Minnesota 3rd in Northern Arizona

#3 posting 11.26.2006
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D1 ACTION
Minnesota beat Kent State 70-67 in the 3rd place game in Northern Arizona. For some reason there is no link on the MN site yet.

Patrick Reusse, a columnist at the StarTribune, talks of how basketball has turned cold in Minnesota. Part of the equation is the Gopher women's team.

UW Green Bay won the title over the host Northern Arizona 67-51. UWGB's Nicole Soulis was named tourney MVP.

In Big 10 Action
Duke drilled Michigan 92-47

Ohio State overpowered Cornell 77-43 on Saturday. Today the Buckeyes won the Buckeye Classic title with a convincing 83-43 drubbing of Montana.

Illinois beat St. Joseph's 69-56. Jenna Smith had 12 for the Illini, Lori Bjork had 21.

Miami Florida gave Indiana their first loss of the year 79-70 in the championship of the Miami Thanksgiving Tournament.

Northwestern took care of Gardner-Webb 59-34. Melissa Miller had 8 for NW.

Western Kentucky knocked off Penn State 74-64 for 3rd in the Paradise Jam.

Wisconsin beat host UNLV 67-51 to win the Rebel Shootout. Jolene Anderson was MVP.

Baylor handed South Dakota State their first loss 71-53. St. Peter's Megan Vogel had 24 for SDSU.

DePaul beat in state rival Northern Illinois 71-68. Kristin Wiener had 9 points for NIU.

North Dakota State picked up their second win of the year with a 74-62 win over host Montana State in the Wingate Inn Thanksgiving Classic

Pepperdine beat Iowa State for the championship in the

Northern Iowa beat Miami Ohio 73-69 in the Husky Classic at the University of Washington. From the Des Moines Register.

D2
Bemidji State shocked St. Cloud State 79-69

UM Duluth stopped Northern Michigan 62-48 in the American Family Insurance Classic. UMD's Katie Winkelman was named MVP of the event.

UN Omaha had no problems with Caldwell 86-44

Augustana pounded Nebraska Kearney 73-47

MSU Mankato downed Colorado Mines 61-55 in the UNO/Hampton Inn Thanksgiving Classic.

South Dakota beat Colorado Christian 97-80

Northern State lost their first game to Northwest Nazarene 59-53. 28 turnovers didn't help. From the Aberdeen American News.

Lewis gave MSU Moorhead their first loss 80-77. That loss took something out of Dragons as North Dakota beat them today 84-61.

Mayville State edged UM Crookston 68-62

Regis sliced Mary 94-61

SW MN State handed Presentation a 76-52 loss. From the Aberdeen American News.

D3
Gustavus beat Colorado College 73-61 in the Colorado College Thanksgiving Tournament Championship. Jess Vadnais was named MVP of the event.

Hamline beat Northwestern MN 52-37

Macalester beat Cal Tech 70-42

The Scots also have a season preview under 2nd year coach Ellen Thompson.

Carleton beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 63-44 in the David Wells Classic in California.

UW LaCrosse beat Milwaukee Engineering 81-37 but lost to Simpson on Sunday 77-73. also the LaCrosse Tribune.

UW Oshkosh downed North Central 67-56. From the Oshkosh Northwestern.

UW Platteville beat Loras 70-63

UW River Falls doubled up Augsburg 80-40 then UWRF beat St. Thomas today 58-48

UW Stevens Point slashed Wheaton 71-44

UW Stout took care of St. Scholastica 70-58

UW Whitewater dumped Luther 82-59

St. Ambrose handled Illinois Springfield 71-46. From the Quad Cities Times.

Chicago dumped St. Norbert from the GB Press-Gazette.

NAIA
South Dakota Mines edged Sioux Falls 75-68.

#21 Black Hills State upset #3 Northwestern IA 80-67.
Both from the Rapid City Journal.

Otterbein trashed Viterbo 71-55 from the LaCrosse Tribune.

JUCO
Anoka Ramsey beat North Iowa 55-50

Fergus Falls rained on Rainy River 73-59

POINT PARADE
D2
Bridget Yoerger, South Dakota 27 vs Colorado Christian 97-80
D3
Jess Vadnais, Gustavus 26 vs Colorado College 73-61
NAIA
Melanie Vedvei, South Dakota Mines 34 vs Sioux Falls 75-68
Deb Remmerde, Northwestern, IA 26 vs Black Hills State 67-80

Next up: later tonight with a recap of the HS week just past.