Women's Hoops Blog

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Friday, March 28, 2008

The WNIT has reached the quarterfinals:

TCU finally beat Texas Tech, 81-74 (first time in 37 tries). The Horned Frogs will meet up with Colorado, which defeated Villanova.

Kentucky’s Samantha Mahoney led all scorers with 30 points to help the Wildcats advance over James Madison, 84-76. James Madison was led by Colonial Player of the Year Tamera Young, who had 28 points, 17 rebounds and five assists.

Next up for the Kentucky will be Marquette, who upended Illinois, 72-64.

St. John's defeated ex-Big East buddy Boston College,65-56, and will now face NC State, who behind Shayla Field's 30, made easy work of Florida, 80-55.

The last quarterfinal match up will be an all-Big Ten affair. Michigan overcame Southern Miss., 59-45 and Michigan State squeaked by Kansas, 58-54.

The schedule of games is as follows:

Sunday, March 30
Marquette @ Kentucky,2 pm ET
St. John's @ NC State,2 pm ET
Michigan @ Michigan State,2 pm ET
TCU @ Colorado,4 pm ET