LINCOLN, NEB. ? Nebraska’s resurgence under second-year coach Connie Yori took another big step Saturday.

The Cornhuskers beat the highest-ranked opponent in school history with an 81-63 win over No. 9 Kansas State. It also was their 10th straight home victory.

“This puts Nebraska women’s basketball in the vicinity of the map,” Yori said. “People have to stand up and take notice that we’re doing some things here.”

Margaret Richards scored 21 points to lead four Nebraska players in double figures.

The Wildcats (13-3, 4-1 Big 12 Conference) shot a season-low 33.3 percent and saw their 11-game winning streak end. It was Kansas State’s first defeat since losing 69-56 to Penn State Nov. 29 and its most lopsided since falling 88-62 to Old Dominion in the 2002 NCAA Tournament.

“I wouldn’t have guessed in a million years that we would have beaten Kansas State by 20 points,” Yori said.

The Huskers (14-3, 4-2) were beaten by 34 and 17 points in their meetings with Kansas State last season, when they went 1-15 in the Big 12 and 8-20 overall.

“Last year was a layup drill for them,” Richards said.

Saturday, the Huskers dominated a team that returned all five starters from last season.

Nebraska's Katie Morse, left, lays the ball up past Kansas State's Nicole Ohlde. The Huskers beat the No. 9-ranked Wildcats, 81-63, Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

Nebraska outscored the Wildcats 50-20 in the paint, including 22-4 on fastbreaks. The Huskers held a 42-32 rebounding advantage.

Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said she was surprised her team showed so little effort defensively.

“I would be stretching it to characterize that our defense was even in the gym today,” Patterson said. “We didn’t defend today, and the great guards that Nebraska has took advantage.”

The Huskers, who led 34-31 at halftime, made 12 of their first 14 shots in the second half to build a 59-41 lead. The Huskers led by as many as 25 on three occasions.

Keisha Cannon-Johnson added 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Jina Johnson had 12 points.

Kendra Wecker led Kansas State with 21 points. Nicole Ohlde had 14 points for Kansas State but went just 5-of-16 from the field. Laurie Koehn added 10 points.

The Huskers have not won more than four conference games since 1999-2000. Last year, they had only six scholarship players because of personnel changes made when Yori took the job.

“This win means a lot for all of us because of what we’ve been through,” said Katie Morse, who had nine points and three blocked shots. “It gives us a lot of confidence, but we have to come right back and be ready for Texas on Wednesday.”

Kansas State junior guard Chelsea Domenico was carried out of the arena on a stretcher in the first half as a precaution after getting hit in the head by a forearm.

Domenico was one of four players trying to grab a rebound when she was hit in the head by an unidentified player.

Her neck was braced before she was placed on the stretcher and taken to the hospital. She was released after a short time. Patterson said Domenico had neck and back spasms.

Oklahoma State 88,

No. 3 Texas Tech 87, 2OT

Stillwater, Okla. — Even though Nicole Campbell played just six minutes for Oklahoma State, she needed just a few seconds to make all the difference.

Campbell made a jumper from just inside the three-point line with 27 seconds left in the second overtime period, helping the Cowgirls upend No. 3 Texas Tech.

“Nicole is a hustler,” OSU guard Nina Stone said. “She goes hard every day in practice, no matter what. And she makes a lot of people better and tonight she just stepped up when it was her time to step up.”

Campbell’s shot was set up when teammate Kenzie Cole missed a three-pointer with 34 seconds remaining, and Campbell got the offensive rebound.

“The most important part of that play was that she had to go through two people to get the offensive rebound,” OSU coach Julie Goodenough said. “She didn’t have anyone to pass it to and instead of trying to force something, she just took the shot.”

The Cowgirls (7-10, 2-4 Big 12) were down by four with two minutes left in the second overtime when Cole had the ball knocked away, but she recovered deep in the OSU backcourt.

Stone was forced to put up a three-pointer from just past half court but made it, moving OSU within one at 85-84 with 1:51 remaining.

“It’s hard when she hits it, but at the same time you have to focus on the next trip down the court and say, ‘OK we got it,’ and get everybody focused,” Tech guard Natalie Ritchie said.

“There were just a lot of hard things that happened throughout the game.”

The teams were tied at 86 with 1:13 remaining when Christian Hood fouled Tech’s Cisti Greenwalt, who hit one shot from the line to put Tech up 87-86.

Texas Tech (17-2, 3-2) had two more chances to score after Campbell made her shot, but could not pull it out.

“I think they just shot it better than when we played them at home and we didn’t shoot it as well,” Tech coach Marsha Sharp said.

Alesha Robertson paced Texas Tech (17-2, 3-2) with 27 points.

No. 19 Baylor 74,

No. 15 Oklahoma 67

Norman, Okla. — Jessika Stratton scored 20 points, and Chameka Scott hit two off-balance jumpers in the final two minutes, leading Baylor.

Emily Niemann hit the go-ahead three-pointer for the Bears (16-3, 4-2) to spark a late 7-0 run in the second half that clinched the victory.

Steffanie Blackmon added 15 points and eight rebounds for Baylor, while Niemann and Sophia Young each scored 11.

Freshman guard Erin Higgins led Oklahoma (13-4, 3-3) with 18 points.