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The 2025–26 college basketball season has barely begun, but the impact of the nation's top freshmen is already undeniable. Touted as one of the deepest recruiting classes in recent memory, these first-year players have quickly shed their rookie status,
The biggest mistake any of us made when talking about college basketball's freshman class this preseason is how we mostly framed it as a great class led by a big three of Darryn Peterson (Kansas), AJ Dybantsa (BYU) and Cameron Boozer (Duke),
That 172-point performance by the Grace College Lancers set a new women's record that tops what any NCAA DI, DII, DIII or NAIA school has ever scored. The previous record in a game was 159 points, held by both Grambling and Oklahoma Baptist.
Vanderbilt women's basketball remained at No. 19 in the AP Poll after defeating Cal in its season opener in the Oui-Play Paris event. The Commodores (1-0) won that game, 74-65, as Mikayla Blakes scored 27 points. Their home opener against Furman is at Memorial Gymnasium on Nov. 10 (6 p.m. CT, SEC Network).
One of the risers into the top five was Duke. The Blue Devils jumped two spots to No. 4 after a win over Texas in the first game of the Cameron Boozer era. UConn moved up one spot to No. 3 after blowout wins over New Haven and UMass Lowell to open the season.
Athena Tomlinson dished out a career-high 10 assists with 10 points for her first-career double-double on Wednesday.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU Cougars head coach Kevin Young talks to forward AJ Dybantsa (3) during a break in the action, in basketball action between the BYU Cougars and the Holy Cross Crusaders at the Marriott Center in Provo, on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2025.
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