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Wells leads No. 19 Texas A&M women past Florida 80-62

Kayla Wells scored 24 points and No. 19 Texas A&M beat Florida 80-62 as the Aggies won for the 10th time in their last 12 games

No. 4 Notre Dame beats No. 17 Syracuse 98-68

Arike Ogunbowale has 24 points as all five starters score in double figures; fourth-ranked Notre Dame overpowers No. 17 Syracuse 98-68

UCLA enters Top 25; Baylor unanimous No. 1

A win over the No. 2 team in the country earned UCLA its first ranking of the season

Ionescu, Boley help No. 2 Oregon end slide, beat USC 96-78

Women’s Top 25 Capsules

Hittner, Rhine lead No. 24 Drake women to 96-77 victory

Becca Hittner scored 33 points, Sara Rhine added 21 points and 10 rebounds and No. 24 Drake rolled past Indiana State 96-77

No. 3 UConn handles Tulsa; Auriemma misses game with illness

Megan Walker scored 21 points and No. 3 UConn, playing without Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma, rolled to a 68-49 victory over Tulsa

McCowan leads No. 6 Mississippi St. over Vanderbilt, 86-70

Teaira McCowan had 23 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 6 Mississippi State over Vanderbilt 86-70

No. 2 Oregon women end 2-game skid, beat USC 96-78

South Dakota State upends No. 23 South Dakota women in OT

Gray, No. 14 Miami women top No. 22 Florida State 64-54

Rutgers women's coach Stringer sidelined by exhaustion

Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer taking off rest of regular season because of exhaustion

No. 24 Drake women leave Evansville behind in second half

Sara Rhine scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds and No. 24 Drake used a big third quarter to pull away from Evansville in a 66-39 victory

Staley hopeful injured guard Cooper can return to Gamecocks

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley is hopeful injured guard Te’a Cooper can play against Tennessee on Sunday

Georgia coach returns to bench 2 days after giving birth

Georgia women’s basketball coach Joni Taylor was on the bench, just two days after giving birth to her second child.

No. 6 Mississippi St pulls away for 80-66 win over Ole Miss

Anriel Howard scored 21 points, Jordan Danberry added 20 and Teaira McCowan scored 15 in No. 6 Mississippi State’s 80-66 win over Mississippi on Thursday night

Oregon state sees its women's teams rise to elite status

Women’s college basketball is enjoying a renaissance in the Pacific Northwest where Oregon and Oregon State are among the nation’s elite teams this season

Georgia basketball coach Joni Taylor gives birth to girl

Georgia women’s basketball coach Joni Taylor has given birth to a girl less than 12 hours after leading the Lady Bulldogs to a victory

Homegrown talent has helped Rice ascend into the Top 25

Tina Langley has turned the Rice women’s basketball team into a Top 25 program using home-grown talent

Rice women ranked for first time in school history

Buoyed by the second-longest winning streak in the country, Rice has entered The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time in school history

Goth leads K-State women to upset over No. 15 Texas, 69-60

Kayla Goth scored 15 points, Peyton Williams posted a double-double and Kansas State overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to upset No. 15 Texas 69-60

Smith hits layup to lift No. 10 Stanford over USC 69-67

Alanna Smith hit a layup with three seconds left to lift No. 10 Stanford over USC 69-67

No. 11 South Carolina women roll past Florida 96-77

Howard's late buck saves No. 17 Kentucky women 61-59

Rhyne Howard scored 18 points, the last two on a pull-up jumper at the foul line with 1.3 seconds left that gave No. 17 Kentucky a 61-59 win over Arkansas