Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, December 08, 2005

South Florida upset DePaul in Tampa. Khara Smith scored 17 on 8-10 shooting, but USF's Jessica Dickson racked up 35; USF won in overtime despite using just six players-- Dickson and Shantia Grace played all 45 minutes.

USF coach Jose Fernandez: "This is a big win for us.” (Sure is.) “We went out and scheduled North Carolina, LSU, Michigan State, and a lot of people thought I was crazy, but we want to contend against the Top 25 teams from around the country. For the kids to come out and play the type of game that they played tonight was tremendous.”

Going into the contest, DePaul was undefeated and had the highest AP ranking in Blue Demon history. It was both teams' Big East opener, and both teams' first-ever Big East conference game.

You may be hearing more about Dickson soon.