Conference play in women’s basketball opens this week for several conferences including an ACC battle between No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 6 Virginia Tech.
Here’s five games to keep your eye on this week:
1) No. 10 UCLA at Southern California — Thursday, Dec. 15
- When: 10 p.m. ET, Thursday
- Stream: Pac-12 Los Angeles (subscription required)
- Storyline to follow: Cross-town rivalry matchup
Rivalry games are always fun to watch, and this matchup between No. 10 UCLA and USC should be really fun.
Thursday’s game opens conference play for the Los Angeles Pac-12 teams.
The Trojans ride into the game undefeated (9-0), ranking second nationwide in defense but have yet to play a Power Five school. Meanwhile, UCLA (9-1) has one blemish after a 73-64 loss to No. 1 South Carolina that seriously tested the defending champions.
A win for USC would break a six-game losing streak to UCLA and solidify the Trojans as an undefeated team with a top-10 upset win on the schedule.
RANKINGS: See the latest women’s basketball AP poll
2) No. 16 Creighton vs. No. 21 Arkansas
- When: 2 p.m. ET, Saturday
- Stream: FloSports (subscription required)
- Storyline to follow: Start of tough schedules
No. 16 Creighton versus No. 21 Arkansas kicks off four different ranked…
