Women

No. 2 South Carolina 86, No. 16 Florida 71

The sting of losing to UConn hasn't disappeared. Dawn Staley, though, was happy to see South Carolina get back on track with a victory over Florida on Thursday night.

It was the Gamecocks' (23-1, 11-0 Southeastern Conference) first contest since its 66-54 showdown loss to the top-ranked Huskies here this past Monday night and Staley thought her emotionally tired team showed fire and grit in bouncing back against the Gators.

"This team has been through a Connecticut loss and we know what that feels like," said Staley, whose Gamecocks fell at UConn in 2015 in another No. 1-vs.-No. 2 showcase. "Usually, we get right back to the task at hand and that's what we did.

"But there is residual feelings of losing, of how we lost and wanting to play better" against UConn, she acknowledged.

Tiffany Mitchell scored 22 points and Alaina Coates had her 13th double-double this season with 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Gamecocks.

South Carolina overcame a sluggish start — likely a UConn hangover. They went on a 16-0 run in the second quarter to take control, 35-16.

"We have a pretty resilient group," Mitchell said. "We wouldn't let one loss to UConn try to defer what we're trying to do in the long run. We know what our ultimate goal is in the long run."

Right now, that's a third straight SEC title. The Gamecocks are undefeated in the league and their nearest chasers all have four defeats. That means a win at No. 25 Tennessee on Monday night would lock up a share of the league crown.

"We're not looking too far ahead," Mitchell said. "We know Tennessee is a big game."

The Gators (19-5, 7-4) closed to 65-57 with seven minutes left when Coates had two inside baskets to restore South Carolina's double-digit lead.

A'ja Wilson added to South Carolina's dominance underneath with 13 points, nine rebounds and four blocks.

Carla Batchelor had a career-best 19 points to lead the Gators, who have lost seven straight to South Carolina.

Florida coach Amanda Butler said her team wasn't aggressive enough in the second quarter when the Gamecocks made their game-changing run. "It was just not us," she said. "We weren't attacking or aggressive."

South Carolina won its 24th straight SEC game at home, a streak that dates to February 2013.

It was certainly not the atmosphere surrounding Monday's loss this time at Colonial Life Arena and it seemed to spread to the Gamecocks slow first quarter when they had trouble managing Florida's full-court pressure and swarming defense.

South Carolina finally got going in the second quarter and turned a tight game into a blowout.

Wilson had four points and three blocks in the stretch, while Bianca Cuevas and Tina Roy hit 3-pointers to extend the lead. When Jatarie White scored on an inside bucket, the Gamecocks were ahead 35-16.

Florida missed its first nine shots of the period to fall behind. The Gators rallied to close the quarter on a 15-8 run and trailed 43-31 at the half.

South Carolina showed off its defense, as well, holding Florida's two leading scorers in Ronni Williams and Eleanna Christinaki to 11 points combined on 4 of 18 shooting. Williams and Christinaki came in averaging nearly 22 points a game between them.

For Coates, it was her 35th career game with double-figure points and rebounds. She had just two points against UConn on Monday night.

No. 5 Maryland 73, Purdue 59

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 23, Brionna Jones had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Maryland beat Purdue for a season sweep.

Coming off a 94-86 loss at Ohio State, the Terrapins (22-3, 11-2 Big Ten) never trailed in defeating the Boilermakers for the second time in nine days.

Ashley Morrissette led Purdue (16-8, 7-6) with 18 points and the Boilermakers have dropped three in a row and six of eight.

No. 7 Ohio State 98, Iowa 81

Kelsey Mitchell and Shayla Cooper each scored 20 points and Ohio State blasted Iowa for its eighth straight victory.

Ameryst Alton had 18 with six assists for the Buckeyes (20-4, 12-1 Big Ten), who also won in Iowa City for the first time in eight years.

Ally Disterhoft had 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Iowa (15-10, 5-8), losers of three straight and six of eight.

No. 10 Florida State 69, Duke 53

Shakayla Thomas scored 14 points and Florida State beat Duke for its 10th straight win.

Kai James added 11 points for the Seminoles (20-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). They never trailed in their first win at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2001.

Freshman Angela Salvadores had 13 points for the Blue Devils (17-9, 6-6), who lost their third in four games and already have their most conference losses since finishing with seven in 1996-97.

No. 15 Texas A&M 64, No. 11 Mississippi State 58

Courtney Williams had 22 points and Courtney Walker had 21 and Texas A&M defeated Mississippi State.

With a one-point lead entering the fourth quarter, Williams knocked down a 3 and the Bulldogs never caught up.

Williams had 11 points, Walker 15 and Texas A&M (17-7, 7-4 SEC) shot 60 percent in the second half (15 of 25).

Morgan William scored 18 points to lead Mississippi State (21-5, 8-4).

No. 12 Louisville 84, Pittsburgh 61

Myisha Hines-Allen had a career-high 29 points, Cortnee Walton had a double-double and Louisville rolled to a win over Pittsburgh.

Walton hit 8 of 9 shots for a career-high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, seven on the offensive end, for the Cardinals (19-6, 11-1 ACC), who bounced back after their 15-game winning streak was ended by No. 3 Notre Dame on Sunday. Mariya Moore had 21 points and six assists.

Stasha Carey had 21 points for the Panthers (10-14, 2-9), who have lost eight of their last 10.

Penn State 65, No. 17 Michigan State 61

Teniya Page scored 20 points, including a tiebreaking basket with a minute remaining, and Penn State upset Michigan State.

Page gave the Lady Lions (9-15, 4-9 Big Ten) a 62-61 lead and added another bucket with 20 seconds left. A free throw by Lindsey Spann closed out the scoring.

Aerial Powers had 18 points and 14 rebounds for her eighth double-double this season and 42nd of her career. MSU (18-6, 9-4) had 20 turnovers turn into 27 Lions points.

No. 19 Miami 58, Georgia Tech 55

Keyona Hayes had 16 points and Miami held off Georgia Tech despite missing three free throws in the closing seconds.

Georgia Tech got the ball in the front court after the last missed foul shot, but Antonia Peresson's desperation shot was well off the mark and the Hurricanes escaped.

Motley finished with 13 points for the Hurricanes (21-4, 9-3 ACC), who finished 9 of 16 from the foul line.

Aaliyah Whiteside had 20 points for the Yellow Jackets (14-11, 4-8).

No. 25 Tennessee 69, Vanderbilt 51

Jaime Nared scored a season-high 18 points to lead five Tennessee players in double figures and the Volunteers ended a five-game road losing streak.

Vanderbilt (15-9, 4-7 SEC) suffered its fourth straight loss and shot only 38 percent from the floor.

Tennessee (15-9, 6-5) outscored Vanderbilt 42-20 in the paint and 22-16 in bench points.

Rebekah Dahlman scored 13 points to lead Vanderbilt.

Men

Indiana 85, No. 4 Iowa 78

Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell scored 14 points and Troy Williams added 13 and Indiana rallied to upset Iowa after blowing a big lead.

Indiana (20-5, 10-2 Big Ten) pulled into a three-way for the conference lead and gave coach Tom Crean his fourth 20-win season at the school.

Jarrod Uthoff led the Hawkeyes (19-5, 10-2) with 24 points, and Mike Gesell had 17. Iowa lost for the first time in four games.

It could have been much easier.

Indiana was cruising in the first half, building a 16-point lead before giving it away.

The Hawkeyes closed to 45-38 at the half and scored the first nine points of the second half to take their first lead since the opening minutes.

Trailing 60-56 with 9:35 left, Indiana regained the lead with 14-2 run and never trailed again.

California 83, No. 11 Oregon 63

Jabari Bird scored 16 of his season-high 24 points in the first half and punctuated his big night with a reverse dunk in the final seconds, leading California past Oregon.

The Golden Bears (16-8, 6-5 Pac-12) never trailed and led by as much as 25 while remaining unbeaten at Haas Pavilion this season.

Jaylen Brown added 16 points, Ivan Rabb had 13 points and seven rebounds, while Tyrone Wallace finished with 10 points in his return to the lineup after missing nearly a month due to injury.

Dillon Brooks scored 17 points for Oregon (20-5, 9-3).