Since fending off a second half rally from Florida State, No. 10 Maryland has been on a roll, making easy work of Miami (12-4, 3-2 ACC) and Virginia Tech (7-9, 1-4 ACC) to extend their winning streak to three games and improve to 13-3 overall and 4-1 in the ACC. Meanwhile, their next opponent, 94th … [Read more...]
It’s raining threes: How the perfect “storm” helped FGCU break the three-point record
Records are made to be broken, and in their 97-60 dismantling of East Tennessee State, Florida Gulf Coast broke the NCAA record for most threes in a single-game. But if prior to the season one would+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve said that this year+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s FGCU team -- a team with seven newcomers -- would break that … [Read more...]
Red Storm capsizes Pirates
There are actually Seton Hall fans here, and I'll credit them for that. What? It takes nerve to be a women's fan at Seton Hall. Or a strong stomach. Way too many people have left. I mean, really. They're offering you a free game and a chance to win an iPad, and you're still leaving? Even the … [Read more...]
Maryland facing another foe who got the best of them last year in Virginia Tech
The No. 10 Maryland Terrapins (12-3, 3-1 ACC), who have won two in a row against ranked teams to bounce back from a loss to No. 11/20 North Carolina, will look to avenge a 75-69 home loss in their only meeting with Virginia Tech a year ago, as travel to Blacksburg, Va. on Sunday, Jan. 13 to take on … [Read more...]
Chloe Pavlech proves her critics wrong, drops 20 in impressive Maryland win over Canes
Earlier this season you could have called her the Rajon Rondo of the Maryland women's basketball team - Chloe Pavlech is the up-and-coming point guard and floor general tasked with running the offense early in her career and being the glue that keeps her team's stars together and on the path toward … [Read more...]
Purdue’s Sam Ostarello on her big performance at Nebraska
What was your mindset going into the game against Nebraska?+ACI-We knew it was going to be a big road game for us, and we knew we had to take care of business on the road. But for me, it was trying (to win) the game in regulation and not overtime -- which we ended up playing them to (laughter). That … [Read more...]
No. 8 Terps bounce back with win over No. 19/21 Florida State, as Alyssa Thomas could be settling into her ACC groove
Alyssa Thomas was her ACC Player of the Year self with 20 points and 15 rebounds, while seven combined threes from Katie Rutan, Chloe Pavlech and Tierney Pfirman, including one by Rutan that expanded the lead to six with 1:11 to go, helped fend off Florida State in a 71-64 Terrapin win Sunday … [Read more...]
The Connecticut Sun is continuing to search for its new head coach
Back on December 18, 2012, Marc Allard of the Norwich Bulletin noted that the team received a lot of interest from coaching candidates, was looking at coaching candidates, but that no one was interviewed by the team at that time. This also happened to be the same time when Thibault was hired by the … [Read more...]
Cal faces tough start to Pac-12 after finishing conference play strong
Ted Lee of BearInsider.com framed his recap of the California Golden Bears women's basketball team with a look ahead to the difficult schedule ahead as they open Pac-12 conference play in 2013. Next week, Cal opens with road games at Utah and Colorado, and then get to finish their … [Read more...]
Cal women enter Pac-12 play with program-best 10-1 record
The California Golden Bears defeated the George Washington Colonials 70-43 in the final game of non-conference play to improve to 10-1, the best record in program history. The scout on the Golden Bears appears to be pretty clear by now: everybody is sitting in a 2-3 zone and willing to gamble on … [Read more...]