Week three of NCAA women’s basketball featured the strongest slate of games so far in the non-conference season. The weekend included two games, played only miles apart, between four of the top six teams in the country,

Gone was the overall 43-game winning streak. Done was the run of 33 consecutive road victories. And the No. 1 ranking it’s held for 23 consecutive polls will disappear Monday. “This is what we usually do to teams,” coach Dawn Staley said. “We were on the receiving end of it.”

No. 5 UCLA pulled off something no team has been able to do since the 2023 NCAA Tournament -- it defeated No. 1 South Carolina. And soundly. The Bruins downed t