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SEC Women’s Basketball Stays Perfect in Week 1 as Alabama Moves to 3-0 and Florida’s Kiyomi McMiller Drops 42
Every SEC women’s basketball team is still unbeaten after Thursday night, with Alabama improving to 3-0, Florida riding a career-high 42 points from Kiyomi McMiller past UCF, and LSU, Tennessee and Texas A&M all winning big before a Friday and weekend slate headlined by the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte.
Results — Monday, November 2: Alcorn State at Ole Miss, W 80-38; South Carolina vs Maryland, W 101-93; Lipscomb at Vanderbilt, W 112-53; North Carolina vs Oklahoma, W 91-79; West Georgia at Georgia, W 92-53; Bucknell at Florida, W 83-60; Morehead State at Kentucky, W 85-42; Duquesne at Tennessee, W 109-62; Southeastern Louisiana at LSU, W 129-35; Queens at Alabama, W 92-56; Alabama State at Auburn, W 84-35; New Orleans at Arkansas, W 127-48; Howard at Missouri, W 91-88 (OT); UAPB at Texas A&M, W 77-54.
Tuesday, November 3: North Alabama at Mississippi State, W 68-27.
Wednesday, November 4: New Orleans at Alabama, W 118-45; Queens at Vanderbilt, W 100-42; Fairleigh Dickinson at Texas, W 85-65.
Thursday, November 5: UCF at Florida, W 95-65; Northern Kentucky at Kentucky, W 79-28; Winthrop at Georgia, W 75-40; North Alabama at Ole Miss, W 72-51; Tennessee at Coppin State, W 98-60; Alabama A&M at Alabama, W 96-43; Southern Miss at Auburn, W 56-48; Texas Southern at LSU, W 131-22; Louisiana at Texas A&M, W 62-51.
Standings: Alabama is 3-0 overall. Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt are all 2-0. Arkansas, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas are all 1-0. All teams are 0-0 in conference play.
Upcoming: Friday, November 6 — Northwestern State at Arkansas (11:30 a.m. ET) and Missouri at Little Rock (8 p.m.). Saturday, November 7 — LSU New Orleans at Texas A&M (12 p.m.) and Northern Colorado at Texas (8 p.m.). Sunday, November 8 highlights include Alabama at Tulane (1 p.m., ESPN2), NC State vs Kentucky (3 p.m., ESPN2) and South Carolina vs North Carolina (5:30 p.m., ESPN) in the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte, plus Nicholls at Georgia, Florida at Chattanooga, Mississippi State at UT Martin and Morgan State at Oklahoma. Monday, November 9 — Tennessee Tech at Missouri, Kansas City at Arkansas and Morehead State at Vanderbilt.
Conference notes:
- Madison Booker (Texas) and Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt) were named Associated Press Preseason All-Americans. Clara Strack (Kentucky) and Joyce Edwards (South Carolina) received votes.
- Florida’s Kiyomi McMiller went off for a career-high 42 points in the 95-65 win over in-state foe UCF. McMiller’s 42 points were the fourth most in Gators’ history, and her seven made threes were tied for the third most. She also became just the fifth player in the program’s history to score 30 or more points in back-to-back games.
- Jessica Peterson notched her first Auburn double-double, finishing with 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting and 19 rebounds, helping lead the Tigers to a hard-fought 56-48 win over Southern Miss.
- Kentucky senior Asia Boone surpassed 100 UK career 3s with her 5-of-9 shooting effort from downtown in the win over Northern Kentucky.
- The Southeastern Conference has seven teams in the Associated Press Top 25, including a nation best, four in the top 10.
- South Carolina has the longest active AP Poll streak in the conference with 269 weeks. LSU is next at 97, with Texas (70), Oklahoma (51), Kentucky (42), Ole Miss (24) and Vanderbilt (21) all in double digits.
- Tennessee has been ranked the most at 810 times, with Texas (663), Georgia (560), LSU (461), South Carolina (404), Vanderbilt (368) and Oklahoma (365) in the Top 25.
- Seven SEC teams are also listed in the USA Today Coaches Poll, including four in the top 10.
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SEC Women’s Basketball Opens With 15 Wins in Week 1 Package Headlined by LSU, Arkansas and Vanderbilt Century Mark Games
The SEC opened the women’s basketball season with a near clean sweep in its Week 1 package, with fifteen league teams standing 1-0, LSU putting up 129 points, Arkansas 127 and Vanderbilt 112, and Texas still to open on Wednesday night.
Weekly schedule — November 2 (Monday) results: Alcorn State at Ole Miss, W 80-38; South Carolina vs Maryland, W 101-93; Lipscomb at Vanderbilt, W 112-53; North Carolina vs Oklahoma, W 91-79; West Georgia at Georgia, W 92-53; Bucknell at Florida, W 83-60; Morehead State at Kentucky, W 85-42; Duquesne at Tennessee, W 109-62; Southeastern Louisiana at LSU, W 129-35; Queens at Alabama, W 92-56; Alabama State at Auburn, W 84-35; New Orleans at Arkansas, W 127-48; Howard at Missouri, W 91-88 (OT); UAPB at Texas A&M, W 77-54.
November 3 (Tuesday): North Alabama at Mississippi State, W 68-27.
Conference standings after Week 1 openers: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt are all 1-0 overall (0-0 conference), each on a W1 streak. Texas is 0-0 and opens Wednesday.
Upcoming: November 4 (Wednesday) — New Orleans at Alabama 7 p.m. ET, Queens at Vanderbilt 7:30 p.m. ET, Fairleigh Dickinson at Texas 8 p.m. ET, all on SECN+. November 5 slate includes UCF at Florida, Northern Kentucky at Kentucky, Winthrop at Georgia, North Alabama at Ole Miss, Tennessee at Coppin State, Alabama A&M at Alabama, Southern Miss at Auburn, Texas Southern at LSU and Louisiana at Texas A&M. November 8 (Sunday) highlights include NC State vs Kentucky and South Carolina vs North Carolina, both on ESPN2 / ESPN in the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte.
Conference notes from the package:
- South Carolina has the longest active AP Poll streak in the conference with 269 weeks. LSU is next at 97, with Texas (70), Oklahoma (51), Kentucky (42), Ole Miss (24) and Vanderbilt (21) all in double digits.
- Tennessee has been ranked the most at 810 times, with Texas (663), Georgia (560), LSU (461), South Carolina (404), Vanderbilt (368) and Oklahoma (365) in the Top 25.
- Seven SEC teams are also listed in the USA Today Coaches Poll, including four in the top 10.
- Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year watch list names in the package include Clara Strack, Kentucky; MiLaysia Fulwiley, LSU; Jada Williams, LSU; Mikaylah Williams, LSU; and Aaliyah Chavez, Oklahoma.
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