Minnesota Takes High Five, Mankato Hits 100

#7 posting 12.14.2007
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D1 ACTION
Slim pickings again Thursday Night

If you want tickets to the Big 10 tournament in March, here is how to order.

Penn State beat Mississippi 84-77. Janessa Wolff (Park Rapids) had 13 for Penn State.

Drake beat UW Milwaukee 63-53. Jill Martin (Norwalk, IA) had 12 for Drake. Lauren Dybing (St. Croix Lutheran) had 6 and Katie DeWitt (Centennial) had 0 for Drake. Traci Edwards (Menasha, WI) had 16 to lead UWM. Maurika Hickman (Mpls North had 6 and Lindsey Laur (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 2 for UWM.

Nebraska beat Cal State Bakersfield 66-62 in a closer game than you might imagine. Cory Montgomery (Cannon Falls) had 12 for Nebraska.

Arkansas State beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 73-54. Kayla Pospisil (Marion, IA) had one point for ASU.

Villanova beat Binghamton 78-51. Muffy Sadler (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) did not score for Binghamton.

D2
MSU Mankato hit the century in a 101-44 win over Dakota Wesleyan. Heather Johnson (JWP) had 24 for Mankato. The Mankato Free Press has more on the MSU win.

Rockhurst beat Upper Iowa 68-48

D3
UW River Falls edged Macalester 60-57 in overtime. Caitlin Hunstock (Mpls South) had 13 for UWRF. Alyssa Lunde (Rochester Mayo) had 21 for Mac.

HIGH FIVE
Minnesota slips past Wisconsin 39-38 in a tight contest. Still MN is in 4th place with 6 wins now.

In the Individual race Wisconsin added to their lead with the 11th win of the year. It was Traci Edwards' 2nd win this year.

MINNESOTA--39
Janessa Wolff, Penn State (Park Rapids) 13 vs Mississippi 84-77
Cory Montgomery, Nebraska (Cannon Falls) 12 vs Cal State Bakersfield 66-62
Lauren Dybing, Drake (St. Croix Lutheran) 6 vs UW Milwaukee 63-53
Maurika Hickman, UW Milwaukee (Mpls North) 6 vs Drake 53-63
Lindsey Laur, UW Milwaukee (Cretin-Derham Hall) 2 vs Drake 53-63

WISCONSIN--38
Traci Edwards, UW Milwaukee (Menasha) 16 vs Drake 53-63
Aubri Rote, UW Milwaukee (Kettle Moraine) 7 vs Drake 53-63
Jineen Williams, UW Milwaukee (Racine Case) 7 vs Drake 53-63
Turquoise McCain, UW Milwaukee (Milw Riverside) 4 vs Drake 53-63
Jody Crumble, UW Milwaukee (Milw Vincent) 4 vs Drake 53-63

IOWA--18
Jill Martin, Drake (Norwalk) 12 vs UW Milwaukee 63-53
Kelsey Keizer, Drake (Okoboji) 5 vs UW Milwaukee 63-53
Kayla Pospisil, Arkansas State (Marion) 1 vs UA Pine Bluff 73-54

Next up: later today with a grab bag. definitely later tonight with an out & about.