devils (16-2, 7-0) remain the ACC's only unbeaten team in league play.

Alyssa Thomas matched a career-high with 26 points and Tianna Hawkins added 17 for the Terrapins (18-2, 5-2).

They whittled a 12-point deficit to three on Lynetta Kizer's jumper with 31/2 minutes left.

Gray followed with a 3-pointer roughly 30 seconds later to make it 74-68, and her jumper with 1:04 remaining pushed the lead back to six and made it a two-possession game the rest of the way.

No. 6 Kentucky 57, Florida 52: Kastine Evans scored all 10 of her points in the second half as Kentucky (18-2, 7-0 SEC) held off Florida (13-7, 3-4).

The Wildcats pulled away early in the second half with a 17-2 run after the first half ended 21-all. Evans keyed the spurt with eight points.

No. 10 Ohio State 96, Illinois 84: Samantha Prahalis scored eight straight points down the stretch to help Ohio State past pesky Illinois in a Big Ten game in Columbus.

Prahalis finished with 28 points, Tayler Hill added 26, and Amber Stokes 16 for the Buckeyes (19-1, 6-1).

After Hill hit a late 3-pointer to give the Buckeyes the lead for good, Prahalis hit two 3s and another outside jumper.

No. 15 Georgia 61, Mississippi 47: Anne Marie Armstrong scored 15 points, Khaalidah Miller added 13 and Georgia (16-4, 5-2 SEC) opened with a 30-2 run to easily beat Mississippi (12-8, 2-5).

Jasmine Hassell added 11 points and Meredith Mitchell had 10 for the Bulldogs.

No. 16 Delaware 60, Drexel 49: Elena Delle Donne scored 21 points and Delaware (16-1, 7-0 Colonial Athletic Association) took control in the second half to beat Drexel (9-8, 5-2).

The Blue Hens, who never trailed after opening with a 10-0 run, won their sixth straight.

The country's leading scorer at 28.4 points per game, Delle Donne also had seven rebounds and three blocks.

Iowa State 66, No. 17 Texas Tech 49: Hallie Christofferson had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Iowa State (10-7, 1-5 Big 12) beat Texas Tech (14-4, 2-4) to end the longest losing streak in coach Bill Fennelly's 17 seasons.

Leading 26-23 at halftime, Iowa State missed its first seven shots in the second half, then ran off 12 straight points to start a 17-3 run that put the Cyclones in control and ended their five-game losing streak.

No. 18 Louisville 64, No. 19 Georgetown 61: Shoni Schimmel scored 20 points and Louisville (16-4, 5-2 Big East) built a 10-point second-half lead, then hung on to beat Georgetown (15-5, 4-3).

Becky Burke scored 13 points and Antonita Slaughter added 11 for Louisville, which hit a season-high 11 3-pointers in 25 attempts.

Sugar Rogers had 24 points for the Hoyas.

No. 20 Nebraska 64, Minnesota 49: Jordan Hooper scored 15 of her 23 points in the first half as Nebraska (16-3, 5-2 Big Ten) broke a two-game losing streak by beating Minnesota (11-10, 3-4).

Minnesota, which lost for the third time in four games, posted its lowest point total of the season.

No. 22 Penn State 68, Iowa 52: Alex Bentley scored 21 points and Penn State (15-4, 5-2 Big Ten) beat Iowa (11-9, 3-4) hours after longtime Nittany Lions football coach Joe Paterno died of cancer.

There was a pregame moment of silence for Paterno, the winningest coach in college football. The Lady Lions also sported black bands on their uniforms as a tribute.

Trailing 50-48 with 6:32 left, Penn State closed with a 20-2 run.

No. 24 North Carolina 60, N.C. State 50: Chay Shegog scored 16 points, Candace Wood added 15, and North Carolina won its second straight game to cap a seven-day stretch that started with the worst loss in program — by 51 points at Connecticut last Monday.

North Carolina (14-5, 4-2 ACC) shot 42 percent but did its best work frustrating the N.C. State offense, holding State (13-7, 3-4) to just three field goals in the final 101/2 minutes and 28 percent shooting for the game.

South Carolina 65, No. 25 Vanderbilt 60 (OT): La'Keisha Sutton scored 20 points, making four 3-pointers to help South Carolina (15-5, 4-3 SEC) beat Vanderbilt (14-5, 2-4) in overtime.

Sutton scored five points in the extra period for the Gamecocks, who broke a three-game skid in the SEC.

Christina Foggie scored 16 and Tiffany Clarke had 15 points for the Commodores.

SMU 68, East Carolina 44: SMU pulled away early in the second half in a Conference USA victory in Dallas.

Ahead 31-26 after early in the second half, SMU used an 8-0 to open its biggest lead, 39-26. The margin grew to 20 points over the next eight minutes, and ECU (6-12, 0-5) never recovered.

Britny Edwards led the Pirates with 20 points.

UNC Wilmington 76, ODU 54: Abria Trice scored a game-high 20 points, and UNC Wilmington used a big second half to win a Colonial Athletic Association game in Norfolk, Va.

UNCW (11-7, 4-3) led 29-24 at halftime and pushed the lead to 10 just five minutes into the second half after a 3-pointer by Jessica Freeman.

The Seahawks followed with a 13-4 run to make it 51-33 with 12:30 left.

Old Dominion fell to 6-13, 3-4.