MIAMI — Andrew Luck threw for 287 yards and four touchdowns, leading fifth-ranked Stanford past No. 12 Virginia Tech 40-12 in the Orange Bowl on Monday night.

Stanford (12-1) earned its first bowl win in 14 years and likely will end the season ranked in the top 5 for the first time since the unbeaten 1940 team finished No. 2. The Cardinal’s success comes only four years after they went 1-11 and hired coach Jim Harbaugh to lead a turnaround.

Stanford threw a completion for a bizarre safety and blew two extra points, but overcame those mistakes with six plays gaining more than 30 yards. Two came in succession on a two-play, 97-yard “drive,” and the Cardinal outscored Tech 27-0 in the second half.

Stanford (12-1) earned its first bowl win in 14 years and likely will end the season ranked in the top 5 for the first time since the unbeaten 1940 team finished No. 2. The Cardinal’s success comes only four years after they went 1-11 and hired Coach Jim Harbaugh to lead a turnaround.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BATES 57, UNE 56: Annie Burns made a pair of foul shots with 2.8 seconds left in the game as the Bates women’s basketball team rallied from a 17-point deficit in the second half to edge UNE in Lewiston.

Those were the only points of the game for Burns, who finished with 10 assists and four steals for the Bobcats. The Bobcats improved to 9-2. Christine McCall added 15 points and nine rebounds for Bates.

 

BOWDOIN 82, CLARK 46: Nicole Coombes and Katie Bergeron scored 15 points apiece as the Polar Bears (9-1) closed out the first half with a 17-6 run and cruised to a win over the Cougars (2-9) in the Bowdoin Classic at Brunswick.

Coombes also had seven rebounds and four steals and Bergeron added seven steals and five assists.

 

ST. JOSEPH’S 58, POMONA-PITZER 48: Megan McDevitt made four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points to lead the Monks (7-4) as they held the Sagehens (1-9) to just 19 second-half points in a nonconference win at Claremont, Calif.

Abby Young added 11 rebounds and eight points and Lindsay Moore scored 10 for the Monks, who trailed 29-24 at halftime.

 

(8) NORTH CAROLINA 97, N.C. CENTRAL 40: The host Tar Heels (14-0) rolled in the second half to down the Eagles (2-11).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

BOWDOIN 78, PLYMOUTH STATE 70: Will Hanley finished with game-high totals of 29 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Polar Bears (7-2) over the Panthers (5-5) at Plymouth, N.H.

Hanley made 13 of 18 from the field and also blocked four shots.

 

(10) KENTUCKY 88, PENN 62: Brandon Knight scored 22 points and host Kentucky (12-2) shot its way past Penn (5-6).

 

ST. JOHN’S 61, (13) GEORGETOWN 58: Justin Brownlee scored 15 points, including the game-changing basket with 10 seconds to play, and St. John’s won its fifth straight at Madison Square Garden.

Dwight Hardy had 20 points to lead the Red Storm (10-3, 3-0 Big East) over the Hoyas (12-3, 1-2).

 

MAINE: Troy Barnies was named America East Player of the Week following his performance in two games last week.

The senior co-captain from Auburn averaged 19.5 points and 10 rebounds in games against Columbia and Boston University.

He scored a career-high 25 points in a loss to Columbia, and put up 14 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three steals in a 65-52 win over BU to open conference play.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

BOWDOIN 3, SAINT MARY’S 1: Katye Holtz scored the game-winning goal to break a 1-1 tie four minutes into the third period as the Polar Bears (6-3) edged the Cardinals (6-3-3) in the consolation game of the Codfish Bowl at Boston.

Kim Tess-Wanat had one goal and two assists for the Polar Bears and Holtz and Jill Campbell added one goal and one assist apiece.

 

MAINE 3, PROVIDENCE 2: Jennie Gallo scored what proved to be the game-winner 7:03 into the third period and the Black Bears (9-8-4, 3-4-2 Hockey East) held on for a win over the Friars (14-6-1, 5-3-1) in Orono.

The Black Bears jumped out to a 2-0 lead when Kayla Kaluzny and Brittany Dougherty scored goals just over four minutes apart midway through the first period.

MEN’S HOCKEY

SALEM STATE 5, COLBY 4: Giancarlo Capodano scored 6:17 into the third period to break a 4-4 tie and lift the Vikings (8-3) over the Mules (2-6-1) at Waterville. Jack Bartlett scored a pair of goals for Colby, which took the loss despite outshooting Salem State 41-24.

FOOTBALL

UCONN: Hank Hughes was named interim head coach while it seeks a replacement for Randy Edsall. Hughes has been UConn’s assistant head coach for defense the last six seasons.