| It was a tale of two halves for the University of Alabama women’s basketball team as the Crimson Tide fell 64-55 on Sunday to Illinois in its final game of the Courtyard by Marriott Holiday Beach Classic.
The loss drops Alabama to 4-3 overall, while the Illini improve to 6-1 on the season.
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Alabama women fall to Illinois after leading at halftime
Princeton Women’s Basketball: Close loss to UCLA avenged against UC-Irvine
Though it dropped a tough decision in its first of two contests over Thanksgiving break, the women’s basketball team showed no signs of a tryptophan hangover in its second game, earning a convincing win to improve its record to 4-1.
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Dunking and Vertical Leaping Ability in Men and Women
A recent blog entry from a company that seems to want to sell information about how to increase your vertical leap provides some data. The quotes are from an article from David Patterson and D. Fred Peterson in Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science.
I’ll list the 5th percentile number (the number where 95 [...]
CSUB women can’t keep up with Cal Poly
The Cal State Bakersfield women’s basketball team couldn’t overcome the red-hot shooting of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in an 89-80 loss Sunday in the final day of the Courtyard by Marriott Holiday Beach Classic.
The Mustangs (3-2) shot 58.6 percent (34-for-58) from the field and pulled away with a 10-0 run to open the [...]
Sacramento State Steals the Show At Husky Classic With Milestone Victory Over Washington
Sacramento State senior forward Charday Hunt led the Hornets to their first ever victory over a Pac-10 tournament with 19 points on Sunday afternoon. Photo via jlindstr.smugmug.com
Generally, pairing the host of a non-conference [...]
Gonzaga
Stanford has offered a one hour mini camp for girls in 3rd-8th grades, which happens to be the ages of the girls C and R coach for rec league basketball. Six of the twelve girls are able to go to the camp before the game, and then attend the Gonzaga-Stanford game with us.
We register the [...]
0-5 start is worst ever for Lady Monarchs
The Old Dominion women’s basketball team nearly rallied from a 23-point deficit, but couldn’t complete the comeback against last year’s NCAA runner-up late Saturday night.
Becky Burke scored 22 points and Deseree’ Byrd added 20 as Louisville held off the Lady Monarchs 82-75 in the Cancun Thanksgiving Classic.
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Toledo women bring home tourney trophy from N.M.
ALBUQUERQUE – The Toledo women claimed their fourth tourney title in school history with a 62-56 victory over New Mexico in Saturday’s championship game of the Holiday Inn & Suites Express Midtown Thanksgiving Tournament before 7,016 fans. With the win, the Rockets improve to 5-2 on the season.
“This is a tremendous win for our program [...]
Merchant sees positive signs in early tournament games
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant pointed to junior forward Kalisha Keane as her team’s biggest x-factor during its two wins in the Junkanoo Jam last weekend.
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Strong defense powers Southern women
For the Southern women’s basketball team, a late-November trip to the Midwest wasn’t so bad after all.
Playing its second game in two days, SU got a strong defensive effort and balanced scoring in a 58-32 victory over Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis on Sunday, earning a weekend split at the Buckeye Classic.
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