Women's NCAA

[carlo]

Regular season is nearing its conclusion with some big upsets.

South Carolina SEC undefeated season came to an end in the last game vs Kentucky (led by sr guard Jennifer O'Neill 15 pts). Gamecocks' performance was hindered by cold shooting.

Virginia clearly beat #8 Louisville 75-59, with sr center Sarah Imovbioh scoring 22 pts (on 7/7 FG shooting) and collecting 17 reb. Jr guard Faith Randolph topped Cavaliers with 23 pts.

Oregon upset #19 Stanford 62-55, behind yet another double-double by Jillian Alleyne, her 27th in the season.

[carlo]

Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell is the only freshman in the Naismith Trophy 10 semifinalists.

Mitchell finished the regular season 2nd in Div I national scoring (24.5ppg).

Another freshman, Notre Dame's Brianna Turner is first in FG % with an awesome 68.1.

[carlo]

Jr Fw Jillian Alleyne of Oregon finished her season topping D1 in double-doubles, 28 on 30 games played.
Unfortunately her team lost yesterday to Washington State (led by Lia Galdeira 34 pts) and is out of Pac-12 tournament.
Alleyne is second in rpg to Oral Roberts' center Vicky McIntyre.

[carlo]

Amanda Zahui B. scored a triple-double (25 pts, 11 reb, 11 ast) but it wasn't enough for Minnesota that lost to Ohio State (Kelsey Mitchell 29 pts) in Big Ten quarters. This was Zahui second triple-double this season, matched only by another player, guard Brittany Boyd of Cal.

[carlo]

This is the championship week and teams winning their conference's receive an automatic bid for NCAA tournament. Among them Princeton (29-0), easy winner in Ivy League, and the only major college team still undefeated.

Tigers finish their unblemished regular season 30-0 with a hard fought win over Pennsylvania and expect now a high seed for NCAA tourney.

[carlo]

ESPN 2015 awards:

- Jewell Loyd, junior at Notre Dame is Player of the Year

- Kelsey Mitchell of Ohio State is Freshman of the Year

- Sue Semrau of Florida State is Coach of the Year

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12469834/notre-dame-fighting-irish-jewell-loyd-espnw-national-player-year

Kelsey Mitchell ends regular season as national leading scorer with 25.0ppg (update to my previous post).

[serbianhoops]

Iowa's 5'9" senior point guard Samantha Logic ('92) was named a second-team ESPN All-American. Logic is the only women’s basketball player in NCAA history to collect at least 1,400 points, 800 rebounds, 800 assists and 200 steals in a career. She is the NCAA's active career assists leader & ranks 14th in NCAA history.

[serbianhoops]

On ESPN 2, in a couple of minutes, two of the best senior point guards in women's college basketball will face each other. Iowa's 5'9" Sam Logic vs American University's 5'10" Jen Dumiak. Terrific match up of, in my opinion, two legitimate WNBA players.

[carlo]

D1 of NCAA tournament with a couple of near-upset, as Duke and Texas survived with close wins vs Albany and Western Kentucky.
RS Freshman Rebecca Greenwell scored a final three (finishing 6/13 from long range) to give Blue Devils the pass for the second round.
Remarkable performance of Texas' center Imani McGee-Stafford who scored 24 pts (on 10/13 FG shooting and 4/4 FT) and collected 15 reb.
Another double-double from Amanda Zahui B. (21 pts + 22 reb) wasn't enough for Minnesota, defeated by DePaul 79-72.

[carlo]

No big suprises in D2 of NCAA tourney's first round, except the loss of Texas A&M to Arkansas Little Rock.

#1 UConn cruised through the first game as expected, shooting an impressive 64% form the field. Morgan Tuck topped all scorers with 26 pts and 12/13 FG, adding 8 assists. Freshman teammate Gabby Williams was perfect in shooting with 7/7 FG and 6 reb in just 14' action.

[carlo]

Dayton and Gonzaga reach Sweet 16 after upset wins over Kentucky and Oregon State.

Flyers beat Wildcats with a great game from fw Ally Malott, 28 pts (and 3 threes) + 13 reb. UK soph Makayla Epps led all scorers with 29.

Canadian players in the spots at the all-west classic, with Zag center Emma Wolfram leading the way with 17 pts and Beaver Jamie Weisner topping all scorers with 24.

[carlo]

Princeton winnning streak ended at 31-1 after losing to Maryland in Round 2 (Laurin Mincy 27 pts with 6/7 FG3 and 7 ast).

Stephanie Mavunga led North Carolina with 27 pts and 14 reb over Ohio State 86-84, despite Ameryst Alston 30 pts and Kelsey Mitchell 25 (and 6 ast). Hero of the game was freshman Jamie Cherry who hit a three at the buzzer deciding the game, after UNC blew a 20+lead in 2nd half.

[carlo]

Naismith Finalists:

Jewell Loyd
Tiffany Mitchell
Breanna Stewart
Amanda Zahui B.

[carlo]

Despite Samantha Logic triple-double (13 pts, 10 reb and 14 ast) -her second this season- Iowa lost to Baylor, led by Sune Agbuke 23 pts. Sam Logic ends her collegiate career third at national level in apg. Baylor will face Notre Dame in Elite Eight on Sunday.

South Carolina and Florida State survive in close contests vs North Carolina and Arizona State, and will meet on Sunday as well.

[carlo]

UConn routed Texas 105-54 behind impressive performances of PoY candidate Breanna Stewart (31 pts, 12 reb and 7 ast) and senior guard Moriah Jefferson (25 pts on 10/12 FG shooting and 6 ast). With this game Geno Auriemma reaches the 100-win mark in NCAA tournament, preceeded just by Pat Summitt (112).

Dayton upset Louisville to advance to E-8, with sr guard Andrea Hoover perfect from the FT line (15/15).