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No. 5 UCLA defeated top-ranked South Carolina 77-62 on Nov. 24, 2024, ending a 43-game winning streak for the defending national champion. The Gamecocks hadn't lost since March 31, 2023, to Iowa in the national semifinals. The 15-point loss marked the Gamecocks' largest defeat since falling by 25 to eventual national champion Baylor in the 2019 Sweet 16. It also ended South Carolina's 33-game road winning streak, which dated to December 2021. The Bruins entered the top-five clash 0-20 in program history against teams ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Though the Gamecocks' 43-game winning streak was impressive, it fell short of the longest in the history of the sport. In 2025, NYU closed out the regular season on a 55-game winning streak, and they'll be hoping to add to the tally in the Division III NCAA tournament. Here are the longest overall winning streaks in women's college basketball history: 111 games Connecticut, 2014-2017 90 games Connecticut, 2008-2010 81 games Washington (St. Louis, Missouri) (Division III), 1998-2001 73 games Ashland (Division II), 2016-2018 70 games Connecticut, 2001-2003 68 games Amherst (Division III), 2016-2018 64 games Transylvania (Division III), 2022-2024 62 games NYU (Division III), 2023-active 61 games Hope (Division III), 2019-2022 Thomas More (Division III), 2015-2017 60 games Capital (Division III), 1994-1995 58 games DePauw (Division III), 2012-2014 54 games Louisiana Tech, 1980-1982 53 games FDU-Florham (Division III), 2013-2015 51 games Washburn (Division II), 2005-2006 50 games Amherst (Division III), 2011-2012 49 games North Dakota State (Division II), 1994-1995 47 games Connecticut, 2013-2015 46 games Tennessee, 1996-1998 44 games Hope (Division III), 2005-2007 43 games South Carolina, 2023-2024 Check out the ESPN women's college basketball hub page for the latest news, analysis, schedules, rankings and more.
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