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After suffering their fifth consecutive loss, Iowa women's basketball is receiving zero votes in the latest Coaches Poll.

Jan. 21—The streaking Ada High School girls basketball team ran into a giant speed bump Friday night inside the Cougar Activity Center. Third-ranked Fort Gibson sprinted out of the gates and sped past the Lady Cougars 58-28. The Lady Tigers improved to 11-2 on the year, while Ada saw its impressive seven-game winning streak come to a halt and fell to 7-5. Ada head coach Christie Jennings was ...

Jan. 21—STROTHER — The Allen High School girls basketball team extended its winning streak to five with a 74-33 road win over Strother Saturday night. Allen, ranked No. 8 in Class A, improved to 12-3, while Strother fell to 8-8. The Lady Mustangs host local rival Vanoss tonight. The Lady Wolves, ranked No. 11 in Class 2A, enter that contest at 12-2 on the season. Allen 74, Strother 33 The Lady ...

They’re 23rd in the latest Associated Press poll, their second straight week in the Top 25 after the program was absent from the national rankings for more than five years.

Injuries to both players resulted in them playing in only 28 of 131 possible games together.

South Carolina, Dawn Staley host LSU, Kim Mulkey on Thursday. Here's our score prediction and scouting report for the highly anticipated matchup.

The junior guard had her fourth double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 assists in a win over Clemson. Latson hit all five of her 3-point attempts in that game and finished 11 of 12 from the free throw line. The sophomore guard averaged 15.5 points, 4.0 assists and 1.5 blocks in a pair of wins over ranked opponents.

Here's where Mississippi State women's basketball stands in the latest NCAA tournament bracket predictions after losses to Tennessee and Ole Miss.

The Lady Vols dropped out of the top 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament bracketology Tuesday. Here's where Tennessee stands in latest March Madness projections.

While Maryland is limping into the rest of the week, top-ranked UCLA looked solid in a 15-point win over No. 25 Baylor on January 20.

Here's where Vanderbilt women's basketball stands in the latest NCAA tournament bracket predictions after beating Tennessee.

The Gamecocks are a No. 1 seed in the latest bracketology Tuesday. Here's where South Carolina stands in the latest March Madness projections

Texas basketball's 38-point win over Maryland on Monday was notable: it was by far the program's most-lopsided win ever over a top-10 team.

Jan. 20—Crowder 49, Stuart 33 A 19-point outing by Crowder senior Brooky Surginer helped propel the third-seeded Demonettes to a 49-33 victory over the sixth-seeded Stuart Lady Hornets in the Pitt 8 Tournament's opening round Monday night. Senior Addison Womack also got into double figures with 11 points while senior Reagan Wade was the leading scorer for the Lady Hornets, racking up nine ...

Jan. 20—Early in the regular season, North Decatur posted a 2-point win at South Decatur. Saturday, the Lady Chargers took control early en route to a 36-27 victory. North improves to 12-6 on the season and 3-1 in the MHC. South drops to 10-10 overall and 3-2 in the conference. North opened the game on a 7-0 run. Madi Allen and Kelsey Haley combined for the seven points. South got on the board ...

Jan. 20—The Odessa College women's basketball team managed to survive a 73-68 overtime victory against Western Texas College Monday at the OC Sports Center. Coming off a 68-56 loss to New Mexico Junior College last week, the Lady Wranglers recovered after avoiding an upset against the Lady Westerners. Odessa College improved to 12-5 overall, 3-1 in Western Junior College Athletic Conference ...

Madison Booker scored 28 points and No. 7 Texas routed eighth-ranked Maryland 89-51 on Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic. The doubleheader that also featured No. 1 UCLA and 25th-ranked Baylor was created to honor King’s legacy and celebrate female empowerment in sports. It’s the first time the names of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King have been licensed for a sporting event.

No. 1 UCLA remained undefeated with a 72-57 win in the first game of the doubleheader.

Ranked seventh and ninth in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, Texas and Maryland met as part of the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic.

Lauren Betts had 24 points, nine rebounds and a school-record nine blocks to help No. 1 UCLA beat 25th-ranked Baylor 72-57 on Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic. The doubleheader that also featured No. 7 Texas and eighth-ranked Maryland was created to honor King's legacy and celebrate female empowerment in sports. It’s the first time the names of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King have been licensed for a sporting event.

STORRS — The No. 6 UConn women’s basketball team couldn’t have had a more fitting performance for its “Throwback to the Beginning” themed game at Gampel Pavilion than the one it put together against Seton Hall on Sunday. Sporting the iconic white jerseys the Huskies wore from 1998-2002 in front of a sold-out crowd, Paige Bueckers took down a 15-year-old program record, becoming the fastest ...

South Carolina has so far cruised through the difficult part of its conference schedule and remained No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 on Monday.

Where are Kenny Brooks' Kentucky Wildcats in the latest AP Top 25 and USA TODAY Coaches Poll? Here's the latest on Kentucky women's basketball.

The Lady Vols dropped in the AP poll after losing their third game of the season. Tennessee lost by one point at Vanderbilt on Sunday.

In another packed week of action, the top of the Associated Press Top 25 continued to distance itself from the bottom.

No. South Carolina gains ground on top-ranked UCLA in women's AP Top 25, Notre Dame, USC, LSU round out top five.

My brother-in-law and I were watching the Australian Open over the weekend and got into a discussion about The Big Four, a.k.a. what the media used to call Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray during their heyday. He was adamant that Murray didn’t belong — three Grand Slams compared to at least 20 apiece for the other three — but there was a time (circa 2010-16) when all four of them were discussed together. Murray’s inclusion is kind of how I feel about the Big 12 in wome

In hindsight, Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Niele Ivey isn’t surprised that football coach Marcus Freeman was one step ahead. Knowing him as well as she does now, it tracks. But in December 2021, when Notre Dame promoted Freeman from defensive coordinator to head coach, she had asked someone in her office to get his number so she could congratulate him. In his first season on campus, their paths had not yet crossed, but as a fellow Fighting Irish coach who thought they could connect on qui

In the game between UConn and Villanova on Jan. 5, Paige Bueckers exited the game with a sprained left knee, which caused her to miss two games.

Elliott had six points in the fourth quarter for the Lady Lions (10-9, 1-7 Big Ten), who snapped a seven-game losing skid.

Hidalgo has a double-double and five steals, after missing two games with an ankle injury, in an 88-64 ACC romp.

Hidalgo returned from an ankle injury that sidelined her two games to help No. 3 Notre Dame rout SMU on Sunday night.

Slow-starting Oregon had to rally from a 13-point third-quarter deficit to beat Iowa in a Big Ten women’s basketball game.

Bueckers scored points No. and 2,001 on a jumper with 8:05 remaining in the first half. Bueckers reached the mark in her 102nd game, breaking the program record of 108 games by Maya Moore.

Hannah Hidalgo had 23 points and 10 rebounds in her return from an ankle injury that sidelined her two games to help No. Notre Dame rout SMU 88-64 on Sunday night. Hidalgo also had five steals and three assists for Notre Dame (16-2, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Jan. 19—WILLMAR — The Rochester Community and Technical College women's basketball team continued its streak of domination with a win over Ridgewater College on the road on Saturday afternoon. The No. 1 Division III junior college-ranked Yellowjackets extended their win streak to nine, handling Ridgewater 90-50. Macaya Copeland notched a team-high 20 points through 23 minutes of action with ...

The Florida State women’s basketball team welcomed rival Miami to the Tucker Center on Sunday, amidst the upcoming winter snowstorm that is expected to hit Tallahassee in the coming days. The Seminoles stayed hot and buried the Hurricanes 88-66. FSU was led by junior superstar guard Ta’Niya Latson, who ended the night with 30 points, three rebounds and three assists.

Dawn Staley explains the most satisfactory aspect of South Carolina's 41-point win vs Oklahoma and what the game means with LSU up next.

FSU basketball dominates Miami Hurricanes 88-66 pn Sunday at the Donald L. Tucker Center.

To conclude a triumphant weekend for Vanderbilt basketball, the Commodores upset the Lady Vols 71-70 in Memorial.

Mississippi State women's basketball committed a season-high 23 turnovers in Sunday's loss to Ole Miss, including six down the stretch..

Paige Bueckers becomes the fastest UConn women's basketball player to score 2,000 career points.

Mikayla Blakes scored 23 points and tipped in a missed shot at the buzzer as Vanderbilt rallied last in a 71-70 victory over No. 15 Tennessee on Sunday. The Commodores (15-4, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) took a 54-45 lead into the fourth quarter before the Lady Volunteers (15-3, 3-3) staged a comeback. Jewel Spear hit back-to-back 3-pointers for Tennessee to tie the game at 57-all.

There is no in-season trade deadline in college sports … at least, not yet. But the UConn women’s basketball team got the next best thing going in their favor on Sunday. “She’s baaaack,” Aubrey Griffin’s teammates were saying all week when they passed her in the hallways. And when she checked into Sunday’s game against Seton Hall with 4:37 left in the first half, her first appearance since ...

Theryn Hallock scored 15 of her career-best 26 points in the fourth quarter as the No. Michigan State women rolled to an 86-68 win over Illinois on Sunday. The junior from Grand Rapids topped her previous best of 24 set New Year's Day against Purdue by knocking down a career-high 12 of 19 from the field.

The Lady Vols suffered another one-possession loss, this time falling 71-70 to Vanderbilt on the road Sunday.

MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 15 points and dominated early with her athleticism as No. 2 South Carolina pounded No. 13 Oklahoma 101-60 on Sunday. Fulwiley finished an acrobatic midair assist from Raven Johnson, swiped a ball near Oklahoma’s bench that she turned into a one-handed, over-the-head feed to Bree Hall for a layup, and sunk a 30-foot 3-pointer to beat the buzzer — all in the first quarter. The Gamecocks (18-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) outscored the Sooners (15-4, 3-3) 28-9 in the opening period and never looked back.

Led by Clara Strack with 25 points and Georgia Amoore with 24 points, No. 12 Kentucky defeated Georgia 78-64 on Sunday. Strack made 9 of 19 shots and 6 of 7 free throws. Amelia Hassett had 14 points and 10 rebounds for her third double-double this season and Amoore had eight assists.

Theryn Hallock set a new career high in scoring for Spartans in 86-68 victory over Illinois.

The IU women's basketball suffered its second straight loss Sunday, and confidence is slipping. Hoosiers need a reset ahead of West Coast road trip.