Paris Rules

#5 posting 12.31.2006
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
Minnesota faces Illinois today at Williams Arena and it marks the return of 2006 Miss Basketball Jenna Smith from Bloomington Kennedy. From the StarTribune.

Iowa gets ready to host powerful Ohio State. From the Des Moines Register.

South Dakota State will play #20 Marquette and the Sioux Falls Argus Leader has a preview.
The SF Argus Leader also has a story on the fact that SD has good girls basketball.

Alabama beat North Dakota State 78-53. Climax-Fisher's Brenda Slyt had 9, one of three Bison to do so, to lead NDSU.

Oklahoma pounded New Mexico 80-58. Courtney Paris had 43 points and 25 rebounds for the Sooners in a tour de force. Roseville's Amy Beggin had four for New Mexico.

Iowa State took out Loyola Marymount 71-55. Lyndsey Medders broke the career assist record at Iowa State. Amanda Nisleit of Woodbury was the only MN player to get in the books for ISU with 2. Megan Ronhovde of West Central and Gillian Bjerke of Pelican Rapids were held scoreless.

Vanderbilt beat Princeton 89-74. Apple Valley's Ali Prichard had 8 as a starter, and Hopkins' Jillian Schurle had 12 off the bench for Princeton.

Western Carolina beat Eastern Michigan 69-61

Central Michigan knocked off Gardner-Webb 77-64

Western Michigan downed MD Eastern Shore 66-62

DePaul beat Chicago State 77-71

UW Green Bay defeated Loyola Chicago 87-71

UW Milwaukee beat UI Chicago 86-79. Holy Angels' Jessie Miller had 15 and Eastview's Cassie Johnson had 5 for UIC.

Valparaiso beat St. Francis, Ind 60-49

D2
Concordia St. Paul broke MSU Mankato's win streak with a 71-59 win.

Mary climbed Rocky Mountain 81-49

Metro State dropped UN Omaha 88-68

UM Duluth beat SW MN State 70-53

North Dakota beat Seattle Pacific 72-58. BGMR's Kierah Kimbrough had 16 to lead UND.

Wayne State beat Chadron State 89-59

UW Parkside dropped Winona State 59-58

D3
Drew beat St. Scholastica 66-54

Northwestern MN beat Augsburg 69-60

St. Catherine edged Presentation 78-76 in overtime

UW Superior beat UM Morris 72-55

JUCO
Mesabi Range edged Rochester 59-57 in the MCTC tournament

Next up: the Week That Was #6, player & team of the week, review of the tournaments past, preview of games to come. probably close to 7 pm tonight.