Brittney Griner scored right away and top-ranked Baylor was quickly on the way to avenging its last loss, beating No. 15 Texas A&M 71-48 on Saturday night in the teams’ first meeting since last year’s NCAA tournament.
Griner, who had 21 points and 10 rebounds, put the host Lady Bears (25-0, 12-0 Big 12) ahead to stay with her inside basket and free throw only 30 seconds in. After Tyra White scored on the first shot by Texas A&M, Baylor scored 14 consecutive points over a four-minute span.
Texas A&M (17-6, 8-4) had lost eight in a row against Baylor, including three last season before that NCAA regional final victory last March. That sent the Aggies to their first Final Four on the way to winning the national championship.
(3) CONNECTICUT 80, (14) GEORGETOWN 38 -- Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points, and the Huskies beat the visiting Hoyas for their 99th consecutive home victory.
Bria Hartley added 18 points for UConn (23-2, 11-1 Big East), which held the Hoyas to 25-percent shooting and 24 points below their season average.
Sugar Rodgers and Rubylee Wright each had 10 points for Georgetown (19-6, 8-4).
(9) GREEN BAY 64, WRIGHT ST. 59 -- Julie Wojta had career highs of 30 points and 20 rebounds to help the host Phoenix bounce back from their first loss with a win over the Raiders.
Wojta, a senior, fell two steals short of getting her first career triple-double. Megan Lukan added 12 points for the Phoenix (21-1, 11-1 Horizon League). Green Bay was coming off a 70-58 loss to Detroit on Thursday.
Molly Fox had 16 points to lead the Raiders (16-9, 9-4).
(19) GONZAGA 79, SAN FRANCISCO 59 -- Katelan Redmon scored 18 points as the visiting Bulldogs beat the Dons to bounce back from their worst conference loss in a decade.
Jazmine Redmon added 10 points for the Bulldogs (22-4, 11-2), who moved into sole possession of first place in the West Coast Conference, one-half game ahead of BYU.
Two days after losing to the Cougars by 30 points, Gonzaga didn’t have any problem handling the Dons.
Rheina Ale scored 19 points and became San Francisco’s career leader for minutes played, but the Dons (4-22, 2-11) still lost their fifth straight.
(20) LOUISVILLE 89, SYRACUSE 62 -- Becky Burke made eight of the host Cardinals’ school-record 18 3-pointers and scored a career-high 28 points to lead Louisville over the Orange.
Burke tied a team record with her eight 3s after going scoreless in her last two games.
Shoni Schimmel added six 3s as Louisville (18-7, 7-5 Big East) stopped a three-game losing streak. She had 20 points and 10 assists.
Kayla Alexander had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Syracuse (15-11, 4-8).
(25) ST. BONAVENTURE 56, DAYTON 55 -- Megan Van Tatenhove scored on a spinning jumper in the lane with 23 seconds left to give the visiting Bonnies a road win over the Flyers.
Van Tatenhove scored 17 points to help St. Bonaventure (24-2, 11-0 Atlantic 10) get its 13th straight win overall and 12th consecutive on the road.
Justine Raterman finished with 11 points, all in the second half, for Dayton (16-6, 8-2).
, which snapped a six-game winning streak.
