Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Ohio State Rolls, Summit Battles, Awards

#7 posting 1.29.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
Ohio State beat Penn State 89-53. Tamarah Riley (Detroit DePorres) had 8 for OSU. Janessa Wolff (Park Rapids) had 6 for PSU. It was OSU's coach Jim Foster's 650th career win.

Coach Lisa Stone of Wisconsin held her normal Monday press conference yesterday.

SUMMIT LEAGUE
IPFW beat Western Illinois 69-57. Samantha Edwards (Okemos, MI) had 4 for IPFW. Lindsey Wutt (Waterford, WI) had 5 for WIU.

IUPUI beat Oakland 64-61. Melissa Jeltema (Grand Rapids Christian, MI) had 16 for Oakland.

Oral Roberts beat UMKC 67-63. Alyssa Klein (Okoboji, IA) had 20 for UMKC. Marta Waalen (St. Paul Central) added 7 to UMKC's total.

WEST
Boise State beat Fresno State 82-62. Sierra Moeller (Pierre, SD) had 2 for Boise State.

AWARDS
Lauren Dybing (St. Croix Lutheran) of Drake was named player of the week in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Lizzie Boeck (Milwaukee Lutheran) of Northern Iowa was named newcomer of the week in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Krystal Ellis (Racine St. Catherine) of Marquette was named to the Big East Honor Roll.

Gustavus' Jess Vadnais (Hudson, WI) was named player of the week in the MIAC.

HIGH FIVE
In little play last night it was Michigan coming out on top in the team portion, and Iowa taking the individual crown.
Michigan now has a leading 27 team wins, 10 more than 2nd place Wisconsin.
Iowa is in 4th place with 13 individual titles, 9 off leader Michigan's 22.
This is Klein's 3.5 time leading the high five, the most of any Iowa player.

MICHIGAN--45
Melissa Jeltema, Oakland (Grand Rapids Christian) 16 vs IUPUI 61-64
Jessica Pike, Oakland (Clawson) 11 vs IUPUI 61-64
Tamarah Riley, Ohio State (Detroit DePorres) 8 vs Penn State 89-53
Shavelle Little, Ohio State (Ann Arbor Huron) 6 vs Penn State 89-53
Samantha Edwards, IPFW (Okemos) 4 vs Western Illinois 69-57
Aubrey Freshour, Oakland (L'Anse Creuse) 4 vs IUPUI 61-64
Charlese Greer, Oakland (Pontiac Northern) 4 vs IUPUI 61-64

IOWA---20
Alyssa Klein, UMKC (Okoboji) 20 vs Oral Roberts 63-67

MINNESOTA---13
Marta Waalen, UMKC (St. Paul Central) 7 vs Oral Roberts 63-67
Janessa Wolff, Penn State (Park Rapids) 6 vs Ohio State 53-89

WISCONSIN--5
Lindsey Wutt, Western Illinois (Waterford) 5 vs IPFW 57-69

SOUTH DAKOTA--2
Sierra Moeller, Boise State (Pierre) 2 vs Fresno State 82-62

Next up: later this afternoon with a grab bag