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UConn reveals off its depth, extends win streaks
UConn confronted off towards Xavier on Wednesday with out beginning senior ahead Serah Williams — final yr’s Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year earlier than her switch from Wisconsin — and freshman ahead Blanca Quinonez, who’s averaging 10.6 factors in 19.6 minutes per sport off the bench this season. You wouldn’t know this was the case until you had been instructed or noticed it your self, given the best way the sport performed out.
Junior guard Ashlynn Shade stepped up with 12 factors, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and a career-high and Division I-leading 9 steals, serving to UConn pressure an absurd 34 turnovers. And sophomore guard Allie Ziebell was red-hot off the bench: she performed 29 minutes and scored a career-best 34 factors on 11-for-15 taking pictures whereas sinking 10 3-pointers, which tied the Huskies’ program file. Ziebell additionally had 3 assists and a pair of steals, and her 34 factors represented greater than what Xavier’s starters managed, mixed — the fivesome put up 33 factors as a unit, with the bench including the opposite half-dozen in a 97-39 defeat.
Ziebell simply likes taking pictures towards Xavier: each time she has made at the very least 5 3-pointers — that is the third time it’s occurred — it has been towards the Musketeers.
What’s possibly most unbelievable concerning the ultimate rating is that UConn was up simply 22-17 after the primary quarter, and Xavier even had a lead for a bit. Then issues bought very ugly for the Musketeers. The Huskies not solely compelled 34 turnovers, however scored 48 factors off of them, and the protection held Xavier to 7, 7, and eight factors in every of the three remaining quarters. UConn stole the ball 22 occasions as a group; Xavier didn’t register a single theft.
And once more, this was with out Williams and Quinonez, a beginning defensive-minded ahead and the first possibility off the bench that’s trusted to run issues when Williams or sophomore star ahead Sarah Strong wants a breather, and the 2 prime scorers after Strong and fifth-year guard Azzi Fudd. (Williams, by the way, is now behind each Shade and Ziebell in factors per sport after final evening.)
UConn has now received 50-straight Big East matchups, tied for the Twelfth-longest convention successful streak in Division I girls’s basketball. It was additionally the Huskies’ thirty eighth win in a row general, breaking a tie with 2013-2014 Notre Dame for the Eleventh-longest streak in girls’s D-I historical past. Three extra victories would give UConn half of the top-10 such streaks in Division I girls’s basketball, because the Huskies would go 1985-1987 Texas’ 40-game run.
Standing in UConn’s means on Sunday is the final group that it misplaced towards: No. 15 Tennessee. The Huskies misplaced to and in Tennessee on Feb. 6, 2025, 80-76. They then received the ultimate seven video games of the common season, nevertheless, then the Big East match and the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, and at the moment are 22-0 in 2025-2026.
Sunday’s massive sport, by the best way, will air on Feb. 1 at 12 p.m. ET dwell on FOX and the FOX Sports app.
Washington upsets Maryland in 2OT
No. 25 Washington took on No. 16 Maryland on the highway, and a few killer basketball was the end result. Not solely did the Huskies upset the Terps, however they did so in double-overtime, 83-80.
Junior guard Sayvia Sellers was the driving pressure behind the Huskies’ assault, with a career-best 38 factors — essentially the most in Division I males’s or girls’s ball final evening — on 15-for-32 taking pictures with 5 3s, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and a pair of blocks. There was additionally a critical battle for boards in this sport. Maryland junior ahead Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu D-I led all of D-I’s girls with 16 rebounds, tied with Army’s Kya Smith, and he or she bought greater than somewhat assist from 6-foot-2 senior guard Saylor Poffenbarger, who logged a double-double with 16 factors and 14 rebounds, and senior guard Yarden Garzon, who dropped 24 factors with 7 rebounds. Maryland, as a group, pulled down 52 boards, however that was barely sufficient to beat out Washington, which had 50 of its personal rebounds because of sophomore guard Avery Howell and freshman ahead Brynn McGaughy gathering 11 every.
The two had been principally this shut in all the pieces. Both sank 30 photographs, with the Huskies taking pictures 37% and the Terps 38%. Both hit 13 free throws, had been one aside in assists and Washington scored 40 factors in the paint to Maryland’s 36. There was some actual separation in the rating for a bit, nevertheless, with Maryland going up 13 at one level, and main for 59% of the sport as an entire. Then, Washington received the third quarter, 23-11, and senior guard Ella Ladine hit a 26-footer with 13 seconds left in regulation to tie the sport at 59; Maryland would miss each of its layup makes an attempt to win as time expired.
With no time left in extra time, Poffenbarger was fouled and had an opportunity to win it for the Terrapins. Instead, she bought the primary to tie the rating, 72-72, then missed the second, whereas Washington grabbed the rebound. Poffenbarger would as soon as once more get the possibility to be the hero in the second OT with 12 seconds left and the Huskies up 82-80, however she missed a layup, bought her personal rebound, handed it out after which watched Kyndal Walker additionally miss a layup. McGaughy bought the rebound with 2 seconds left, and outdoors of yet one more sank free throw for Washington, that was that — the Huskies received, 83-80, and moved to 7-3 in Big Ten play, half-a-game behind fifth-place Ohio State, whereas Maryland fell to 5-5 and a tie for eighth.
Wisconsin comes again from down 20
With 14 seconds left in the primary half, Wisconsin had managed all of 15 factors, however Minnesota had simply hit a 3 to increase its result in 20. The Badgers would handle one other bucket earlier than heading to the locker room down 35-17. When play resumed, it will be the Gophers unable to place collectively any offense — with 10:37 left in the second half, junior guard John Blackwell hit a 3-pointer to deliver Wisconsin inside 2, 39-37. In these almost 10 minutes, the Golden Gophers had managed simply 4 factors.
While Minnesota’s offense ultimately woke again up, that stretch of almost 10 minutes price them. The Gophers scored 24 factors over the following 10:37, however the Badgers put up 30. Blackwell scored 23 factors complete (and Wisconsin’s ultimate 7 factors) with 7 rebounds and an help and steal every, whereas senior guard Nick Boyd contributed 21 factors and 5 assists. Wisconsin bought little or no from anybody else in addition to this duo so far as the field rating goes, however defensively? Minnesota didn’t even get many alternatives to shoot in the second half, as they shot 8-for-18 complete in the final 20 minutes, and didn’t even try a bucket till the primary 5 minutes of the second had almost passed by.
Wisconsin is now 7-3 in Big Ten play, tied with Purdue and UCLA for fifth in the convention. All three groups are one win and two losses behind Illinois and the potential for a double bye in the convention tourney.
Iowa State upsets Texas Tech
When junior ahead Addy Brown suffered a decrease physique harm, it was a catastrophe for Iowa State. The Cyclones misplaced the final sport she performed in, in addition to the following 4 matchups — Brown was not solely the second main scorer on the group, but in addition its greatest facilitator and a key rebounder. After these 5 losses, nevertheless, Iowa State appears to have discovered its footing once more. They dropped 93 factors on Cincinnati and 90 on Arizona in back-to-back wins, and on Wednesday upset No. 21 Texas Tech, 84-70, on the highway.
Division I girls’s main scorer and junior middle Audi Crooks scored 33 factors on 13-for-19 taking pictures whereas grabbing 12 rebounds — her greatest evening since Brown’s harm, which additionally included her 2,000th profession level. Junior guard Jada Williams added 15 factors with 9 assists, and senior ahead Sydney Harris performed 31 minutes off the bench, filling at the very least a part of Brown’s sneakers with a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double.
Outside of the second quarter, when the Lady Raiders asserted themselves with a 20-14 exhibiting, Iowa State was in management all through. The Cyclones at the moment are again to 5-5 in Big 12 play, and appear like they’re able to being a harmful opponent even with out their key facilitator. If Iowa State can get the ball to Crooks in the paint, good issues are going to occur for its offense, and that’s precisely what went down on Wednesday.
Iowa State’s coach, Bill Fennelly, is now additionally the winningest coach in Big 12 girls’s basketball historical past after Wednesday’s W: it was the 297th Big 12 win of his profession.
Houston, Florida rebound from defeats
Both No. 10 Houston and No. 19 Florida had been surging of late, till they weren’t. The Cougars fell from No. 6 in the ballot after an upset towards ranked Texas Tech, whereas the Gators had been upset by unranked Auburn, 76-67, on Saturday, dropping them from No. 16. Both groups prevented a shedding streak in Wednesday’s motion, although, with Houston topping TCU, 79-70, whereas Florida routed South Carolina, 95-48.
While beating TCU by 9 factors won’t wow in a vacuum, the Horned Frogs entered play ranked forty fourth in the NCAA Evaluation Tool — that’s a top-50 group with aspirations for March. Freshman guard Kingston Flemings was the important thing to the W for the Cougars, as he scored a game-high 27 factors on 8-for-16 taking pictures and an ideal 9-for-9 from the road, whereas grabbing 5 boards with 5 assists. Senior guard Emmanuel Sharp added 23 factors, and the group as an entire shot a wonderful 22-for-24 from the road whereas additionally outpacing TCU from deep, 9 3-pointers to 4.
South Carolina isn’t as vital of an opponent as TCU, however it nonetheless got here into the sport ranked ninetieth in NET. Florida beat them by 47 factors, almost doubling up on the Gamecocks. Four of the 5 Gators’ starters scored between 10 and 18 factors, and junior guard Urban Klavzar scored 11 factors in 20 minutes off the bench, as properly. Florida outrebounded South Carolina, 45 to 24, had 28 assists to the Gamecocks’ 4, and shot 62% general in comparison with South Carolina’s paltry 26%. It was a thrashing, and simply what Florida wanted to proper itself.
Troy beats Marshall regardless of Lewis-Eutsey
The Sun Belt is a aggressive convention in the sense that it’s bought loads of groups vying for the highest, however it may also have simply the one March Madness bid — the automated one every convention receives for its champion. Which makes video games like Wednesday’s between Troy and Marshall vital for the Sun Belt: Arkansas State sits atop it at 9-1, Georgia Southern second at 9-2, then got here Marshall (8-2) and Troy (7-2) behind them.
The Trojans would win this matchup, 85-82, and did so regardless of an enormous effort from the Thundering Herd’s Timaya Lewis-Eutsey. The senior guard scored 33 factors on 12-for-24 taking pictures with 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks and a D-I main 10 assists. Troy made up for these factors after which some, although, with 4 starters reaching double-digits and three of them scoring at the very least 17. Senior forwards Zay Dyer and Fortuna Ngnawo each logged double-doubles, with 17 factors and 14 rebounds for the previous and 21 factors with 12 rebounds for the latter, serving to the Trojans to a commanding 51-31 lead in rebounds that allowed for vital alternatives for second-chance factors: Troy pulled down 23 offensive boards to Marshall’s 9.
Marshall had the lead, 81-80, with 1:39 left on the clock after a Lewis-Eutsey and-1, however Dyer hit her personal free throw to tie it up after which senior guard Ashley Baez sank a 3-pointer with 57 seconds left to go up 84-81 — all 18 of her factors got here in the second half, serving to Troy make its 21-point comeback.
The win was additionally the five hundredth of Troy coach Chanda Rigby’s collegiate profession. Of these, 272 wins have include Troy, leaving her three shy of turning into this system’s all-time winningest coach.
St. John’s wins Seventh-straight
Things had been tough for St. John’s for some time there. Ranked No. 5 in the preseason, the Red Storm fell and fell in the ballot till they slipped off it fully for 4 weeks. St. John’s reentered the ballot at No. 25 this week, nevertheless, after which confronted off towards a top-50 group in Butler in Big East motion on Wednesday.
The Red Storm received handily, 92-70, pushing Butler to 57th in NET whereas shifting their very own rank in the NCAA Evaluation Tool as much as twenty fourth. St. John’s shot 56% general and outrebounded Butler 41-31, permitting them to additionally deal with the Bulldogs in the paint, 46-32.
St. John’s is now 14-1 in the previous two seasons in January — non-conference play may need been powerful for the Red Storm, however they went proper again to beating up on the Big East when convention play opened. They at the moment are 9-1 in convention play, second in the Big East behind 10-0 UConn. While the convention has left somewhat to be desired this season so far as March aspirations go, St. John’s reviving its season might go a great distance towards altering that.
