The No. 10-ranked Oklahoma women's basketball team broke even last week in a challenging start to SEC play. OU (13-2, 1-1 SEC) suffered an 80-73 home loss to No. 6 Texas on Thursday. It then earned an 87-86 road win over No.

Oklahoma won its first SEC game over women's basketball blue-blood Tennessee, handing the Lady Vols their first loss of the season.

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Coach Jennie Baranczyk and the 10th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners face the sixth-ranked Texas Longhorns on Thursday night in the SEC opener in Norman.

Mississippi State women's basketball is off to a poor start in SEC play but remains in the latest NCAA tournament field projections. The Bulldogs (13-3, 0-2 SEC) were pummeled in both of their conference games by Kentucky and South Carolina.