Northern Illinois Upsets Illinois

#4 posting 11.21.2006
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D1
Northern Illinois shocked Illinois 69-63. NIU's Kristin Wiener, Holy Angels had 14; Jenna Smith (Bloomington Kennedy) had 6 for the Illini. Illinois hadn't lost to NIU since 1990.

Wisconsin took care of instate rival UW Milwaukee 78-45. Mighty Mite Rae Lin D'Alie helped propell the Badgers to a 24-0 lead on 5 for 5 shootings. From the Capital Times.

Michigan suffocated Detroit 86-35. the top scorer for Detroit was Chanica Hall from Benilde-St. Margaret's. From the Ann Arbor News.

Marquette beat instate rival UW Green Bay by the narrow margin of 67-63. Marquette coach Teri Mitchell took a time out down 9 in the second half and fired up the troops. The got Marquette going, but cooled down UWGB. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Green Bay Press Gazette.

Iowa State spoiled the Northern Iowa's new MacLeod Center opening in an overtime 80-74 win. ISU trailed by 13 in the second half. UNI's Tara King scored a career best 38 to no avail.

#15 Vanderbilt isolated Texas A&M Corpus Christi 102-75.

#25 Texas shot down Sam Houston State 84-56

Arkansas State beat Missouri State 67-54

Bradley beat Western Illinois 90-77

Iowa is seeking revenge on Louisiana Tech with last years double overtime loss still smarting in their memories. From the Des Moines Register.

Joyce Massey is a boomerang player. The Detroit King grad left Massachusetts for U of Detroit. From the Detroit News.

D2
The St. Cloud University Chronicle, the campus paper, reviews the past weekend games won by St. Cloud State.

SW MN State previews tonight's contest against Presentation.

MSU Mankato starts a four game, two tournament road trip after hosting MSU Moorhead tomorrow, on Saturday and Sunday they are in Omaha for the Hampton Inn Thanksgiving Classic and then the week after they travel to Pueblo, CO for the Chuck Stephens Memorial Classic.

North Dakota opens a five game homestand starting tonight with Northern State in a battle of unbeatens. In fact their next two oppenents Lewis and MSU Moorhead are also unblemished. Something's gotta give. Before the game a Traditions Wall will be unveiled.

St. Ambrose knocked off Upper Iowa 56-50 in a mild surprise. Poor shooting doomed UI's chances.

Here is more on Augustana's decision to stay at the D2 level. This time it is all about the $$$. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Also, down the road, the Sioux City Journal takes some shots at the breakdown of North Central.

D3
Bethany Lutheran pushed their record to 3-0 as they throttled North Central 79-38. From the Mankato Free Press.

UW Whitewater rolled Edgewood 83-65.

St. Mary's MN is 1-1 after the Bon Appetite Classic. Defense is a strong suit. It is offense that needs polishing.

NAIA
Waldorf beat Briar Cliff for the second time this young season 62-47. From the Sioux City Journal.

NCCAA
Maranatha Baptist Bible College beat Emmaus Bible College in a smoke out 87-37 victory. From the Watertown Daily Times.

Iowa Wesleyan lost to Missouri Baptist 83-77 last weekend. From the Washington Evening Journal.

JUCO
Itasca won the MN title last year and are looking forward to defend their title. From the Grand Rapids Herald Review.

Late game: Mesabi Range dropped Ridgewater in Virginia over the weekend 58-42. From the West Central Tribune.

Rainy River split this last weekend with a win over Vermilion 83-82 on Friday. Itasca took the Saturday contest 65-50. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

You haven't checked out my JUCO player ratings? It is time you did. check on the links on the right.

POINT PARADE
D1
Tara King, Northern Iowa 38 vs Iowa State 74-80 ot
D3
Megan Scheele, Edgewood 34 vs UW Whitewater 65-83

Next up: one more general posting and then later tonight with another out & about