Michigan State, Marquette in WNIT Final 4, Ellis 40

#2 posting 3.31.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
WNIT
Michigan State beat Michigan 45-40 in overtime. Alyssa DeHaan (Grandville, MI) had 13 for MSU. Mia Johnson (Mpls North) added 2. Krista Clement (St. Ignace) had 2 for Michigan.

Michigan had a 10 point lead in the middle of the second half. The Grand Rapids Press has more. The Michigan Daily looks at the scoring drought that struck the Wolverines. The State News (the Michigan State campus paper) uses the phrase MSU "barely skidding through".

Marquette beat Kentucky 69-64. Krystal Ellis (Racine St. Catherine) had a career high 40 for Marquette. Angel Robinson (St. Paul Central) had 13 also for Marquette. Samantha Mahoney (West Bloomfield, MI) had 15 for Kentucky.

Colorado beat TCU 96-90 in overtime. Hannah Skildum (Mounds View) had 2 for Colorado.

COACHING NEWS
Women's basketball Coach Dana Eickenberg at Southern Illinois is under review for verbal abuse as players have left the program. From the Daily Egyptian (the Southern Illinois campus paper).

HIGH FIVE
WISCONSIN--43
Krystal Ellis, Marquette (Racine St. Catherine) 40 vs Kentucky 69-64
Erin Monfre, Marquette (Waukesha South) 3 vs Kentucky 69-64

MICHIGAN--39
Samantha Mahoney, Kentucky (West Bloomfield) 15 vs Marquette 64-69
Alyssa DeHaan, Michigan State (Grandville) 13 vs Michigan 45-40
Jenelle Harris, Marquette (Detroit Renaissance) 4 vs Kentucky 69-64
Chante Bowman, Kentucky (Detroit Cass Tech) 4 vs Marquette 64-69
Svetlana Kovalenko, Marquette (Houghton) 3 vs Kentucky 69-64

MINNESOTA--15
Angel Robinson, Marquette (St. Paul Central) 13 vs Kentucky 69-64
Hannah Skildum, Colorado (Mounds View) 2 vs TCU 96-90 OT

VERBAL
Becky Christofferson of Summit, SD has made a verbal to Sioux Falls. She is the 6th SD player to head to an NAIA school, and 12th overall from the 2008 class. From the Aberdeen American News.

next up: later today with a pair of out & abouts from the Iowa State AAU tournament.