Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 1 UCLA goes wire-to-wire past Indiana

Field Level Media|published: Sat 4th January, 18:33 2025

UCLA's Lauren Betts (51) shoots over Indiana's Lilly Meister (52) during the Indiana versus UCLA women's game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.

Lauren Betts collected a double-double of 25 points and 12 rebounds as No. 1 UCLA remained undefeated and rolled to a 73-62 win over host Indiana in Bloomington on Saturday afternoon.

Betts shot 12 of 16 from the floor and also had three assists and two blocks in the victory for the Bruins (15-0, 4-0 Big Ten). Kiki Rice added 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, while Gabriela Jaquez chipped in 11 points for UCLA.

Yarden Garzon paced the Hoosiers (10-4, 2-1) with 19 points, and Chloe Moore-McNeil tossed in 12 points and seven rebounds.

UCLA never trailed and went ahead by as much as 16 points in the second quarter as Indiana endured a scoring drought that lasted more than eight minutes.

The Bruins had 19 assists on 28 made buckets and outscored the Hoosiers 40-28 in the paint.

No. 12 Kansas State 77, Texas Tech 57

Ayoka Lee scored 19 points to help the Wildcats get a home win over the Red Raiders in Manhattan, Kan.

Lee shot an efficient 9 of 11 from the floor in just 17 minutes of play and also grabbed eight rebounds in the 10th straight win for Kansas State (15-1, 3-0 Big 12). With her scoring total, Lee (2,436) passed Nina Davis of Baylor (2,433 from 2013-17) for seventh all-time in scoring in Big 12 history.

Also for Kansas State, Serena Sundell had a double-double of 13 points and 11 assists, while Kennedy Taylor scored 13 points off the bench.

Texas Tech (12-4, 1-2) was powered by Bailey Maupin's 21 points. Kansas State outscored Texas Tech 44-26 in the paint. The Wildcats, who led by as much as 27 points, turned 24 turnovers by the Red Raiders into 29 points.

--Field Level Media