Big Ten Women’s Basketball opened the 2026-27 season with a 35-6 record in non-conference play, marked by star performances on the international stage, marquee wins, and more. Check out some of the highlights: 

• Starting the season in Paris, France, No. 20 Maryland fell just shy of coming back to beat No. 1 South Carolina. The Terps trailed by as much as 31 and cut the deficit down to six, thanks to a career-high 35 points from Addi Mack. Mack’s 35 were the most of any Big Ten player during opening week. Maryland returned home to beat George Mason on Sunday. More here.  

• JuJu Watkins took the court for No. 3 USC for the first time in 588 days on Monday, and promptly scored 21 points in 21 minutes. Then on Sunday, she tallied 32 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds as the Trojans improved to 2-0. 

• No. 5 Michigan earned the highest-ranked win in program history, taking down No. 2 UConn on Thursday night. Te’Yala Delfosse scored a career-high 22 points to lead the Wolverines.  

• No. 10 Iowa tallied wins over Towson and Eastern Illinois at Carver-Hawkeye but fell to UConn on Sunday.  

• The one-two punch of Jaloni Cambridge and Elsa Lemmilä has No. 18 Ohio State off to a 3-0 start. Cambridge is averaging 20.7 points per game and Lemmilä is averaging 16.3 ppg on 18-of-19 shooting from the field (94.7%). The Buckeyes will be the third Big Ten team to face UConn in a week’s time when they welcome the Huskies to Schottenstein Center on Thursday (6:30 p.m. ET on FS1). 

• No. 23 Illinois has been dominant in its first two outings, outscoring its opponents by an average of 52.5 points. Four players are averaging double figures, including Cearah Parchment (20 ppg). 

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