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.
Maryland has lost 10 consecutive games against top-ranked opponents since defeating North Carolina in the 2006 NCAA semifinals on the way to its only national title.
TCU 80, Baylor 75 >> Sedona Prince had 24 points and 14 rebounds as ninth-ranked TCU led throughout to end a 35-year losing streak to instate rival No. 25 Baylor and take over first place in the Big 12 with an 80-75 victory.
The Horned Frogs (20-2, 8-1 Big 12), who joined Baylor in the Big 12 during the 2012-13 season, had lost 37 consecutive games in the series since an 83-76 win at home on Feb. 28, 1990, when both teams were in the SWC.
Sarah Andrews has 21 points with five 3-pointers for Baylor (16-5, 6-2), which had won three national championships and 13 Big 12 regular-season titles while going to 22 NCAA Tournaments since last losing to the Frogs.
Madison Conner had 21 points with four 3s for the Frogs, who led by as many as 22 points midway through the third quarter. Hailey Van Lith had 19 points while Agnes Emma-Nnopu added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Aliyah Matharu had 14 points for Baylor, and Jada Walker scored 11.
OHIO state 72, nebraska 66 >> Taylor Thierry scored 23 points, Cotie McMahon added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Ohio State defeated Nebraska 72-66.
Thierry’s driving layup gave the Buckeyes a 65-57 lead with about 7 1/2 minutes left in the fourth quarter but neither team scored again until Logan Nissley’s 3-pointer drew Nebraska within 65-60 with 3:45 remaining.
A three-point play by Alexis Markowski and a free throw from Callin Hake had Nebraska within 65-64. Ohio State’s scoring slump reached 5 1/2 minutes before Thierry made a 3-pointer for a 68-64 lead with two minutes to go.
Markowski’s jumper on the next possession made it 68-66 but Nebraska did not score again.
The Cornhuskers missed three 3-pointers and went 0 for 2 at the line down the stretch while Madison Greene, who finished with 11 points, wrapped up the win with four free throws in the final 23 seconds for Ohio State (19-1, 8-1 Big Ten).
Markowski had 18 points and Hake 12 for Nebraska (15-5, 6-3).
Oklahoma 86, Georgia 55 >> Raegan Beers totaled 13 points and 11 rebounds and No. 15 Oklahoma was never threatened in an 86-55 romp over Georgia.
Beers notched her eighth double-double of the season for the Sooners (16-4, 4-3 SEC), who beat the Bulldogs (9-12, 1-6) for the second time in seven all-time matchups.
Payton Verhulst and also scored 13 for Oklahoma. Sahara Williams added 12 points and Liz Scott scored 10 off the bench.
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Wisconsin 83, Nebraska 55 >> John Tonje scored 27 points and No. 18 Wisconsin never trailed while routing Nebraska 83-55 to hand the Cornhuskers their sixth consecutive loss.
Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) bounced back from an 85-83 loss at UCLA that snapped a seven-game winning streak.
Wisconsin grabbed a 19-2 lead less than five minutes into the game by shooting 7 of 8 from the floor and 5 of 6 on 3-pointers.
Nebraska responded with a 19-5 spurt that included Wisconsin going scoreless for over six minutes, but the Badgers answered with a 16-2 run and never looked back.
John Blackwell scored 14 points and Kamari McGee added 11 for Wisconsin.
Brice Williams had 11 points to lead Nebraska (12-8, 2-7). Wisconsin transfer Connor Essegian scored eight points, facing his former team for the first time.
Illinois 83, Northwestern 74 >> Kylan Boswell scored 17 points and had six rebounds to lead No. 17 Illinois over Northwestern 83-74.
Morez Johnson Jr. had 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots, Ben Humrichous had 14 points, Kasparas Jakucionis had 11 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Jake Davis added 11 points from the bench for Illinois (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten).
Nick Martinelli and Jalen Leach each scored 17 points Northwestern (12-8, 3-6), which trailed 43-21 at halftime. Ty Berry had 10 points.
Illinois, the No. 2 rebounding team in the country, dominated the boards 50-27 without leading rebounder Tomislav Ivisic, who missed his second straight games because of an illness. The Illini had 21 offensive rebounds.