#3 Baylor's Niya Johnson tallied a school-record 19 assists in the team's 105-46 thrashing of McNeese State. The Bears are 10-0.
Alaina Coates delivered a triple-double for #2 South Carolina in their 86-37 romp over Winthrop. She had 29 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks. The Gamecocks are 9-0.
Sophomore Victoria Vivians lead #9 Mississippi State over Louisiana Tech, 93-63, with 36 points. That included seven three-point shots.
#5 Texas 77, #14 Stanford 69......Empress Davenport had a personal-best 23 points for the Longhorns, who are 8-0.
#20 UCLA 86, Michigan 77......Nirra Fields lead the Bruins with 22 points and Monique Billings added a career-high 20, plus 11 boards.
#21 South Florida 61, Chattanooga 33......Alisia Jenkins set a career rebounds school record for the Bulls.
#25 Michigan State 82, Oakland 62......Jasmine Hines put up a career-high 21 points for the Spartans.
#8 Kentucky 68, Middle Tennessee 52......the Wildcats are 9-0.
#12 Northwestern 81, Loyola Chicago 72......those Wildcats are 9-0 as well.
More results:
USC pounded Long Beach State, 69-43. The Trojans are 8-0.
St. John's stomped UCF, 70-42.
Elon edged NC State, 69-66.
Purdue handled Ball State, 73-63.
Louisville topped IUPUI, 70-61.
James Madison hammered Richmond, 73-47.
George Washington took down Villanova, 78-70.
Tulsa defeated UALR, 74-63.
All scores.
One of the numerous interesting things about this season so far is that many teams that have been traditionally solid are struggling: Louisville, Chattanooga, North Carolina, Middle Tennessee State, UALR, Penn State, just to name a few.
Connecticut and South Carolina in the Final Four this year seems a foregone conclusion. The other two spots? Wide open.
Team news:
Ohio State assistant coach Mark Mitchell and players Shayla Cooper and Chelsea Mitchell were suspended for today's game against North Carolina AT&T for "conduct detrimental to the team."
Player news:
Moriah Mack is set to return for New Mexico State.
Freshman Hallie Thome is finding her role at Michigan.
Freshman guard Riley Rose has left Missouri State.
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??? for you.... What's your opinion of USC (the California one)? They have started the year off well @ 8-0, which is great... But my question is.... Who have they played worth mentioning? In the long run is is better to have and easy preseason and go undfeated throughout it, or throw in some challenging teams to get an accurate measure of where you are. I am not SC fan overall, but respect the program. However if you look at the Pac 12 preason schedules, SC, along with several of the schools currently with seemingly great records (no losses) have not played a ranked school. What's the advantage? Better overall record? Just want your thoughts.
Hey, my friend. Great question, and it's a classic one at that - strength of schedule or wins. I'll be honest and say that USC's weak schedule is the reason I haven't been to any of their games so far this season; I didn't care about any of their opponents.
The SOS is completely up to the coach, but if it were me, I'd play a tougher preconference slate than not. Look at your UCLA Bruins: they had a rough season last year due much to their hard schedule. But look where it got them this year - a ranking.
I've found that going undefeated early and then having it catch up to you later in the season is a confidence-buster for the athletes. Better to give them a more realistic schedule to begin with than to have to deal with the aftermath of their lowered self-esteem.
Also, Kailapea, check out the overall records of all the Pac-12 teams: http://pac-12.com/sport/womens-basketball
The conference has FIVE teams ranked in the top 25 this week, and they're all pretty much in the middle of the current "standings." Why? They have the best schedules.
Thanks for your input. That's kind of how I feel about it. I mean on one hand it's great to start your season off with a winning record. But when you get into conference play your opponents will likely be a lot more skilled then the ones you played in the preseason. A team that ends their preseason say 10-0, could easily end up on a long losing streak, which could send the best of programs realing. Also isn't SOS something the NCAA looks, and impacts selections, come tournament time? I have a lot of respect for Cori, who challenges her team. It works within her concept of the team getting better every possession of every game. I was shocked to see that OSU, which is ranked in the top 10, has had a cake walk in the preseason. I think Tenn will be their 1st ranked opponent (and I hope Tenn rebounds from the Stanford loss).
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