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Bristow scores 21, No. 21 Texas Tech women beat UFC 73-55, win 15th straight

Jalynn Bristow scored 21 points on 8-of-13, Snudda Collins added 15, and No. 21 Texas Tech beat UCF 73-55 to extend its win streak to 15 games.

Rubin: St. John's-Georgetown rivalry can get heated in a hurry

No. 4 UConn beats Xavier 90-67 behind Mullins and Karaban

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Boozer's double-double helps No. 6 Duke hold off Georgia Tech 85-79 in ACC opener

Virginia Tech pulls away from No. 21 Virginia in triple overtime for 95-85 win

Scott scores 24, Van Gytenbeek adds 17, No. 22 Baylor women beat Oklahoma State 77-68

Azzi Fudd, Sarah Strong lead No. 1 UConn to 30th straight win, 90-53 over Providence

Godfrey scores 14, Welling plays key role in final seconds and Clemson edges Syracuse 64-61

Lauren Betts surpasses 1,500 career points and No. 4 UCLA beats Penn State 97-61

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Audi Crooks has 5th straight game of at least 30 points in No. 10 Iowa State's 80-62 win vs. Houston

Cambridge sisters score 30 points and No. 19 Ohio State women dump Purdue 83-56

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No. 13 Nebraska pulls away in 2nd half against New Hampshire to go unbeaten in nonconference play

Warley's 22 points and 14 rebounds help No. 7 Gonzaga beat San Diego 99-93

Wooley scores season-high 21 points as No. 16 Louisville beats California 90-70

Haralson scores 13 as Notre Dame leans on defense to beat Stanford 47-40

Boyd, Winter lead Wisconsin past Milwaukee 80-60

Gillespie scores 21 to lead No. 19 Tennessee's rout of South Carolina State 105-54

Reneau's 28 points rally Miami past Pitt 76-69 in ACC opener

Wilson's double-double helps No. 12 North Carolina beat Florida State 79-66 in ACC opener

Johnson's 15 points lead South Carolina over UAlbany 96-67

Rubin: Pitino's collection of talent at St. John's looking for an identity

Women's basketball conference plays begins to heat up with start of new year

Diallo, Claude and Steinbach triumvirate carry Washington to 74-65 win over Utah

No. 6 Michigan women outlast Oregon 92-87 in double overtime

Freeman scores 27 off the bench as Auburn cruises against Queens (NC), 106-55

Peat scores 19 as No. 1 Arizona closes out nonconference with 99-71 win over South Dakota State

Durkin, Crocker-Johnson combine for 36 points as Minnesota beats Fairleigh Dickinson 60-43

Roy hits 15 FTs, scores 27 points to help Oklahoma State beat Bethune-Cookman 103-77

Ole Miss roars back from slow start to dismantle Alcorn State 79-43

Holloway's career-high 26 points lead No. 14 Alabama over Yale, 102-78

Thomas Jr. notches 22-point double-double, Nwoko scores 22, as LSU beats Southern Miss 90-62

Agee powers Texas A&M to 6th 100-point game of season, 111-82 win over Prairie View A&M

Jefferson scores season-high 23 points in No. 3 Iowa State's 89-61 win over Houston Christian

Kingston Flemings scores 15, No. 8 Houston beats Middle Tennessee State 69-60

Freshman Meleek Thomas scores career-best 28 points as No. 18 Arkansas beats James Madison 103-74

Punch scores 20 as TCU routs Jackson State 115-64

Josh Hubbard scores 22 on 9-of-13 shooting, Mississippi State beats Alabama State 94-56

Nyla Harris scores 19 for No. 16 North Carolina women's in 90-37 win over Boston College

Morez Johnson Jr. has 24 points and 11 rebounds as No. 2 Michigan routs McNeese State 112-71

Benter's career-high 20 points lead No. 5 Purdue to a 101-60 rout of Kent State

Jeremy Fears Jr. has career-high 21 points in No. 9 Michigan State's 114-97 win over Cornell

Grant's double-double, Francis' 19 points lead Rutgers past Delaware State 65-50

No. 23 Georgia rallies in the 2nd half to beat Long Island University 89-74

Baba Miller grabs career-high 21 rebounds, Cincinnati defeats Lipscomb 89-62

Tanner scores 23 as No. 11 Vanderbilt wraps up nonconference slate routing New Haven

Hidalgo scores 30, Moore adds 23 to help No. 18 Notre Dame women beat Pitt 94-59

No. 22 Florida closes out 2025 with a 4th consecutive victory, 94-72 against Dartmouth

Oluchi Okananwa's career-high 28 points help No. 7 Maryland rout Wisconsin, 97-59

Stirtz scores 22 points to lead No. 25 Iowa over UMass Lowell, 90-62

Freshman Tounde Yessoufou scores 28 to help Baylor thump D-II's Arlington Baptist 124-61

Jake Davis, Keaton Wagler power No. 20 Illinois to a 90-55 win over Southern

No. 17 USC women knock No. 20 Nebraska from unbeaten ranks with 74-66 victory

Kayden Mingo, Eli Rice lead Penn State over North Carolina Central 90-67

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Bittle, Oregon pour it on in second half to throttle Omaha 80-57

No. 7 Gonzaga routs Pepperdine 96-56 in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams

Darius Adams scores 18, Isaiah Watts 17 to help Maryland beat Old Dominion 73-58

Guard Zaide Lowery no longer part of Marquette men's basketball program

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