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Geno Auriemma ties record as UConn stays No. 1
UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 team on Monday and Huskies coach Geno Auriemma tied the record for the most appearances in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll.,UConn has appeared in the rankings 654 times during Auriemma's 41-year Hall of Fame career, matching the mark set by form...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 11 Duke tops No. 21 UNC for 16th win in a row
Ashlon Jackson and Taina Mair each scored 14 points and Riley Nelson provided 13 points as No. 11 Duke fended off No. 21 North Carolina for a 72-68 home victory Sunday in Durham, N.C., winning its 16th game in a row.,The Blue Devils (19-6, 14-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) went 17-for-21 on free throw...
Wiomen's Top 25 roundup: No. 11 Duke tops No. 21 UNC for 16th win in a row
Ashlon Jackson and Taina Mair each scored 14 points and Riley Nelson provided 13 points as No. 11 Duke fended off No. 21 North Carolina for a 72-68 home victory Sunday in Durham, N.C., winning its 16th game in a row.,The Blue Devils (19-6, 14-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) went 17-for-21 on free throw...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 3 South Carolina holds off No. 6 LSU
Tessa Johnson scored a season-high 21 points as No. 3 South Carolina beat No. 6 LSU 79-72 on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La.,Johnson shot 4-of-5 from 3-point land to power the Gamecocks (25-2, 11-1 Southeastern Conference) to their sixth straight win overall and 18th in a row over the Tigers (22-...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 1 UConn rolls past Marquette
Azzi Fudd scored 25 points and Sarah Strong had 22 as No. 1 UConn continued its undefeated season with a 71-56 win at Marquette on Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wis.,Fudd knocked down five 3-pointers, while Strong had three steals and three blocks to lead the Huskies (27-0, 16-0 Big East). KK Arn...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Mikayla Blakes, No. 5 Vandy take down No. 4 Texas
Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points for her fourth consecutive 30-point performance and Aubrey Galvan added 18 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 5 Vanderbilt to a convincing 86-70 victory over No. 4 Texas on Thursday night in Southeastern Conference play at Nashville, Tenn.,Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda h...
Red-hot Houston jumps to No. 3 in men's Top 25
Houston vaulted five spots to No. 3 in the Associated Press men's Top 25 college basketball poll released on Monday.,Unbeaten Arizona (23-0) remained No. 1 for the ninth straight week and claimed all 59 first-place votes for the fourth consecutive week. No. 2 Michigan (22-1) held steady, with the su...
Streaking Duke vaults to No. 11 in women's Top 25
Duke soared six places to No. 11 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll after extending its winning streak to 15 games.,The top four remained unchanged Monday, with unbeaten and consensus No. 1 UConn (25-0) leading UCLA (23-1), South Carolina (24-2) and Texas (22-2).,Vanderbi...
Olivia Hutcherson, No. 23 Princeton push past Penn in second half
Olivia Hutcherson tallied team highs of 19 points, seven rebounds and five steals, fueling No. 23 Princeton to a 69-50 win over visiting Penn on Friday.,The Tigers (19-2, 7-1 Ivy League) shook off a two-point halftime deficit by dominating the second half, 41-20. They capitalized on 16 Penn turnover...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Minnesota upsets No. 10 Iowa
Grace Grocholski scored a team-leading 21 points and Amaya Battle posted 12 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Minnesota upset 10th-ranked Iowa 91-85 in Iowa City on Thursday.,Mara Braun scored 16 points and Tori McKinney added 15 for Minnesota (17-6, 8-4 Big Ten), which has won five straight ga...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 22 Maryland scores big road win over No. 12 Michigan State
Oluchi Okananwa scored 23 points to lead No. 22 Maryland to an emphatic 86-70 road win over No. 12 Michigan State on Wednesday in East Lansing, Michigan.,The Terrapins (18-6, 6-6 Big Ten Conference) went on a 21-5 tear in the second quarter that included an 8-0 run, building a double-digit-point lea...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 25 UNC edges NC State
Despite being up by 10 points with four minutes to play, No. 25 North Carolina barely held on for a 61-59 win over North Carolina State on Monday in Raleigh.,Tilda Trygger's layup with 12 seconds left capped an 11-3 run for the Wolfpack, cutting the deficit to two points. After a Tar Heels turnover,...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 25 UNC edged NC State
Despite being up by 10 points with four minutes to play, No. 25 North Carolina barely held on for a 61-59 win over North Carolina State on Monday in Raleigh.,Tilda Trygger's layup with 12 seconds left capped an 11-3 run for the Wolfpack, cutting the deficit to two points. After a Tar Heels turnover,...
Arizona stays No. 1 while Illinois leaps into top five
Arizona remained the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll this week, while Illinois vaulted into the top five.,Arizona (22-0) continued its undefeated run by pulling off a pair of massive victories last week, earning an 86-83 win over then-No. 13 BYU on Monday and taking d...
UConn still consensus No. 1 as top four unchanged
As the nation's lone undefeated team, UConn remained the consensus No. 1 in Monday's Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll.,The defending national champion Huskies (23-0) received all 31 first-place votes after running their winning streak to 39 games with a 96-66 rout of then-No. ...
Alexander Volkanovski fends off Diego Lopes, retains featherweight title
In front of a deafening Sydney crowd, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski survived a fifth-round rally attempt from Diego Lopes to win yet another unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) in their rematch at UFC 325 on Sunday morning.,Just like their first meeting last April at UFC 314,...
Alexander Volkanovski defends featherweight title vs. Diego Lopes
In front of a deafening Sydney crowd, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski survived a fifth-round rally attempt from Diego Lopes to win yet another unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) in their rematch at UFC 325 Sunday morning., ,Just like their first meeting last April at UFC 314, ...
President Trump signs order to bring IndyCar race to D.C.
Indy cars will roar through the streets of Washington, D.C., this summer after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to place a race in the nation's capital.,Called the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., the race will be part of the nation's 250th birthday celebration.,...
Alexander Volkanovski returns home to defend UFC title vs. Diego Lopes
The UFC returns to Sydney on Saturday with a featherweight title rematch between Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes in the night's main event from Qudos Bank Arena to top a 14-fight card., ,Volkanovski (27-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) is making his first defense of his title after regaining it last April aga...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 6 LSU handles Florida to win fifth in a row
Jada Richard scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the third quarter as No. 6 LSU pulled away for an 89-60 Southeastern Conference victory over Florida on Monday night in Baton Rouge, La.,MiLaysia Fulwiley added 11 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter for the Tigers (19-2, 5-2 SEC), who won thei...