NCAA Women's Basketball News · LatestFriday, Mar 13, 2026

Keira Hanson scored 23 points, Malia Lenz posted a double-double and Vermont beat Maine 61-43 on Friday night to win a second straight America East Conference championship and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Hanson sank 9 of 13 shots with three 3-pointers for the top-seeded Catamounts (27-7), who will appear in the main event for the third time in four seasons and the ninth overall. Jadyn Weltz went 0 for 7 from beyond the arc but finished with 11 points and five assists.

Madison St. Rose scored 18 points, Fadima Tall had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 23 Princeton routed Brown 65-51 on Friday night in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals. Princeton (25-3), the No. 1 seed, moves on to play Saturday for the title — after not reaching the championship game last year for the first time in the tournament’s history. Princeton scored 12 of the opening 15 points of the game to take control.

The UConn women’s basketball team is the clear favorite to win the 2026 NCAA championship, but FOX Sports commentator Gus Johnson made perhaps an outlandish claim that the program’s dominance could go beyond the college level. While calling the UConn men’s 93-68 win over Xavier in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday, Johnson argued that the undefeated No. 1 UConn women could be a ...

Five players crack the final rankings, but none unseat Jazzy Davidson or Aliyah Chavez from Nos. 1 and 2.

What almost 4,500 games say about a play that’s over in a blink

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Myka Perry scored 15 of her 21 points in the second half, Harmanie Dominguez made five 3-pointers and finished with 18 points, and No. 3 seed Stephen F. Austin beat top-seeded McNeese 71-59 on Thursday to win the Southland Conference Tournament and clinch an NCAA Tournament berth for the second consecutive season. Stephen F. Austin (25-9), which lost both regular-season matchups against the Cowgirls, have won nine of the last 11 in the series which the Ladyjacks lead ...