12/23 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

December 23, 2019 · CSM Staff
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1 Connecticut Logo Connecticut Megan Walker, Crystal Dangerfield and Olivia Nelson-Ododa combined for 63 points in a 84-74 win at DePaul. They also crushed OU. 2
2 Oregon State Logo Oregon State Oregon State cruised past Northern Arizona 91-57 and Brigham Young 65-34 over in Hawaii this week. 1
3 Oregon Logo Oregon Sabrina Ionescu’s 21st career triple-double led Oregon to an easy 89-51 win over Kansas State to wrap up a 2-0 week. 4
4 Baylor Logo Baylor Juicy Landrum set an NCAA record with 14 made three pointers as Baylor routed Arkansas State 111-43 on Wednesday. 5
5 Florida State Logo Florida State Kiah Gillespie had 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to lead Florida State past a tough Michigan team 79-69 on Sunday. 6
6 South Carolina Logo South Carolina South Carolina destroyed Duke 89-46 on Thursday and followed that with a nice 73-60 win over South Dakota on Sunday. 7
7 Stanford Logo Stanford Kiana Williams scored 19 points to lead Stanford past Tennessee 78-51 and then lost a tough one at Texas 69-64 on Sunday. 3
8 UCLA Logo UCLA Michaela Onyenwere and Lauryn Miller both had double-doubles as UCLA picked up a big 68-58 win at Indiana on Sunday. 9
9 Louisville Logo Louisville Dana Evans scored 22 crucial points as Louisville survived a double-overtime battle at UT-Martin in a 71-63 victory. 8
10  North Carolina State Logo NC State NC State had little trouble with Chattanooga as they beat the Mocs 74-38 on Thursday to improve to 11-0 on the year. 10
11  Texas A&M Logo Texas A&M Texas A&M had a 2-0 trip down in Puerto Rico as they beat Georgia Tech 60-48 and Montana State 78-67. 11
12 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Rhyne Howard’s jumper with three seconds left was the difference as Kentucky nipped California 63-61 in Berkeley. 12
13 Maryland Logo Maryland Taylor Mikesell and Blair Watson scored 23 points each to lead Maryland to a 114-41 win at Georgia State. 14
14 Indiana Logo Indiana Indiana couldn’t recover from an ice cold shooting first quarter against UCLA as they lost 68-58 to the Bruins. 13
15  Arizona Logo Arizona Aari McDonald and Sam Thomas led Arizona to a comfortable 61-42 win over UCSB to wrap up a 11-0 non-conference slate. 17
16  Gonzaga Logo Gonzaga Jenn Wirth and Katie Campbell combined for 25 points to lead Gonzaga past Missouri State 64-52 to highlight a 2-0 week. 20
17 West Virginia Logo
 West Virginia Kari Niblack’s career high 21 points pushed WVU past Michigan State 63-57 on Saturday and they also beat Syracuse on Sunday. 18
18  DePaul Logo DePaul DePaul responded to the UConn loss with a hard fought 83-76 win at Loyola Chicago to end the week with a split. 15
19 Mississippi State Logo Mississippi State Bulldogs got back on track this week with three wins over Louisiana, South Florida and Virginia to improve to 11-2 on the year. 19
20 Missouri State Logo  Missouri State MSU tested themselves by traveling to Gonzaga and lost 64-52 to the Bulldogs. The Bears will grow from the Spokane trip. 16
21 Arkansas Logo Arkansas Chelsea Dungee became the fastest Razorback to reach 1,000 points on Saturday as she led Arkansas to a 86-53 win over Little Rock. NR
22 Minnesota Logo Minnesota Minnesota dominated Lehigh 77-49 to pick up their 10th consecutive win to head into conference play with a lot of confidence. 24
23 South Dakota Logo South Dakota USD was the first team to score 60 points on South Carolina’s home court this season as they lost 73-60 against the Gamecocks. 22
24 Michigan Logo
 Michigan Michigan closed out their non-conference schedule with a neutral site 79-69 loss to Florida State on Sunday. 23
25 Miami Logo Miami(FL) Hurricanes swept all three games this week knocking off Binghamton, UNC Asheville, and Washington State. NR