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UCLA forward Angela Dugalic smiles and high fives teammates amid win over Ohio State.

UCLA’s mental toughness, then and now

By Cameron Ruby / February 7, 2025

Cori Close: ‘I don’t really think we try to focus on the pressure of being No. 1’

A basketball and trophy are displayed at the 2022 Big South basketball media days in Charlotte, N.C. (Mitchell Northam / The Next)

Gardner-Webb remaining silent as head coach Scott Merritt is dismissed

By Mitchell Northam / February 6, 2025

After less than two seasons on the job in the Big South, Scott Merritt is out as Gardner-Webb’s head basketball coach

Four Niagara women's basketball players (in black) huddle around each other while freshman guard Nevaeh Otis (No. 1, center) looks to her right and has her hands on her hips. (Photo credit: Demetrius Kazanas).

How Niagara is trying to find silver linings in its one-win season

By Ben Yeargin / February 6, 2025

Pierce: ‘We’re learning lessons here, and we just got to start to figure it out and put it together’

Kim Caldwell puts a hand on Talaysia Cooper's left shoulder

SEC notebook: UConn-Tennessee clash in battle of bluebloods, ranked tests for Texas, things we learned in Week 5 

By Wilton Jackson / February 6, 2025

Caldwell: ‘[Tennessee-UConn] took over your whole week when that game was on the schedule’

Alabama State's Cordasia Harris goes to the basket in a February 2024 game against the University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff. (Photo credit: David Campbell/Alabama State University

Alabama State’s board boss, Cordasia Harris, is always dressed to dominate

By Rob Knox / February 5, 2025

Alabama State head coach Freeman Jackson: ‘She’s always been a double-double machine’

The Weekly Fast Break: Honoring royalty

By Missy Heidrick / February 5, 2025

Conference showdowns, record-setting games and clean sweeps

Renee Montgomery has many roles and here she's preparing for a broadcast. (Photo credit: Roku)

With purpose and passion, Renee Montgomery is shattering glass ceilings and changing the world

By Rob Knox / February 4, 2025

Montgomery: ‘I take being a role model very seriously’

UCLA’s Elina Aarnisalo goes up for a left-handed layup. No defender is in position to contest her shot.

Meet Elina Aarnisalo, UCLA’s impact freshman

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / February 3, 2025

Cori Close: ‘When she gets the opportunity and the light, she will shine’

Drexel's Amaris Baker splits a pair of Towson defenders and dribbles inside the arc.

‘She’s relentless’: How Drexel’s Amaris Baker became the CAA’s leading scorer

By Rob Knox / February 3, 2025

Baker: ‘You just read the defense. You never want to fight it’

Caitlin Clark jersey retirement from Iowa

Sights and sounds: Caitlin Clark jersey retirement at Iowa

By Angie Holmes / February 3, 2025

Clark’s return electrifies crowd — and team — as Hawkeyes upset USC