Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 10 Louisville earns 8th straight win

Field Level Media|published: Thu 8th January, 21:46 2026

Louisville's forward Elif Istanbulluoglu (11) celebrates the shot against Virginia Tech’s Kilah Freelon Sunday afternoon in the KFC Yum! Center. Jan. 4, 2026

Elif Istanbulluoglu scored a career-high 23 points and No. 10 Louisville won its eighth straight contest with a 77-68 victory over Miami on Thursday night in Atlantic Coast Conference play at Coral Gables, Fla.

Imari Berry added 16 points and Skylar Jones had 12 for the Cardinals (15-3, 5-0 ACC), which trailed 35-33 at halftime. Istanbulluoglu scored 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the third quarter as Louisville outscored the Hurricanes by 15 in the period to take a 60-47 advantage.

Amarachi Kimpson scored 18 points for Miami (10-6, 2-3), which lost its second straight game. Ra Shaya Kyle had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Vittoria Blasigh also had 10 points for the Hurricanes.

Tip-off was pushed up four hours due to Miami's football team playing Ole Miss in a College Football Playoff semifinal later Thursday.

No. 9 Michigan 105, Penn State 65

Mila Holloway scored 18 points and Te'Yala Delfosse added 17 as the Wolverines crushed the Nittany Lions in Big Ten play at University Park, Pa.

McKenzie Mathurin scored 15 points as Michigan (13-2, 4-1 Big Ten) won its second straight game since losing to Washington on Jan. 1. Brooke Quarles-Daniels had 13 points and 12 rebounds and Olivia Olson also scored 13 points with seven boards and six assists for the Wolverines, who never trailed and led 58-31 at halftime.

Gracie Merkle had 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting for Penn State (7-9, 0-5), which lost its fifth straight game and eighth in the last nine. Kiyomi McMiller added 15 points and seven assists for the Nittany Lions.

No. 12 LSU 80, Georgia 59

Flau'jae Johnson scored 25 points to help the Tigers post the victory over the Lady Bulldogs in Southeastern Conference play at Athens, Ga.

Amiya Joyner had 12 points and 11 rebounds off the bench and ZaKiyah Johnson added 12 points and seven boards for LSU (15-2, 1-2), which lost its previous two games after winning its first 14 of the campaign. The Tigers outscored Georgia 24-11 in the fourth quarter to widen the winning margin.

Dani Carnegie recorded 24 points and five steals for the Lady Bulldogs (15-2, 1-2), who have lost two of three games following a 14-0 start. Georgia was just 4 of 29 from 3-point range.

--Field Level Media

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