Betts’ career-high 33 points lifts top-ranked UCLA over No. 8 Maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md. >> Lauren Betts scored a career-high 33 points, Kiki Rice added 19, and No. 1 UCLA defeated No. 8 Maryland 82-67 on Sunday.

The Bruins (20-0, 8-0 Big Ten) have won their last 19 games by double figures.

Saylor Poffenbarger had 18 points for the Terrapins (16-4, 6-3), who have dropped three in a row. Maryland played without second-leading scorer Shyanne Sellers, who sat for the second consecutive game with a knee injury.

The Terps struggled to contain Betts, who methodically accepted entry passes in the low post and deposited them for easy baskets. The 6-foot-7 junior had 14 points in the first quarter and 24 by halftime. She surpassed her previous career high of 31 when she made two free throws with 4:31 left.

Betts shot 14 of 15, a school-record 93.3% with a minimum of 15 attempts. That surpassed the 88.9% Denise Curry shot against LSU in 1979. Betts added seven rebounds and four blocked shots.

NO. 5 LSU 64, TEXAS A&M 51>> Flau’Jae Johnson scored 22 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, to help No. 5 LSU beat visiting Texas A&M.

NO. 7 TEXAS 61, MISSISSIPPI 58>> Madison Booker hit a jump shot with 13 seconds remaining as No. 7 Texas wiped out an eight-point deficit in the final five minutes to defeat host Mississippi.

NO. 9 TCU 80, NO. 25 BAYLOR 75 FORT WORTH, Texas>> Sedona Prince had 24 points and 14 rebounds as ninth-ranked TCU led throughout at home to end a 35-year losing streak to instate rival No. 25 Baylor and take over first place in the Big 12 with a victory.

NO. 11 KENTUCKY 89, ARKANSAS 69>> Georgia Amoore scored 19 points, Clara Strack and Teonni Key had double-doubles, as No. 11 Kentucky defeated visiting Arkansas.

NO. 12 OHIO STATE 72, NEBRASKA 66>> Taylor Thierry scored 23 points, Cotie McMahon added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Ohio State won at Nebraska.

FLORIDA STATE 86, NO. 13 NORTH CAROLINA 84>> Ta’niya Latson scored at the buzzer and finished with 25 points as Florida State continued to dominate North Carolina on its home floor with a victory over the 13th-ranked Tar Heels.

Latson, who leads the nation with a 26.6 scoring average, sank 10 of 22 shots and 5 of 6 free throws. She added eight assists for the Seminoles (16-4, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have not lost in Chapel Hill since 2015.

NO. 14 DUKE 55, NO. 18 GEORGIA TECH 50>> Delaney Thomas, Taina Mair and Oluchi Okananwa each scored a dozen points and No. 14 Duke held No. 18 Georgia Tech to just five points in the fourth quarter as the Blue Devils earned a road win.

NO. 15 OKLAHOMA 86, GEORGIA 55 NORMAN, Okla.>> Raegan Beers totaled 13 points and 11 rebounds and No. 15 Oklahoma was never threatened at home in a romp over Georgia.

VANDERBILT 66, NO. 19 ALABAMA 64>> Freshman Mikayla Blakes scored 33 points, Khamil Pierre had 12 points and 14 rebounds, as Vanderbilt wins at No. 19 Alabama. A big finish by Blakes overshadowed the career-high scoring game of Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker, who had 36 points.

NO. 20 NC STATE 85, VIRGINIA TECH 57>> Aziaha James scored 25 points and Saniya Rivers added 17 on 7-of-11 shooting to help No. 20 North Carolina State beat visiting Virginia Tech for the Wolfpack’s fifth consecutive win.

NO. 23 MINNESOTA 71, WISCONSIN 50>> Grace Grocholski scored 17 points, Mallory Heyer posted a double-double and No. 23 Minnesota pulled away in the second half to beat visiting Wisconsin, handing the Badgers their eighth straight loss.