VALPARAISO 75, INDIANA-PURDUE-FORT WAYNE 67: Shawn Huff scored 21 points, and Urule Igbavboa added 17 points and 12 rebounds to carry the Crusaders (1-0) past the Mastodons (0-1) in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Campus notes--deseretnews.com
Southern Utah
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Southern Utah's men's basketball team plays the second game in a three-game season-opening road stretch today when the Thunderbirds take on the University of Denver. The Thunderbirds (1-0) opened the season last Friday with a 76-73 win at Utah. Denver (0-1) is also playing its second game of the season. The Thunderbirds then travel to Boise for a Saturday night date with Boise State University before returning to Cedar City to host Idaho on Nov. 22.
HONORS: Southern Utah's Steve Barnes has been named the Mid-Continent Conference's Men's Basketball Player of the Week for his performance in last Friday's 76-73 win at Utah. Barnes, a senior guard from Cedar City leading the Thunderbirds with 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting. He also led the team with six rebounds, five assists and two steals.
OU women roll to victory against overmatched foe--The Oakland Press
By CRYSTAL EVOLA Of The Oakland Press
ROCHESTER — After about three minutes of action, a question if the Oakland University women’s basketball team would win its season opener no longer remained.
The only thing that left a small crowd in suspense: How many points would OU manage to score?
The Golden Grizzlies dominated every aspect of play en route to a 107-40 seasonopening win over Marygrove College on Monday at the Oakland Athletics Center.
That’s the kind of outcome you see when a team fresh off an NCAA tournament appearance faces an independent member or the United States Collegiate Athletic Association.
Needless to say, lopsided matchup would be an understatement.
No wonder these two teams only about 30 minutes apart have only played once.
“We liked that we didn’t lose our intensity even though we had a lead,” OU coach Beckie Francis said. “In the past, if we’d play a team where we would get a big lead like that, sometimes we could get sloppy or (think) ‘Oh well, let’s just get the game over,’ but everybody was hungry. They were still diving on the floor for loose balls.”
With no disrespect to Marygrove (0-1), the Grizzlies did put together an impressive performance despite the lower competition level.
The Grizzlies hustled for 53 rebounds, 13 steals and five blocks as a team. They recorded a whopping 32 assists on 45 field goals. “That was an amazing number of assists,” OU sophomore Jessica Pike said. “That was really good, unselfish basketball.” It wasn’t like OU tried to run up the score. The bench produced 49 points and 22 rebounds. Freshman Hanna Reising led that bench performance with 14 points in her college debut.
“She plays like an upperclassman already,” Francis said. “She has great poise and composure.”
Despite the more than convincing win, OU just fell short of several single-game school records. The school mark for points (112), field goals (48), assists (39) and rebounds (70) remained safe.
OU took a 18-4 lead in the opening six minutes and never looked back.
Reising scored seven points to highlight OU’s 25-2 run late in the opening half that contributed to a 40-point edge.
Pike scored seven points to kick-start OU’s 24-7 run that opened up the second half of action.
Pike finished with 19 points and three assists and senior forward Nicole Piggott added 17 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals with no turnovers in 31 minutes of play.
“A lot more focus goes into this type of game,” Pike said. “You can’t lose your intensity at all or have any slippage. If you don’t, you do what we did tonight.”
Freshman makes splashThe Kansas City Star
Shawn Huff answers for the Crusaders each time IPFW makes a run in road game--The Post-Tribune
Mastodons undone by fouls, free throws--The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
No-win situation--The Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Valpo gets well vs. IPFW--The NWI Times
T-Birds hope to avoid letdown--The Spectrum
Gents eye Mid-Con's upper tier--The Shreveport Times
SUU's Barnes Named Player of the Week--www.mid-con.com
Hunter Leads Rams to Season Opening Win--The Rocky Mountain Collegian
Women's Basketball Travels to Jackson State Tuesday--GoCentenary.Com
Gents Host Texas State in Home Opener--GoCentenary.Com
Kangaroos Win Season Opener Over FAU, 85-70--UMKC Kangaroos
UMKC Women Fall 89-72 To Colorado State--UMKC Kangaroos
Golden Grizzlies Open Regular Season With Sound 107-40 Victory--OUGrizzlies.com
Men's Basketball Visits No. 3 Kansas Wednesday; Game Live in Tulsa on Cox Ch. 78--Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles
Thunderbirds Play Second Of Three Season-Opening Road Games--SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
2006-07 Mid-Continent Conference Players of the Week--SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
Thomas wraps-up early signing period with addition of top-25 prospect--Western Illinois Athletics
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