Sharane Campbell felt responsible for the outcome of Bedlam Part 1 on Jan. 14 in Stillwater. The Cowgirls won that meeting in come-from-behind fashion after Jenni Bryan drilled the game-winning 3-pointer with 28 seconds to play.
"Cried the whole way back," Campbell said of her first trip to Gallagher-Iba Arena and the first OSU win in the series since 2008.
You see, Campbell was defending Bryan when the basket swished through the net and gave the Pokes the victory.
"Well, after that game I felt responsible for that," Campbell said. "The person I was guarding hit the three. We went over that play, we said no threes when we came out of the huddle and my girl hit the three."
Campbell's memory of the end of the game was vivid and tinged with the voice of a player who wished she could have the moment back and determined to not recreate the scene again - or at least not with the same outcome for the Sooners.
South Orange, NJ - St. John's played the early aggressor and never really looked back. The Red Storm scored a 55-25 victory over Seton Hall at Walsh Gym on Saturday.
The first Seton Hall points were scored by Nicosia Henry on a transition layup at 11:11 with St. John's leading 18-0. It was that type of afternoon for the Hall.
Just the Facts, Ma'am: A record-setting defensive performance by the Red Storm, punctuated by an 18-0 run to open the game, set St. John's up for a 55-25 win at Seton Hall. Shenneika Smith led all scorers with 15 points, adding seven rebounds and six assists. For Seton Hall, Jasmine Crew had 14 points and six rebounds.
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Jersey City, NJ - She was in a position considered ideal. Kendra Faustin, the Niagara head coach, had a few of her most dependable free throw shooters getting their chances to ice a close game.
"We were one of six the last 18 seconds ," Faustin later lamented.
Despite the misfiring from the charity stripe, Niagara survived a miss on a last second three point attempt by St. Peter's, to earn a hard fought 54-52 victory at the Yanitelli Center on Thursday.
The game of basketball is full of ebbs and flows, a game of runs and in Georgia Tech’s 75-68 overtime victory North Carolina State, this was the case.
David Hooper of Rocky Top Talk reflects on Tennessee's 64-60 loss to South Carolina last night, focusing on a mindset that has plagued this group of seniors since they're freshman year.
I actually liked the alternate title: "The Sum of Vol Fears"
I cannot deny that I have trouble keeping up with EuroLeague and overseas basketball. Partly due to the fact that there are so many teams, divisions, countries and players involved. And partly due to the fact that the system is just so different to what I'm used to following. So when I got my Eurobasket newsletter today about the first round of the EuroCup quarterfinals underway, I figured since it's postseason and the teams are down to a manageable number of eight perhaps it was time to take a look.
Swish Appeal regular and resident Washington Mystics fan thewiz06 looks at Category 3 teams with two teams that will be continuing an extended rebuilding process. See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 of his series of guest posts for a look at all the categories and where teams fit.
It seems like an eternity now between the time when I first wrote this out about a week ago and free agency which officially started as of yesterday. We have seen one trade already where the Los Angeles Sparks traded guard Noelle Quinn for Mystics forward Marissa Coleman, and the Tulsa Shock traded Andrea Riley for Temeka Johnson earlier this offseason. I look forward to seeing what else happens in free agency, and what team building strategy each team ultimately makes. Ultimately, very few teams decide to rebuild - as I might hope - because this often results in a period of lower win totals.
