Men

No. 22 Cincinnati 55, East Carolina 46

At least Cincinnati didn't lose. That was the only thing that pleased coach Mick Cronin.

The Bearcats beat East Carolina on Sunday for their eighth straight win, behind 16 points and 11 rebounds from Kyle Washington.

"The only place we won today was on the scoreboard," Cronin said. "We didn't get better today. We got worse."

Jacob Evans III added 10 points for the Bearcats (15-2, 5-0 American Athletic Conference), who overcame their own shooting struggles by making things even tougher on a Pirates team missing its top scorer.

Cincinnati extended its longest winning streak since the 2013-14 team reeled off 15 straight.

"We have to put everything in perspective," Washington said. "A lot of these AAC teams, no disrespect, but we have to just keep on playing hard because we're trying to play very good teams, top-10 teams, in March and April, moving forward and doing something big."

Freshman Elijah Hughes scored 18 points in his first start and fellow freshman Jeremy Sheppard added 13 for East Carolina (9-10, 1-5), which has lost five in a row and hasn't beaten a nationally ranked opponent since knocking off Dwyane Wade and No. 13 Marquette in 2002.

Cincinnati entered with the nation's No. 3 defense according to Ken Pomeroy's advanced statistics, and the Bearcats held East Carolina to 25 percent from the field and to 4-of-23 shooting from 3-point range. The 46 points allowed was a season best.

That tough D helped make up for an offense that couldn't get on track. Cincinnati matched season worsts with both 32.8 percent shooting and 55 points, and had a season-worst eight shots blocked by East Carolina.

"(The Pirates) didn't make it easy for us," Cronin said. "To come out, not making shots, we didn't do what we needed to do to get the ball to get fouled, to get more ball movement, to get people open. We thought today was going to be easy. That's just the truth of it."

No. 25 Southern California 71, Colorado 68

Chimezie Metu scored a career-high 24 points, including a go-ahead hook shot with 29 seconds left, and Southern California held off slumping Colorado.

Metu arched a shot over his defender moments after Xavier Johnson gave the Buffaloes a one-point lead on a 3-pointer. George King had a final chance to tie it at the buzzer, but the ball bounced off the rim.

Metu scored 20 points in the opening half by showing off an array of hook shots, mid-range jumpers and powerful dunks. His previous high for a game was 21 at UCLA last January.

USC (16-3, 3-3 Pac-12) trailed by as many as 11 points midway through the opening half and rallied back, which seems to be nothing new for this team. The Trojans have eight comeback wins this season when falling behind by nine or more points.

King had 16 points and Johnson added 15 for the Buffaloes (10-8, 0-5).

Women

No. 2 Baylor 92, Kansas 43

Kalani Brown scored 16 points, Nina Davis added 15 and Baylor throttled Kansas.

The Lady Bears (17-2, 6-0 Big 12) ran out to a 10-0 lead in the first four minutes and were up by 23 at halftime. Baylor had seven field goals in the third quarter to just one for Kansas (6-11, 0-6). With a 38-point lead heading into the final 10 minutes, coach Kim Mulkey took out all of her starters.

Jessica Washington scored 15 points for Kansas.

No. 5 South Carolina 84, LSU 61

Alaina Coates had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and South Carolina again overcame the absence of All-American A’ja Wilson.

Allisha Gray added 21 points, and Bianca Cuevas-Moore had 17 points for South Carolina (15-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference). The Gamecocks have won nine in a row.

Chloe Jackson had 24 points for LSU (14-4, 3-2).

No. 7 Florida State 86, Clemson 27

Ama Degbeon scored a career-high 13 points, and Florida State had its biggest winning margin in 26 seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Kai James added 12 points to help the Seminoles (17-2, 5-1) beat Clemson for the 15th straight time. Kobi Thornton led the Tigers (11-7, 0-5) with eight points. They have lost 38 straight against ACC competition.

No. 8 Washington 65, No. 19 Arizona State 54

Kelsey Plum snapped out of an off shooting night to score 15 points in the fourth quarter and Washington pulled away to beat Arizona State 65-54 on Sunday night.

Plum, the nation’s leading scorer, finished with 34 to propel the Huskies (18-2, 6-1 Pac-12) to a road sweep of the Arizona schools and keep them alone in first place in the conference standings. The senior guard moved from 11th to seventh on the women’s basketball career scoring list with 3,041 points.

Reili Richardson had 11 points for the Sun Devils (13-4, 4-2).

No. 9 Louisville 63, No. 14 Miami 59

Mariya Moore scored 24 points to lead Louisville.

Briahanna Jackson added 11 points, and Myisha Hines-Allen had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Cardinals (16-4, 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference).

Adrienne Motley had 13 points for the Hurricanes (14-4, 3-3).

No. 10 Oregon State 74, Southern California 60

Kolbie Orum scored 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting for Oregon State.

Orum also had nine rebounds for the Beavers (16-2, 5-1 Pac-12). Maria Gulich added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Oregon State rebounded from a 66-56 loss to No. 17 UCLA on Friday night that snapped its 12-game winning streak. Sadie Edwards had 17 points for USC (10-7, 1-5).

No. 11 Ohio State 61, Purdue 56

Stephanie Mavunga scored eight of her 11 points in the fourth quarter and Ohio State overcame a 16-point deficit to beat Purdue.

Kelsey Mitchell added 14 points on 3-of-17 shooting for Ohio State (15-5, 5-1 Big Ten). Ashley Morrissette had 13 points and five assists for Purdue (12-7, 3-2).

No. 23 North Carolina State 55, No. 12 Duke 52

Dominique Wilson scored 16 points, Chelsea Nelson had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and North Carolina State beat Duke.

N.C. State (14-5, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) has won three straight against Duke for the first time since 1996. Oderah Chidom and Rebecca Greenwell each scored 11 points for Duke (15-3, 3-2).

No. 13 Stanford 84, Colorado 70

Karlie Samuelson scored 20 points, Brittany McPhee added 18 and Stanford made nine straight shots in the third quarter to pull away.

The Cardinal (15-3, 5-1 Pac-12) trailed 42-41 and missed their first two shots of the third quarter before pulling away for a 69-60 lead. Kennedy Leonard made five 3s and scored 22 points for Colorado (11-6, 1-5).

No. 17 UCLA 79, Oregon 63

Monique Billings scored a career-high 30 points and had 14 rebounds and six steals to lead UCLA to its 22nd straight home victory.

The Bruins (13-4, 4-2 Pac 12) are tied with South Dakota for the fourth-longest active home streak behind UConn’s 57. Freshman Ruthy Hebard led Oregon (12-6, 2-4) with a career-best 29 points.

No. 21 DePaul 85, Xavier 69

Brooke Schulte had 28 points and 11 rebounds, and DePaul won its 10th straight game to improve to 8-0 in the Big East for the first time

Jacqui Grant added 17 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and four blocks for the Blue Demons (16-4). Raeshaun Gaffney led Xavier (10-8, 2-5) with 22 points.

Utah 63, No. 24 California 57

Malia Nawahine and Emily Potter each scored 15 points for Utah.

The Utes (13-4, 2-4 Pac-12) never trailed, slowly building the lead to 12 points on a layup by Nawahine with 4:30 to play. Kristine Anigwe led Cal (14-4, 2-4) with 22 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high seven blocks.