Gophers Caught by MTSU

#2 posting 11.20.2006
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D1 ACTION
Minnesota lost in the Subway Classic finals for the first time in six season and for the first time this season to Middle Tennessee State 79-61. Minnesota coughed the ball up 31 times on the night. The StarTribune talks of hard lessons learned, while the Pioneer Press writes about the superior quickness that doomed MN, and the MN Daily recaps the weekends results. You can watch some video clips on the Minnesota site.

Maine took third with a 69-63 win over Princeton. Four former MN players had a combined two points in this contest.

Balance is a key component as Indiana was two shy of the century in a 98-71 win over Dayton.

#17 Michigan State topped Texas-Arlington 65-49. Mia Johnson, former Mpls North guard had 16 to lead MSU. Alyssa DeHaan was two blocks away from a triple double.

#12 Purdue put some distance between themselves and #16 Baylor in a WNIT championship win 69-55.

#7 Ohio State pinned another loss on #19 Southern Cal 77-58. USC's Shay Murphy reached the 1000 point mark at SDSU two nights prior.

South Dakota State continued its winning ways with a 85-51 thumping of SW MN State. SDSU forced 36 turnovers resulting in 45 points in the contest. From the Marshall Independent.

North Dakota State is now 0-3 for the first time in coach Amy Ruley's tenure as the Bison went down in overtime 55-50 over Northern Arizona. From the Fargo Forum too. The Forum site has a video link if you like to watch.

Chicago State zipped by slow starting Central Michigan 78-64. From Mpls North player Faith Buchanan starts for Chicago State and had 6. The problem is Chicago State's website is not top notch.

Drake is undefeated at 3-0 after their 58-43 win over CSU Fullerton.

Balance helped Evansville to a 76-53 win over Lipscomb.

UI Chicago pulled out an 81-80 overtime win over instate rival Eastern Illinois. UIC trailed by 13 in the first half.

Notre Dame trailed in the second half 46-43 before rallying for an 87-67 win over Western Michigan.

UW Milwaukee won their first game of the year in a 65-56 win over Central Connecticut State.

UW Green Bay heads to Marquette tonight for an instate rivalry game. The Green Bay Press Gazette dissects the event.

D2 ACTION
The Great Lakes Valley North and South are previewed in the South End, the student paper from Wayne State.

D3 ACTION
St. Benedict lost a second game out in the Emmanuel College Tip-Off tournament losing to Salve Regina in overtime 51-44.

Findlandia zipped and zoomed by Southeastern IA. From the Burlington Hawk Eye.

POINT PARADE
Sarah McKay, Indiana 28 vs Dayton 98-71
Jessica Davenport, Ohio State 26 vs Southern Cal 77-58
Bernice Mosby, Baylor 26 vs Purdue 55-69

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