657 - Maryland-Eastern Shore women at UMBC
December 31 at UMBC Event Center in Baltimore, MD
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Play-by-play man Troy Green with a "dribble drive" with 2:57 left in the second quarter, as well as a phrase of the year nominee:
"Te'yJah Oliver trying to make lemonade out of a lemon possession".
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656 - Pennsylvania women at Stetson
December 31 at Edmunds Center in DeLand, FL
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Really impressed with the Penn defense, which came into the game third nationally in scoring defense and fourth in field goal percentage defense, then held the hosts to 34% shooting in a 75-53 win.
Penn has won four straight (and allowed an average of just over 42 points) since losing a one-point game to defending America East champion Maine, November 25.
Eleah Parker is probably the best pro prospect for Penn, and the junior showcased a nice all-around game, finishing with 11 points, nine rebounds and remained third in the country in blocked shots by swatting five Monday afternoon. Even more impressive was Ashley Russell, a senior guard who just missed a triple-double with a game-high 23 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Penn built a 19-point halftime lead thanks to a huge first half - 7-of-13 from three-point range and 55% shooting overall - and weren't threatened in the second half. Russell and Phoebe Sterba combined for 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting to help the visitors build that halftime cushion.
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Games 357-358: Talent all over the floor
358 - (5) UC Riverside women vs. (4) UC Santa Barbara
Big West quarterfinals
March 8 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA
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So many great individual performances in this 81-71 UCSB win I'm just going to list them:
- UCSB guard Sarah Porter had her jumper working from the tip as she hit her first five 3-pointers, made 9-of-11 from behind the arc for the game, and led everyone with a career-high 31 points. Porter's third three of the game put the Gauchos ahead for good with just under six minutes left in the opening quarter.
According to ucsbgauchos.com, Porter's nine threes are not only a new school record - Erin Alexander hit eight at USC in December, 1996 - but also a Big West Tournament record.
- Porter's teammate Drew Edelman was all over the glass (10 of her 14 rebounds on the offensive end), and also poured in 22 points. Those point and rebound totals tied a career-best for the redshirt-junior.
- Michelle Curry tried her best to lead the fifth-seeded Highlanders into the semifinals, but her team-high 22 points weren't enough.
- Drea Toler came off the UCSB bench to hand out eight assists and join Porter and Edelman in double figures with 13 points.
357 - (4) Kennesaw State women vs. (1) Stetson
Atlantic Sun semifinals
March 8 at Edmunds Center in DeLand, FL
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It was fairly evident from the start that Stetson just had a superior team athletically and after holding KSU to seven first-quarter points and leading by 17 at the break, the host Hatters ran away over the final 20 minutes to win 78-48.
KSU made just seven field goals over the final 25 1/2 minutes and was out-rebounded by a 49-28 margin against a strong Stetson defense (top 25 nationally in scoring average & top 35 in field goal percentage allowed). Meanwhile, the Hatters, now winners of 15 consecutive games, had five score in double figures & six with at least nine points, led by McKenna Beach's 17 points.
Great night for KSU senior guard Deandrea Sawyers, who in her final collegiate game became the program's Division I scoring leader. Sawyers collected a game-high 20 points and finished her career with 1,380 points.
Big West quarterfinals
March 8 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA
espn3.com
So many great individual performances in this 81-71 UCSB win I'm just going to list them:
- UCSB guard Sarah Porter had her jumper working from the tip as she hit her first five 3-pointers, made 9-of-11 from behind the arc for the game, and led everyone with a career-high 31 points. Porter's third three of the game put the Gauchos ahead for good with just under six minutes left in the opening quarter.
According to ucsbgauchos.com, Porter's nine threes are not only a new school record - Erin Alexander hit eight at USC in December, 1996 - but also a Big West Tournament record.
- Porter's teammate Drew Edelman was all over the glass (10 of her 14 rebounds on the offensive end), and also poured in 22 points. Those point and rebound totals tied a career-best for the redshirt-junior.
- Michelle Curry tried her best to lead the fifth-seeded Highlanders into the semifinals, but her team-high 22 points weren't enough.
- Drea Toler came off the UCSB bench to hand out eight assists and join Porter and Edelman in double figures with 13 points.
357 - (4) Kennesaw State women vs. (1) Stetson
Atlantic Sun semifinals
March 8 at Edmunds Center in DeLand, FL
ESPN
It was fairly evident from the start that Stetson just had a superior team athletically and after holding KSU to seven first-quarter points and leading by 17 at the break, the host Hatters ran away over the final 20 minutes to win 78-48.
KSU made just seven field goals over the final 25 1/2 minutes and was out-rebounded by a 49-28 margin against a strong Stetson defense (top 25 nationally in scoring average & top 35 in field goal percentage allowed). Meanwhile, the Hatters, now winners of 15 consecutive games, had five score in double figures & six with at least nine points, led by McKenna Beach's 17 points.
Great night for KSU senior guard Deandrea Sawyers, who in her final collegiate game became the program's Division I scoring leader. Sawyers collected a game-high 20 points and finished her career with 1,380 points.
Games 330-331: Monday hoops
331 - Georgia State at Arkansas State
February 27 at ASU Convocation Center in Jonesboro, AR
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330 - (8) Stetson at (1) Florida Gulf Coast
Atlantic Sun quarterfinals
February 27 at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, FL
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February 27 at ASU Convocation Center in Jonesboro, AR
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330 - (8) Stetson at (1) Florida Gulf Coast
Atlantic Sun quarterfinals
February 27 at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, FL
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Game 141 - (7) Stetson at (2) NJIT
Atlantic Sun Conference quarterfinals
March 1 at Fleisher Athletic Center in Newark, NJ
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The finest month of the sporting year tipped off on Tuesday night as freshman Derick Newton was outstanding (28 points on 10-of-12 shooting, 11 rebounds) and Divine Myles added 21 points as Stetson pulled a huge upset, 82-67.
I'll argue with anyone at Happy China Buffet ($6.95 lunch buffet, Monday-Friday) that the NCAA Tournament is by far our country's greatest sporting event, but nearly as enjoyable and exciting is the two weeks of conference tournaments. I love four-game days, brackets, upsets, small conference championship games, the moment you turn on an ACC semifinal game and realize that, yes, that is still Dick Vitale. And Clemson somehow.
Everything that is good about sports is on display during these league tournaments.
And as much as I love watching the national championship game each year, it's also a sad day because I then have to wait seven months for college basketball and almost 11 for a conference tournament game.
But that doesn't matter now. What matters is the 11-21 Hatters won their first A Sun tournament game since 2013.
Is Hatters the best nickname in college athletics?
* One, final thing. Play-by-play man Matt Provence said "the Highlanders the last few games with more charges than American Express" so we can't let him get away with that.
March 1 at Fleisher Athletic Center in Newark, NJ
espn3.com
The finest month of the sporting year tipped off on Tuesday night as freshman Derick Newton was outstanding (28 points on 10-of-12 shooting, 11 rebounds) and Divine Myles added 21 points as Stetson pulled a huge upset, 82-67.
I'll argue with anyone at Happy China Buffet ($6.95 lunch buffet, Monday-Friday) that the NCAA Tournament is by far our country's greatest sporting event, but nearly as enjoyable and exciting is the two weeks of conference tournaments. I love four-game days, brackets, upsets, small conference championship games, the moment you turn on an ACC semifinal game and realize that, yes, that is still Dick Vitale. And Clemson somehow.
Everything that is good about sports is on display during these league tournaments.
And as much as I love watching the national championship game each year, it's also a sad day because I then have to wait seven months for college basketball and almost 11 for a conference tournament game.
But that doesn't matter now. What matters is the 11-21 Hatters won their first A Sun tournament game since 2013.
Is Hatters the best nickname in college athletics?
* One, final thing. Play-by-play man Matt Provence said "the Highlanders the last few games with more charges than American Express" so we can't let him get away with that.
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