Iowa, Michigan Open with Wins

#2 posting 11.12.2006
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D1 ACTION
Iowa beat Missouri State 79-70 in the UMKC tournament. The Des Moines Register also has a take.

Michigan started off the regular season with a 80-50 win over Arkansas Pine Bluff. The Ann Arbor News has more details.

Oral Roberts handed North Dakota State a 82-67 loss. Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts had 22 points. Turek is from Council Bluff Lincoln, Iowa

Illinois Chicago beat Western Michigan 87-83, but WMU had a bigger loss when Tiera DeLaHoussaye, point guard, left the game with head and neck injuries. Jessie Miller ripped the twine for 21 points in the first regular season game. From the Kalamazoo Gazette.

D2 ACTION
North Dakota's Gene Roebuck won his 500th last week with 77-66 win over Lock Haven. The Grand Forks Herald has a big feature on Roebuck and his career. The GF Herald also lists the milestone victims.

NAIA
Cornerstone got by Waldorf 75-67

Sioux Falls wasn't kind to host Viterbo 57-48. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

JUCO
Kellogg CC thumped Oakland CC 97-51 in their opener. From the Battle Creek Enquirer.

St. Clair County CC picked up their second win with a 66-53 win over Fanshawe College. From the Port Huron Times-Herald.

LATE FRIDAY RECAPS
Wisconsin zoomed past the Air Force which we reported on yesterday. Here is the Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal with their stories.

Mayville State beat Briar Cliff on Friday 67-40, and then hammered Dordt 90-61.

NEW HOME
Northern Iowa will open their new $25 million dollar home the MacLeod Center next weekend. Here is more in the Des Moines Register.

POINT PARADE
Carrie Moore, Western Michigan 27 vs Illinois Chicago

Next up: Later today after I come back from the North Tartan event at Concordia St. Paul.