Women's Hoops Blog

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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Lot's of interesting numbers coming out of yesterday's games:

1. Vivian Stringer earned her 799th victory as Rutgers defeated Providence, 62-43.

2. Over 12,000 watched Oklahoma avenge an early stomping by Oklahoma State, 81-71. Courtney Paris broke the 2000 point mark while notching her 86th straight double-double.

3. St. John's suspended six players and then UConn senior Ketia Swanier scored a career-high 20pts as the Huskies romped 98-41.

4. Candice Wiggins opened the game 0-14, but Stanford managed to escape with a 60-58 victory over California and move in to the top spot in the PAC-10. Over 10,525 packed the stands, the biggest crowd ever to see a Pac-10 conference game.

5. Trailing by 12 with 4:49 left, the Utes went on an 18-4 run to earn a victory over New Mexico in the Pit.

Coach Elliott's team picked up the W despite scoring no points at all for the first 8:10; the win--Utah's 18th straight-- also keeps the team undefeated in Mountain West Conference play.

6. Kim Mulkey decision to not to sit Angela Tisdale, their top scoring threat, who'd picked up her fourth foul, proved a wise one. Baylor finished on a 15-4 run to beat Iowa State, 59-54. Another good crowd in Ames: 10,613.