College Basketball Capsules - Women: Baylor still No. 1 in AP poll; BYU enters
Baylor remains the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll. BYU, though, joins the Top 25 for the first time in five seasons.
The Lady Bears received all the first-place votes Monday for the eighth straight week after beating Texas Tech and Kansas State. Baylor visits Oklahoma before hosting Kansas.
Notre Dame, Connecticut, Stanford and Duke followed the Lady Bears. The Irish host No. 7 Tennessee on Monday night. Kentucky was sixth. Maryland, Ohio State and Miami round out the first 10.
BYU entered the poll tied at No. 23. The Lady Cougars, who were last ranked on Nov. 27, 2006, visit Seattle and Santa Clara this week. Gonzaga returned at 22, giving the West Coast Conference two teams in the Top 25 for the first time ever.
Kansas State and Vanderbilt dropped out of the poll.
Women's AP Poll
The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Baylor (40) | 19-0 | 1,000 | 1 |
| 2. Notre Dame | 19-1 | 960 | 2 |
| 3. UConn | 17-2 | 913 | 3 |
| 4. Stanford | 17-1 | 884 | 4 |
| 5. Duke | 16-2 | 836 | 5 |
| 6. Kentucky | 18-2 | 793 | 6 |
| 7. Tennessee | 14-4 | 713 | 9 |
| 8. Maryland | 18-2 | 699 | 8 |
| 9. Ohio St. | 19-1 | 694 | 10 |
| 10. Miami | 16-3 | 635 | 11 |
| 11. Rutgers | 16-3 | 612 | 7 |
| 12. Green Bay | 17-0 | 542 | 12 |
| 13. Purdue | 16-3 | 485 | 13 |
| 14. Texas A&M | 13-4 | 468 | 14 |
| 15. Delaware | 16-1 | 429 | 16 |
| 16. Louisville | 16-4 | 417 | 18 |
| 17. Georgia | 16-4 | 391 | 15 |
| 18. Penn St. | 15-4 | 302 | 22 |
| 19. Nebraska | 16-3 | 259 | 20 |
| 20. Georgetown | 15-5 | 249 | 19 |
| 21. Texas Tech | 14-4 | 156 | 17 |
| 22. Gonzaga | 17-3 | 138 | — |
| 23. BYU | 18-3 | 60 | — |
| 23. DePaul | 14-5 | 60 | 21 |
| 25. North Carolina | 14-5 | 47 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 46, St. Bonaventure 42, Oklahoma 32, South Carolina 28, Kansas St. 27, Michigan 13, Kansas 12, Princeton 10, Arkansas 9, California 9, St. John's 8, Florida Gulf Coast 4, LSU 4, NC State 4, Saint Mary's (Cal) 3, Vanderbilt 3, San Diego St. 2, Fresno St. 1, UTEP 1.
Big 12
Texas A&M to visit Oklahoma State for women's game
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Cowgirls will return to the basketball court against No. 14 Texas A&M. Tuesday's Big 12 Conference game comes after the Aggies (13-4, 4-2 Big 12) beat Kansas 76-65 in Lawrence and Oklahoma State (11-4, 3-3) defeated Missouri 62-58 over the weekend.
Oklahoma State holds a 21-20 advantage in the all-time series between the teams, but the Aggies have won three in a row and 14 of the last 16.
Top 25
Capsules: Diggins scores 27 as Notre Dame crushes Tennessee
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Skylar Diggins matched a season high with 27 points Monday night and No. 2 Notre Dame routed No. 7 Tennessee 72-44, holding the Vols to their lowest scoring output in modern school history.
Devereaux Peters had 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Irish (20-1), who have won 17 straight. Tennessee (14-5) got 13 points from Meighan Simmons, but shot just 27.9 percent in the lopsided loss.
The Vols made just 17 of 61 field-goal attempts and were only 7 for 16 from the free-throw line. According to the school press guide, Tennessee lost to Louisiana Tech 69-46 in the Final Four in 1982 and fell to Belmont 77-45 in January 1976.
Notre Dame was 0-20 all-time against the Vols before a 73-59 victory in the NCAA regional finals last March in Dayton, Ohio. The Irish haven't lost since Nov. 20 to top-ranked Baylor and have now beaten both UConn and Tennessee on their home floor this season after toppling both in last year's NCAA tournament.
NO. 10 MIAMI 79, VIRGINIA TECH 48
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Stefanie Yderstrom scored 22 points to lead Miami to an easy win over Virginia Tech.
The Hurricanes (17-1, 6-1 ACC) were never threatened after opening the game on a 15-1 run in the first 4:10. Shenise Johnson led Miami's early scoring surge with nine points. Later in the first half, Miami scored 11 unanswered points during a 3:15 span and increased its lead to 38-11. Maria Brown's basket with 4:51 remaining ended the spurt.
Johnson finished with 18 points and Shawnice Wilson scored 12 points for Miami, which won its 35th consecutive home game.
Monet Tellier scored 18 points to lead the Hokies (6-14, 2-5).
NO. 13 PURDUE 67, MICHIGAN ST. 49
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Alex Guyton and Chelsea Jones each scored 12 points to help Purdue defeat Michigan State.
Brittany Rayburn scored 11 points, KK Houser finished with 10 and Courtney Moses added eight points and six assists for the Boilermakers (17-3, 7-0), who won their 10th straight and remained alone atop the Big Ten standings.
Lykendra Johnson had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Kiana Johnson added 14 points for the Spartans (12-8, 4-3), who lost their third straight after a 4-0 start in league play.
Purdue held Michigan State to 28.1 percent shooting and a season-low points total. The Boilermakers have held every opponent under 38 percent shooting during their winning streak.
UConn forward freshman of the week for sixth time
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been named the Big East's freshman of the week for a sixth time this season.
The 6-foot forward from Anaheim, Calif. averaged almost 17 points and seven rebounds a game in wins over North Carolina, Cincinnati and DePaul.
She led the team Saturday and tied a season-high with 25 points in the 88-44 win over the Blue Demons, hitting five of her seven 3-point attempts.
Mosqueda-Lewis has hit 50 shots from 3-point range this season, and is on track to break the school's freshman record of 73 set by Maya Moore in the 2007-08 season.
