Archive - Mar 2013

Cardinals stun the Bears - Louisville was just better

Baylor didn't have a bad game.

The Bears scored 81 points against Louisville Sunday, shooting respectably from the field and the line. They controlled the boards. They forced 20 turnovers. They mounted an amazing comeback, worthy of any champion.

And they even got lucky. Jeff Walz drew an incredibly dumb technical foul with 2:01 left and his team up six. The Cardinals turned the ball over with 15 seconds left to set up two more clutch Odyssey Sims’ throws.

And yet … and yet.

Louisville stuns Baylor, ends Griner's college career

Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - Monique Reid knocked down a pair of free throws with 2.6 seconds remaining as the Louisville Cardinals upset the Baylor Lady Bears, 82-81, in the regional semifinals at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Ieshia Small set to announce at McDonald's All-American Game

Full Court has confirmed that unsigned senior Ieshia Small has narrowed her list of schools to Baylor and South Carolina and will officially announce her decision during the television broadcast of the McDonald's All-American game on April 3 at the United Center in Chicago.  The game will air at 7p.m. ET on ESPNU.

Volunteers vault over Oklahoma in regional semifinals

Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - Kamiko Williams tallied 15 points, leading four players in double figures, as the Tennessee Lady Vols registered a 74-59 win over the Oklahoma Sooners in the regional semifinals at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Dukes puts the clamps on Nebraska to become Elite

Norfolk, VA (Sports Network) - Tricia Liston scored 17 points to lift the second-seeded Duke Blue Devils to a 53-45 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Sweet 16 of the 2013 NCAA Women's Tournament.

Diggins sets school scoring record as Notre Dame routs Kansas

Norfolk, VA (Sports Network) - Skylar Diggins scored 22 of her 27 points in the first half as the top-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish coasted to a 93-63 win over the 12th-seeded Kansas Jayhawks in the Sweet 16 of the 2013 NCAA Women's Tournament at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

A'Dia Mathies and Kentucky are "focusing on what we need to do"

Saturday in the Sweet Sixteen round, Kentucky held off a determined Delaware team to advance to the Elite Eight where they will face UConn. Senior guard A'Dia Mathies discusses her team's approach, and reflects on the past week.

The win against Delaware was a good one. We focused on defense and tried to pressure Elena Delle Donne as much as we could. We tried to keep her from getting into a flow, and we were glad to get the win.

Clarendon, Boyd continue pushing Cal into new territory

SPOKANE, Wash. - Tied 26-26 with sixth-seeded LSU at halftime of Saturday night’s Sweet 16 game at the Spokane Arena, Cal head coach Lindsay Gottlieb kept her locker room speech succinct.

The Golden Bears had to play to their strengths, which had propelled them to a 30-3 record and No. 2 seed in the tournament.

That meant playing fast, pushing the tempo, locking in on defense, sharing the basketball and being versatile — exactly the staples that Gottlieb had outlined during Friday’s press conference.