Top 25 Women

Jen Rizzotti scored 18 points and hit a pair of 3-pointers to spark a 17-3 run at the end of the first half, carrying undefeated and No. 1 Connecticut to its 21st straight win, a 84-62 decision over Seton Hall at South Orange, N.J.

Rebecca Lobo added 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Nikki McCray scored 23 points and was just as effective defensively to lead No. 2 Tennessee to a 75-55 victory over No. 7 Vanderbilt at Knoxville, Tenn.

Erin Scholz scored 17 points to pace No. 3 Colorado to a 79-57 victory over Missouri at Boulder, Colo. It was the Buffaloes’ 15th consecutive triumph.

Wendy Palmer scored 20 points, and freshman Monick Foote hit two key 3-pointers as No. 8 Virginia beat No. 21 Duke 67-61 at Durham, N.C. to clinch at least a tie for its fifth straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

Despite the absence of top player Angela Potthoff, No. 13 Penn State used 63-percent shooting in the second half to rout Northwestern 86-62 at Evanston, Ill.

Shanele Stires scored 31 points, including a key 3-pointer late in the game, as unranked Kansas State defeated No. 15 Kansas 80-73 at Manhattan, Kansas.

Jennifer Jacoby scored 17 points, leading No. 17 Purdue to its seventh straight victory, 62-55 over Iowa at Iowa City, Iowa.

Etta Maytubby had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 25 Oklahoma overcome a 16-point deficit in the second half to defeat Nebraska 85-83 at Lincoln, Neb.

Kisha Kelley scored eight of her 26 points as visiting Michigan State rode a second-half rally to a 78-62 victory over No. 25 Wisconsin, snapping the Badgers’ 10-game home winning streak.