No. 2 South Carolina routs No. 5 Texas for 11th straight win

COLUMBIA, S.C.>> Te-Hina Paopao and Chloe Kitts each scored 11 points, and No. 2 South Carolina rolled past No. 5 Texas 67-50 for its 11th straight win on Sunday in front of a sold out crowd of 18,000 at Colonial Life Arena.

Joyce Edwards added 10 points for the Gamecocks (16-1, 4-0 SEC), who became the only team in the nation with 13 wins against Division I teams with winning records. Raven Johnson added eight points and 10 rebounds as coach Dawn Staley improve to 14-3 all-time against Texas coach Vic Schaefer.

Kyla Oldacare led Texas (16-2, 3-1 SEC) with 11 points and 16 rebounds.

Preseason All-American guard Madison Booker was limited to seven points on 3-of-19 shooting for the Longhorns, which had their nine-game winning streak snapped. The sophomore guard came into the game averaging 15.3 points per game.

South Carolina shot 71% from the field in the first half to build a 39-22 lead, while holding Booker to 1-of-14 shooting from the field.

While Booker was struggling to get anything to fall, the Gamecocks couldn’t miss early on.

They made their first four shots from the field and first three from the free throw line to take a 12-5 lead, setting the tone for the game.

No. 3 Notre Dame 67, Clemson 58>> Liatu King had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Olivia Miles added 17 points and nine assists and No. 3 Notre Dame held on to win at Clemson without AP Preseason All-American guard Hannah Hidalgo. Hidalgo had her right foot in a boot before the game and did not play.

No. 4 USC 95, Penn State 73>> JuJu Watkins scored 35 points, leading an 18-0 run with 10 points before halftime, and No. 4 Southern California defeated Penn State in one of the first sporting events held in Los Angeles since the wildfires began. Watkins was 13 of 15 from the floor.

No. 9 Ohio State 69, Oregon 60>> Taylor Thierry scored a season-high 20 points and No. 9 Ohio State had a 27-point run second-quarter run in a win over visiting Oregon in the first meeting between the teams as members of the Big Ten.

Ajae Petty had 13 points, 14 rebounds and four assists, and freshman guard Jaloni Cambridge scored 13 points for the Buckeyes (16-0, 5-0 Big Ten).

Nani Falatea and Amina Muhammad scored 11 points apiece and Deja Kelly had 10 for Oregon (12-5, 3-3), which had its three-game winning streak halted.

No. 10 Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 62>> Raegan Beers scored 16 points before suffering a left shoulder injury in the third quarter, and No. 10 Oklahoma rolled past visiting Texas A&M.

Beers, a 6-foot-4 center, was helped off the floor by teammates. She returned to the bench with an ice pack on her shoulder, but did not play again.

The Sooners (14-3, 2-2 SEC) bounced back from a loss to Mississippi State on Thursday to claim their first home SEC win in their first season in the conference.

Louisville 69, No. 13 Georgia Tech 60>> Tajianna Roberts scored 16 to lead a balanced attack and host Louisville thumped No. 13 Georgia Tech for its sixth straight victory.

Roberts missed all six of her 3-point attempts but sank 8 of 12 from inside the arc for the Cardinals (12-5, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

No. 14 Duke 60, Virginia 55>> Backup guard Oluchi Okananwa scored 17 points, Taina Mair hit two big 3-pointers, and No. 14 Duke rallied in the second half to defeat host Virginia.

Okananwa hit a 3-pointer to open the fourth quarter and followed with a mid-range jumper to give Duke its first lead of the game, 44-43 with nine minutes remaining.

It was Mair who hit the biggest shots. Her 3-pointer with five minutes remaining put the Blue Devils back ahead 53-50.

No. 15 Kentucky 80, Auburn 61>> Georgia Amoore totaled 21 points and 11 assists, Dazia Lawrence scored 18 of her 21 in the second half and No. 15 Kentucky upped its win streak to eight games and continued to steamroll its way through the Southeastern Conference with a victory over Auburn.

No. 16 Tennessee 93, Arkansas 63 >> Taylasia Cooper scored 20 points and No. 16 Tennessee breezed to a road win at Arkansas.

No. 18 Alabama 84, Mississippi 78>> Aaliyah Nye hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 32 points as the No. 18 Alabama women beat host Mississippi.