COLUMBIA, S.C. >> Joyce Edwards scored 15 points while Ashlyn Watkins had 10 points, eight rebounds and four blocks as No. 3 South Carolina opened a big lead early and cruised to its 63rd straight win at home with a 78-62 victory over South Florida on Sunday.

The Gamecocks (10-1) started with an 18-4 burst as Bree Hall and Te-Hina Paopao made two 3s apiece and the Bulls (5-6) could not dig themselves out of the hole.

Edwards, a 6-foot-3 freshman, had her career high to lead the team, which finished with five players in double figures.

Sammie Puisis had 19 points with four 3-pointers to lead South Florida, an American Athletic Conference team whose losses have all come against power conference opponents. L’or Mputu finished with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

The Bulls were down 43-31 at the half, but South Carolina took control with a 23-12 start to the third quarter.

NO. 2 UCONN 79, GEORGETOWN 44 >> Paige Bueckers scored 24 points and Sarah Strong had 17 points, 14 rebounds and five assists to lead No. 2 UConn to a home win over Georgetown in the teams’ Big East opener.

NO. 4 LSU 85, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 57 >> Transfer forward Jersey Wolfenbarger had 18 points and 15 rebounds in her first start this season to lead No. 4 LSU to a victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in Baton Rouge, La.

NO. 5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 88, ELON 30 >> JuJu Watkins had 26 points, five rebounds and five assists, and No. 5 Southern California rolled past visiting Elon for its sixth straight win.

NO. 6 TEXAS 65, RICHMOND 54 >> Madison Booker had 25 points and 11 rebounds as No. 6 Texas forced 24 turnovers and defeated Richmond, extending its winning streak to three games.

Playing on the road, the Longhorns made their final six shots of the third quarter to build a 53-36 lead. Booker made four of those six shots

NO. 8 NOTRE DAME 118, EASTERN MICHIGAN 49 >> Hannah Hidalgo scored 27 points and No. 8 Notre Dame extended its winning streak to four games, routing visiting Eastern Michigan.

Hidalgo, a 5-foot-6 sophomore, shot 10 for 14 from the field and added six steals, four rebounds and four assists.

NO. 10 OKLAHOMA 94, ORAL ROBERTS 54 >> Raegan Beers had 14 points and 10 rebounds as No. 10 Oklahoma beat Oral Roberts in Norman, Okla.

NO. 12 TCU 92, LOUISIANA TECH 41 >> Hailey Van Lith scored 23 points and No. 12 TCU breezed to a home victory over Louisiana Tech.

Van Lith buried 7 of 10 shots from the floor with three 3-pointers and all six of her free throws for the Horned Frogs (10-1), who improved to 8-0 at home this season.

NO. 25 GEORGIA 82, NO. 14 NORTH CAROLINA 76 >> Tonie Morgan had 23 points, freshman Dani Carnegie scored a season-high 22 and unbeaten and 25th-ranked Georgia Tech knocked off No. 14 North Carolina in an Atlantic Coast Conference opener in a road win.

Morgan made 8 of 11 shots with a 3-pointer and all six of her free throws for the Yellow Jackets, who have won 11 in a row to begin the season for the first time in school history. Carnegie came off the bench to make 8 of 19 shots with two 3-pointers and all four of her foul shots.

NO. 15 WEST VIRGINIA 68, TEMPLE 46 >> Kyah Watson had 15 points and 10 rebounds, four of her teammates also reached double figures in scoring, and the No. 15 West Virginia women defeated Temple in Philadelphia.

NO. 17 MICHIGAN STATE 68, NO. 21 IOWA 66 >> Julia Ayrault had 19 points, Nyla Hampton scored 13 in the fourth quarter and the No. 17 Michigan State women stunned visiting No. 21 Iowa with a huge fourth-quarter run on the way to a victory in a Big Ten opener.

No. 18 Iowa State 87, E. Illinois 55>> Audi Crooks scored 30 points. Addy Brown added 20 points and 11 rebounds and No. 18 Iowa State never trailed Sunday night as the Cyclones beat Eastern Illinois for their 11th consecutive home win in Ames, Iowa.

Crooks made 12 of 16 from the field and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and Brown was 8-of- 14 shooting.

NO. 22 MISSISSIPPI 94, SOUTH ALABAMA 39 >> Freshman Sira Thienou had her season high with 23 points on near-perfect shooting as No. 22 Mississippi overwhelmed visiting South Alabama.

Thienou made 7 of 8 field goals overall, went 2 for 2 from 3-point distance and was 7 for 8 on free throws.

NO. 22 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 72, LOUISVILLE 42 >> Freshman Zamareya Jones scored 11 of her season-high 18 points in the second quarter and did not miss a shot until the fourth as the No. 22 North Carolina State women posted a road win at Louisville in the Jimmy V Women’s Classic which doubled as the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.

NO. 24 NEBRASKA 66, CHATTANOOGA 42>> Alexis Markowski scored 18 points to lead No. 24 Nebraska to a victory over Chattanooga.

Markowski made 7 of 9 shots with a 3-pointer and grabbed eight rebounds in 20 minutes of play for the Cornhuskers (10-1), who upped their win streak to five while improving to 9-0 at home.

Texas State 63, Denver 60>> Pioneers starters Jordan Jones and Emma Smith dominated the scoring Sunday against the Bobcats, but that wasn’t enough to win at home as Texas State overtook Denver in the fourth period. Jones scored 22 points and Smith scored 19, and had seven rebounds, four assists and three steals.