Men

No. 2 Duke 83, Notre Dame 61

Zion Williamson flew unimpeded again.

For Notre Dame, there was no chance at grounding him. For Mike Krzyzewski, there's no need to even think about grounding him.

"What do you mean 'grounded'? So he doesn't jump, or what?" the Duke coach said Monday night, repeating a reporter's word used during a question about keeping the Blue Devils' freshman sensation level-headed.

"The kid's like one of the best kids in the whole world," Krzyzewski said. "No way (his head is going to get too big). I mean, he is so good, is such a great kid."

Williamson scored 26 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked four shots, and fellow freshmen RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish combined for another 30 points as Duke rolled to a victory over the Fighting Irish.

Williamson made 10 of 12 shots from the field for the Blue Devils, who were in control all the way.

Duke (18-2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its fourth straight game while sending Notre Dame (11-10, 1-7) to its sixth straight loss.

Barrett tallied 17 points for the Blue Devils to go with nine rebounds. Reddish had 13 points.

"Our guys, the two games in three days (with) travel, you never know what's going to happen," said Krzyzewski, whose club was coming off a 13-point home win Saturday over Georgia Tech, "but our guys really handled tonight well. Proud of them."

John Mooney scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Irish. It was his seventh consecutive double-double, but he finished just 4 of 15 from the field.

Prentiss Hubb added 13 points, while T.J. Gibbs had 12 points and four steals, but they, too, struggled with their shots, going a combined 9 of 28.

"I told our guys I think we had the two best teams in the country roll through our building in the last (three) days," said Notre Dame coach Mike Brey, whose club lost 82-55 to No. 3 Virginia on Saturday.

"I like how we competed against this one tonight," said Brey, who had expressed disappointment in the effort against the Cavaliers. "Let's see if that can be a better habit for us. It's kind of been a habit for us — it was just disappointing Saturday."

Duke, which led by as many 24 points in the second half, was up 46-28 by halftime.

The Blue Devils roared to a 17-2 lead in the opening six minutes, with Williamson scoring nine points during the spree, and were up 26-7 by the time 10 minutes had elapsed.

Notre Dame trimmed its deficit under double digits just once, at 32-23. The Blue Devils' immediate response to that was a 10-0 run over a span of 2:22.

The Blue Devils moved into sole possession of the lead in the hotly contested ACC for the moment by virtue of their seventh league win. No. 3 Virginia (6-1), No. 15 Louisville (6-1) and No. 9 North Carolina (5-1) each have one league loss as well, and all were idle Monday. Duke still has road assignments remaining against each of those other three clubs, plus a home date with the Tar Heels.

Teetering at just over .500, the Irish are in danger of missing out on postseason for just the second time during coach Brey's 19 years in South Bend. ND has made 12 NCAA Tournament appearances and five in the NIT under Brey. The lone time his Irish were shut out of either was in 2014, when the team closed at 15-17.

While Notre Dame's young players aren't the recognized blue chippers that Duke's are, youth was decidedly the rule in Monday's game on each side. The Blue Devils, as is typical, started four freshmen, including Tre Jones, who in his second game back from an injury scored nine points and dealt five assists. The Irish started two freshmen, while neither team started a senior.

Of the 16 players used by the two sides in the first half — eight apiece — eight were freshmen and none were seniors.

Brey said he's hopeful that junior center Juwan Durham will be back by Notre Dame's next game. The 6-foot-11 Durham has missed the team's last three games while nursing an injured ankle. Durham is third in the nation and tops in the ACC at 3.2 blocked shots per game. He's also averaging 6.6 points and 4.3 rebounds in his 15.0 minutes per game over 15 appearances.

No. 16 Texas Tech 84, TCU 65

Jarrett Culver scored 12 of his 18 points after halftime, including two punctuating dunks in the closing minutes, and Texas Tech snapped a three-game Big 12 losing streak with a win over TCU.

The Red Raiders (17-4, 5-3 Big 12) had their biggest lead after Tariq Owens blocked a shot that was rebounded by Davide Moretti, who worked the ball up the court before a lob pass to Culver for an emphatic slam that made it 80-60 with 3:16 left. Culver had another dunk after that.

Matt Mooney also had 18 points for Texas Tech, which lost three Big 12 games in a row before a win over Arkansas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Saturday night. Owens had 17 points while Moretti finished with 11 points and seven assists.

Kouat Noi had 16 points for TCU (15-5, 3-4).

Women

West Virginia 64, No. 12 Texas 58

Tynice Martin scored a season-high 27 points — 16 in the opening quarter — to lead West Virginia to a win over Texas.

The Frank Erwin Center was the lone Big 12 arena in which the Mountaineers (15-5, 6-3) had never beaten the home team prior to Monday.

The Longhorns took a brief 9-4 lead before Martin's jumper triggered a 19-4 run that forced Texas to chase the Mountaineers the rest of the night. West Virginia led 23-13 after the first quarter making 10 of 16 shots from the field including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.

Jatarie White's layup with 6:43 remaining brought Texas (17-4, 7-2) to within 51-49, but Naomi Davenport's jump shot and two free throws extended the lead to six and the Longhorns never got closer than four the rest of the way. Davenport finished with 15 points and Kari Niblack scored 10.

Joyner Holmes led Texas with 16 points, White scored 15 and Sug Sutton 13.

No. 16 South Carolina 80, Vanderbilt 69

Te'a Cooper scored 18 points and Tyasha Harris had 14 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to help South Carolina beat Vanderbilt.

The Gamecocks have won 10 in a row, and 11 of 13 under coach Dawn Staley, against Vanderbilt.

Bianca Cuevas-Moore and Mikiah Herbert Harrigan made back-to-back baskets off Vanderbilt turnovers to open the third quarter and spark a 13-4 run that gave South Carolina the lead for good at 51-44. The Commodores committed seven of their 19 turnovers and made just 4 of 13 from the field as the Gamecocks outscored Vandy 23-10 in the period to take an 11-point lead into the fourth.

Herbert Harrigan had 15 points, three blocks and three steals while Alexis Jennings also scored 15 on 7-of-8 shooting for South Carolina (14-5, 6-1 SEC). The Gamecocks shot 67 percent (10 of 15) in the third quarter and made 34 of 68 overall.

LeaLea Carter led Vanderbilt (6-14, 1-6) with 20 points and Mariella Fasoula scored 16. Cierra Walker added 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including 4 of 4 from 3-point range.