STANDISH – Zach O’Brien scored 23 points and St. Joseph’s got hot in the second half Thursday night on its way to a 69-53 men’s basketball victory over Mount Ida.

Trailing 31-29, the Monks (12-4, 8-2 GNAC) opened the second half with a 16-2 run and were not challenged the rest of the way by the Mustangs (6-10, 3-6).

Matt Medeiros added 14 points for St. Joseph’s. Isiah Benjamin scored 15 for Mount Ida.

SMCC 77, UM-AUGUSTA 47: Emmanuel Donalson scored 23 points to lead four-double digit scorers as the Seawolves (9-12, 3-9 YSCC) dropped the Moose at South Portland.

Anderson Santana and Josh Mackie each added 12 points, and Chance Baldino had 10 points and eight rebounds for Southern Maine CC.

(7) NORTH CAROLINA 74, N.C. STATE 55: Tyler Zeller had 21 points and a career-best 17 rebounds to help North Carolina beat North Carolina State at Chapel Hill.

Reggie Bullock added 11 points for the Tar Heels (17-3, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their 11th straight against N.C. State (15-6, 4-2).

(14) FLORIDA 64, MISSISSIPPI 60: Patric Young scored 15 points, Kenny Boynton added 12 and Florida rallied from a double-digit first-half deficit to beat host Mississippi.

Florida (16-4, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) fell behind 20-4 in the opening minutes and trailed 38-28 at halftime. Mississippi fell to 13-7, 3-3.

(25) WISCONSIN 57, (16) INDIANA 50: Ben Brust scored 13 points and Wisconsin continued its recent rebound in the Big Ten, beating Indiana.

(19) VIRGINIA 66, BOSTON COLLEGE 49: Mike Scott scored 18 points and Virginia pulled away from a 44-all tie with a 22-3 run to beat Boston College.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ST. JOSEPH’S 72, SIMMONS 38: Danyelle Shufelt scored 15 points, and Ashley Geel had 12 points and eight rebounds to help the Monks (11-6) beat the Sharks (3-13) at Boston.

St. Joseph’s also got 13 points from Megan McDevitt and 11 from Sarah Assante. Hannah May and Liz O’Connor each had 12 points for Simmons.

UM-AUGUSTA 59, SMCC 56: Jenn Lola and Katie Poirier combined for 37 points and 24 rebounds to help the Moose overcome a 32-23 halftime deficit against the Seawolves (12-7, 8-3 YSCC) at South Portland.

Ashley Peaslee added 14 points for UM-Augusta. Katelyn Benson scored 18 points for Southern Maine CC. Esther Palmieri added 12 points and Marissa Welch had 13 rebounds.

(1) BAYLOR 89, OKLAHOMA 58: Brittney Griner had 18 points and seven blocks, Odyssey Sims and Terran Condrey scored 14 points apiece, and Baylor (20-0, 7-0 Big 12) ran away in the second half and beat host Oklahoma.

Destiny Williams added 13 points, and Kimetria Hayden and Brooklyn Pope had 10 apiece for the Bears.

(6) KENTUCKY 66, AUBURN 48: A’dia Mathies scored 20 points and visiting Kentucky forced 30 turnovers in a victory over Auburn.

The Wildcats (19-2, 8-0 Southeastern Conference) took control with a 33-10 run that carried over into the second half.

VIRGINIA TECH 75, (8) MARYLAND 69: Monet Tellier tied a career high with 31 points and fueled a late charge that carried visiting Virginia Tech (7-14, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) to a stunning upset of Maryland (18-3, 5-3).

(9) OHIO STATE 73, INDIANA 55: Samantha Prahalis had 18 points and nine assists to help Ohio State beat host Indiana.

(10) MIAMI 64, WAKE FOREST 39: Stefanie Yderstrom and Riquna Williams scored 14 points each to lead host Miami past Wake Forest. The Hurricanes are 18-3, 7-1 in the ACC.

NOTES

Old Dominion’s athletic director Wood Selig and coach Bobby Wilder, a former Maine player and assistant coach, have been fined $1,000 each and reprimanded by the NCAA after they failed to attend a mandatory administrative meeting on the eve of an FCS playoff game. … University of Texas regents agreed to extend football coach Mack Brown’s contract by four years to 2020, a move school officials hope will assure long-term stability for the program.