College basketball | No. 6 Baylor defeats Arizona State in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Freshman Brittney Griner collected 27 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks to help No. 6 Baylor hold off No. 14 Arizona State 70-66 Sunday night in the Las Vegas Hoops Classic.

It was the second consecutive game Griner fell two blocks short of a triple-double. She had 18 points and 12 rebounds in a 70-49 victory over Gonzaga on Saturday night. Griner had the program's first triple-double Wednesday in Baylor's victory over Oral Roberts.

Griner took over in the second half, scoring 18 of her points and blocking six shots. Her three-point play with 4:47 left gave Baylor (11-1) a five-point lead. The Sun Devils could get no closer than four points the rest of the way.

Kelli Griffin added 15 points for the Bears, who have won 11 consecutive games since a season-opening loss to Tennessee.

Becca Tobin scored 16 points and Danielle Orsillo added 14 for Arizona State (7-3).

With the score tied at 60 and 5:43 left, Baylor's Morgan Medlock made a layup. Griner added a three-point play.

Arizona State, which had made 13 of its first 14 free throws, started to miss from the line, failing to convert on six of its next eight.

The Sun Devils were behind 67-63 before failing on two important possessions; they had a shot-clock violation on the trip before Orsillo missed a three-point shot with 1:01 remaining.

Other Pac-10 women

At No. 25 Georgia Tech 70, Arizona 48

Brigitte Ardossi had 18 points and Alex Montgomery, a graduate of Lincoln High School in Tacoma, scored 17 off the bench to lead the Yellow Jackets (9-2) past the Wildcats (5-3).

Montgomery scored 16 points as host Georgia Tech beat Oregon 87-69 Wednesday.

"Teams better not come here to the South and expect a win," said Montgomery, who had eight rebounds Sunday. "Since I'm from the West Coast, it was extra motivation for me. I came to Georgia Tech for a reason."

At USC 93,

Cal State Bakersfield 56

Ashley Corral of Vancouver, Wash., had 15 points and seven assists to help the Women of Troy (6-4) beat the Roadrunners (5-7) for the Women of Troy Basketball Classic title.

Corral was voted the tournament's most valuable player; she had 18 points in the tournament opener against Dartmouth.

Oregon 78, at Wyoming 66

Micaela Cocks scored 17 points to help the Ducks (9-2) defeat the Cowgirls (9-2).

Oregon's Nia Jackson, a graduate of Chief Sealth High School in Seattle, added 14 points.

Aubrey Vandiver led Wyoming with 19 points.

Top 5 women

At No. 1 Connecticut 90, Iona 35

Maya Moore matched a season high with 23 points as the Huskies (9-0) routed the Gaels (3-7).

The Huskies average a 46.4-point margin of victory entering Wednesday's showdown against second-ranked Stanford in Hartford.

At No. 4 Notre Dame 90, Charlotte 31

Ashley Barlow scored a season-high 19 points and the Fighting Irish (10-0) took advantage of 43 turnovers by the 49ers (5-6).

At No. 20 Nebraska 77,

No. 5 Louisiana St. 63

Kelsey Griffin collected 30 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Cornhuskers (11-0) past the Tigers (9-1).

Nebraska guard Lindsey Moore, a Kentwood High School graduate, had nine points and a game-high seven assists.

Allison Hightower led LSU with 15 points.

LSU coach Van Chancellor praised Nebraska coach Connie Yori.

"Connie did a heck of a lot better job than I did," he said. "She had her team 10,000 times better prepared than I did."

Other women's game

No. 13 Texas A&M 80, Gonzaga 76

The Aggies (9-1) withstood a 28-10 second-half run by the Zags (9-4) in Las Vegas. Gonzaga trailed 78-76 with 30 seconds left but couldn't score again.

Courtney Vandersloot, a Kentwood High graduate, led the Zags with 16 points and Heather Bowman of Spokane added 15.

Tyra White made a free throw to give Texas A&M a 79-76 lead with 25.4 seconds left before Vandersloot made a turnover.

Note

• Connecticut men's coach Jim Calhoun said a new multiyear contract with the school is "right on the horizon," but no deal has been reached.

Calhoun denied a report by ESPN.com that said he had agreed to a five-year contract.

"It's right on the horizon, but once again, I haven't signed anything," the 67-year-old Calhoun said. "Maybe somebody else has. My wife signs all of my checks; maybe she did that."