Hayden Verbal; Gophers, Hawkeyes Win Exhibitions

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HAYDEN VERBAL
Kimetria Hayden of Dallas Lincoln has verballed Baylor. The 5-11 guard/forward 17.9 points for the 4A Champs last season.
Hayden is the 20th known player from Texas 2009 class to verbal.
From the Dallas Morning News.

JAMBOREE
There will be Jamboree on November 21 at Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Here is the schedule
5:30 Kennedy vs. Marion
6:15 Linn-Mar vs. Solon
7:00 CR Prairie vs. Benton
7:45 CR Wash vs. Xavier
8:30 CR Jefferson vs. Alburnett
Home team is listed first, wears white, and sits to the right of the scorers table.
All games are two 8 minute quarters, and ties will not be broken.
Admission: $4 adults/$3 students and senior citizens

Q&A
Badger Coach Lisa Stone goes through part two of a Q&A.

POLLS
The Big 12 has five teams in the top 25. UConn is #1.

EXHIBITIONS
Minnesota beat Concordia St. Paul 69-54. Emily Fox had 15 to lead the Gophers. Zoraa Quoie (Woodbury) had 15 for CSP.

Iowa beat Quincy 88-57. Wendy Ausdemore (TriCenter, IA) had 18 points for the Hawkeyes. Kachine Alexander (Benilde-St. Margaret's) started and had 10. Kamille Wahlin (Crookston) and Hannah Draxten (Fergus Falls) had 7 and 5 points respectively.

Michigan State held their Green & White scrimmage on Sunday.

Iowa State beat Buena Vista 74-37. Heather Ezell (Springfield Kickapoo, MO) had 12 points for ISU. Amanda Nisleit (Woodbury) had 8 points. Katie Ebel (Cherokee, IA) had 10 points for BV.

Kansas beat Fort Hays State 93-37. Kelly Kohn (Adrian, MI) had 13 points for the Jayhawks.

Bradley beat Lewis 77-69. Jenny Van Kirk (Waconia) had 18 for the Braves. Renee Frericks (Forest Lake) had 9 and Hanna Muegge (Hopkins) had 4 for Bradley. All three started.

Western Michigan beat Davenport 52-37. WMU forced 19 turnovers. Ebony Cleary (Detroit King) had 22 points for WMU. Kallie Benike had 20 points for Davenport. From the Kalamazoo Gazette.

Marshall beat Exodus All Star team 78-41. Tynikki Crook (Detroit Pershing) had 20 points for Marshall.

UTEP beat St. Mary's TX 59-40. Jareica Hughes (Southfield-Lathrup, MI) had 16 points for UTEP.

Western Illinois beat Culver-Stockton 76-41. Lindsey Wutt (Waterford, WI) had 5 points for WIU. Anne Borgertpoepping (Owatonna) added 4.

Vanderbilt beat Tusculum 98-40. Amy Malo (Fairmont) had 7 points.

REAL GAMES
D2
Lake Superior State beat Alaska Anchorage 70-65 in overtime in Orlando. Ronlea Peterson (Midland Bullock Creek) had 14 for LSSU. Rebecca Kielpinski (Mandan, ND) had 11 points for AA.

#19 USC Aiken beat SW MN State 76-63. Sara Leidall (Rochester Century) had 18 points for SW. Earlier the Mustangs beat American International Leidall had 20 in this contest. Southwest started the tournament by beating #12 Delta State. Leidall and Heidi Kimmes (Cannon Falls) each had 12.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
State Fair CC beat Southeastern IA CC 74-52. Gabbie Binion had 16 points for SE. From the Burlington Hawk Eye.

Marshalltown CC beat Florissant Valley CC 83-50. Kwinnyata Mercer had 16 points for Marshalltown. From the Marshalltown Times-Republican.

PREVIEWS
D1
Matt Bolant is more comfortable this season at UW Green Bay. From the Green Bay Press Gazette.

Close won't cut it for UW Milwaukee this year. They want the top shelf. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

D2
Hillsdale has high expectations. From the Hillsdale Daily News.

Next up: later today with another in the Profile series. I also will get back to the Out & Abouts later today. Other obligations took my time on Sunday.