The 2023-24 regular season is almost over, but things are not slowing down in the women’s college basketball world. We saw plenty of upsets this week — two of them courtesy of Duke — and also new records set.
While Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is just 51 points away from becoming the NCAA’s overall leading scorer, she is not the only one making moves. Syracuse’s Dyaisha Fair is now No. 5 on the NCAA women’s scoring list after passing Brittney Griner’s 3,282 career points.
Meanwhile, JuJu Watkins continues to establish herself as of the best players in USC history as she’s up to 12 games with at least 30 points in her freshman season. She is officially the program’s top scoring freshman with 705 points. Watkins is arguably the nation’s top freshman in what’s proved to be a transcendent class, and the same can be said about Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo, who gave us our Bucket of the Week.
Here are some of the top moments from the past week, as well as some of the main storylines and games to watch over the coming days:
Bucket of the Week: Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Hidalgo is the third-leading scorer in the nation with just under 24 points per game. The freshman is quick, dynamic and makes buckets like…