Latest Women's college basketball News
K-State women picked as Big 12 favorite by coaches, Wildcats C Ayoka Lee the top player
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas State graduate center Ayoka Lee has been tabbed the Big 12 women's preseason player of the year, and the Wildcats were picked as the team favored to win the league in a vote of the conference's 16 coaches that was revealed Thursday. In the preseason...
USC's Juju Watkins ready to take college torch with Caitlin Clark in WNBA
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Juju Watkins starred with Joel Embiid in an AT&T commercial and threw out a first pitch at a Dodgers game. Another big opportunity is at hand. Southern California's sensational sophomore has a chance to grab the torch that Caitlin Clark...
Defending national champion South Carolina sells out of season tickets
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is already on the way to leading women's college basketball in average attendance for an 11th straight season. The defending national champion Gamecocks announced Wednesday they had sold out their allotment of season tickets, a program-record...
Affolter, a key in Iowa's run to national title game, is out until early November after knee surgery
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sydney Affolter, who played a key role in Iowa's run to a second straight national championship game last season, underwent knee surgery and will be out until early November, coach Jan Jensen said Tuesday. Affolter started the final nine games in place of the...
UCLA, Baylor, Texas and Maryland will play in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic
UCLA will play Baylor and Texas will face Maryland in a women's basketball doubleheader in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic in January. The games will be played in New Jersey at the Prudential Center on Jan. 20, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Coretta...
South Carolina's Staley says Watkins remains suspended as her charges play out
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said nothing has changed with the status of suspended forward Ashlyn Watkins and she's unsure when or if her player would be available for the season. Watkins is a 6-foot-3 junior from Columbia who was arrested Aug. 31 and...
Canadian hoop star Natalie Achonwa heads to Michigan to continue her basketball career
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Canadian basketball star Natalie Achonwa is taking the next step in her hoop career. The four-time Olympian was named the assistant coach of player development for Michigan's women’s basketball team earlier this week. Achonwa said that while...
Gonzaga coach Lisa Fortier says she's been undergoing treatment for breast cancer
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga coach Lisa Fortier announced Tuesday that she has been undergoing treatment for breast cancer but intends on coaching the upcoming season. Fortier made the announcement on Gonzaga’s social media pages and said she was first diagnosed in February, a...
South Carolina basketball star Ashlyn Watkins is charged with assault and kidnapping
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina national championship-winning forward Ashlyn Watkins was arrested Saturday on charges of assault and battery and kidnapping. Online judicial records for Richland County show that Watkins was granted a $30,000 personal recognizance bond. She was...
Coco Gauff comes back at the US Open and beats Elina Svitolina. Emma Navarro is next
NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff was not aware that she'd lost five consecutive matches against opponents ranked in the top 50. She was not sure exactly how many points in a row she'd dropped — 11, it turns out — to give away the first set against Elina Svitolina in the U.S. Open’s third round on...
