College Basketball Capsules - Women: Baylor still No. 1 in AP poll
Baylor remains the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll. The Lady Bears received all the first-place votes Monday for the ninth straight week after routing Oklahoma and Kansas. Baylor visits Missouri and Kansas State this week.
Notre Dame, Connecticut, Stanford and Duke followed the Lady Bears. Connecticut and Duke play each other on Monday night. Kentucky was sixth. Miami, Tennessee, Maryland and Green Bay round out the first 10. It is the highest ranking ever for the Phoenix, who along with Baylor are the only unbeaten teams left in Division I.
Georgia Tech entered the poll for the first time this season at No. 24. The Yellow Jackets host N.C. State on Thursday. DePaul dropped out of the top 25.
Women's AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 29, 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) | 21-0 | 1,000 | 1 |
| 2. Notre Dame | 21-1 | 960 | 2 |
| 3. UConn | 19-2 | 916 | 3 |
| 4. Stanford | 18-1 | 882 | 4 |
| 5. Duke | 17-2 | 834 | 5 |
| 6. Kentucky | 20-2 | 808 | 6 |
| 7. Miami | 19-3 | 738 | 10 |
| 8. Tennessee | 16-5 | 693 | 7 |
| 9. Maryland | 18-3 | 635 | 8 |
| 10. Green Bay | 19-0 | 615 | 12 |
| 11. Ohio St. | 20-2 | 614 | 9 |
| 12. Delaware | 18-1 | 520 | 15 |
| 13. Rutgers | 17-4 | 516 | 11 |
| 14. Louisville | 17-4 | 501 | 16 |
| 15. Purdue | 18-4 | 407 | 13 |
| 16. Nebraska | 18-3 | 400 | 19 |
| 17. Georgetown | 17-5 | 378 | 20 |
| 18. Texas A&M | 14-5 | 352 | 14 |
| 19. Penn St. | 16-5 | 221 | 18 |
| 20. Gonzaga | 19-3 | 217 | 22 |
| 21. Georgia | 16-6 | 154 | 17 |
| 22. BYU | 20-3 | 136 | 23 |
| 23. North Carolina | 16-5 | 94 | 25 |
| 24. Georgia Tech | 16-6 | 79 | — |
| 25. Texas Tech | 15-5 | 70 | 21 |
Others receiving votes: St. Bonaventure 61, DePaul 53, South Carolina 48, California 18, Kansas St. 13, Arkansas 12, Princeton 11, St. John's 9, Florida Gulf Coast 8, Oklahoma 6, Kansas 5, San Diego St. 5, Fresno St. 4, UTEP 4, Vanderbilt 2, Michigan St. 1.
Top 25
No. 3 UConn women top No. 5 Duke
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Bria Hartley scored 15 points and No. 3 Connecticut beat No. 5 Duke 61-45 on Monday night to snap the Blue Devils' 34-game winning streak at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Caroline Doty added 11 points for the Huskies (20-2). They shot 45 percent, held Duke to a season-low 24.6 percent shooting and forced 19 consecutive missed shots during a critical stretch of roughly 12 minutes en route to their 10th straight win.
Chelsea Gray scored 13 points for the Blue Devils (17-3), who had won 11 straight overall. It was their first loss at Cameron since UConn visited two years ago.
Elizabeth Williams added 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting for Duke.
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Rutgers G Rushdan to miss Irish game
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Senior guard Khadijah Rushdan has suffered a mild concussion and will miss No. 13 Rutgers' game against No. 2 Notre Dame on Tuesday.
The Big East school said that Rushdan underwent standard concussion screening on Monday and was ruled out. She will be re-evaluated daily. Rushdan was injured with 5:33 left in the first half of Rutgers' 54-36 loss at Georgetown on Sunday.
The Wilmington, Del. resident has started 40 consecutive games for the Scarlet Knights, including 21 this season. She is second in scoring, averaging 12.7 points. She also leads Rutgers with 3.6 assists per game.
News & Notes
Vandy's Foggie, Schrann take SEC weekly awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Vanderbilt women have swept the Southeastern Conference's weekly honors with Christina Foggie named player of the week and Kady Schrann named the top freshman.
This is the second such honor for Foggie. She scored 34 points in helping Vanderbilt upset then-No. 17 Georgia 68-48 she shot 50 percent from the floor and hit 7 of 16 3-pointers. The sophomore guard from Mount Laurel, N.J., scored all 14 points in the second half helping the Commodores beat LSU 81-72. Foggie leads Vanderbilt and the SEC scoring 18.2 points per game.
Schrann scored 29 points against LSU. The freshman guard hit 11 of 15 from the floor, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, in posting a career-high. The freshman also matched a season-high with six assists against Georgia.
