No. 1 Texas Falls

The No. 9-ranked Texas Tech women’s basketball team recorded its first regular-season victory over a top-ranked team, beating No. 1 Texas, 62-49, in a Big 12 Conference game Sunday at Lubbock, Texas.

But Texas Coach Jody Conradt didn’t want one loss or a drop in the poll to unravel the Longhorn season.

“We’re not going to talk about it and belabor it in negative ways,” said Conradt, whose team led by five at halftime but succumbed to a pesky Texas Tech defense in the second half. “We have a really tough stretch ahead, and we just have to regroup.”

The Longhorns, 23-3 overall and 11-2 in the Big 12, play host to No. 19 Baylor on Wednesday and No. 8 Kansas State on Sunday and then travel to take on No. 24 Oklahoma on March 2.

The Red Raiders (23-4, 9-4), who lost, 82-73, to Texas on Feb. 1, relied on a familiar game plan on Sunday: Stop the Longhorns’ inside game.

Texas Tech last beat a top-ranked team in 1993, when it defeated Vanderbilt, 60-46, in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament.

No. 3 Tennessee 85, Mississippi 69 -- Shyra Ely and Shanna Zolman each scored 21 points at Oxford, Miss., to help the Lady Vols (23-2, 12-0) beat the Rebels (15-11, 6-6) and remain undefeated in the Southeastern Conference and on the road (12-0).

No. 4 Duke 72, Maryland 59 -- Alana Beard had 24 points at College Park, Md., to help the Blue Devils (22-3, 11-2) clinch their fourth consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title with the victory over the Terrapins (15-11, 7-8).

No. 5 Purdue 59, No. 20 Michigan State 56 -- Shereka Wright had 24 points at West Lafayette, Ind., to lead the Boilermakers (23-2, 13-1 Big Ten) over the Spartans (19-6, 9-5).

No. 7 Penn State 70, Iowa 58 -- Tanisha Wright scored 24 points at Iowa City, Iowa, to help the Nittany Lions (21-4, 13-1) beat Iowa (15-10, 9-5) and remain tied for first in the Big Ten. Penn State’s leading scorer, Kelly Mazzante, had her worst game of the season, scoring four points before fouling out in 22 minutes.

No. 8 Kansas State 93, Missouri 90 -- Kendra Wecker scored nine of her 26 points in the second overtime at Columbia, Mo., to help the Wildcats (21-3, 12-1 Big 12) overcome a 15-point second-half deficit and defeat the Tigers (13-11, 4-9), who got a career-high 40 points from Evan Unrau.

No. 11 Minnesota 73, Northwestern 46 -- The Golden Gophers (20-5, 9-5 Big Ten), playing at Minneapolis for the first time since losing leading scorer Lindsay Whalen to a broken hand on Feb. 12, beat the last-place Wildcats (8-18, 1-14).

No. 17 Texas Christian 73, No. 12 DePaul 53 -- The Horned Frogs (22-4, 11-2), who trailed for most of the first half at Fort Worth, eliminated the Blue Demons (22-4, 10-3) from contention for the Conference USA regular-season title.

Vanderbilt 68, No. 14 Auburn 60 -- Abi Ramsey scored 13 of her 22 points in the second half to help the Commodores (18-7, 6-6 SEC) rally from an early 10-point deficit to upset the Tigers (20-6, 8-4) at Auburn, Ala.

No. 15 Louisiana State 78, Mississippi State 61 -- Seimone Augustus had 25 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Tigers (21-5, 9-3 SEC) over the Bulldogs (12-13, 6-6) at Baton Rouge, La.

No. 18 Georgia 73, South Carolina 50 -- The Bulldogs (18-7, 7-5 Southeastern Conference), playing for the first time since 6-foot-6 Kara Braxton was thrown off the team, routed the Gamecocks (10-15, 1-11) at Columbia, S.C. Georgia Coach Andy Landers dismissed Braxton on Friday for repeatedly violating team rules.

No. 21 Houston 77, Marquette 64 -- The Cougars (23-3, 12-1) clinched at least a share of the Conference USA regular-season title with the win over the Golden Eagles (18-8, 8-5).