2/24 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
February 24, 2020 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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South Carolina | It was a good methodical, take care of business type of week for South Carolina as they beat LSU 63-48 and won at Kentucky 67-58. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Oregon | Oregon crushed California 93-61 on Friday night and are looking to finish the Bay Area sweep on Monday night at Stanford. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Baylor | Coach Kim Mulkey picked up her 600th win on Tuesday night as Baylor pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 77-62 win at Texas Tech. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Louisville | Jazmine Jones, Dana Evans, and Kylee Shook combined for 45 points as Louisville beat Georgia Tech 58-47 on Thursday night. | 4 |
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Stanford | Kiana Williams scored 24 points and Maya Dodson’s excellent defense led Stanford to a 63-60 win over Oregon State. | 5 |
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Connecticut | Megan Walker scored 20 points and collected 11 rebounds as UConn beat UCF 66-53 to secure their 7th straight AAC regular season title. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Maryland | Kaila Charles led Maryland in scoring with 16 points as the Terrapins routed Wisconsin 85-56 for their 12th straight win. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
NC State | It wasn’t easy game for NC State down in Coral Gables on Thursday night but the Wolfpack got back on track with a 50-48 victory. | 12 |
| 9 |  |
Gonzaga | Jill Townsend, Melody Kempton, and Jessie Loera all scored in double figures as Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 64-50 on Saturday. | 14 |
| 10 |  |
DePaul | Sonya Morris scored 22 points and Chante Stonewall added 20 as DePaul beat Georgetown 87-69 before losing 76-58 at Villanova. | 10 |
| 11 |  |
South Dakota | South Dakota locked up the Summit League regular season title as they beat South Dakota State 77-67 on Saturday afternoon. | 15 |
| 12 |  |
UCLA | UCLA had an up and down week as they beat Oregon State on Monday night and beat Wazzu but were then upset by Washington 74-68. | 8 |
| 13 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M continued to strengthen its case to be a 1st and 2nd round NCAA Tournament host as they beat Georgia and Auburn this week. | 19 |
| 14 |  |
Arizona | Arizona settled for a split this week as they beat Utah 85-69 and were outscored 15-0 down the stretch by Colorado in a 50-38 loss. | 9 |
| 15 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky shot 50.7 percent in a 94-52 win at Ole Miss and they also lost 67-58 at home on Sunday against top ranked South Carolina. | 13 |
| 16 |  |
Northwestern | Northwestern keeps on rolling as they beat Nebraska 82-65 and Wisconsin 82-66 to improve to 24-3 overall on the season. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Mississippi State | Mississippi State beat Auburn 92-85 and couldn’t finish the job against Alabama as they lost 66-64 to the Crimson Tide on Sunday. | 11 |
| 18 |  |
Iowa | Monika Czinano and Kathleen Doyle combined for 41 points to lead Iowa to a 100-57 win over Penn State to improve to 22-5 on the season. | 21 |
| 19 |  |
Florida Gulf Coast | Florida Gulf Coast picked up their 200th all-time Atlantic Sun Conference win on Saturday as they defeated NJIT 68-39. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Oregon State | Beavers got back on track on Sunday as they beat Cal 76-63, snapping a four game losing streak that included losses to UCLA and Stanford. | 16 |
| 21 |  |
Missouri State |
Missouri State held serve at home this week as they took care of Evansville 76-62 and then cruised past Indiana State 82-58 on Sunday. | 23 |
| 22 |  |
Florida State | Florida State beat Wake Forest 78-67 but went on the road to Georgia Tech and lost a nail biter to the Yellow Jackets 65-62 on Sunday. |
18 |
| 23 |  |
Princeton | Bella Alarie and Grace Stone paced Princeton to a 87-55 win over Dartmouth as the Tigers pulled away in the second half for the victory. | 24 |
| 24 |  |
TCU | TCU did an excellent job defensively this week as they beat Kansas State 54-52 and Oklahoma State 49-37 to improve to 20-5 overall. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Indiana | Ali Patberg’s 29 points was just enough for Indiana as they went up to Minnesota and beat the Golden Gophers 75-69 on Saturday. | NR |
