Stanford, New Mexico Suffer Losses

#3 posting 11.14.2006
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COLLEGE REPORT
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BIG 10
Ball State upended Michigan 62-58. Michigan led by as many as 13.

Top 25 ACTION
#4 Stanford was edged by Brigham Young 55-52 at Palo Alto.

Nebraska upset #20 New Mexico 66-59. Cory Montgomery, of AA champ Cannon Falls had five off the bench for Nebraska. Amy Beggin of Roseville, MN had four points off the bench for NM.

#8 UConn beat Richmond 84-50

#10 LSU crunched Howard 88-44 and will play for the championship tonight in the Basketball Travelers Classic in Baton Rouge.

#12 Arizona State prevailed over Florida Atlantic 96-60.

Colorado State opened with a 89-72 win over UMKC. Kelly Mullaney from Breck started for Colorado State and racked up 22 points. Jowan Ortega of Wayzata had five as a starter for UMKC.

South Dakota State opened their season with a road win against Middle Tennessee State 72-61. MTSU lost to Maryland this past weekend by four and received votes in the latest AP top 25 poll.

NAIA
Trinity International handed Iowa Wesleyan it's first loss of the year 68-63 on Saturday. From the Washington Evening Journal.

Dakota State punished Briar Cliff 101-57 Saturday night.
Morningside had a better time of it in a 67-58 win over St. Ambrose on Saturday.
both from the Sioux City Journal.

JUCO ACTION
UW Fox Valley beat UW Manitowoc 52-46. From the Appleton Post-Crescent, and Manitowoc Herald-Tribune.

Madison Area beat Gogebic over the weekend by the narrow margin of 59-58. From the Ironwood Daily Globe.

Anoka-Ramsey won their first contest for coach DeWitt 67-51 over Central Lakes. The link on the Brainerd Dispatch site needs to work like this--go to archives, and then go to Nov. 13. Scroll down to the story in sports CLC gets Rammed...

Rochester CTC lost to Joliet, IL on Saturday 83-53. On Friday they beat Madison 65-60. You need to subscribe to the Rochester Post Bulletin to read the story.

GAME PREVIEWS
The Gophers play tonight at home against Charlotte from the Atlantic 10. Here is the Gopher site preview along with the MN Daily article. Fruthermore articles from the StarTribune on Zoe Harper of Australia; and the Pioneer Press on the defense of Brittany McCoy.

UW Green Bay wants back in to the NCAA tournament and they have a list of four items that needed to make it happen. From the GB Press-Gazette.

Stickney-Mount Vernon will have plenty of players on the floor and fans in the stands as Northern State travels to the Corn Palace in Mitchell to take on Dakota Wesleyan. For Northern State: Allison Johnson, and Jessica Deinert. For DWU Ashley Johnson, Allison's twin sister, Kara Overweg, Amber Tuschen. From the Aberdeen American News.

SW MN State has a preview in the Marshall Independent. It is all about the youth.

The Mankato Free Press has two features:
one on Jessica Merseth and her return to Bethany Lutheran
and Bri Monahan at Gustavus

POINT PARADE
Sara Hunter, Colorado State 26 vs UMKC 89-72

Next up: After the Gopher/Charlotte game.