Los Angeles 74, Seattle 50 Los Angeles: Ebony Hoffman 12 points, Kristi Toliver 11 points, Candace Parker 10 points, Jantel Lavender 10 points Seattle: Sue Bird 15 Points, 5 Rebounds, 3 Assists Attendance: 9119 Officials: #17 Scott Twardoski, #8 Daryl…
Atlanta Dream forward Sancho Lyttle will miss six games to compete for Spain in EuroBasket Women 2011. She will not be competing in tonight’s game against Minnesota and the remaining five games in June. The member of the Spanish national…
Six women make up the 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011. They will be honored June 10-11 in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Bijou Theatre. The inductees were announced last summer on ESPN during “WNBA vs. USA Basketball:…
Hiring of nonwhite coaches in women’s college basketball has declined according to a study released by the Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA) group. The report “’Scoring the Hire:’ A Hiring Report Card for NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Head Coaching…
Loree Moore (right) with Ebony Hoffman on Sparks Media Day. (Photo courtesy Los Angeles Sparks) Point guard Loree Moore, signed by the Los Angeles Sparks in February, is leaving the team for medical reasons. "Loree will unfortunately not be able…
Old Dominion Press Release After a month of contentious negotiations with athletic director Wood Selig regarding renewing her contract, Old Dominion head coach Wendy Larry is stepping down. She will remain at the school assisting the Office of Institutional Advancement…
Attendance leaders by Division Overall attendance for NCAA women’s basketball surpassed 11 million for the fourth straight year. Fans totaled 11,159,837 falling just short of the 11,160,293 mark set in 2008-09 according to data released by the NCAA Tuesday. Division…
The reigning WNBA champions, the Seattle Storm, unveiled their championship rings Wednesday. Online jeweler Blue Nile designed the keepsake, named “The Arena.†It commemorates the team’s relationship to its loyal fans and the Storm’s record-setting 2010 season. Team officials and…
Two-time WNBA champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Smith is no longer a player for the Washington Mystics. She joins the Seattle Storm after a three-team trade that also involved the Indiana Fever. The details of the trade: Seattle…
Lauren Jackson, a star forward for the Seattle Storm, is putting her country first in 2012. She announced that she would miss the first three months of the WNBA season next year in order to train with the Australian national…
22 USA Women’s National Team Members Set To Attend May 10-12 Training Camp In Las Vegas From USA Basketball: Twenty-two members of the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, including all 12 who aided the USA to the 2010 FIBA…
Assistant basketball coaches in collegiate athletic programs around the country are set to converge in Chicago in two weeks for a professional development conference. Last year’s event held in Atlanta received rave reviews from coaches and featured well-known personalities in…
As expected Connecticut senior Maya Moore went first in the 2011 WNBA draft held Monday, picked by the Minnesota Lynx. Elizabeth Cambage, a 19 year-old 6-8 center from Australia, was the second pick and is headed to the Tulsa Shock.…
#1 Maya Moore (UConn), 19.7 ppg in 2010-11 season. UConn Playerfile: http://j.mp/dO6s5l #2 Elizabeth Cambage (Cam-BEIGE) of Australia, 2011 WNBL MVP (Bulleen Boomers), led the league in scoring, blocks and field-goal percentage. WNBL Playerfile: http://j.mp/eCyfGS #3 Courtney Vandersloot (Gonzaga) goes…
WNBA Draft Team Draft Overviews Draft History April 11, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN On Monday afternoon, 36 college seniors and foreign players will learn their WNBA fate when the league holds its annual draft. Connecticut senior Maya Moore is expected…
Connecticut’s Maya Moore won her second John R. Wooden Award Friday night in Los Angeles. The winner of the honor for the best women’s college player of the year was decided by the media who selected and ranked five players.…
Danielle Adams and Gary Blair INDIANAPOLIS – In the end, it was the trademark defense of Texas A&M orchestrated by associate head coach Vic Schaefer that propelled the Aggies into their first national championship. A&M won the title Tuesday night…
Texas A&M won its first national championship in program history Tuesday night defeating Notre Dame 76-70 in front of a crowd of 17,473 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. More to come…
Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame Tuesday, April 5, 2011 8:30 p.m. ET, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis TV: ESPN/ESPN3.com NCAA DI Tournament Interactive Bracket (ncaa.com) Aggies, Irish took similar paths to title game (aggiesports.com) Defense will define unexpected Texas A&M-Notre Dame final…
Videos Texas A&M’s Adaora Elonu on playing with and against fellow Houstonians Sydney Carter on facing Notre Dame in the 2011 national championship Texas A&M’s Sydney Carter on being underestimated in the 2011 NCAA Tournament Texas A&M’s Sydney Carter on…
Skylar Diggins led Notre Dame with 28 points. Box score Notes Around the Web INDIANAPOLIS – In a night of upsets during the NCAA Division I Final Four, Notre Dame delivered the evening’s finale in a stunning defeat of No.…
INDIANAPOLIS – Notre Dame Associate Coach Carol Owens talks about being a team that was underestimated in the tournament, facing Texas Tech and how she ruptured her Achilles tendon shortly after the team arrived in Indianapolis. Notre Dame beat Connecticut…
Box score Notes Around the Web INDIANAPOLIS – Texas A&M (32-5) extended its historic run in the NCAA tournament Sunday night with a 63-62 victory over No. 1 seed Stanford (33-3) in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament in…
In the first game of the women’s basketball Final Four Sunday night, a few players from both teams will be meeting again after playing against each other in high school. Texas A&M’s senior starting guard Sydney Colson is from the…
The coaching carousel began to spin faster this week after the last month’s round of firings and resignations began to result in movement in the coaching ranks. Many coaches are in Indianapolis for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association conference which…