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Women's Top 25 roundup: Duke hands No. 18 Notre Dame another loss
Taina Mair poured in a season-high 23 points and supplied six assists and Toby Fournier racked up 20 points as Duke knocked off No. 18 Notre Dame 82-68 on Sunday at Durham, N.C.,The Blue Devils (9-6, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) have rattled off six consecutive victories. Ashlon Jackson scored 13 ...

Top 25 roundup: SMU halts No. 12 UNC's 7-game win streak
No. 1 Arizona 97, Utah 78, ,Jaden Bradley scored 18 points and Koa Peat added 17 to lead the unbeaten Wildcats over the Utes in the teams' Big 12 opener in Salt Lake City., ,Tobe Akawa tallied 18 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help Arizona (14-0) win its ninth straight game by double figure...

Women's Top 25 roundup: Utah works OT to hand No. 8 TCU first loss
Lani White sank a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left to force overtime and finished with a team-high 25 points as Utah upset previously unbeaten and eighth-ranked TCU 87-77 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,The Utes (11-4, 2-1 Big 12) outscored the Horned Frogs 20-10 in the extra period. Utah trailed...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 1 UConn wins easily again
Sarah Strong recorded 18 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals to lead top-ranked UConn to an 84-48 victory over Seton Hall in a Big East Conference game Saturday in Hartford, Conn.,Strong played 25 minutes as the Huskies (15-0, 6-0 Big East) won their third straight game by at least ...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 11 Kentucky hands No. 5 LSU first loss at buzzer
Tonie Morgan's 3-pointer at the buzzer capped her 24-point performance as No. 11 Kentucky handed No. 5 LSU its first loss of the season, 80-78, on Thursday in Baton Rouge, La. ,Morgan methodically dribbled along the left wing, seeking an opening with Kentucky (14-1, 1-0 SEC) trailing by one in the c...

Women's Top 25 roundup: Illinois downs No. 7 Maryland; Iowa tops Nebraska
Berry Wallace scored 22 points, Cearah Parchment and Gretchen Dolan each netted 17 points and Illinois handed No. 7 Maryland its first loss of the season, 73-70, on Thursday in Champaign, Ill.,Illinois (13-1, 3-0 Big Ten Conference) went on a 13-3 run midway through the fourth quarter, taking the le...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Iowa gets past No. 20 Nebraska
No. 14 Iowa closed on a 16-6 run, pulling away from No. 20 Nebraska 86-76 in Thursday's Big Ten Conference showdown in Iowa City.,The Hawkeyes (12-2, 3-0 Big Ten) scored 10 unanswered points, capitalizing on holding the visiting Cornhuskers scoreless for 4:01. Chazadi Wright capped her team-high 24-...

No. 5 Oregon defense stifles No. 4 Texas Tech in Orange Bowl shutout
Brandon Finney Jr. intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble and No. 5 Oregon advanced to the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 23-0 victory over No. 4 Texas Tech on Thursday afternoon in the Orange Bowl at Miami Gardens, Fla.,Matayo Uiagalelei had a key strip-sack for the Ducks (13-1),...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 4 UCLA stays hot, crushes Penn St.
Lauren Betts poured in a game-high 25 points on 11-of-19 shooting to lead No. 4 UCLA to its seventh straight victory, a 97-61 wire-to-wire walloping of Penn State on Monday in University Park, Pa.,Betts scored 10 points in the first quarter as the Bruins (13-1, 3-0 Big Ten) shot 57.9% from the field...

Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Michigan slips past Oregon in 2 OTs
Syla Swords scored six of her 18 points in the second overtime as No. 6 Michigan recovered from blowing a 15-point second-half lead to defeat Oregon 92-87 on Monday in Eugene, Ore.,Ashley Sofilkanich and Olivia Olson each added 16 points as the Wolverines (11-1, 2-0 Big Ten) earned their seventh win...

Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Maryland, No. 17 USC earn Big Ten wins
Oluchi Okananwa exploded for a season-high 28 points and No. 7 Maryland steamrolled Wisconsin 97-59 to resume Big Ten Conference action on Monday in College Park, Md.,Okananwa scored 12 of her points in the first quarter alone as the Terrapins raced out to a 29-8 lead while forcing 11 Wisconsin turn...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 4 UCLA takes down No. 19 Ohio State
Lauren Betts' 18 points and Kiki Rice's 16 points carried No. 4 UCLA past No. 19 Ohio State for an 82-75 Big Ten Conference victory Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, in the only game on the day's schedule pitting nationally ranked teams against each other.,Angela Dugalic added 15 points off the bench for UC...