The junior center averaged 27.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and six blocks to help top-ranked UCLA beat Baylor, Rutgers and Maryland last week.

A few weeks ago on this column, we discussed the idea that the Player of the Year race was between two players: Juju Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo. The next week,

UCLA's Lauren Betts has near-perfect performance, reaches 1,000 career points in top-10 win over Maryland Isabel Gonzalez Notre Dame and USC remain at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while Texas rose to No.