Field Level Media
22 Jan 2026, 08:55 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Mark Stewart / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Gift Uchenna scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as Wisconsin upset No. 24 Nebraska 63-60 Wednesday in Madison, Wis.
The Badgers (13-7, 5-4 Big Ten) built a 17-15 lead after one quarter before pressing their advantage to 38-25 at the half. A strong second-half push from the Cornhuskers came up short.
Nebraska (14-5, 3-5) actually carried a two-point lead into the fourth quarter, and from the teams went back and forth. The Cornhuskers held a 60-57 lead with 2:12 to play before Kyrah Daniels, who scored 19 points, hit a tying 3-pointer. Daniels then collected an offensive rebound and absorbed a foul, after which she hit a free throw to regain the lead. After a Nebraska turnover, Uchenna provided the final margin with her layup.
The Cornhuskers were powered by Amiah Hargrove's 15 points, Eliza Maupin's 13 and Britt Prince's 11.
No. 14 Baylor 73, UCF 48
The Bears' Taliah Scott posted 22 points on 8-of-18 shooting in a comfortable victory over the Knights in Waco, Texas.
Baylor (18-3, 7-1 Big 12) sprinted out to a 14-4 lead early on, then gradually added to its advantage before attaining its largest lead of the game, 25 points, with the game's final score.
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs chipped in with 13 points and 18 rebounds. UCF (10-9, 2-6), paced by Khyala Ngodu's 11 points and 12 rebounds and Kristol Ayson's 10 points off the becnh, shot just 30% for the game.
No. 22 West Virginia 53, Arizona State 43
Kierra Wheeler's 16 points helped the Mountaineers survive a game of wild swings in a Big 12 win over the Sun Devils in Morgantown, W. Va.
West Virginia (16-4, 6-2) built a 10-point advantage in the first half, then fell behind 37-29 with a little more than a minute left in the third quarter. The Mountaineers chipped that deficit down to three by the end of the period, then outscored Arizona State 19-6 the rest of the way.
Sydney Shaw added 11 points and Gia Cooke had 10 for West Virginia. The Sun Devils (17-3, 4-3) were paced by 15 points apiece from McKinna Brackens and Gabby Elliott.
--Field Level Media
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