By Kyle Soppe The Richmond Spiders have won five of six games to open the 2011-2012 season, most of which have come in convincing fashion. But the schedule toughens, as in-state rivals VCU and Virginia take on the Spiders later this week. As the youngest team in the A-10, many players on the UR roster have never been a part of these bragging right games. To gain insight … [Read more...] about Richmond Preps for In-state Battle
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Who am I ? A10 women’s basketball edition |11/29/11
By Aaron M Smith **** Welcome to the Pickin’ Splinter’s Who am I for A-10 women’s basketball. Each week we will highlight an A-10 player or coach past or present. Your mission should you choose to accept will be to take the set of clues and figure out who the player/coach is. Now let’s lay the ground rules for this exercise. First and foremost try this without research. … [Read more...] about Who am I ? A10 women’s basketball edition |11/29/11
Minutewomen Fall in Final Minutes
HAMDEN, Conn. - In a game that came down to the wire, the UMass women's basketball team came up just short of Quinnipiac, falling 66-63 on Tuesday night at the TD Bank Sports Center. Following the setback, the Minutewomen sit at 1-5 on the year, while the Bobcats improve to 4-2. Jasmine Watson (South Bend, Ind./South Bend Washington) paced UMass with a season-high 18 points … [Read more...] about Minutewomen Fall in Final Minutes
Defensive Effort Propels St. Joes
SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOPS DREXEL FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT WIN Hawks Down Dragons, 59-50 PHILADELPHIA – The Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball team posted its second-straight win as the Hawks topped Drexel, 59-50, Tuesday evening at Hagan Arena. Saint Joseph’s held the Dragons to 28.1 percent shooting (18-of-64) for the game and never trailed as the Hawks improved to … [Read more...] about Defensive Effort Propels St. Joes
Richmond Romps, Moves to 5-1
By Kyle Soppe The Richmond Spiders are here to stay, as they rolled to a win on Monday night. Win-less ETSU kept things close early, but this was Richmond's game from the beginning. Richmond saw 10 players score and used suffocating defense to frustrate the struggling Buc's front court. The Spiders came out firing, and led for 95% of the first half. After … [Read more...] about Richmond Romps, Moves to 5-1