Women's NCAA

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The 2013-14 season is approaching and 25 players have been named to the Wade Watch list by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

They are:

Natalie Achonwa - CAN (Notre Dame)
Rachel Banham (Minnesota)
Brittany Boyd (California)
Gennifer Brandon (California)
Stefanie Dolson (Connecticut)
Jerica Coley (FIU)
Aaryn Ellenberg (Oklahoma)
Bashaara Graves (Tennessee)
Chelsea Gray (Duke)
Bria Hartley (Connecticut)
Jordan Hooper (Nebraska)
Maggie Lucas (Penn State)
Tyaunna Marshall (Georgia Tech)
Kayla McBride (Notre Dame)
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Connecticut)
Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford)
Theresa Plaisance (LSU)
Ebony Rowe (Middle Tennessee)
Shoni Schimmel (Louisville)
Meighan Simmons (Tennessee)
Odyssey Sims (Baylor)
DeNesha Stallworth (Kentucky)
Breanna Stewart (Connecticut)
Alyssa Thomas (Maryland)
Elizabeth Williams (Duke)

Only UConn has more than 2 players in the list, while the lone sophomores are Breanna Stewart and Bashaara Graves.

[carlo]

Season's just started and #1 UConn already lost two its rising stars.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis is out indefinitely for a nerve contusion of her right elbow after a hard fall to the ground in the game won with Stanford and Morgan Tuck will sit out 4-6 weeks after arthroscopic surgery to remove cartilage form her right knee (the same knee she injured at the 2009 U16 USA Basketball trials).

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9972544/kaleena-mosqueda-lewis-uconn-huskies-nerve-contusion-indefinitely

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Sr center Stefanie Dolson became the 2nd player in UConn history to record a triple-double. Yesterday she scored 26 pts, grabbed 14 reb and dished out 11 asst in the 114-68 win over Oregon.
From a team historically filled with superstars, the other UConn triple-double record holder is relatively unknown Laura Lishness (1989 Big East Tournament).

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=400509751

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Freshman Stephanie Mavunga scored 20 pts for North Carolina on a perfect 10/10 shooting and collected 13 reb + 5 blocks in an easy win over Coastal Carolina 106-52. Diamond DeShields, another UNC freshman, was the high scorer with 21.

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Senior center Karla Gilbert scored 18 pts (on 7/7 FG ad 4/4 FT shooting) and grabbed 14 reb in yesterday's Texas A&M win over Memphis.
That was her first double-double in a relatively anonymous NCAA career.
A 2010 everybody's HS All-American, Gilbert grew up at Texas A&M in the shadow of Kelsey Bone, a 2013 WNBA 1st round pick.
This is the first year she's a regular starter for the Aggies.

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In a season marked by great incoming freshmen, relatively unknown Malia Tate-DeFreitas of Hampton is averaging over 20 ppg.
Yesterday this young guard (19y) scored 36 pts in Hampton's win over Utah State 98-88.

http://hamptonpirates.com/news/2013/11/29/WBB_1129133549.aspx?path=wbball

Tate-DeFreitas averaged nearly 30ppg as a HS senior in the 2012-13 season.

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Freshman F/C Stephanie Mavunga led North Carolina in a win over Illinois 87-51 in a game played yesterday at Cancun tournament, scoring 24 pts. She also had 12 reb, 2 stls ad 2 blocks.

Three freshmen are currently leading UNC in scoring, with Diamond DeShields topping the chart with 16.8ppg, followed by Allisha Gray and Mavunga. Another freshman, Jessica Washington, is 5th.

All have earned US Basketball international experience with various cadet/junior teams.

Update: see ESPN story.

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Freshman guard Chrishae Rowe scored 41 pts (with 6 threes on 8 attempts) in yesterday's win 105-100 of Oregon vs Seattle.

Rowe was ranked #67 in ESPN 2013 HS Top100.

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Amazing game between Baylor and Kentucky, with Wildcats winning 133-130 after 4OT.

http://espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=400503703

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Arguably the tallest college player at 2.10m (6-11), Jamaican-born Marvadene 'Bubbles' Anderson is a redshirt freshman at Pittsburgh.
She sat out last year's season to improve her basketball game.
Yesterday she scored a career-high 18 pts (7/9 shooting), collected 6 reb and had 4 blocks in Pittsburgh win over Wagner 69-55.

http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/marvadene_bubbles_anderson_799654.html

[carlo]

#2 Duke hosts tonight #1 Connecticut in the showdown of the week.

Both teams are unbeaten, though they have faced injury-related adversities.

UConn has lost Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Morgan Tuck for more than one month. They are rated as 'probable' to return playing tonight.

http://blog.ctnews.com/elliott/2013/12/15/mosqueda-lewis-tuck-both-probable-for-tuesdays-game-at-duke/

Duke's top prized freshman Rebecca Greenwell has still to start her first college game, while redshirt-freshman Amber Henson has seen little action so far after returning from a long inactivity. Both have dealt with knee surgeries.

UConn anyway is favorite to stay at the top.

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Huge game of Chiney Ogwumike in Stanford's win over Tennessee 76-70.
Chiney played 40', with 32 pts, 20 reb (11 off) and finished with 3 blocks.

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South Carolina's freshman center Alaina Coates was perfect in shooting (7/7 from the field and 9/9 from the free throw line) in yesterday easy win over South Carolina State 70-26. She also contributed with 5 reb and 3 blocks.
Coates was the #4 center in the 2012-13 ESPN HS rankings.

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Triple double for All-Am candidate Alyssa Thomas as Maryland routed Wofford 110-53.
The Terrapins' Fw scored 18 pts (on 7/10 FG and 4/4 FT) plus 12 reb and 10 ast.

In another yesterday's game, Canadian Nirra Fields scored a career-high 36 pts to lead UCLA 96-89 over Cal Poly, with a remarkable shooting of 13/18 FG (5/7 threes).

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With 26 pts (on 11/13 FG shooting) and 15 reb Tennessee center Isabelle "Izzy" Harrison scored her 5th double-double in yesterday's easy win over Lipscomb, 110-42. Izzy also recorded 4 stls and 3 blocks in just 18' action.

Wake Forest defeated Florida International Univ 86-79, with senior guard Chelsea Douglas scoring a career high 48 pts. For FIU, junior scoring ace Jerica Coley answered with 47 pts. She's the #2 national collegiate scorer with 28.5ppg, following Baylor's Odyssey Sims who's averaging 30ppg.