TULSA, Okla. – One day ago, the Green Wave needed a last-second basket and a defensive stand to hold off a pesky opponent. On Wednesday evening at the Donald W. Reynolds Center, there was no need for such dramatics as top-seeded Tulane defeated No. 5 seed East Carolina, 73-64, in the semifinals of the 2010 [...]
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Titans Win Tourney Opener, 89-76, Over UC Irvine
Anaheim, Calif. – Cal State Fullerton junior Lyndsey Grove scored a career-high 26 points while senior Jasmine Scott added her team-best fourth double-double of the season to help lift the Titans to an 89-76 victory over UC Irvine in the opening game of the 2010 Big West Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at [...]
Vandal women advance
RENO, Nev. – Shaena Kuehu and Yinka Olorunnife paced the Idaho women on Wednesday, as the Vandal women advance to the Western Athletic Conference semifinal round with a 75-63 win over New Mexico State at the Lawlor Events Center.
Kuehu scored a career-high 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting, along with 10 rebounds and four assists for [...]
BGSU’s Offensive Onslaught Leads to 91-58 Win over Miami
The Bowling Green State University women’s basketball team was clicking on all cylinders on offense Wednesday (March 10), posting a 91-58 win over Miami University. The Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal game was held at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 25-6 on the season, and top-seeded BGSU moves on to [...]
Dogs Cruise Past Hawai’i in Tourney Opener
RENO, Nev. – In last year’s run to the WAC Tournament championship the Fresno State defense held opponents to 51 points a game and allowed teams to shoot only 34 percent from the field. The Bulldogs have picked up right where they left off in 2010 as they held Hawai’i to 55 points and forced [...]
Pacific’s Season Ends With 82-54 Loss to UC Santa Barbara
Anaheim, Calif. – Closing out their season at the Big West Conference tournament on Wednesday, March 10, the Pacific women’s basketball team could not overcome an 18-0 first half run by UC Santa Barbara as they fell 82-54 in the first round of tournament. Pacific entered the tournament as the No. 8 seed while UC [...]
Strong Second Half Carries Flashes Past Chippewas, 68-55
CLEVELAND — Win and advance. That’s the mantra this time of year when you don’t get any points for style. Third-seeded Kent State did just that Wednesday afternoon, knocking off No. 6 Central Michigan, 68-55, in Mid-American Conference Women’s Basketball Quarterfinal action at Quicken Loans Arena.
With the victory — their 20th of the season — [...]
No. 2 Seed Toledo Pulls Away From No. 7 Seed Ball State, 67-56
CLEVELAND, OH – No. 2 seed Toledo outscored No. 7 seed Ball State 37-26 in the second half en route to a 67-56 victory in Wednesday’s quarterfinal game of the 2010 MAC Tournament in Quicken Loans Arena. With the win, the Rockets improve to 23-7 on the season. UT will now play of the winner [...]
Cal Poly’s tourney confidence grows
In last season’s Big West Conference Tournament, Kristina Santiago hit a last-second layup that sent the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to its first championship game in program history.
The winning fast-break basket in the semifinal against UC Riverside was all that mattered then.
But that shot, as well as the euphoria surrounding the program following its [...]
Marist women delighting in proving people wrong
The Marist College women’s basketball players and coaches felt all season they were good enough to reach another NCAA tournament.
But the Red Foxes know there were many around the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference who didn’t share their optimism.
“My boss keeps telling me not to read the message boards,” head coach Brian Giorgis said, referring to [...]