Worden Leaves, Whitewater Upset

#7 posting 2.29.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

COLLEGE REPORTS
final edition
D1
LEAVING
Freshman Tanaeya Worden (Sioux City North) has left Southern Illinois.

BIG 10
Minnesota beat Indiana 69-54. Emily Fox had 20 and Leslie Knight (Hopkins) 19 for the Gophers. Jamie Braun (Marshfield, WI) had 16 for Indiana.

Iowa beat Northwestern 68-42. Wendy Ausdemore (TriCenter, IA) had 16 for Iowa. Melissa Miller (Breck) did not score for NW.
Iowa's Johanna Solverson is featured on the Big 10 network.

Michigan State beat Illinois 54-46. Alyssa DeHaan (Grandville, MI) had 7 for MSU. Mia Johnson (Mpls North) did not score for MSU. Jenna Smith (Bloomington Kennedy) had 15 for Illinois.

Ohio State beat Penn State 87-84. Tamarah Riley (Detroit DePorres) had 10 for OSU. Janessa Wolff (Park Rapids) had 16 for PSU.

Wisconsin beat Michigan 69-67. Jolene Anderson (South Shore, WI) had 14 for Wisconsin. Alyssa Karel (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 11 for the Badgers. Janelle Cooper (Detroit Renaissance) had 13 for Michigan.

MISSOURI VALLEY
Evansville beat Northern Illinois 57-55. Lizzie Boeck (Milwaukee Lutheran) had 22 for UNI.

Bradley beat Southern Illinois 77-72. Jenny Van Kirk (Waconia) did not score for Bradley. Cortney Sales (Detroit Murray Wright) did not score for SIU.

HORIZON
Valparaiso beat Cleveland State 66-52. Dominique Butler (Milw Madison) had 12 for CSU.

Detroit beat UI Chicago 55-51. Zemora Davis (Detroit Community) had 10 for Detroit. Chanica Hall (Benilde-St. Margaret's) added 5 for Detroit. Jessie Miller (Holy Angels) had 14 for UIC.

SOUTH
LSU beat Arkansas 83-46. Kristen Morris (Detroit Country Day) had 2 for LSU.

Rice beat Marshall 68-64. Kizzy Hart (Oak Park, MI) had 23 for Marshall.

Arkansas State beat Louisiana Monroe 68-53. Kayla Pospisil (Marion, IA) had 4 for Arkansas State.

WEST
UTEP beat SMU 76-63. Jareica Hughes (Southfield-Lathrup, MI) had 22 for UTEP.

Texas State beat Stephen F Austin 70-67. Marie Moser (Cedar Rapids Jefferson) had 6 for Texas State.

Montana beat Northern Colorado 66-55. Courtney Stoermer (Iowa City West) had 13 for UNC.

Boise State beat San Jose State 74-65. Sierra Moeller (Pierre) had 6 for Boise State. Natalie White (Dubuque Senior) had 27 for SJSU.

Idaho State beat Sacramento State 95-78. Ally Sisal (Luxemburg-Casco, WI) did not score for ISU.

Louisiana Tech beat Utah State 62-47. Jade Hatchett (Milwaukee Vincent) had 2 for Utah State.

Gonzaga beat Santa Clara 80-71. Claire Goins (Sioux City Heelan) had 9 for SC.

HIGH FIVE
In the tightest High Five Michigan edged out three other states by three points
MICHIGAN --78
Kizzy Hart, Marshall (Oak Park) 23 vs Rice 64-68
Jareica Hughes, UTEP (Southfield-Lathrup) 22 vs SMU 76-63
Janelle Cooper, Michigan (Detroit Renaissance) 13 vs Wisconsin 67-69
Tamarah Riley, Ohio State (Detroit DePorres) 10 vs Penn State 87-84
Zemora Davis, Detroit (Detroit Community) 10 vs UI Chicago 55-51

MINNESOTA --75
Leslie Knight, Minnesota (Hopkins) 19 vs Indiana 69-54
Janessa Wolff, Penn State (Park Rapdis) 16 vs Ohio State 84-87
Jenna Smith, Illinois (Bloomington Kennedy) 15 vs Michigan State 46-54
Jessie Miller, UI Chicago (Holy Angels) 14 vs Detroit 51-55
Alyssa Karel, Wisconsin, (Cretin-Derham Hall) 11 vs Michigan 69-67

WISCONSIN --75
Lizzie Boeck, Northern Iowa (Milwaukee Lutheran) 22 vs Evansville 55-57
Jamie Braun, Indiana (Marshfield) 16 vs Minnesota 54-69
Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin, (South Shore) 14 vs Michigan 69-67
Dominique Butler, Cleveland State (Milw Madison) 12 vs Valparaiso 52-66
Danielle Ward, Wisconsin, (Milw King) 11 vs Michigan 69-67

IOWA --75
Natalie White, San Jose State (Dubuque Senior) 27 vs Boise State 65-74
Wendy Ausdemore, Iowa (TriCenter) 16 vs Northwestern 68-42
Courtney Stoermer, Northern Colorado (Iowa City West) 13 vs Montana 55-66
Nicole Clausen, Northern Iowa (Denison-Schleswig) 10 vs Evansville 55-57
Claire Goins, Santa Clara (Sioux City Heelan) 9 vs Gonzaga 71-80
Erin Brocka, Northern Iowa (North Butler) 9 vs Evansville 55-57

SOUTH DAKOTA --6
Sierra Moeller, Boise State (Pierre) 6 vs San Jose State 74-65

D2
NORTH CENTRAL
UN Omaha beat UM Duluth 65-57. Alyssa Green (Cedar Rapids Washington) had 17 for UNO. Katy Freeman (Duluth East) had 15 for UMD.

South Dakota beat Augustana 82-42. Bridget Yoerger (Hinton, IA) had 13 for USD. Molly Hayes (Harrisburg, SD) had 9 for Augustana.

OTHER
Northern Kentucky beat UW Parkside 69-54. Brittany Hogan (Arlington Heights Hersey, IL) had 13 for UWP.

D3
WIAC SEMIFINALS
Eau Claire beat Stout 86-61 Michelle Burns (Eau Claire North) had 27 for Eau Claire. Julia Hirssig (Rochester Mayo) had 20 for Stout.

Stevens Point beat Whitewater 79-71. Haley Houghton (Wausau East) had 23 for SP. Tiffany Morton (Beloit Memorial) had 19 for Whitewater.

NAIA
Mayville State upset #9 Dakota State in the DAC Tournament semi finals last night by the score of 72-66. Comets were led in scoring by Cassie Leraas with 22 points, Laura BigCrow with 19 points and 7 rebounds and Danielle Guilbert who recorded a double/double scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. The DAC Championship in Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Kirkwood CC jumped out to a 50-17 halftime lead in winning it's 18th straightconference game 100-34 over Southeastern CC.

The Eagles (18-0, 24-6) will be the number one seed in next weeks Region XItournament.

Kirkwood had seven players in double figures led by Lauren Thomas-Johnson's 13. MyKenya Johnson and Breann Hill added 12 while McKensey Long, Rachele Monroe, Alicia Wright and El Sara Greer added 10 each. Greer had a team high 11 rebounds.

Kirkwood will host Southeastern next Tuesday night (March 4) at 7 pm in a first round playoff game.

If the Eagles win on Tuesday night, they travel to Boone, Iowa for the Region XI semi-finals and finals on March 7-8.

Next up: Later tonight with Out & Abouts.