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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Tina Charles had 20 points and nine rebounds as top-ranked Connecticut breezed by Louisville 84-38 Sunday in a rematch of last year's national championship game.

The victory was UConn's 62nd in a row, extending the second-longest streak ever in women's NCAA Division I, trailing only the 2001-03 Huskies' mark of 70 straight.

Charles was the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, when UConn won its sixth national championship against Louisville last spring. She reached double-digit scoring for her 14th straight game, breaking her personal best set last year.

Keshia Hines led Louisville with nine points.

The Huskies never trailed and put away the Cardinals early with two extended scoring runs that lasted most of the first half and early into the second. UConn was especially good from beyond the arc, hitting more first-half 3-pointers (8) than Louisville had field goals (7).

Mississippi 102, No. 19 LSU 101, 3 OT

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Kayla Holloway's layup with 11 seconds left in the third overtime lifted Mississippi to a wild win over LSU.

The Rebels (15-8, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) won in Baton Rouge for the first time since 1994. In addition, Ole Miss won two games in a single season against the Lady Tigers for the first time since 1985.

After the layup, Mississippi fouled Katherine Graham with five seconds left. She made the first free throw, but missed the second causing a wild scramble for the ball. It ended up in Graham's hands, but she missed a potential game-winning shot at the buzzer.

Bianca Thomas led Ole Miss with 29 points. Elizabeth Robertson, who made a career-high seven 3-pointers, added a career-high 25 points.

Allison Hightower, who left the game with cramps early in the second overtime, led LSU (15-7, 4-6) with 31 points.

No. 2 Stanford 77, Southern California 39

STANFORD, Calif. -- Jayne Appel passed Nicole Powell to become Stanford's career rebounding leader with 1,153, Kayla Pedersen had 18 points and 14 boards and the Cardinal beat cold-shooting Southern California for their 42nd straight home win at Maples Pavilion.

Appel, who finished with 15 points and 13 boards, pulled down her fourth rebound of the game and 1,144th of her career at the 7:34 mark of the first half to move past Powell.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Cardinal (21-1, 11-0 Pac-10) in their 12th straight win since the team's lone loss at top-ranked Connecticut on Dec. 23, fifth straight victory in the series and 15th in 16 overall against USC.

Jacki Gemelos continued her inspirational comeback tale by scoring 13 points to lead USC (13-9, 7-4).

No. 7 Xavier 67, Richmond 55

CINCINNATI -- Dee Dee Jernigan matched her career high with 15 points to lead four Xavier players in double figures and Xavier held off Richmond.

Amber Harris scored 14 while Special Jennings scored 12 and Tyeacha Moss added 11 to help the first-place Musketeers (18-3, 8-0 Atlantic-10) post their eighth consecutive win and 10th in their last 11 games.

Sophomore Abby Oliver scored a career-high 19 points for the Spiders (15-8, 4-4), who've lost four of their last five.

Jerigan made two free throws with 3:40 left in the game to give Xavier a 54-53 lead. Harris followed with a conventional three-point play with 3:04 left, and the Musketeers pulled away.

Xavier took an 11-0 lead while Richmond was missing its first 17 shots. The Spiders didn't get on the scoreboard until Oliver made a reverse layup with 11:06 left in the first half.

No. 8 Ohio State 86, Penn State 73

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Samantha Prahalis had 26 points, Maria Moeller added three key second-half 3s and Ohio State overcame a 15-point deficit to beat Penn State.

A 3-point shooting barrage kept the Buckeyes (23-3, 11-2 Big Ten) in the game after the team committed a season-high 25 turnovers, including 18 in the first half.

Coach Jim Foster's team was more careful after halftime, then overwhelmed the Lady Lions (15-8, 7-6) from the perimeter. Ohio State shot 65 percent from 3-point range, including 9-of-13 in the second half.

Tayler Hill and Prahalis hit 3s from the nearly the same spot in the right corner on back-to-back possessions to give the Buckeyes a five-point lead with 4:01 left.

Prahalis hit another 3 in transition after a steal by Jantel Lavender to put the Buckeyes up 79-71 with 2:52 left.

South Carolina 52, No. 14 Georgia 42

ATHENS, Ga. -- Valerie Nainima scored 21 points to lead South Carolina to a win over Georgia.

Nainima hit three 3-pointers for South Carolina (13-10, 6-5 SEC).

Freshman Jasmine James scored 11 for Georgia (19-5, 6-5 Southeastern Conference), which played most of the game without two seniors. Center Angel Robinson hit her head on the knee of a South Carolina player while diving for a ball in the first half and left the game dizzy. She did not return.

Point guard Ashley Houts drew her fourth foul five minutes into the second half and did not play the rest of the game.

Georgia closed the gap to 42-37 with 6:25 to play with a little 6-0 run, but the Gamecocks answered with consecutive 3-point possessions. Nainima hit a 3-pointer and Jewel May had a three-point play.

No. 15 Florida State 83, Wake Forest 38

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Chasity Clayton had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 15 Florida State to a rout of Wake Forest.

The Seminoles (20-4, 6-2 ACC) held the Demon Deacons (14-9, 5-4 ACC) to 21.8 percent shooting, the 13th time this season they held an opponent to under 35 percent from the floor.

Florida State opened the game on a 10-2 run, holding the Demon Deacons to just one basket in their first 10 attempts. Wake Forest made just five baskets in the first half and trailed 36-15 at the break.

The Seminoles led by as many as 45, hitting four of their first five 3-pointers and six of 10 overall. Jacinta Monroe added 15 points for FSU, while Brittany Waters led Wake Forest with 15 points.

No. 17 Texas 81, Texas Tech 51

AUSTIN, Texas -- Brittainey Raven scored a game-high 22 points to help Texas rout Texas Tech.

Raven hit four 3-pointers as the Longhorns shot 50 percent from behind the arc. Kat Nash and Cokie Reed each scored 13 points for Texas (16-6, 5-3 Big 12).

The last time these two teams met, Texas was forced into double overtime by the Lady Raiders and narrowly escaped with a 95-90 win. This time, the Longhorns wouldn't let that happen.

Ashlee Roberson had a double-double for the Lady Raiders (13-9, 1-7) finishing with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

No. 20 Kentucky 71, Arkansas 57

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A'Dia Mathies scored 27 points and Victoria Dunlap added 22 points and 11 rebounds to help Kentucky beat Arkansas for its seventh straight win.

Dunlap scored 20 of her points in the second half as Kentucky (20-3, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) broke a 33-33 halftime tie. The Wildcats moved within a half-game of idle Tennessee for the conference lead.

Lyndsay Harris scored 20 points and Charity Ford added 10 to lead Arkansas (9-14, 1-9). The Razorbacks led 8-0 and Harris hit four 3-pointers in the first half to help Arkansas stay close with the Wildcats.

No. 22 Iowa State 65, Missouri 39

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Alison Lacey had 18 points and seven assists to lead Iowa State to a win over Missouri.

Lacey has scored in double figures in 21 of the Cyclones' 22 games this season and led the nation in assist to turnover ratio entering the game.

Iowa State's Big 12 leading defense held the Tigers to 13-for-54 for the game and a season-low 39 points. It was the lowest point total for the Tigers since a 37-point output at Texas on Jan. 26, 2007.

The Cyclones (18-4, 6-3 Big 12) raced out to a 39-15 halftime lead as Chelsea Poppens scored 14 of her points in the period. Poppens' six baskets were more than Missouri could manage. The Tigers shot a season-worst 5-for-30 from the field in the first 20 minutes.

RaeShara Brown scored 12 points to lead Missouri (11-11, 1-8).

No. 25 St. John's 66, Seton Hall 45

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- Kelly McManmon and Centhya Hart each scored 11 points to lead St. John's to a win over Seton Hall.

St. John's had five players in double figures, with Shenneika Smith, Da'Shena Stevens and Nadirah McKenith all adding 10 points each.

The win was the sixth in the last seven games for the Red Storm (19-4, 7-3 Big East), who entered the Top 25 last week for the first time all season, then dropped a road contest to Georgetown on Tuesday night.

Kandice Green had 15 points and 17 rebounds and Ebonie Williams added 12 points for Seton Hall (9-14, 1-9).

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