Braun, Hageman 1000

#5 posting 1.25.2007
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
Minnesota's Leslie Knight is shining this year. She has emerged from the shadows. From the StarTribune.
The Gophers head to Iowa and will try to turn the tables on the Hawkeyes. Iowa won at Williams Arena earlier. From the MN Daily.
Iowa is 1-6 at home recently and want the skid to end. From the Des Moines Register, and Daily Iowan.

Brittany Heins has played her way into a starting spot at Wisconsin. Coach Stone wants her to model her game after Mike Wilkinson of the Badger's men's team. From the Capital Times.

BIG 12
Oklahoma scored sooner than Iowa State 69-49. West Central's Megan Ronhovde had 13 to lead ISU; while Pelican Rapids' Gillian Bjerke, and Woodbury's Amanda Nisleit each had 2.

Oklahoma State edged Colorado 61-58. Mounds View's Hannah Skildum did not score for Colorado.

Texas A&M slipped by Nebraska 66-65. Cannon Falls' Cory Montgomery did not score for Nebraska.

MID AMERICAN
Bowling Green bowled over Western Michigan 90-62. Detroit Country Day's Carrie Moore had 24 for WMU.

Eastern Michigan stampeded Buffalo 69-56. Lansing Everett's Patrice McKinney had a career best 30 for EMU.

OTHERS
American sunk Navy 62-48. DeLaSalle's Talicia Jackson had 8 for American off the bench.

Maine beat MD Baltimore County 74-66. Breck's Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa had 13, and Hopkins' Abby Greene had her first double digit scoring performance with 12 points via four 3s.

Chicago State smoked Judson 84-53

Valparaiso vanquished IPFW 75-67. In the contest Prior Lake's Tamra Braun went over the 1000 point mark for Valpo. Mpls North's Krystal Taylor made double digits for the first time in her career with 11 points for Valpo.

D2
The North Central region rankings are out and North Dakota is 1st. Augustana is 2nd and will see UND this weekend.

D3
MIAC
St. Thomas dropped Hamline 68-59. DeLaSalle's Sheena Porter-Wrzos and Jessica Katch had 17 each for St. Thomas. Grace Weinrich had 14 for Hamline.

Macalester stopped St. Mary's 64-47. Madison Edgewood's Danielle Johnson had 25 for Macalester. Winona Cotter's Jessica Wiesbrod had 13 for St. Mary's.

Gustavus rolled to their 7th straight win. This time the opponent was Bethel 72-55. Hudson's Jess Vadnais had 23 for Gustavus. Sarah Cotner had 16 for Bethel.

St. Benedict topped Carleton 77-67. Waseca's Mackenzie O'Neil had 20 for St. Ben's. Portland Lincoln's Hannah Oken-Berg had 14 for Carleton.

St. Catherine zipped Augsburg 73-50. Dawson-Boyd's Rachel Berglund had 17 for St. Kate's. Chaska's Michelle Richter had 16 for Augsburg.

Concordia Moorhead halted St. Olaf 83-62. Fargo South's Melanie Hageman went over the 1000 point mark for CM. She had 24 points on the night. Melrose's Kelsey Oja had 15 to lead St. Olaf.

It's Carleton's Sarah Lincoln's turn to answere five questions. Lincoln played her HS ball at Rockford.

Presentation's Katie Temple is only 5-0 but a fierce competitor. From the Aberdeen American News.

NAIA
KXMB has a report on Minot State and their weekend games ahead.

Osseo's Bonnie Johnson, now at Missouri Valley College, was named player of the week in the Heart of America Conference. She averaged 25 points last week in wins over Graceland, Lindenwood and Benedictine.

GREAT PLAINS
Mount Marty popped Dakota Wesleyan 70-47. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Briar Cliff swept Dana this season with a 68-63 win. From the Sioux City Journal.

Dordt stunned Morningside 83-81. Also from the SCJ.

Northwestern IA's Deb Remmerde can shoot. Right now she is 96.7 at the line. From the Des Moines Register.

Next up: an out & about later tonight.