Sunday, December 4, 2016

Season already full of twists and turns

Department of WHOA!:

Duke upset #3 South Carolina, 74-63, behind 29 points from Rebecca Greenwell. It's the first loss of the year for the Gamecocks.

(Check out the great headline on this story, and press conference)

Oral Roberts stunned #12 Oklahoma, 74-67, with a late 18-0 run.

#13 Washington turned on the gas late to rout Fresno State, 85-54. Kelsey Plum had 30 points and Chantel Osahor, 22 rebounds.

#7 Louisville hung on to edge #17 Kentucky, 69-67 in OT.

Cal 86, Nebraska 65....the Bears have matched their best start in program history.

Northwestern 75, Chicago State 42....and Nia Coffey broke the Wildcat program rebounding record, formerly held by NCAA executive Anucha Browne.

IUPUI 73, Missouri 45 (what?) IUPUI is 6-1, and marked their first defeat of an SEC opponent.

More results:

#1 Notre Dame 114, Valparaiso 54

#2 Connecticut 72, #14 Texas 54

#4 Baylor 88, #22 Tennessee 66

#6 Maryland 92, UMBC 42

#8 Florida State 90, Western Carolina 41

#9 Ohio State 80, Cincinnati 38

#10 UCLA 72, Hawaii 49

#11 Stanford 68, UC Davis 42

#16 West Virginia 66, Ole Miss 61

#18 Miami 66, Old Dominion 56

#20 Syracuse 95, Central Connecticut 63

Alabama 71, Kansas 66....and the Tide is 7-0

Arizona State 69, Florida State 63

George Washington 72, Illinois 56

LSU 67, TCU 61

Arizona 74, New Mexico State 63

Seton Hall 70, Wake Forest 63

Charlotte 70, Pitt 63

Virginia 67, Bowling Green 47

Boise State 77, Washington State 73

North Carolina 78, Elon 73

Iowa 88, Northern Iowa 39

Purdue 71, Colgate 51

Wyoming 69, South Dakota 62

Oregon 95, Vanguard 55

Iowa State 100, New Orleans 63

Wisconsin 64, Illinois State 46

Louisiana Tech 66, McNeese State 56

All scores.

Tomorrow's schedule.

College team news:

The Syracuse back court may be the best in the country.

The Lady Vols are unhappy with their effort after the Baylor loss.

College player news:

USC senior guard Jordan Adams has torn her ACL and is out for the season.

Officials news:

Collected wisdom: NCAA basketball official Dee Kantner.

WNBA team news:

There's no easy fix for the Sun after Chiney Ogwumike's Achilles rupture.

WNBA player news:

Sun forward Morgan Tuck is working her way back from a knee injury.

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