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South Carolina gets by Kentucky (Tracy Glantz/Kentucky.com)

By Associated Press

No. 2 South Carolina 78 Def. No 18 Kentucky 68

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alaina Coates had 27 points and 13 rebounds as No. 2 South Carolina overcame an injury to star Tiffany Mitchell to defeat No. 18 Kentucky 78-68 Thursday night and head to its showdown with top-ranked Connecticut at 22-0. Coates had her fourth double-double in the past five games for the Gamecocks (10-0 Southeastern Conference), who needed every bit of it to hold off the Wildcats (15-6, 4-6) after Mitchell, the two-time defending SEC player of the year, crashed hardtop the floor in the second quarter. Mitchell spent several minutes face down in obvious pain before being helped off the court. She returned to the bench in the third quarter with what the team said was a lower back bruise. Makayla Epps scored 17 points, all in the second half, for Kentucky, which had lost four of five games. A’ja Wilson had 18 points for South Carolina.

NO. 23 FLORIDA 83 Def. NO. 12 TEXAS A&M 81

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Ronni Williams scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Florida held off Texas A&M. Courtney Williams stole the ball for the Aggies with seven seconds left but Jordan Jones missed a shot at the buzzer.

Simone Westbrook added 15 points for the Gators (19-4, 7-3 SEC), who were coming off a win over then 12th-ranked Kentucky and had never beaten A&M. Courtney Walker had a career-high 31 points for the Aggies (15-7, 5-4), who lost to No. 2 South Carolina on Monday. The Aggies led 36-31 at the half and pushed it to eight at the 5:41 mark of the third quarter but Ronni Williams, who surpassed 500 career rebounds, scored 11 points as the Gators charged back to take a 65-60 lead. Walker’s jumper pulled A&M within two but after a Florida turnover Courtney Williams missed a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left. After a review, the ball went to Florida and Williams made another steal.

NO. 16 MIAMI 67 Def. BOSTON COLLEGE 62

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Jessica Thomas scored 14 points, Adrienne Motley added 13 and Miami beat Boston College. The Hurricanes (19-4, 7-3 ACC) have won six of their last eight, and pulled into a fourth-place tie in the conference standings with North Carolina State (16-7, 7-3), which lost to Notre Dame.

Mariella Fasoula scored 19 points to lead the Eagles (13-9, 1-8).

NO. 3 NOTRE DAME 82 Def. N.C. STATE 46

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Madison Cable matched her career-high with 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Notre Dame to a victory over North Carolina State. The Wolfpack (16-7, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) couldn’t stop Cable early as she scored 13 of Notre Dame’s first 19 points and the Irish (22-1, 10-0) jumped to a 19-12 lead. Cable hit shots from the outside, scored on fast-break layups and was 7-of-7 from the free-throw line. The Irish broke the game open when Brianna Turner scored on back-to-back layups to spark a 12-0 run late in the third quarter. Cable capped the run when Turner jumped to catch a high pass under the basket and passed to Cable in the lane, who drove in afor a three-point play when she was fouled. Miah Spencer led the Wolfpack with 13 points and Dominique Wilson had 11.

NO. 7 OHIO STATE 87 Def. WISCONSIN 61

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ameryst Alston scored 21 points as Ohio State cruised to a victory over Wisconsin.

The Buckeyes (18-4, 10-1) took control late in the first quarter and never looked back as five players scored in double figures for coach Kevin McGuff’s team. Shayla Cooper scored 16 points off the bench while Alexa Hart had 12 and Asia Doss had 11. Kelsey Mitchell, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, overcame a slow start to finish with 16 points. Cooper, who sat out the previous game in what McGuff termed a coach’s decision, also had 10 rebounds against Wisconsin for her sixth double-double of the season. Nicole Bauman led Wisconsin (6-15, 2-9) with 19 points while Cayla McMorris had 12 while Michala Johnson had 10. Ohio State extended its winning streak to seven games while the Badgers lost for the seventh time in a row.

NO. 13 LOUISVILLE 78 Def. NORTH CAROLINA 60

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Mariya Moore scored 22 points, Asia Durr added 21 and Louisville rolled to a win over North Carolina. Myisha Hines-Allen contributed 19 points and 10 rebounds as Louisville (18-5, 10-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) extended its win streak to 15. The Cardinals dominated at the foul line, hitting 19 for 22 compared with UNC’s 8 for 12.

Trailing 32-28 at the break, Louisville took the lead for good during an 8-0 burst that made it 50-46 with 4:22 left in the third quarter and included 3-pointers from Arica Carter and Moore.

The Tar Heels (12-12, 2-7) took the lead midway through the first quarter with a 6-0 spurt capped by Hillary Summers’ jumper to make it 16-11 and didn’t trail again until after the break.

Stephanie Watts led UNC with 16 points, Summers finished with 14 and 10 rebounds, and Destinee Walker had 12 points.

NO. 23 TENNESSEE 75 Def. ARKANSAS 57

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Mercedes Russell had 15 points and 11 rebounds as Tennessee defeated Arkansas to give Lady Volunteers coach Holly Warlick her 100th career victory.

Warlick improved her career record to 100-28 and became the 17th Division I women’s coach to earn 100 victories within her first four seasons.

Tennessee (14-8, 5-4 SEC) earned a measure of revenge after a 64-59 defeat at Arkansas on Jan. 14, the Lady Vols’ first loss to a team with a sub-.500 record since 1979.

Diamond DeShields ended her recent slump by scoring 15 points, Te’a Cooper had 13 points and Andraya Carter added 10. DeShields, the Lady Vols’ leading scorer, had a combined nine turnovers and five points in the two games leading up to this one.

Jessica Jackson scored 18 and Devin Cosper added 17 for Arkansas (9-14, 4-6), which lost its fourth straight.