Monday Afternoon Grab Bag

#8 posting 12.3.2007
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

SOUTH DAKOTA PREVIEWS
KSFY has a basketball preview with team rankings and players to watch.

LITERARY BLOGS
I know it is outside of the coverage area, but if you want a good read go to the Coach Coale blog.

STUDENT VS TEACHER
It will be Brenda Frese and Maryland vs Vivian Stringer and Rutgers. Both have deep Iowa connections. From the Asbury Park Press.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Latisha Luckett of Central Michigan (Detroit Country Day) was named player of the week for the Mid America Conference West Division.

LATE REPORTS
IOWA: Cedar Rapids Washington beat Cedar Falls last week. This is the CF version of events in the Cedar Valley Preps.
MICHIGAN: Sault Ste. Marie split over the weekend. From the Soo Evening News. Charlevoix beat Cheboygan 43-34. From the Cheboygan Tribune. Petoskey won their tournament with a 45-35 win over St. Ignace. From the Petoskey News Review.
NORTH DAKOTA: Lidgerwood beat Oakes 59-45. From the Wahpeton Daily News.
WISCONSIN: New Berlin West beat Waukesha South 37-30. plus more weekend results from the Waukesha Freeman.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Marshalltown CC was raining down 3s---16 total---in a Sunday win over Southwestern, IA CC 99-74. Autumn Davis had 19 for MCC. Kim Wolfer of SW had 22. From the Marshalltown Times-Republican.

Rochester CTC rolled over Vermilion 79-33 on Saturday. Kasie Heimer had 18 for RCTC. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

COUSINS TOGETHER
Sasha Barnes and Shayla Johnson are playing together at NDSCS. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

JUCO FACTS
Minnesota teams have won 10 of the last 15 National juco D-3 titles and has played in 12 of the last 15 championship games. If you count teams from the region 13 of last 15 games.

LEADING SCORERS
Brittany Johnson of Minneapolis CTC is leading D3 scoring with a 26.57 average. 7 of the top 25 scorers are from Minnesota.

Next up: Later, I mean Later, tonight with an out & about