NCAA Women's Basketball News · LatestSunday, Mar 1, 2026

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Raegen Beers had 23 points and nine rebounds, Aaliyah Chavez scored 18 and No. 7 Oklahoma beat Missouri 84-78 on Sunday. Payton Verhulst added 16 points and a season-best 12 rebounds for the Sooners (23-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference), who have won 28 straight games against unranked opponents dating to last season. Sahara Williams had 13 points and nine boards. Shannon Dowell scored a season-best 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Missouri (16-15, 4-12), which has los...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mikayiah Williams had 28 points and 15 rebounds and No. 6 LSU closed the third quarter with a big run to beat Mississippi State 72-63 on Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams. LSU (26-4, 12-4 Southeastern Conference) has a double-bye in the SEC Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina, while Mississippi State (18-12, 5-11) will play Florida on Wednesday in the first round. LSU closed the quarter with 16-7 run after Mississippi State had a 13-0 run to take...

Marta Suarez had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Olivia Miles scored 19 and No. 11 TCU repeated as the outright Big 12 regular-season champion with a 65-53 victory over No. 18 Baylor on Sunday, which also extended the Horned Frogs' home winning streak to 42 games. The Frogs (27-4, 15-3 Big 12) won both times to keep from having to share the title with the Bears (24-7, 13-5). Suarez thrust her right arm into the air after hitting a 3 — her fourth of five of the game — with 6:02 left in the third qu...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Dani Carnegie scored 26 points, Mia Woolfolk had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 23 Georgia defeated Florida 71-58 in a regular-season finale on Sunday. Carnegie scored the first eight points of the game to get the Bulldogs rolling. They led 16-7 with under two minutes left in the quarter before the Gators made their only field goal of the first quarter. Florida attempted only six shots in the first but made seven of 10 free throws. Georgia led 18-9 after one. Emilija Da...

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Jalynn Bristow scored 18 points and Jada Malone added 11 in No. 20 Texas Tech's 58-51 win over Arizona State in the regular season finale for both teams on Sunday afternoon. Denae Fritz also put up 11 points for the Red Raiders (25-6, 12-6 Big 12), who shot 43% from the field as a team (18 of 42) in the win in a close game that saw six lead changes. Texas Tech scored the first points of the game and Arizona State (22-9, 9-9) matched the pace to tie it at 10-all early.

Ny’Ceara Pryor scored 16 points, Fatmata Janneh had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and surging Texas A&M defeated slumping No. 19 Mississippi 66-58 in a regular-season finale on Sunday. The Aggies (14-11, 7-9 SEC) head to the conference tournament on a five-game win streak while Ole Miss (21-10, 8-8) has lost four in a row. Texas A&M never trailed and there was only one tie.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ava Heiden had 16 points and 14 rebounds, Chadazi Wright added 14 points and No. 9 Iowa secured the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament with an 81-52 victory over Wisconsin on Sunday in the regular-season finale. Playing without injured leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer Hannah Stuelke, Iowa (24-5, 15-3) led 33-29 at the half and had a 26-9 edge in the third quarter. Stuelke was out with an upper-body injury sustained in a win over Illinois on Thursday night. Stuelke is ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Sydney Shaw, Kierra Wheeler, Jordan Harrison, and Gia Cooke combined for 85 points and No. 17 West Virginia hit a season-high 15 3-pointers as the Mountaineers beat Cincinnati 118-60 on Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams. Shaw scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field, and went 6 of 9 from 3-point range. Wheeler had 21 and 10 rebounds, Harrison added 20 points and 10 assists, and Cooke scored 20. The Mountaineers (24-6, 14-4 Big...

Sophie Hart scored 17 points, Amaya Battle added 10 of her 16 points in the second half and No. 22 Minnesota beat Illinois 78-73 on Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams to clinch a double-bye in the Big Ten Tournament. Minnesota (22-7, 13-5 Big Ten), which lost 75-61 to No. 18 Michigan State last time out, has won 10 of 11 and will be the No. 4 seed in Big Ten Tournament, which begins Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Gophers tied the program's single-seaso...

Madina Okot had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 3 South Carolina to a 60-56 win over No. 16 Kentucky on Sunday. The Gamecocks (29-2, 15-1 Southeastern Conference) took a 54-43 lead with 8:28 left in the game, but only got baskets from Okot and Tessa Johnson the rest of the game as the Wildcats (21-9, 8-8 Southeastern Conference) mounted a late rally. Clara Strack had 24 points and nine rebounds, scoring eight points down the stretch, to lead the rally.

Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points to lead No. 5 Vanderbilt to a 87-77 victory over Tennessee on Sunday. Blakes scored eight points in a 12-2 run late in the third quarter for the Commodores (27-3, 13-3 Southeastern Conference). Aubrey Galvan added 24 points and Sacha Washington had 16 points and eight rebounds.

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Elina Aarnisalo scored a career-high 22 points while Nyla Harris had 10 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to help No. 21 North Carolina beat No. 12 Duke 74-69 on Sunday. The Tar Heels (25-6, 14-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) denied the Blue Devils (21-8, 16-2) a chance to secure their first outright league regular-season title since 2013. While Duke had already clinched the No. 1 seed for next week’s ACC Tournament, 10th-ranked Louisville can clinch a share of the regular-season crown with...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jaloni Cambridge scored 33 points, Chance Gray added 21 and No. 13 Ohio State hit a program record 18 3-pointers in a 87-68 win over No. 15 Michigan State on Sunday afternoon in the regular season finale for both teams. Cambridge shot 12 of 24 from the field and 7 of 12 from beyond the arc, the most she has made from deep all season. Gray shot 7 of 11 from 3-point range. Elsa Lemilla recorded a double-double for the Buckeyes (24-6, 13-5 Big Ten) with 11 points and 1...

Madison Booker had 21 points and nine rebounds, Jordan Lee and Kyla Oldacre each scored 11 and the No. 4 Texas women beat No. 24 Alabama 72-65 on Sunday. Booker surpassed 1,800 career points, becoming the seventh player in program history to pass that mark. Lee started the game with a fast break layup to put Texas (28-3, 13-3 Southeastern Conference) ahead and the Longhorns never trailed.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Fadima Tall scored 18 points, Skye Belker added 13 and Ashley Chea put up 12 for No. 25 Princeton in a 62-49 win over Harvard on Saturday evening. Tall added nine rebounds and four steals for the Tigers (23-3, 11-2 Ivy League), who took a 27-22 lead into halftime. Princeton shot 47% overall from the field (24 of 51) and scored 18 points off turnovers. The Tigers extended their advantage with a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter to take a 51-36 lead with 6:39 left to play. ...