CINCINNATI â€" Natalie Novosel scored 21 points Saturday, and point guard Skylar Diggins steadied Notre Dame's balanced offense with 11 assists, leading the second-ranked Fighting Irish to a 76-50 victory over Cincinnati.
Notre Dame (17-1, 5-0 Big East) has won 14 straight, part of one of the three best starts in school history. The Irish have also won 19 straight games against teams from Ohio since 1993.
Dayeesha Hollins scored 14 points for Cincinnati (9-8, 0-4), which fell apart against Notre Dame's unrelenting defensive pressure. The Bearcats had 22 turnovers during their most lopsided loss.
No. 3 Connecticut 72, Villanova 49: At Villanova, Pa., Tiffany Hayes scored 14 of her 22 points in the second half to lead Connecticut. Rachel Roberts scored 16 points for the Wildcats, who got within five points when two baskets by Emily Leer made it 41-36, but Connecticut (14-2 overall, 4-1 Big East) answered by scoring 12 of the next 15 points to retake control of the game.
No. 4 Stanford 80, Colorado 54: At Boulder, Colo., Joslyn Tinkle matched her career high with 20 points to lead Stanford to its 12th straight win.
No. 8 Rutgers 71, No. Louisville 68, OT: At Piscataway, N.J., Erica Wheeler scored 23 points, including an off-balance 3-pointer with the shot clock running out in overtime to lift Rutgers. Trailing 68-67, Wheeler corraled the rebound off a miss from Khadijah Rushdan and dribbled out to the 3-point line. She barely recognized the shot clock was down to its last tick before turning around and connecting with 1:12 left in the extra period.
Kansas State 62, No. 10 Texas Tech 61: At Lubbock, Texas, Jalana Childs scored 23 points to help Kansas State hand Texas Tech its second straight loss. Childs scored seven of the Wildcats' last nine points to erase Texas Tech's 58-53 lead. She hit two free throws with 1:43 to put Kansas State (13-3, 4-0 Big 12) up for the first time since 43-40 earlier in the half.
No. 12 Texas A&M 59, Iowa State 33: At Ames, Iowa, Adaora Elonu scored 14 points and Texas A&M kept Iowa State winless in the Big 12 on Saturday night. The defending national champions harassed the Cyclones with a physical, aggressive defense in bouncing back from Wednesday night's home loss to unranked Texas. The 33 points matched the fewest Iowa State has scored in a game in coach Bill Fennelly's 17 seasons.
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No. 14 Wisconsin-Green Bay 68, Detroit 59: At Detroit, Adrian Ritchie scored 20 points to lead Wisconsin-Green Bay to its school-record 35th straight regular season victory. Lydia Bauer added 16 points and Julie Wojta finished with 15 points and eight rebounds for the Phoenix (15-0, 5-0 Horizon League). Sarah Eichler had 13 points.
No. 21 DePaul 86, Pittsburgh 83: At Chicago, Anna Martin scored 29 points, including a pair of insurance free throws with 19.7 seconds left, and No. 21 DePaul held off a late rally to beat Pittsburgh. Martin was 11 for 16 from the field for the Blue Demons (15-3, 3-1 Big East). Megan Rogowski had 15 points, all on 3-pointers, Jasmine Penny added 13 points and Brittany Hrynko had 11 for DePaul.
Saint Mary's 66, No. 23 Gonzaga 63: At Spokane, Wash., Alex Carbonel scored 18 points and Saint Mary's made four free throws in the last 25 seconds end Gonzaga's West Coast Conference winning streak at 34 games.
Down eight with 1:27 to play, Gonzaga (15-3, 4-1) reeled off seven quick points before the Gaels' Danielle Mauldin made two free throws with 23 seconds left. After Katelan Redmon's basket made it 64-63 with 8.7 seconds to go, Jasmine Smith made two free throws with 8.3 remaining.
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