COLLEGES: GONZAGA WOMEN UPSET UCLA.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Michelle Elliott scored 20 points to lead Gonzaga to a 62-57 victory over No. 21 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX in the first round of the Rainbow Wahine Rainbow Wahine is the nickname applied to women's sports teams at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The University of Hawaii teams were traditionally called "rainbows" until controversies with the name led the Classic on Friday in Honolulu. Heather Bowman added 11 points for Gonzaga (5-1). Chinyere Ibekwe led UCLA (2-3) with 21 points, while Lindsey Pluimer added 14 and Amanda Livingston had 10. Trailing by as many as 14 points early in the second half, UCLA used a 12-0 run to pull to within one at 37-36 with 12:48 left. But Gonzaga responded with a 12-4 spurt of its own, keyed by five points from Elliot. The Bruins again pulled to one, 51-50, with 4:19 remaining, but the Bulldogs responded with four free throws from Bowman and Bjorklund. Gonzaga made nine of 14 free throws in the final four minutes to seal the victory. Gonzaga held UCLA's leading scorer, Noelle Quinn Noelle Quinn (born January 3, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Quinn attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2007. , to one free throw and 0-for-8 shooting. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 69, Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame 58: Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. Murphy scored 15 points and had 17 rebounds to lead the host Women of Troy to the victory. The Trojans' (2-2) win snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Irish and marked the first time USC has beaten Notre Dame since January 1985. Murphy, USC's leading scorer who is averaging 21 points, made only 5 of 13 shots and was held to two points in the first half. She extended her consecutive-game streak of scoring double digits to 28 games. Jamie Hagiya, Hailey Dunham and Chloe Kerr each scored 12 points for the Trojans, and USC outrebounded Notre Dame 54-37. Pepperdine 91, Tennessee Tech 62: Miranda Ayim had a career-high 20 points and Sherriel Boyd added 11of her 15 points in the first half for the Waves, who never trailed in their own Thanksgiving Tourney. Pepperdine (3-2) plays Iowa State at 3:30 p.m. today for the title. WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL UCLA 3, Oregon State 0: Nana Meriwether had 11 kills and six blocks as the fourth-ranked Bruins swept to a 30-12, 30-15, 30-26 win. Kaitlin Sather added seven kills and a career-high six aces for UCLA (28-3, 14-3 Pac-10). USC 3, Oregon 1: Libero Libero can refer to:
Asia Kaczor had a game-high 22 kills for host USC (24-4, 13-4 Pac-10). |
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