The Guru NCAAW Report: No. 1 UCLA Stays Unbeaten With Win at Purdue; Saint Joseph’s Hosts Duquesne While George Mason Visits Richmond in A-10

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

On Monday, there were no games on the radar tracker and just three on Tuesday, but plenty are just ahead.

First, to recap Tuesday, No. 1 UCLA made a Big Ten visit to Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., and used a balance approach to gain an easy 83-49 victory to stay unbeaten at 16-0 overall and 5-0 in its new league.

Lauren Betts scored 17 with seven boards while reserve Timea Gardiner scored 16.

The Boilermakers (7-8, 0-4), yet to win in the conference this season, likewise Rutgers and Penn State, got 16 points from Destini Lombard.

UCLA will be back home in Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles Sunday hosting Northwestern.

 Another of the former PAC-12 newbies played in the league, Washington (12-4, 3-1) back home in Seattle beat Wisconsin 79-58 as Elle Ladine scored 23 points ahead of three others in double figures, including Dalayah Daniels with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

The Badgers (10-6, 1-4) got 19 points from Serah Williams and 11 from Halle Doulass off the bench.

In the Big East, DePaul (8-9, 3-1) won 67-60 at St. John’s (10-5, 0-4) in Carnesecca Arena in Queens, N.Y., as Taylor Johnson-Matthews had 23points for the visitors while Jorie Allen scored 19 with six helpers and Meg Newman had 10 boards.

Ber’nyah had 15 points for the Red Storm, while Lashae Dwyer and Kylie Lavelle each scored 14 points.

Looking Ahead

Locally, Wednesday, it’s a busy night, Saint Joseph’s will look to stay unbeaten in the Atlantic 10 hosting Duquesne at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) at Hagan Arena.

Villanova at 7 p.m. (FloSports) will be at Georgetown in a Big East game in the nation’s capital.

In the Patriot League, Lehigh hosts Colgate at 2 p.m. (ESPN+) in Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa., while nearby, Lafayette hosts Bucknell at 6 p.m. (ESPN+)  in the Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pa.

Rutgers at 8 p.m. (B1G+) will be making a Big Ten visit to Minnesota at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, while Temple at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) in the American Athletic Conference will visit Florida Atlantic.

Nationally, in the Big Ten, No. 4 Southern Cal is at No. 8 Maryland at 8:30 p.m. on FS1; No. 9 Ohio State at 7 p.m. is at No. 25 Michigan, while at 8 p.m. No. 20 Michigan State is at Nebraska.

In the A-10 at 6 p.m. GeorgeMason is at Richmond, while in the Big East, No. 7 Connecticut hosts Xavier at 7:30 p.m. in Hartford.

In the Big 12 at 9 p.m., No. 12 Kansas State is at No. 22 Utah.

And that’s the report.