Latest Women's college basketball News
Iowa needed a veteran guard, and Lucy Olsen and her mid-range game was a good fit
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa found an experienced point guard in the spring to fill Caitlin Clark’s position. But while Villanova transfer Lucy Olsen finished only a couple of spots behind Clark in the rankings of the nation’s leading scorers last season, her offensive game is...
USC star JuJu Watkins agrees to extension of her sneaker endorsement deal with Nike
LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Nike that will give the Southern California star one of women's basketball's biggest sneaker endorsement deals. A first-team All-American after a record-setting freshman season, the guard from Los...
Olivia Miles has fought back from a knee injury. She's set to return in Notre Dame's star backcourt
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There were plenty of days that Olivia Miles felt the pangs of frustration building alongside the pain and soreness, all part of the Notre Dame All-American point guard's push to rehab her way back from a serious knee injury. Sometimes it came during the...
DePaul coach Doug Bruno on medical leave with assistant Jill Pizzotti taking over as interim coach
CHICAGO (AP) — DePaul women's basketball coach Doug Bruno will be away from the team indefinitely after he suffered a medical incident last month, the school announced Monday. The 73-year-old Bruno is at home recovering and will return to the team when he's able. Jill M. Pizzotti...
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...
