Sarah Strong had 18 points, including the 1,000th of her career, as top-ranked UConn beat Notre Dame 85-47 and extended its winning streak to 19 games. Strong added 11 rebounds, three steals and three blocked shots the Huskies (19-0) snapped a three-game losing streak against Notre Dame.KK Arnold had 12 points, five assists, two steals and one turnover while drawing the defensive assignment on Notre Dame star Hannah Hidalgo. Azzi Fudd added 15 points and Ashlynn Shade finished with 10 points and four assists as UConn won its 35th consecutive game. Hidalgo had 16 points on 5-of-15 shooting for her 85th straight game of scoring in double figures. Cassandra Prosper added 12 points for Notre Dame (12-6).

Chance Gray scored 22 points, Jaloni Cambridge had 18 and Elsa Lemmila added 17 in No. 12 Ohio State’s 71-69 victory over No. 9 TCU in the Coretta Scott King Classic. The game was tied eight times in the fourth quarter before Ohio State took the lead for good at 67-66 on a free throw from Cambridge with 1:10 to play. The Buckeyes picked up their sixth straight win. Olivia Miles had 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for TCU. She was playing before numerous family friends who made the hourlong trip from her hometown of Phillipsburg.

Iowa moved into the top 10 for the first time in two years and UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Hawkeyes last were ranked this high in the final poll of Caitlin Clark’s senior year. They had been as high as 11th a few times this season and finally were able to crack the first 10. UConn received all 30 first-place ballots from a national media panel as the top six teams in the poll were unchanged from a week earlier.  The Huskies have won 34 consecutive games dating back to last season. South Carolina and UCLA were next. Texas remained fourth despite falling at South Carolina 68-65 on Thursday. Vanderbilt and LSU followed the Longhorns.

Getting a chance to play in the Coretta Scott King Classic has special meaning for Ohio State senior Chance Gray. Her great grandfather Benjamin Hooks worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and was onetime executive director of the NAACP. Gray remembered when she was young hearing stories from Hooks, who died in 2010. Gray’s team _ the No. 14 Buckeyes _ faces 10th-ranked TCU on Monday in the opener of the women’s basketball doubleheader. Fifth-ranked Vanderbilt plays No. 8 Michigan in the second game. It’s the second year of the tournament.

Kharyssa Richardson scored a career-high 23 points, Favour Nwaedozi had 21 rebounds and Mississippi State took advantage of No. 7 Kentucky’s shooting woes to beat the Wildcats 71-59 on Sunday. Kentucky shot 32% from the field, making only 5 of 29 3-point tries. Down 33-30 at the half, the Bulldogs (15-5, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) outscored the Wildcats (17-3, 4-2) 18-11 in the third quarter and pulled away to snap a four-game losing streak. Mississippi State had a 15-2 run, highlighted by two 3-pointers from Traynna Crisp and a five-point spurt from Richardson. Nwaedozi led Mississippi State to a 52-35 rebounding edge and had 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Crisp had 16 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range. Tonie Morgan led Kentucky with 15 points.

Imari Berry scored 33 points and No. 9 Louisville rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to beat North Carolina State 88-80 in overtime for its 11th consecutive victory. Skylar Jones’ 17 points helped carry the Cardinals who went from trailing by 13 to leading 54-51 in a span of less than 4½ minutes bridging the third and fourth quarters. Mackenly Randoph scored four of her 12 points in overtime. Berry had a game-high 12 rebounds. Khamil Pierre scored five of her season-high 26 points in the final two minutes of regulation, but N.C. State couldn’t overcome mishaps down the stretch. Zamareya Jones added 20 points

Tonie Morgan scored a season-high 26 points and had 13 assists to lead No. 7 Kentucky to a 94-89 win over Florida. The Wildcats improved to 10-0 at home and fended off a late rally by the Gators, who fell to 0-5 in SEC play. Clara Strack had 21 points for Kentucky, and Jordan Obi, Amelia Hassett and Asia Boone scored 12 each. Strack sat out most of the third quarter and fouled out with 13 seconds remaining. Me’Arah O’Neal led the Gators with 23 points, the most in an SEC game and one shy of a career high for Shaquille O’Neal’s 19-year-old, 6-foot-4 daughter.

Reyna Scott scored 20 points off the bench and No. 9 Louisville pulled away from No. 23 Notre Dame for its 10th straight victory, 79-66. Tajianna Roberts added 19 points for Louisville, which last lost on Dec. 4 when the Cardinals fell 79-77 to then-No. 3 South Carolina. Elif Istanbulluoglu had 11 points and Mackenly Randolph scored 10. Led by Scott, Louisville’s reserves outscored Notre Dame 31-2. The Cardinals rank second nationally in bench production by averaging 36.3 bench points entering the game. Hannah Hidalgo scored 24 points and had five rebounds and eight assists to lead Notre Dame.

Jaloni Cambridge scored 33 points, Chance Gray had 23 points and seven 3-pointers, and No. 14 Ohio State made a season-high 17 3-pointers in a 108-84 victory over Penn State on Wednesday night for its fifth straight victory. Elsa Lemmilä added 21 points for Ohio State (16-2, 6-1 Big Ten). Cambridge, the Big Ten player of the week, also had four 3-pointers. Moriah Murray scored 25 points, Gracie Merkle had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Kiyomi McMiller added 20 points for Penn State (7-11, 0-7), which has lost seven straight games. Tea Cleante came off the bench to score 10 points.

The transfer portal for men’s and women’s basketball will open the day after the championship game for both NCAA Tournaments for a period of 15 days. The NCAA Division I Cabinet approved changes Wednesday to the window for athletes to transfer in several sports including men’s wrestling, men’s ice hockey and men’s and women’s track and field under changes recommended by the oversight committees for each sport. The changes are effective immediately. The transfer period after a head coaching change starts five days after a new coach is hired or publicly announced. That window opens on the 31st day if the new head coach is not announced within 30 days of the last coach’s departure.