Brittney Griner had 21 points and 10 rebounds as top-ranked Baylor got off to a quick start and avenged its last loss, defeating No. 15 Texas A&M 71-48 last night in their first meeting since last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Griner put the Lady Bears (25-0, 12-0 Big 12) ahead to stay with her inside basket and free throw 29 seconds into the game. After Tyra White scored for Texas A&M, Baylor scored 14 consecutive points.

Texas A&M (17-6, 8-4) had lost eight in a row against Baylor before the NCAA regional final victory last March. That sent the Aggies to their first Final Four on their way to winning the national title.

Odyssey Sims had 19 points and Brooklyn Pope had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Bears. Griner also blocked six shots. White had 18 points to lead Texas A&M, which shot 28 percent (18 of 64) from the field.

The Lady Bears extended their school-record home winning streak to 37 games.

Yesterday’s highlights

No. 3 Connecticut 80,

No. 14 Georgetown 38 —Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points and Connecticut (23-2, 11-1) got its 99th consecutive home victory, defeating Georgetown (19-6, 8-4) in Storrs, Conn.

Bria Hartley added 18 points for UConn, which held the Hoyas to 25-percent shooting and 24 points below their season average.

Sugar Rodgers and Rubylee Wright had 10 points each for Georgetown.

No. 9 Green Bay 64, Wright State 59 — Julie Wojta had career highs of 30 points and 20 rebounds as Wisconsin Green Bay (21-1, 11-1) bounced back from its first loss of the season to defeat Wright State (16-9, 9-4) in the Horizon League.

Molly Fox had 16 points for the Raiders.

No. 20 Louisville 89, Syracuse 62 — Becky Burke made eight of Louisville’s school-record 18 three-pointers and scored a career-high 28 points, and the Cardinals (18-7, 7-5) defeated Syracuse (15-11, 4-8) in the Big East.

No. 25 St. Bonaventure 56, Dayton 55 — Megan Van Tatenhove scored on a spinning jumper in the lane with 23 seconds left to give St. Bonaventure (24-2, 11-0) an Atlantic 10 victory over Dayton (16-6, 8-2). Justine Raterman’s three-point attempt as time expired was short for the Flyers. Raterman finished with 11 points, all in the second half, for Dayton, which had won six straight games.