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Mon., March 29, 2010
Stevenson’s 3 lifts Sooners
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma and Notre Dame needed overtime yet again to decide things in the NCAA tournament. This time, it was the Sooners who made the big shot …
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Mon., March 29, 2010
Speedy Wildcats upset Huskers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The quicker, more athletic Kentucky Wildcats ended Nebraska’s record-breaking season. A’dia Mathies scored 21 points and fourth-seeded Kentucky roared past the top-seeded Cornhuskers 76-67 on Sunday …
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Mon., March 29, 2010
Loss doesn’t spoil Zags’ record season
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Too many amazing things happened this season to feel too bad for the Gonzaga women’s basketball players just because their season ended before they wanted it to. …
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Mon., March 29, 2010
Seminoles earn first regional final berth
DAYTON, Ohio – Courtney Ward carried Florida State to its first regional final. Getting any further will be much tougher. Ward scored the third-seeded Seminoles’ last six points in the …
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Fri., March 26, 2010
GU staff on baby watch as Zags head to Sweet 16
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – For Lisa Mispley Fortier, the Sweet 16 is a little sweeter. How sweet remains to be seen.
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Wed., March 24, 2010
Graves ‘soaks it all in’ after Zags’ win over Texas A&M
The answer is 90. The question is how many text messages would Gonzaga women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves get after his Bulldogs upended Texas A&M Monday night to advance to …
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Tue., March 23, 2010
GU advances to first Sweet 16
SEATTLE – What, you thought it would be easy? After a no-doubt-we’re-better first half, seventh-seeded Gonzaga used a remarkable performance by refuse-to-lose senior Vivian Frieson to advance to its first …
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Tue., March 23, 2010
Lady Volunteers cruise into round of 16
Alicia Manning scored a career-high 17 points and had 10 rebounds to help No. 1-seeded Tennessee beat eighth-seeded Dayton 92-64 in the second round of the NCAA women’s tournament on …
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Tue., March 23, 2010
Bulldogs concoct win with chemistry
SEATTLE – For 81 seconds – the last 81 seconds – Courtney Vandersloot had the worst seat in the house. An unobstructed view from the bench.
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Mon., March 22, 2010, 9:52 p.m.
Gonzaga women upset Texas A&M, 72-71
Twenty minutes in December made Gonzaga fearless in March. And now its the Bulldogs heading to the regional semifinals and Texas A&M going home.
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Mon., March 22, 2010
UConn cruises
Tina Charles scored 22 points and Maya Moore added 21 to help the Connecticut Huskies (34-0) beat the Southern University Jaguars (23-9) 95-39 in the Dayton Regional of the first …
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Mon., March 22, 2010
Gonzaga women land second shot at Texas A&M
SEATTLE – Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Gary Blair knows he has an excellent team, which is a good thing – otherwise there would be no reason to play the …
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Sun., March 21, 2010
GU women reach new level with win over Heels
SEATTLE – Sometimes the size was intimidating and the speed was always a concern but the Gonzaga women’s basketball players never doubted they were going to beat storied North Carolina …
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Sun., March 21, 2010
Texas A&M wears down PSU
SEATTLE – Ninth-ranked Texas A&M, the second seed in the Sacramento Regional of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, had too many weapons on offense and too much commitment to defense, …
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Sat., March 20, 2010, 9:35 p.m.
Gonzaga women win
Scoreless for 31 minutes, Gonzaga’s Tiffany Shives had 14 of her 16 points in a crucial five-minute stretch of the second half and the seventh-seeded Bulldogs held off No. 10 …
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Sat., March 20, 2010
Back winning
SEATTLE – Sherri Murrell’s smile negated the need for television lighting at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Friday. The Portland State coach was enjoying every second of the school’s first NCAA …
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Sat., March 20, 2010
Bigs become bigger
There’s been a growth spurt in women’s basketball. Fans watching the NCAA women’s tournament will see more versatile 6-foot-3 or taller players than ever, a couple playing above the rim …
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Sat., March 20, 2010
Result is what’s relevant
SEATTLE – Like a game of musical chairs, Gonzaga and North Carolina are trying to occupy the same seat at the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. The Bulldogs and Tar Heels …
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Fri., March 19, 2010
Bekkering gets second chance
So many good things have happened for Janelle Bekkering in the last year the “woulda, coulda, shoulda” moment was almost forgotten. But because of that split second, all the good …
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Thu., March 18, 2010
North Carolina lost top player last May
Sylvia Hatchell is matter-of-fact about her basketball team. To casual fans, North Carolina’s 19-11 record and 10th seed in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament is unseemly.