Top 25 NCAAWBB Weekend Recap

#21 Oklahoma upsets #6 Texas (Tyler Drabek/FRE)

College basketball has always shown us that anyone can win at any time. This week was full of Top 25 matchups, not many upsets, but many close finals. The top teams were tested and that’s the challenge of conference play, the teams who know you the best will always find your weakness.

Thursday #2 South Carolina remained perfect in SEC play, beating #16 Florida by 15. Maryland handled Purdue behind another great effort from Walker-Kimbrough. Ohio State went on the road to beat Iowa, but proved they are a great offense, winning 98-81. The big matchup of the day was #11 Mississippi State falling to #15 Texas A&M. The Courtney’s (Williams 22 pts and Walker 21 pts) led the Aggies who trailed by 6 at the half, but then dominated the second half, winning 64-58.

Pac 12 Friday saw all 4 ranked teams take home wins. Oregon State is now 8th in the nation and primed to move up, if they can get by UCLA and Stanford next week. Arizona State beat California, but their loss to Oregon State could haunt them heading into the Pac 12 tournament. Stanford got a hot first quarter (24-7) to cruise in a win over Arizona. UCLA’s Monique Billings scored 16 points to lead UCLA over Washington State.

Saturday in the Big 12, #4 Baylor smoked Texas Tech by 30. #20 Oklahoma State took advantage of a show start from #24 West Virginia to win 63-51. Baylor has looked tough this year, since there win over Texas, they have dominated competition winning 2 games by over 10 points and 5 games by over 20.

Valentine’s Day was a very busy day in college basketball. UConn and Notre Dame dominated by 25 and 21 points respectively. #6 Texas led #21 Oklahoma by 4 after the third period, but a 7 points 4th quarter by the Longhorns, opened the door for a 18 point win for the Sooners. #9 Arizona State went on the road to #13 Stanford and blew a 13 point lead in the 4th period. But held on to send the game to overtime and Sophie Brunner helped the Sun Devils win another one on the final shot. #17 Michigan State was also upset by Nebraska 73-66.

Thursday

#2 South Carolina 86, #16 Florida 71 – Alaina Coates 14 pts, 11 reb

#5 Maryland 73, Purdue 59 – Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 23 pts

#7 Ohio State 98, Iowa 81 – Shayla Cooper 20 pts, 7 reb

#10 Florida State 69, Duke 53 – Shakayla Thomas 14 pts, 7 reb

#15 Texas A&M 64, #11 Mississippi State 58 – Courtney Walker 21 pts, 8 reb

#12 Louisville 84, Pittsburgh 61 – Myisha Hines-Allen 29 pts

Penn State 65, #17 Michigan State 61 – Teniya Page 20 pts

#19 Miami 58, Georgia Tech 55 – Keyona Hayes 16 pts

Friday

#8 Oregon State 73, Colorado 50 – Sydney Wiese 15 pts, 8 ast

#9 Arizona State 64, California 49 – Katie Hempen 17 pts

#13 Stanford 82, Arizona 58 – Erica McCall 12 pts

#14 UCLA 73, Washington State 61 – Monique Billings 16 pts, 9 reb

Saturday

#4 Baylor 66, Texas Tech 36 – Nina Davis 21 pts, 12 reb

#20 Oklahoma State 63, #24 West Virginia 51 – Kaylee Jensen 18 pts, 8 reb

Sunday

#1 UConn 85, Temple 60 – Breanna Stewart 24 pts, 8 reb, 7 ast

#3 Notre Dame 90, #19 Miami 69 – Brianna Turner 15 pts

#5 Maryland 79, Northwestern 70 – Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 27 pts, 8 reb

#21 Oklahoma 74, #6 Texas 56 – Kaylon Williams 13 pts, 7 reb

#7 Ohio State 77, Penn State 63 – Ameryst Alston 26 pts

#8 Oregon State 72, Utah 53 – Jamie Weisner 27 pts, 7 reb

#9 Arizona State 63, #13 Stanford 61 (OT) – Sophie Brunner 14 pts, 12 reb

#10 Florida State 94, North Carolina 63 – Adut Bulgak 19 pts, 14 reb

#14 UCLA 63, Washington 59 – Jordin Canada 16 pts, 7 reb, 9 ast

Auburn 80, #16 Florida 58 – Katie Frerking 18 pts, 10 reb

Nebraska 73, #17 Michigan State 66 – Natalie Romeo 25 pts

#18 Kentucky 71, Vanderbilt 55 – Alexis Jennings 18 pts, 9 reb

#23 DePaul 102, Butler 63 – Chanise Jenkins 17 pts, 10 ast