Today’s heart-stopper game award goes to #9 Kentucky-#6/7 Louisville. Wildcat freshman Janee Thompson came up big for her team in the final minutes of the physical contest, and Kentucky upset the Cardinals, 48-47. Check the video.
#4 Duke overpowered #10 Cal, 77-63, in a game that should have been on TV.
Meighan Simmons not only crossed the 1,000-point mark in #16 Tennessee’s 101-57 annihilation of North Carolina, but she put up a career-high 33 points. Where are those Lady Vol doubters now? ESPN says Tennessee is learning on the fly.
#1 Stanford dealt with Gonzaga, 69-41.
#8 Georgia 60, Georgia Tech 50.
#6 Penn State 101, Fairleigh Dickinson 44.
#12 Oklahoma 68, Marist 55. The Sooners have won six straight.
#14 Purdue 87, Central Michigan 71.
#19 UCLA 86, Loyola Marymount 66.
#23 Dayton rallied to beat Arizona State, 65-59.
#25 West Virginia 54, Virginia 47.
Cincinnati dropped a two-overtime game to Xavier, 69-67.
Boston College squeaked past Rutgers, 58-56.
Cleveland snapped Indiana’s six-game winning streak.
Princeton downed UMBC, and Tigers Coach Courtney Banghart collected her 100th win.
Temple came back to defeat Syrcause, 74-67.
LSU has picked it up a bit, including today’s 81-73 victory over North Carolina State.
Tomorrow:
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis will be back in the lineup for #2 UConn tomorrow, as they face #11 Maryland. Freshman Breanna Stewart will start, and Caroline Doty will come off the bench.