Bloody Big 10 Noses

#5 posting 11.29.2006
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

COLLEGE REPORT
D1 ACTION
Breanna Salley of the Gophers has returned to the practice floor on a limited basis. From the Pioneer Press.

The Big 10 had two bloody noses yesterday.
UC Riverside shocked Wisconsin 52-50. Two free throws with 7.2 seconds ended Wisconsin's undefeated start.

St. Francis PA upset Penn State 74-69

Michigan had to rally from down 7 to beat Central Michigan 52-47

Tennessee beat Louisiana Tech 71-50

UConn had no problems with Boston U 84-51

Texas A&M beat Arizona 64-44

INJURY UPDATE
Inger Hodgson, North Dakota State (Barneveld, WI) is down with a stretched MCL and may miss two to four weeks. From the Fargo Forum.

D2 ACTION
D2 poll: North Dakota is 5th from what I can tell in the latest D2 poll. The headline disagrees with me. Northern State is #22 and the Aberdeen American News looks at what NSU has done so far.
MSU Moorhead got back on the winning track with a 70-40 win over Jamestown. Also the Fargo Forum has the take on MSU Moorhead getting their groove back.

#8 St. Cloud State edged Concordia St. Paul 59-57. CSP has had the "close, but no cigar" three games in a row.

Grand Valley State has targets on their back as conference play begins. From the Grand Rapids Press.

FEATURES/PREVIEW
Carolin Becker, Northern State has a feature on her and her all out play in the Aberdeen American News. The upcoming Northern Sun season is disected too.

D3 ACTION

Hamline beat St. Olaf 70-57

Central IA downed Cornell IA 62-53.

Carroll won an abnormally low scoring game against Lakeland 40-26. From the Sheboygan Press.

Lawrence beat Milwaukee Engineering thanks to freshmen 64-45. From the Appleton Post-Crescent.

Hope topped St. Mary's in the Michigan conference opener 67-42. From the Grand Rapids Press.

FEATURES
Mac is Back. Macalester is back in action in the MIAC after a two year hiatus. Here is the StarTribune report.

Sara Swanson is making an impact at Waldorf. From the Forest City Summit.

NAIA
LATE REPORT
Valley City State beat UM Crookston on Monday 64-50.

JUCO
MN West beat Northwestern IA JV 69-65

Thanks for the help from the best readers in all of the blogosphere.

Next up: later tonight with yet another out & about.