Bubbles, Knee Troubles, and Awards

#6 posting 3.11.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
Iowa's Johanna Solverson and her knees are good to go for the postseason.

The Gophers are on the bubble. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP
Xavier beat Temple 47-42. Shenita Landray (Milwaukee King) had 6 for Temple.

BIG EAST SEMIS
Louisville beat West Virginia 67-60. Brandie Radde (Niles, MI) had 10 for Louisville.

HORIZON FIRST ROUND
Loyola of Chicago beat UI Chicago 73-69 in overtime. Jessie Miller (Holy Angels) had 22 for UIC.

Youngstown State beat Detroit 65-54. Zemora Davis (Detroit Community) had 14 for Detroit.

MID AMERICAN FIRST ROUND
Kent State beat Northern Illinois 75-67. Asheley Harkins (Saginaw Arthur Hill) had 13 for Kent State. Becky Smith (Janesville Parker) had 10 for NIU.

SUMMIT SEMIS
IUPUI beat UMKC 54-42. Alysa Klein (Okoboji, IA) had 14 for UMKC. Marta Waalen (St. Paul Central) added 2 for UMKC.

Oral Roberts beat Oakland 71-61. Jessica Pike (Clawson, MI) had 18 for Oakland.

SUN BELT SEMIS
Western Kentucky beat Arkansas State 70-56. Kayla Pospisil (Marion, IA) had 2 for Arkansas State.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Montain West Conference listed their All Conference list and New Mexico's Amy Beggin (Roseville) made the third team.

Drake's Jill Martin (Norwalk, IA) was named player of the week in the Missouri Valley Conference for the fourth time this season.

HIGH FIVE
Michigan took the high five, but Jessie Miller prevented the sweep with her 22 in the Minnesota individual column.
MICHIGAN--68
Jessica Pike, Oakland (Clawson) 18 vs Oral Roberts 71-61
Zemora Davis, Detroit (Detroit Community) 14 vs Youngstown State 54-65
Asheley Harkins, Kent State (Saginaw Arthur Hill) 13 vs Northern Illinois 75-67
April Kidd, Oakland (Grand Rapids Central) 12 vs Oral Roberts 71-61
Shanice Sadler, UI Chicago (Flint Hamady) 11 vs Loyola of Chicago 69-73 overtime

MINNESOTA--43
Jessie Miller, UI Chicago (Holy Angels) 22 vs Loyola of Chicago 69-73 overtime
Cassie Johnson, UI Chicago (Eastview) 11 vs Loyola of Chicago 69-73 overtime
Chanica Hall, Detroit (Benilde-St. Margaret's) 8 vs Youngstown State 54-65
Marta Waalen, UMKC (St. Paul Central) 2 vs IUPUI 42-54

WISCONSIN--34
Becky Smith, Northern Illinois (Janesville Parker) 10 vs Kent State 67-75
Jessie Wilcox, Northern Illinois (Oshkosh West) 9 vs Kent State 67-75
Gabi Hungerford, Detroit (Wild Rose) 9 vs Youngstown State 54-65
Shenita Landray, Temple (Milwaukee King) 6 vs Xavier 42-47

IOWA--18
Alysa Klein, UMKC (Okoboji) 14 vs IUPUI 42-54
Kayla Pospisil, Arkansas State (Marion) 2 vs Western Kentucky 56-70
Alisa Brinkman, Kent State (Pocahontas) 2 vs Northern Illinois 75-67

D2
The North Central Region takes place this weekend in Vermillion, SD. #2 seed North Dakota takes on Wayne State, Nebraska. Here are the NCAA D2 brackets.

HONORS
South Dakota Coach Chad Lavin has been awarded regional coach of the year and and Jeana Hoffman (Mitchell, SD) is one of 40 in the running for the 2008 State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball Team for Division II.

Northwood's Jeff Curtis is coach of the year in the Great Lakes region. From the Saginaw News.

NAIA
Davenport is ready for nationals. From the Grand Rapids Press.

next up: Grab bag this afternoon and then the A and AA previews later today