WBB - Sooners pummel San Diego State, face #5 Notre Dame for PJ tourney title
by chrisabo on Nov 27, 2009 7:01 PM CST
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The Sooner WBB team is doing their part to bring a little bit of holiday cheer to Sooner fans by winning their first two games at the Paradise Jam Tournament in St. Thomas (USVI). As an aside - who would you rather go watch - the men's team in Anchorage, AK or the women's team in the US Virgin Islands?
Yesterday they dispatched South Carolina with a close win pulling it out in the final minutes after USC had cut the lead down to two. Whitney Hand was a key player sparking the winning 9-0 run. Unfortunately, Hand sat out the 2nd half of today's game against San Diego State University after sustaining an apparent knee injury. The Sooners did not really need her though this time around as they dismantled the Aztecs limiting them to only 15 points in the first half to cruise to an 87-48 win.
They face an uphill fight to lay claim to their side of the division / tourney championship against the #5 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame tomorrow. Interestingly, ND beat SDSU on Thursday by only 5, so maybe the Sooners can spring a big upset and get back into their usual top 10 ranking.
Soonersports.com Gameday Central has more details & recaps of the games & the Paradise Jam Tourney site carries live stats for each game
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Notre Dame won 81-71
Sooners were without Whitney Hand and could not overcome the hot hand of ND freshman and Island division MVP Skylar Diggins. The game turned in the second half on a 20-0 (!!! – yikes) ND run after the Sooners had taken a 3-point lead. ND goes to 6-0 on the season while the Sooner women fall to 4-2.
disappointing
but without Hand somewhat expected. I’m never one for “moral victories” but I am proud of the way they played. ND is legit and they were up fairly big a couple times only to have the Sooner women make multiple runs to make it close again. If Robinson doesn’t get into foul trouble who knows what could have happened. Let’s just hope Hand’s knee injury isn’t a season ender. I mean I know she’s dating Landry, but that doesn’t mean that the football team’s bad luck has to rub off on her right?
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