The Liberty didn't just beat the Shock - they pounded them, 90-74.
The Fever downed the Dream, 77-70.
The Stars edged the Sun, 74-71, for their fifth straight road win. It was the third consecutive loss for Connecticut.
The short-handed Sky bested the Sparks, 90-83, behind rookie Jamierra Faulkner's 27 points.
More WNBA news.....
Mystics:
A minute with rookie Bria Hartley.
Liberty:
Avery Warley-Talbert is reunited with the team for the second time.
Lynx:
Seimone Augustus will miss another game due to knee bursitis.
Monica Wright is battling defensively in a starting role.
Today's practice report.
Mercury:
The Mercury is heating up thanks to a healthy Penny Taylor.
Storm:
New COO Alisha Valavanis brings passion and experience into her new role.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Get ready for July recruiting
It's almost that time again.....time for club ball teams to start balling like mad, and for college coaches to watch 10 hours of games per day while managing to stay awake and take good notes.
The schedule:
July 6-12, evaluation period
July 13-22, dead period
July 23-29, evaluation period
July 30-31, dead period
Stay tuned for tournament scheduling and news as it becomes available.
The schedule:
July 6-12, evaluation period
July 13-22, dead period
July 23-29, evaluation period
July 30-31, dead period
Stay tuned for tournament scheduling and news as it becomes available.
Players, rookie of the month
For the month of June, POMs are Angel McCoughtry and Diana Taurasi.
Chiney Ogwumike is the rookie of the month, repeating her feat from May.
Four games on tap tonight, including Sky at Sparks. I will be tweeting live: twitter.com/hoopism.
College news:
Cal's new assistant coach is Jeff Cammon.
Maryland and Rutgers are now part of the Big Ten Conference.
Chiney Ogwumike is the rookie of the month, repeating her feat from May.
Four games on tap tonight, including Sky at Sparks. I will be tweeting live: twitter.com/hoopism.
College news:
Cal's new assistant coach is Jeff Cammon.
Maryland and Rutgers are now part of the Big Ten Conference.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Heavy weight news
ESPN's power rankings:
Most teams have moved up or stayed the same on the list, except Indiana, which drops like a stone.....
1. Mercury
2. Dream
3. Lynx
4. Sun
5. Stars
6. Shock
7. Sky
8. Sparks
9. Mystics
10. Storm
11. Fever
12. Liberty
WNBA honors:
Sancho Lyttle and Nneka Ogwumike are the Eastern and Western Conference players of the week.
Cheryl Reeve and Michael Cooper will coach the West and East teams in the All-Star game July 19.
(For those wondering, the coaches are from last year's conference-winning teams)
Injuries continue to plague the Chicago Sky:
Courtney Vandersloot has sustained a grade three strain of her left MCL, and will be out 6-10 weeks.
WNBA team news.....
Sun:
Chiney Ogwumike is the real deal, but still has a lot to learn.
Lynx:
....are focusing on maximum effort.
Sky:
The Sky chilled for charity.
College news:
Duke junior Alexis Jones is transferring closer to home.
Gonzaga transfer Maiki Viela has landed at Morehead State.
The NCAA has reopened their North Carolina fraud investigation.
The Big 12 has unveiled its new logo.
Nicki Collen is FGCU's new assistant coach.
Stephanie Stoglin-Reed is a new assistant coach for Texas State.
The funeral for former UTSA coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair will be Wednesday.
USA Basketball:
The USA women will face Canada in an exhibition game Sept. 15, prior to the World Championship in Turkey.
Most teams have moved up or stayed the same on the list, except Indiana, which drops like a stone.....
1. Mercury
2. Dream
3. Lynx
4. Sun
5. Stars
6. Shock
7. Sky
8. Sparks
9. Mystics
10. Storm
11. Fever
12. Liberty
WNBA honors:
Sancho Lyttle and Nneka Ogwumike are the Eastern and Western Conference players of the week.
Cheryl Reeve and Michael Cooper will coach the West and East teams in the All-Star game July 19.
(For those wondering, the coaches are from last year's conference-winning teams)
Injuries continue to plague the Chicago Sky:
Courtney Vandersloot has sustained a grade three strain of her left MCL, and will be out 6-10 weeks.
WNBA team news.....
Sun:
Chiney Ogwumike is the real deal, but still has a lot to learn.
Lynx:
....are focusing on maximum effort.
Sky:
The Sky chilled for charity.
College news:
Duke junior Alexis Jones is transferring closer to home.
Gonzaga transfer Maiki Viela has landed at Morehead State.
The NCAA has reopened their North Carolina fraud investigation.
The Big 12 has unveiled its new logo.
Nicki Collen is FGCU's new assistant coach.
Stephanie Stoglin-Reed is a new assistant coach for Texas State.
The funeral for former UTSA coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair will be Wednesday.
USA Basketball:
The USA women will face Canada in an exhibition game Sept. 15, prior to the World Championship in Turkey.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Some "wow" games
Well well well.....
The Liberty finally got one - barely - by holding off the Sun, 67-65.
The Mercury squeaked by the Shock, 80-77. Brittney Griner set a WNBA single-game record by blocking 11 shots.
The Lynx finally beat the Storm this season, by the skin of their teeth: 74-69.
Other, more expected results:
The Stars topped the Mystics, 73-65.
The Dream downed the Fever, 76-68.
USA Basketball:
The U17 team thrashed France, 88-40, at the World Championships. Just a week ago, France beat them by six points.
College news:
Texas Tech's Amber Battle will have surgery after being hit in the face on campus yesterday by an incoming freshman football player. The young man - Nigel Bethel II, has been dismissed from the school.
The Liberty finally got one - barely - by holding off the Sun, 67-65.
The Mercury squeaked by the Shock, 80-77. Brittney Griner set a WNBA single-game record by blocking 11 shots.
The Lynx finally beat the Storm this season, by the skin of their teeth: 74-69.
Other, more expected results:
The Stars topped the Mystics, 73-65.
The Dream downed the Fever, 76-68.
USA Basketball:
The U17 team thrashed France, 88-40, at the World Championships. Just a week ago, France beat them by six points.
College news:
Texas Tech's Amber Battle will have surgery after being hit in the face on campus yesterday by an incoming freshman football player. The young man - Nigel Bethel II, has been dismissed from the school.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Tulsa Shock: the overtime team
Tonight's result:
The Sparks rallied past the Shock in overtime, 92-89. It was Tulsa's third consecutive overtime game.
It was also the first game back for Kristi Toliver, who missed six games with Los Angeles helping Slovakia qualify for a European National Championship.
Game notes:
Tulsa Shock
- Skylar Diggins led the Shock with 29 points, shooting 9-for-18 from the field and 10-of-11 from the free throw line. She has scored in double figures in 13 of 14 games this season for the Shock.
- Rookie Odyssey Sims recorded her first career double-double, with 17 points and 10 assists. Courtney Paris also earned her eighth double-double of the season, putting up 12 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.
- Three Shock players scored in double digits – Diggins (29), Sims (17) and Paris (12).
- Rookie Jordan Hooper added nine points off the bench, shooting three-for-six from behind the three-point line.
Los Angeles Sparks
- Nneka Ogwumike led the Sparks with 22 points, her tenth time this season to score in double figures.
- Jantel Lavender put up her third double-double in the last four games, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.
- Candace Parker led the team in assists with seven and also added 15 points.
- Four Sparks players scored in double figures – Ogwumike (22), Lavender (16), Parker (15) and Toliver (12)
More WNBA news.....
Shock:
Rookie Jordan Hooper is coming up big for Tulsa this season, including nine points off the bench today.
Liberty:
Essence Carson remains determined.
Storm:
Q&A with Crystal Langhorne.
There are five games tomorrow again.
The Sparks rallied past the Shock in overtime, 92-89. It was Tulsa's third consecutive overtime game.
It was also the first game back for Kristi Toliver, who missed six games with Los Angeles helping Slovakia qualify for a European National Championship.
Game notes:
Tulsa Shock
- Skylar Diggins led the Shock with 29 points, shooting 9-for-18 from the field and 10-of-11 from the free throw line. She has scored in double figures in 13 of 14 games this season for the Shock.
- Rookie Odyssey Sims recorded her first career double-double, with 17 points and 10 assists. Courtney Paris also earned her eighth double-double of the season, putting up 12 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.
- Three Shock players scored in double digits – Diggins (29), Sims (17) and Paris (12).
- Rookie Jordan Hooper added nine points off the bench, shooting three-for-six from behind the three-point line.
Los Angeles Sparks
- Nneka Ogwumike led the Sparks with 22 points, her tenth time this season to score in double figures.
- Jantel Lavender put up her third double-double in the last four games, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.
- Candace Parker led the team in assists with seven and also added 15 points.
- Four Sparks players scored in double figures – Ogwumike (22), Lavender (16), Parker (15) and Toliver (12)
More WNBA news.....
Shock:
Rookie Jordan Hooper is coming up big for Tulsa this season, including nine points off the bench today.
Liberty:
Essence Carson remains determined.
Storm:
Q&A with Crystal Langhorne.
There are five games tomorrow again.
Former UTSA coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair killed in motorcycle accident
What a horrible tragedy:
Former UTSA women's basketball coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday afternoon in Austin.
Rippetoe-Blair, who coached the Roadrunners for 13 seasons before resigning last August, was 52.
Rippetoe-Blair apparently lost control of her motorcycle on an overpass in north Austin, according to reports. Rippetoe-Blair and the motorcycle fell over the edge of the overpass. No other cars were involved in the accident, according to reports.
Rippetoe-Blair had sold her motorcycle and was on her way to deliver it to the buyer in Austin when she had the accident, her mother said by phone Saturday morning.
"She had it sold to someone who wanted it in Austin," Anita Rippetoe said. "They were going to meet at a bank and Rae was going to get paid and get rid of it. I don't know how far she was from the bank, but I don't think it was too far."
Rippetoe-Blair was going to return home with friends who drove to Austin in her car. The friends were ahead of Rippetoe-Blair when the accident occurred.
"They kept looking in the rear-view mirror to make sure they could always see her," Anita Rippetoe said. "There was a lot of traffic, her friends told me, and then they didn't see her. The friend that was driving got off on the next exit to try to see her, and then they saw what had happened."
The former coach had retired to care for her husband, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
It's stories like this that make you wonder why.
Former UTSA women's basketball coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday afternoon in Austin.
Rippetoe-Blair, who coached the Roadrunners for 13 seasons before resigning last August, was 52.
Rippetoe-Blair apparently lost control of her motorcycle on an overpass in north Austin, according to reports. Rippetoe-Blair and the motorcycle fell over the edge of the overpass. No other cars were involved in the accident, according to reports.
Rippetoe-Blair had sold her motorcycle and was on her way to deliver it to the buyer in Austin when she had the accident, her mother said by phone Saturday morning.
"She had it sold to someone who wanted it in Austin," Anita Rippetoe said. "They were going to meet at a bank and Rae was going to get paid and get rid of it. I don't know how far she was from the bank, but I don't think it was too far."
Rippetoe-Blair was going to return home with friends who drove to Austin in her car. The friends were ahead of Rippetoe-Blair when the accident occurred.
"They kept looking in the rear-view mirror to make sure they could always see her," Anita Rippetoe said. "There was a lot of traffic, her friends told me, and then they didn't see her. The friend that was driving got off on the next exit to try to see her, and then they saw what had happened."
The former coach had retired to care for her husband, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
It's stories like this that make you wonder why.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Some close ones
Tonight's results:
The Mystics got by the Sun, 69-63.
The Mercury rallied past the Fever, 81-76.
The Sky held off the Liberty, 73-69.
The Storm downed the Lynx, 81-71.
More WNBA news.....
Lynx:
Coach Cheryl Reeve admits she made a mistake in drafting Lindsey Moore last year.
Sun:
Danielle McCray will be out 6-8 weeks after surgery to repair a torn thumb ligament.
Chillin 4 Charity:
The Los Angeles Sparks.
The Phoenix Mercury.
Ailing:
Elena Delle Donne and Tamika Catchings fight illness and injury to play on their terms.
College news:
The University of Tennessee has filed another protective motion in former media relations director Debby Jennings' lawsuit against the school.
Retiring athletic director Joan Cronan is optimistic about the future of the Lady Vols.
Alabama's top scorer Daisha Simmons has been granted a release and will transfer.
Rhode Island's staff is now complete.
Colorado has extended the contract of coach Linda Lappe through 2019.
The Mystics got by the Sun, 69-63.
The Mercury rallied past the Fever, 81-76.
The Sky held off the Liberty, 73-69.
The Storm downed the Lynx, 81-71.
More WNBA news.....
Lynx:
Coach Cheryl Reeve admits she made a mistake in drafting Lindsey Moore last year.
Sun:
Danielle McCray will be out 6-8 weeks after surgery to repair a torn thumb ligament.
Chillin 4 Charity:
The Los Angeles Sparks.
The Phoenix Mercury.
Ailing:
Elena Delle Donne and Tamika Catchings fight illness and injury to play on their terms.
College news:
The University of Tennessee has filed another protective motion in former media relations director Debby Jennings' lawsuit against the school.
Retiring athletic director Joan Cronan is optimistic about the future of the Lady Vols.
Alabama's top scorer Daisha Simmons has been granted a release and will transfer.
Rhode Island's staff is now complete.
Colorado has extended the contract of coach Linda Lappe through 2019.
A few notables heading into game evening
The son of WNBA founding player Joy Holmes-Harris - Gary Harris - was drafted by the Bulls last night in the NBA draft, at the 19th spot.
The contract of Darxia Morris, who was brought in by the Sparks to fill Kristi Toliver's spot, was terminated yesterday. Sounds like Toliver, who has been in Slovakia playing with the National Team there, will be in Tulsa tomorrow as the Sparks take on the Shock.
The contract of Darxia Morris, who was brought in by the Sparks to fill Kristi Toliver's spot, was terminated yesterday. Sounds like Toliver, who has been in Slovakia playing with the National Team there, will be in Tulsa tomorrow as the Sparks take on the Shock.
Elena Delle Donne out indefinitely with Lyme Disease
Sadness: Elena Delle Donne is out indefinitely with Lyme Disease. She's returned home to Delaware for treatment.
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