By james art 
No. 2 South Carolina Beats No. 5 LSU: In one of the most electric games of the basketball season in college, South Carolina took the victory at home against another opponent of the top 5, LSU. It was the first loss this season for LSU, which now has a record of 20-1. The 19-1 Gamecocks won 66-56 at home against LSU, continuing their now winning series of 69 games at their home arena. As a result, LSU dropped to No. 7 in the new ranking published on Monday.
Joyce Edwards led South Carolina from the bench, scoring 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 theft and 1 block. Sanya Fegin scored 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 thefts and 3 blocks. The big difference in this game is reduced to depth – LSU scored only 2 points on the bench, while South Carolina scored 31 from the bench. Aneesah Morrow was the best LSU performer with 15 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 LSU thefts.
As for the SEC game, LSU is now 5-1 in the conference game, while South Carolina is unbeaten at 7-0. LSU still has to play # 13 Oklahoma, No. 18 Tennessee, No. 5 Texas, No. 12 Kentucky and No. 22 Alabama, while heading for a difficult back-end at the schedule of their conference.
Ta’niya Latson with the incredible game: Ta’niya Latson has been on our radars for some time, but she has been the star of the Florida No. 25 victory over No. 15 North Carolina. At that time, Florida was still unbridled and North Carolina was sitting at number 13.
By scoring 25 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 theft in the game, it was Latson’s last bucket that made the titles. In a play he saw here a pump and crossed two defenders, then broke two more defenders to make the uneven arrangement fall into the basket, Latson looked like a superhero. This game would be an instant classic at any moment in the game, but the fact that this basket is the beating of the Zumer to win the victory of Florida and a place in the ranking has made everything sweeter. Florida won 86-84 over North Carolina and was rewarded with ranking No. 25 until Monday.
Ta’niya Latson, I’m silent
Patience, control and suspension time
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– Mark Schindler (@mg_schindler) January 26, 2025
State Florida and Vanderbilt do the ranking: Speaking of Florida, he finally received the rankings they deserve, another team managed to break into the ranking – No. 23 Vanderbilt, which was on the edge of the top 25 times of the season. Their young duet, Michael Blax and Hamil Pierre, put Vanderbilt on the map. Finally, it was a ranked victory over No. 19 Alabama, 66-64, which pushed them over the edge and in the top 25. Blex scored 33 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 thefts while Pier and 5 thefts, making 10 free throws and shooting 10 on 21 of the field, making three beyond the rainbow.
No. 10 Duke vs.17 NC State: Monday, February 4, 19:00 EST
In battle with the top 25, these two teams are incredibly intriguing. The NC State is trying to repeat the running that continued last season, reaching the final four of Mark Madness before losing to South Carolina. Duke on the other hand is a young team with a lot of potential. Freshman Toby Funnie begins to find his foot as a blue devil, an average of 12.7 points and 5.7 struggles per match from the bench. Her best game of the season was against Virginia Tech when she scored 27 points with 9 rebounds, shooting 12 of 17 of the bench. It is great that she gets time to adapt to NCAA to play in a Duke team, where she will continue to grow in importance to her team throughout her career. The 6-foot-2 striker outside Canada came in with speed and agility that make it fast, but as it continues to grow in effect, it will become so much more dominant.
No. 1 UCLA vs. 8 Ohio: Wednesday, February 5, 9:30 pm ET
The Top 10 match is always something that needs to be baptized in the calendar. As the BIG 10 teams continue to apply to USC and UCLA supplements to the conference, La Trip has become something like a stall in college basketball. Ucla is dominant, but it just means that they now have a goal on their backs, as teams throw the best of them with the hope of disorder. The Ohio state will definitely do it through their suffocating defense schemes. They often unleash a full vessel press on their opponents, guarding them from incoming to the basket when pressed, which may make mistakes. One of the most memorable applications of this protection was in the NCAA tournament in 2023, when they were able to upset Uconn in the Sweet Sixteen. If mixed properly with a consistent violation, Ohio has the opportunity to beat every team in the country.
We mentioned the guard of the freshman outside Vanderbilt many times, but Blax informs the Basketball College. Everything from winners in the game to leading disorders against opponents with a higher ranking, Blax is already a name to remember. Only a freshman, there is so much view of what he could do in his other years of legal capacity.
Blax is an average of 21 points per game, helping Vanderbilt put in the top 25. Her best match of the season came to her SEC debut when she scored 36 points against Georgia to help Vanderbilt win 108-82. She also shoots 45.5 percent of the terrain, a number that will only handle experience.
It can become one of the most famous shootings in the country in the next few seasons.