No. 25 Texas topples No. 3 Stanford 61-56

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) – Aliyah Matharu made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 5:06 to play and two more in the closing minutes, freshman Rori Harmon scored 21 points and No. 25 Texas jolted defending national champion and third-ranked Stanford 61-56 on Sunday. Ashten Prechtel’s 3-pointer with 18 seconds left got Stanford within 57-54. Harmon then converted two free throws to help Texas hang on. The Longhorns embraced and hollered following the upset, with 60-year-old coach Vic Schaefer pulling off a leaping leg kick and fist pump. Texas (2-0) excelled in its first big nonconference test after beating New Orleans 131-36 in its season opener Tuesday. The Cardinal (1-1) led 40-35 in a defensive matchup going into the final 10 minutes before Matharu took over. She finished with 17 points. Lexie Hull scored 16 points for the Cardinal before fouling out late, and Haley Jones had 15 points but also five turnovers. NO. 2 UCONN 95, ARKANSAS 80 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 34 points, making 15 of her 19 field goal attempts, and UConn opened its season with a win over Arkansas. Bueckers, the reigning AP Player of the Year, scored 32 points against St. John’s in her freshman season. She made 10 of her 11 shots in the second half against the Razorbacks on a dazzling display of layups and mid-range jumpers to keep UConn’s lead in double digits. Christyn Williams added 18 points and Evina Westbrook had 15 for the Huskies (1-0). Amber Ramirez scored 20 points and Goforth added 17 to lead Arkansas (2-1). NO. 4 MARYLAND 81, JAMES MADISON 45 HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) – Chloe Bibby scored 19 points, Ashley Owusu added 14 and Angela Reese had 12 points and matched her career high with 14 rebounds as Maryland beat James Madison. The Terrapins (3-0) led throughout, racing to a 29-10 lead after the first quarter. They shot 12 for 16 from the field, with Owusu scoring 10. Maryland played without star junior guard Diamond Miller for the third straight game, and Owusu had to be helped off the court in the third quarter after she injured her left foot. Kiki Jefferson, who had a career-high 31 points in JMU’s opening win against Virginia, led the Dukes (1-1) with 16 points. NO. 5 N.C. STATE 85, FLORIDA 52 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Elissa Cunane scored 18 points and Kia Crutchfield had 17 in North Carolina State’s rout of Florida. The Wolfpack (2-1) closed the first quarter on a 19-3 run for a 29-15 edge and kept pulling away. N.C. State coach Wes Moore earned his 750th career victory. Now in his ninth season with the Wolfpack, he’s 750-235 with previous stops at Maryville College, Francis Marion and Chattanooga. Kiara Smith scored 16 points and Nina Rickards had 12 points for Florida (1-2), which made only 32.2% of its shots from the field. NO. 8 INDIANA 88, NO. 13 KENTUCKY 67 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Mackenzie Holmes scored a career-high 29 points for Indiana, which pulled away from Kentucky in the second half for a win. Grace Berger, who had 19 points and nine rebounds, hit a half-court buzzer-beater that gave Indiana a 38-32 lead at halftime. After Kentucky cut the lead to 48-46 with 5:44 remaining in the third quarter, the Hoosiers (2-0) went on a 7-0 run and led by six or more after that. Holmes had 16 points in the second half. Nicole Cardaño-Hillary scored all 12 of her points after the break. Rhyne Howard scored 23 points for Kentucky (2-1). NO. 9 IOWA 82, NORTHERN IOWA 61 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Caitlin Clark had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Monika Czinano added 16 points, leading Iowa over Northern Iowa.