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#6 posting 12.3.2007
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D1 REPORT
Minnesota beat Charlotte 80-66. Corinne Campbell had 18 for the Gophers. Katie Ohm (Elgin-Millville) had 14, Ashley Ellis-Milan (St. Paul Central) had 11 and Leslie Knight (Hopkins) had 8 for Minnesota.

Penn State beat #11 Duke 86-84. Janessa Wolff (Park Rapids) had the game winner at the buzzer in the upset win for PSU. Wolff had 6 on the night.

#19 Ohio State beat Mississippi 69-55. Tamarah Riley (Detroit DePorres) had 3 for OSU.

Old Dominion beat Michigan State 79-73. Allyssa DeHaan (Grandville) had 13 for MSU.

#22 Notre Dame beat Michigan 77-46. The Michigan Daily headline says --"new coach, same blowouts."

Illinois beat Illinois Chicago 69-57. Jenna Smith (Bloomington Kennedy) had 16 points for Illinois. Jessie Miller (Holy Angels) had 18 and Cassie Johnson (Eastview) did not score for UIC.

Iowa beat Detroit 65-42. Krista VandeVenter (Osseo) and Kachine Alexander (Benilde-St. Margaret's) each had 6 for Iowa. Chanica Hall (Benilde-St. Margaret's) had 8 for Detroit. A halftime talk got the Hawkeyes moving according to the Des Moines Register.

Purdue beat SE Missouri State 51-41. The Boilermakers only scored 15 points in the first half. Lakisha Freeman (Saginaw Arthur Hill) had 17 for Purdue.

Wisconsin beat IPFW 85-69. Jolene Anderson (South Shore, WI) led Wisconsin with 26. Tara Steinbauer (Bloomington Kennedy) had 16 and Alyssa Karel (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 2 for the Badgers. Samantha Edwards (Okemos, MI) had 4 for IPFW. Steinbauer started and "shined" according to the Capital Times.

RANKED TEAMS
#13 California beat #18 Vanderbilt 67-59. California Amy Malo (Fairmont) did not score for Vandy.

#15 West Virginia beat Columbia 74-41 in the championship at the Florida Atlantic Tournament. Chelsea Frazier (Breck) had 7 for Columbia.

Oakland upset #21 Florida State 85-75. Jessica Pike (Clawson, MI) had 20 for Oakland.

MIDWEST
Drake beat Montana State 80-68. Jill Martin (Norwalk, IA) had 18 for Drake and Lauren Dybing (St. Croix Lutheran) added 17 more. Drake won the "Hustle" stat categories according to the Des Moines Register.

Dayton beat Akron 85-64. Brittany Holterman had 9 for Dayton.

Nebraska beat Robert Morris 73-58. Cory Montgomery (Cannon Falls) had her first double double with 16 points and 11 boards.

Kansas beat St. Louis 81-55. Kelly Kohn (Adrian, MI) had 3 for Kansas.

Central Michigan beat Wagner 73-61. Lakisha Luckett (Detroit Country Day) had 20 for CMU.

Illinois State beat Eastern Michigan 79-61. Nichole Lewis (Muskego, WI) had 4 for Illinois State. Amber Land (Kulm, ND) had 12 for EMU.

SOUTH
Louisville beat Florida 79-62. Keshia Hines (Auburn Hills Avondale, MI) had 25 for Louisville.

EAST
St. Joseph's beat host Brown 65-54 in the Brown championship game. Amy Wold (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) had 20 for St. Joseph's. Wold was named the Brown tournament MVP.

WEST
New Mexico State beat New Mexico 58-42. Amy Beggin (Roseville) had 16 for New Mexico.

Utah State beat Eastern Washington 74-55. Jade Hatchett (Milwaukee Vincent) did not score for Utah State.

Northern Colorado beat Pacific 67-58. Courtney Stoermer (Iowa City West) had 9 for UNC.

D2
#1 North Dakota beat Oklahoma Panhandle State. Kierah Kimbrough (BGMR) had 23 points and 12 rebounds for UND.

NAIA
Briar Cliff beat Nebraska Wesleyan 64-59. Kendra Collins had 17 for BC. From the Sioux City Journal.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Riverland beat Mesabi Range over the weekend 67-56. Brooke Monson (Austin) had 22 for Riverland. Shelby Slygh (Cotton) had 17 for MR.

BOEKELHEIDE SIGNS
Mayville State Coach Dennis Hutter is proud to announce the first signing for the 2008-09 season. Kelli Boekelheide, from Mellette, South Dakota, has signed a DAC Letter of Intent to play basketball for the Comets. Kelli has had a tremendous athletic career at Northwestern High School. She has been a member of the volleyball, basketball, and track team for the past four seasons. The last three seasons her volleyball team has won the State Championship, with a combined record of 125-9. Over the last four years Kelli has been a stand-out basketball player for the Northwestern Wildcats. Last season she was voted Ms. Hustle on her basketball team, by her teammates, and was also chosen to the Honorable Mention All-Conference Team. “We are very excited to have Kelli join our Comet Family, we feel she has a chance to make an immediate impact within our program”, explains Coach Hutter. “Kelli is a very good shooter, who has a great feel for the game, we feel she will be a tremendous asset both on and off the floor here at Mayville State”, adds Hutter. Kelli is the daughter of Tom and Sharon Boekelheide.

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