12/9 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
December 9, 2019 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Oregon State | Kennedy Brown scored 16 points to lead Oregon State to a 64-32 win over Hawaii in their lone game of the week. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Connecticut | Megan Walker’s double-double of 26 points and 13 rebounds led the Huskies to a 81-57 win over Notre Dame on Sunday. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Stanford | Stanford was off all week and will resume their season next Sunday December 15 at home against Ohio State. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Oregon | Ruthy Hebard scored 22 points to lead a red hot shooting Oregon team to a 95-56 win over South Dakota State. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Baylor | Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith combined for 35 points and 18 rebounds as Baylor cruised past Georgia 72-38 on Wednesday. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Florida State | Seminoles picked up two quality wins this week over MSU and Clemson. This team has the feel of an ACC title contender. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina followed up their win over Baylor with a hard fought 78-71 win at Temple on Saturday to improve to 9-1. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Louisville | Louisville split their two games this week as they lost at Ohio State and beat Northern Kentucky 85-57. | 3 |
| 9 |  |
UCLA | Michaela Onyenwere scored 23 points in a win over CSUN for her 4th consecutive game of scoring at least 20 points. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
NC State | Kai Crutchfield scored 19 points including five three pointers as NC State picked up a great 66-59 win over Maryland. | 13 |
| 11 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M bounced back in a big way this week with wins over Central Arkansas and Oklahoma State. | 14 |
| 12 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky had another dominant week as they beat Charlotte 86-39 and Samford 79-49 to improve to 9-0. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
Indiana | Jaelynn Penn scored 17 points and the Hoosiers were lights out on defense in a 58-45 win over Miami in Coral Gables. | 15 |
| 14 |  |
Maryland | Maryland dropped a tough battle at NC State 66-59 on Thursday and then routed Loyola (MD) 105-45 on Sunday. | 11 |
| 15 |  |
DePaul | Blue Demons showed some great resilience as Lexi Held’s 13 points in the fourth quarter was enough to beat Green Bay. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Missouri State | Missouri State capitalized on a 19-2 second half run to pull away from Wichita State for a 68-55 win on Wednesday. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Arizona | Cate Reese scored 19 points and collected 17 rebounds to lead Arizona to a 54-43 win at UTEP on Saturday. | 20 |
| 18 |  |
West Virginia | Mountaineers went down to Starkville and upset Mississippi State 71-65 thanks to Kirsten Dean’s career high 17 points. | NR |
| 19 |  |
Mississippi State | Mississippi State was outscored 22-10 in the fourth quarter on Sunday as they lost 71-65 to West Virginia. | 9 |
| 20 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga had a solid week as they picked up two wins over Montana State and regional rival Washington State. | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Michigan State | Spartans couldn’t find a way to finish down in Tallahassee as Michigan State dropped a 78-68 decision to the Seminoles. | 19 |
| 22 |  |
South Dakota | Coyotes improved to 9-1 on the season after outlasting Creighton 72-65 and routing Coppin State 82-44. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Michigan | Michigan survived a tough test from Syracuse, beating the Orange 84-76 in overtime and following that up with a win over Oakland. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Minnesota | Minnesota grinded out 75-67 win at Notre Dame and then had little trouble with American to complete a 2-0 week. | 24 |
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Tennessee | The Lady Vols couldn’t get anything going offensively on Sunday as they lost at home to Texas 66-60. | 18 |
