Baylor women replace Connecticut atop AP poll | College basketball

UConn's run at No. 1 is over.

The Huskies' NCAA-record 90-game winning streak ended Thursday night with a loss at Stanford. Their nearly three-year hold on the top ranking ended Monday when they were overtaken by Baylor and dropped to No. 2 in the Associated Press media poll.

Connecticut had been the top team for a record 51 consecutive weeks, beginning Feb. 18, 2008.

Baylor, which lost 65-64 at Connecticut in mid-November, is No. 1 for the first time. Standout Brittney Griner and the Bears, who received 23 first-place votes, next play Saturday when they host No. 17 Iowa State in their Big 12 Conference opener.

"It's great, positive recognition for our program and Baylor University," Bears coach Kim Mulkey said.

"We welcome it as every coach in America does, but we'll keep it in perspective. At this point in the season, what does it really mean?"

UConn, which had been a unanimous No. 1 for all but one of the last 40 weeks, was second, receiving 14 first-place votes.

Duke, Stanford and Tennessee round out the first five. Stanford jumped five places by routing then-No. 4 Xavier and beating UConn.

Gonzaga women

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SPOKANE — Courtney Vandersloot scored 20 points and Katelan Redmon added 16 as Gonzaga overwhelmed Southern Utah 102-61 Monday.

Vandersloot, a graduate of Kentwood High School in Covington, had 12 assists. Redmon, who is from Spokane and started her college career at Washington, had 10 rebounds in the team's last nonconference game of the regular season.

Gonzaga (12-4) scored at least 100 points for the fourth time this season, a program record.

"I thought we played really well offensively," Zags coach Kelly Graves said.

"Southern Utah had won seven in a row coming into this game."

Top 10 men

At No. 10 Kentucky 86,

Pennsylvania 62

Brandon Knight scored 22 points to lead the Wildcats (12-2) past the Quakers (5-6). Kentucky made 12 of its first 13 shots in the second half.

Tyler Bernardini scored 22 points to lead Penn, which was ahead by 12 in the first half.

Note

• Renardo Sidney is staying. Elgin Bailey is going.

That is the aftermath of a nationally televised brawl between two Mississippi State players in the stands of a tournament in Honolulu on Dec. 23. The fight embarrassed the program and caused both players to be suspended indefinitely.

Both players were reinstated, but Bailey has "asked to be released from the team in order to transfer," school officials said.