Azzi Fudd scored 28 points and No. 7 UConn ended No. 4 South Carolina’s 71-game home winning streak with an 87-58 victory Sunday.

Sarah Strong added 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Huskies (24-3), who had lost their past four to the Gamecocks. Paige Bueckers had 12 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds as UConn took control late in the opening quarter and was up by 22 points by halftime.

Uncharacteristically, defending champion South Carolina could not respond and lost for the first time at home since North Carolina State beat the Gamecocks 54-46 on Dec. 3, 2020. That ended the fourth longest home winning streak in women’s Division I basketball history.

Fudd followed up a career-best 34-point performance in a win over St. John’s this Wednesday by torching the Gamecocks. She had six of UConn’s 13 3-pointers, including four in the third quarter to close off any South Carolina hope of a comeback.

Joyce Edwards had 17 points to lead South Carolina (23-3).

Heal helps Stanford top Boston College >> Tess Heal scored a game-high 23 points off the bench, Brooke Demetre had her second career 20-point game with 21 and Stanford (13-12, 5-9) completed a weekend sweep with an 80-75 victory over Boston College (13-15, 4-11).

Demetre also added eight boards and a career-high five blocks in the win. Elena Bosgana had 15 points, four rebounds and four assists.

Stanford has now won consecutive games for the first time since it won three straight in late November.

Cal knocks off Syracuse >> Kayla Williams scored 21 points to lead four double-figure scorers as Cal (21-6, 9-5 ACC) beat Syracuse (10-15, 4-10) at home 75-69.

Marta Suarez (16 points), Lulu Twidale (13) and Ugonne Onyiah (12) helped the Bears win their second straight game.

NO. 3 TEXAS 65, NO. 5 LSU 58 >> Madison Booker scored 16 points, including four consecutive free throws in the final 24 seconds, and the Longhorns (26-2, 11-1 SEC) overcame a woeful shooting start to rally past the Tigers (25-2, 10-2) in Austin, Texas.

Texas was just 7 of 37 shooting in the first half and trailed by 12 in the third quarter. Booker, the Longhorns’ leading scorer this season, missed all 11 shot attempts in the first half after averaging nearly 21 points over the previous nine games.

But Texas fought through the slow start to take a 50-49 lead on Bryanna Preston’s basket with just less than 6 minutes to play and never trailed again. Rori Harmon’s consecutive baskets pushed the Texas lead to 61-56 before Booker closed out Texas’ 10th straight victory.

Texas earned its third win over a top-10 opponent in a eight days.

Aneesah Morrow had 15 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Tigers.

Vandy’s Blakes sets record with 55 points >> Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes scored a Division I women’s freshman record 55 points in a 98-88 overtime victory at Auburn.

Blakes, a 5-foot-8 guard who is averaging 21.8 points, shot 15 for 28 from the field with two 3-pointers and made 23 of 24 free throws. She broke the record set by Elena Delle Donne, who scored 54 as a redshirt freshman at Delaware in a 2010 loss to James Madison.

NO. 8 KENTUCKY 84, GEORGIA 55 >> Georgia Amoore scored 21 points to lead the Wildcats (20-4, 9-3 SEC) over the visiting Bulldogs (10-16, 2-10).

Men

NO. 9 ST. JOHN’S 79, NO. 24 CREIGHTON 73 >> RJ Luis Jr. had 23 points and 14 rebounds to help the Red Storm (22-4, 13-2) strengthen their grip on first place in the Big East with a victory over the visiting Bluejays (18-8, 11-4).

WICHITA STATE 84, NO. 14 MEMPHIS 79 (OT) >> Quincy Ballard scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half and overtime to help the Shockers (15-10, 5-7 AAC) beat the visiting Tigers (21-5, 11-2). Bijan Cortes hit a 3 to give the Shockers a 78-77 lead with 1:10 remaining in OT. Wichita State never relinquished the lead from that point. Wichita State won its fourth-straight game and first over a ranked opponent in the regular season since 2021. The Tigers saw their eight-game winning-streak end.

NO. 20 MICHIGAN 86, OHIO STATE 83 >> Vladislav Goldin had a critical putback basket with 52 seconds left as part of a 20-point, 10-rebound performance as the Wolverines (20-5, 12-2 Big Ten) held off the host Buckeyes (15-11, 7-8). Danny Wolf had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Michigan, which has a one-game lead over Michigan State.