NCAA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Weekend Recap.

#5 Ohio St. One of many to fall this week (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Another great weekend of NCAA Women’s Basketball is in the books. With most teams in conference play, every game is more important and teams know more about their opponents. Conference play offers competitive matchups and rivalry games that can boil over at any point.

This weekend saw an undefeated fall, an underdog take out 2 ranked opponents, and a powerhouse get a scare. Starting on Thursday, upsets became the name of the game. #5 Ohio State has been a high scoring offense, but on Thursday Northwestern outscored them, winning 86-82. Arkansas this week knocked off two ranked opponents, #13 Tennessee on Thursday and #24 Missouri on Sunday. The SEC was busy Thursday when Georgia topped Florida, #2 South Carolina stayed undefeated, beating #9 Kentucky 73-62 and #15 Texas A&M pounded Ole Miss 81-58.

Friday was game day for the Pac 12 and the upsets would continue. Washington knocked off #17 UCLA and Washington State upset #25 USC. #10 Arizona State dominated Colorado for the only top 10 team to play on Friday.

Saturday saw UConn demolish Temple by 55, a Temple team who was 5-1 and second in the AAC prior to the matchup. Oklahoma State followed suit, taking down #14 Oklahoma in the Bedlam rivalry 73-42.

On Sunday, #15 Texas A&M tied the game with #2 South Carolina with a deep pass and layup with 2 seconds left. South Carolina immediately inbounded the ball and unsure of the situation, an Aggie player fouled Khadijah Sessions, sending her to the line with .9 seconds left. Sessions hit one of the two free throws, leading the undefeated Gamecocks to another win.

#6 Baylor knocked #4 Texas from the undefeated ranks with an 80-67 win. Poor shooting from Texas in the second period gave Baylor a 12 point lead at the half that Texas couldn’t overcome. Baylor at 18-1, with their only loss to Oklahoma State is a top contender as well. Alexis Jones and Nina Davis scored 29 and 24 points respectively for Baylor.

Ohio State got back on track with a 90-70 win over Purdue. #12 Oregon State and #11 Stanford had a great battle, with Oregon State winning 58-50. #25 USC lost its second in row in the Pac 12, this time to Washington.

After an exciting weekend of upsets, we can expect many changes in the Top 25. Baylor and Maryland should move up, Tennessee and Mississippi State will likely move down, and we should hear more about Northwestern, Washington, and Arkansas moving towards the Top 25.

Who will knock off South Carolina or UConn? Can Maryland continue to roll through the Big Ten? Who will win the wide open SEC? Stay tuned on MyWSports.com for all your NCAA Women’s Basketball action.

Thursday

#2 South Carolina 73, #9 Kentucky 62 – A’ja Wilson 26 pts, 13 reb

#3 Notre Dame 63, Boston College 50 – Marina Mabrey 14 pts

Northwestern 86, #5 Ohio State 82 – Shayla Cooper 24 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast

#24 Missouri 66, #7 Mississippi State 54 – Sophie Cunningham 22 pts, 7 reb

#8 Maryland 74, Michigan 67 – Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 15 pts, 7 reb

Arkansas 64, #13 Tennessee 59 – Jessica Jackson 25 pts

#15 Texas A&M 81, Ole Miss 58 – Chelsea Jennings 29 pts

#16 Florida State 85, Clemson 40 – Adut Bulgak 18 pts, 9 reb

Georgia 71, #20 Florida 61 – Tiaria Griffin 23 pts

NC State 65, #22 Duke 62 – Dominique Wilson, 19 pts

Friday

#10 Arizona State 64, Colorado 37 – Quinn Dornstauder 15 pts, 10 reb

Washington 64, #17 UCLA 56 – Talia Walton 22 pts

Washington State 73, #25 USC 61 – Borislava Hristova 21 pts

Saturday

#1 UConn 104, Temple 49 – Breanna Stewart 22 pts, 10 reb

Oklahoma State 73, #14 Oklahoma 42 – Brittney Martin 19 pts, 14 reb

#18 Michigan State 80, Iowa 73 – Aerial Powers 23 pts, 7 reb

Sunday

#2 South Carolina 59, #15 Texas A&M 58 – A’ja Wilson 26 pts, 8 reb, 8 blks

#6 Baylor 80, #4 Texas 67 – Alexis Jones 29 pts, 7 reb

#5 Ohio State 90, Purdue 70 – Kelsey Mitchell 27 pts, 6 ast

#8 Maryland 80, Northwestern 62 – Kristen Confroy 24 pts, 10 reb

#9 Kentucky 54, Auburn 47 – Taylor Murray 14 pts

#10 Arizona State 80, Utah 60 – Kelsey Moos 12 pts, 9 reb

#12 Oregon State 58, #11 Stanford 50 – Deven Hunter 19 pts, 12 reb

#16 Florida State 66, Pittsburgh 55 – Leticia Romero 18 pts, 7 reb

#17 UCLA 75, Washington State 73 – Monique Billings 19 pts, 9 reb

Arkansas 64, #24 Missouri 52 – Melissa Wolff 11 pts, 10 reb

Washington 69, #25 USC 60 – Kelsey Plum 32 pts

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