Women's Hoops Blog

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

So, let's see... what do we have here....

#2 UNC won
#3 Texas A&M did the "welcome to the top 25" stomp
#5 Paris double-doubled
#8 Tennessee dumps Gonzaga
#10 Auburn went to Florida to beat Miami,
#12 Notre Dame wins a squeaker
Angel helps the #13 Cards roll
#16 Maryland built a big lead and needed every point of it,
#18 Shalee Lehning had her fourth career triple-double,
#20 Florida went to Ohio to beat Miami
#22 Pittsburgh beat Shea Mahoney's alma mater (Lib trivia!)
#24 Georgia Tech dispatched Florida A&M

Out in lovely San Diego, the #4 Longhorns are Surfin' and Slamin' their way to a 7 point half time lead over host S.D. State University, cruisin' as the second half winds down... Holy Kamole!! The Aztecs are comin'! The Aztecs are coming!!!

And suddenly, behind Jene Morris' 24 points (and 8 steals - ouch, 23 Texas turnovers), San Diego State pulls off the upset!
"This is as good as it gets," San Diego State coach Beth Burns said. "How many people get an opportunity to play the great teams?"
FYI - Coach Burns is in her second stint as SDSU coach. She returned in 2005-06 and the team went 3-24, 0-16 in the Mountain West conference. Last year they were 18-13 (7-9 conference).