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In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws or field goals. [1] In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball, where a player's career is at most four seasons under normal circumstances, it is considered a notable achievement to reach the 1,000-points scored threshold.
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) was founded in 1996 and began play in 1997. [1] The WNBA has kept a record of its win–loss statistics since its inception. There are currently 12 teams that play in the WNBA, and there are also six defunct WNBA teams accounted for in the league's win–loss records.
During the 1976 Summer Olympics, UPI described a 129–63 victory by the Soviet Union over Japan in men's basketball as "the most one-sided blowout of the current Olympic competition.". [25] In the highest scoring performance by any team in Olympic history, the U.S. men's basketball team beat Nigeria 156–73 in the 2012 Olympics. [26]
A women's college basketball team been able to overcome more than a 30-point deficit only one other time. Texas State overcame a 32-point deficit against the University of Texas-San Antonio on Feb ...
The NCAA Division 1 women's basketball tournament has taken place 42 times and was canceled 1 time because of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Out of the past 42 years, UConn and Tennessee have collectively taken 19 of those national titles. UConn has won 11 times and Tennessee has won 8.
Six other players have led Division I women's basketball in scoring twice. Andrea Congreaves (1991–92 and 1992–93) was the first to accomplish this feat, followed by Blodgett (1995–96 and 1996–97), Jackie Stiles (1999–2000 and 2000–01), Alysha Clark (2008–09 and 2009–10), Jerica Coley (2012–13 and 2013–14), and Megan ...
The ACC was rife with women's basketball upsets Thursday as three ranked teams fell to unranked opponents, including No. 4 NC State in a blowout. ... Duke secured another blowout upset in a 63-46 ...
In front of thousands of screaming school children on field trip day, OU women's basketball put on a show, breaking the program single-game scoring record.