Has an NCAA Women's Basketball game ever ended 53-42?

It has. 53-42 has been a NCAA Women's Basketball final 38 times in 129,040 games. The first was New Mexico State Aggies beat Air Force Falcons on November 26, 2004; the latest was South Dakota Coyotes beat Denver Pioneers on February 5, 2026.

Where 53-42 sits among nearby NCAA Women's Basketball scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 53-42 the 930th most common final score out of 3,854 that have ever occurred in NCAA Women's Basketball. One point away, 54-42 has happened 41 times and 53-43 has happened 61 times.

Every 53-42 in NCAA Women's Basketball history

Date	Result	Season
2026-02-05	South Dakota Coyotes over Denver Pioneers	2026
2026-01-17	Harvard Crimson over Pennsylvania Quakers	2026
2023-11-21	New Orleans Privateers over Alcorn State Lady Braves	2024
2021-11-23	Campbell Fighting Camels over UNC Wilmington Seahawks	2022
2021-02-16	Radford Highlanders over Hampton Lady Pirates	2021
2020-12-19	UCF Knights over Tulsa Golden Hurricane	2021
2020-02-09	Duquesne Dukes over Saint Joseph's Hawks	2020
2019-12-20	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over Ole Miss Rebels	2020
2019-02-17	Wichita State Shockers over SMU Mustangs	2019
2016-02-20	New Hampshire Wildcats over Hartford Hawks	2016
2016-01-25	VCU Rams over Richmond Spiders	2016
2016-01-17	Northern Iowa Panthers over Indiana State Sycamores	2016
2015-02-01	Arkansas Razorbacks over Alabama Crimson Tide	2015
2013-01-27	Texas Tech Lady Raiders over TCU Horned Frogs	2013
2013-01-20	Army Black Knights over Navy Midshipmen	2013
2013-01-16	Charlotte 49ers over Rhode Island Rams	2013
2013-01-07	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles over North Florida Ospreys	2013
2012-12-30	Richmond Spiders over UNC Wilmington Seahawks	2013
2012-11-24	Villanova Wildcats over Bowling Green Falcons	2013
2012-11-09	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds over Columbia Lions	2013
2011-02-17	South Dakota Coyotes over Utah Valley Wolverines	2011
2011-01-08	Siena Saints over Rider Broncs	2011
2010-02-20	Samford Bulldogs over Western Carolina Catamounts	2010
2010-01-20	Iowa State Cyclones over Kansas Jayhawks	2010
2010-01-10	Purdue Boilermakers over Northwestern Wildcats	2010
2009-01-21	American University Eagles over Army Black Knights	2009
2008-12-22	Purdue Boilermakers over Illinois Fighting Illini	2009
2008-11-22	Campbell Fighting Camels over Longwood Lancers	2009
2008-03-30	Rutgers Scarlet Knights over George Washington Colonials	2008	Playoff
2008-02-20	Savannah State Tigers over North Florida Ospreys	2008
2007-12-16	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders over UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros	2008
2006-12-05	Bucknell Bison over Delaware State Lady Hornets	2007
2006-02-11	Western Illinois Leathernecks over Valparaiso Beacons	2006
2006-01-04	Albany Great Danes over Savannah State Tigers	2006
2005-01-13	Indiana Hoosiers over Northwestern Wildcats	2005
2004-12-30	Seton Hall Pirates over South Carolina Gamecocks	2005
2004-12-02	Youngstown State Penguins over Toledo Rockets	2005
2004-11-26	New Mexico State Aggies over Air Force Falcons	2005

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