Women's Hoops Blog

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Upset number three last night was an in-state rivalry game and a tournament rematch, with the same site, the same winners, and the same heroic guard: once again, Jazzmin Walters led Old Dominion over UVA in Norfolk.

This time the Monarchs didn't need overtime: Walters scored a career-high 24. Her Monarchs had some zebras on their side: ODU attempted forty free throws, UVA just 17.

And yes, that's the same UVA that spent Monday night defeating Tennessee; on the same night, ODU got demolished by Texas.

By the numbers, that makes last night's game quite a weird result, and yet I'm guessing neither ODU coach Wendy Larry, nor UVA coach Debbie Ryan, felt surprised.

"Old Dominion, coming off the loss, was very prepared today and was out to prove something," Ryan explained. "With my team it was a stark contrast from Monday night to tonight, and hard to explain, and yet being a veteran coach it is very explainable.”