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The 2020 Dawn Staley Award Mid-Season Watch List

The 2020 Dawn Staley Award Mid-Season Watch List

The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia announced the 2020 Dawn Staley Award Announces its Mid-season 2020 Watch List. Established in 2013, the honor recognizes the nation’s best guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball. Named…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 2/4/20: After losing to Oregon, UConn drops out of top five; South Carolina maintains grip at No. 1

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 2/4/20: After losing to Oregon, UConn drops out of top five; South Carolina maintains grip at No. 1

Oregon’s win over UConn leads to a shift among elite teams in the rankings Voting panel While no teams fell out of the Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed Top 25 Poll this week, there were some significant…

Basallo and Whitehead lead San Jose State in key conference win over Boise State, 74-61

Basallo and Whitehead lead San Jose State in key conference win over Boise State, 74-61

SAN JOSE, Calif. – With three players in double figures, the San Jose State Spartans (15-6, 9-1 MW) continued to prove preseason doubters wrong with a strong performance in taking down the Boise State Broncos…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 1/28/20: South Carolina reigns; Arizona moves up

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 1/28/20: South Carolina reigns; Arizona moves up

Arizona surges after sweeping Arizona State Voting panel South Carolina tops the Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed Top 25 Poll for the third week in a row after wins over Mississippi State and Georgia last week. The…

Women’s basketball legends mourn the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna

Women’s basketball legends mourn the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna

Update: Complete list of victims (Los Angeles Times) Sunday afternoon, news sources confirmed the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna after a helicopter crash in the Los Angeles area among fog…

Stanford survives upset-minded Colorado in an overtime thriller, 76-68

Stanford survives upset-minded Colorado in an overtime thriller, 76-68

Photos © Baranduin Briggs, all rights reserved STANFORD, Calif. – Fans at Maples Pavilion Friday night enjoyed a thrilling overtime matchup as No. 6 Stanford (17-2, 6-1 Pac-12) survived unranked and upset-minded Colorado 76-68 in…

Brynna Maxwell leads Utah in 71-62 road win at Cal; Bears continue to chase first Pac-12 win

Brynna Maxwell leads Utah in 71-62 road win at Cal; Bears continue to chase first Pac-12 win

BERKELEY, Calif. – Friday afternoon, in front of a large crowd of young kids on School Haas Rock Day in Berkeley, Utah (10-8) topped California 71-62 in a back and forth contest that saw seven…

2020 McDonald’s All American Games: Girls Roster Announced

2020 McDonald’s All American Games: Girls Roster Announced

McDonald’s announced the final rosters for the 2020 McDonald’s All American Games. The girl’s roster includes 24 athletes who will play Wednesday, April 1, at the Toyota Center in Houston. The 19th annual Girls Game…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: South Carolina holds steady at No. 1; Northwestern enters at No. 21

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: South Carolina holds steady at No. 1; Northwestern enters at No. 21

Northwestern enters the poll at No. 21 Voting panel South Carolina holds steady at No. 1 for the second week in a row in the current Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed Top 25 Poll. The Gamecocks cruised…

Ayzhiana Basallo helps lift San Jose State over UNLV, 62-60, Spartans stay strong at No. 2 in MW

Ayzhiana Basallo helps lift San Jose State over UNLV, 62-60, Spartans stay strong at No. 2 in MW

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose State Spartans (12-6, 6-1 Mountain West) solidified their second-place position in the MW conference standings with a hard-fought 62-60 win over the UNLV Lady Rebels (8-9, 4-2) Wednesday…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: South Carolina rises to No. 1 after other top teams topple; Arizona State swoops in at No. 18

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: South Carolina rises to No. 1 after other top teams topple; Arizona State swoops in at No. 18

UConn, Oregon, Oregon State fall after upsets Voting panel After a week of major upsets among the top five teams, South Carolina ascended to the top of the Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed Top 25 Poll for…

Stanford sweeps Battle of the Bay series, tops Cal 79-65

Stanford sweeps Battle of the Bay series, tops Cal 79-65

Stanford wins 2019-20 series vs. Cal BERKELEY, Calif. – In the second game of the 2019-20 Battle of the Bay series between No. 5 Stanford (15-1, 4-0 Pac-12) and California (8-7, 0-4), the Cardinal took…

Tara VanDerveer hits milestone as Stanford dominates Cal 73-40 in rivalry series game

Tara VanDerveer hits milestone as Stanford dominates Cal 73-40 in rivalry series game

VanDerveer reaches conference victory mark STANFORD, Calif. – In a week of upsets of elite teams including defeats for No. 1 UConn and No. 2 Oregon, No. 5 Stanford (14-1, 3-0 Pac-12) fared well as…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: UConn remains on top entering 2020; Stanford returns to top five; Princeton enters for first time

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: UConn remains on top entering 2020; Stanford returns to top five; Princeton enters for first time

UConn stays No. 1; Stanford begins Pac-12 play with two wins Voting panel While UConn (12-0) remained atop the Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed poll, Oregon (12-1) and Oregon State (14-0) made a strong showing among voters…

Led by Kiana Williams, Stanford obliterates Washington in second half for 77-56 win

Led by Kiana Williams, Stanford obliterates Washington in second half for 77-56 win

STANFORD, Calif. – It was a tale of two halves as top-ten team Stanford (13-1, 2-0 Pac-12) rolled past Washington 77-56 Sunday afternoon at Maples Pavilion. With a third-quarter offensive onslaught led by senior guard…

Amber Melgoza scores season-high 31 as Washington survives Cal in Berkeley, 67-64

Amber Melgoza scores season-high 31 as Washington survives Cal in Berkeley, 67-64

BERKELEY, Calif. – Washington (10-3, 2-0 Pac-12) began its two-game trip to the Bay Area on a high note with a 67-64 victory over California (8-4, 0-1) Friday night. Led by a stellar performance from…

Cal finishes non-conference play on a high note with 72-53 victory over Grand Canyon

Cal finishes non-conference play on a high note with 72-53 victory over Grand Canyon

BERKELEY, Calif. – With an administrative technical foul assessed to Grand Canyon before tipoff, Cal began its contest against the Lopes with an unusual advantage. Senior guard/forward Jaelyn Brown hit both free throws awarded to…

Haley Jones powers Stanford past upset-minded UC Davis, 67-55, with double-double

Haley Jones powers Stanford past upset-minded UC Davis, 67-55, with double-double

Photos © Baranduin Briggs, all rights reserved. STANFORD, Calif. – After a tough loss on the road against Texas before the Christmas break, Stanford (11-1) recovered from the defeat that cost the Cardinal the No.…

WNBPA and WNBA extend collective bargaining process through Jan. 15, 2020

WNBPA and WNBA extend collective bargaining process through Jan. 15, 2020

The Women’s National Basketball Association and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association issued the following statement today: “We are making substantial progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement which we expect to finalize soon. In…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: Stanford tumbles, Texas re-enters and Arizona continues to rise

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: Stanford tumbles, Texas re-enters and Arizona continues to rise

Texas topples Stanford and moves into the top 25 Voting panel The biggest upset of the week led to a major reshuffling in this week’s poll.  After ten straight wins, previous No. 1 Stanford dropped…

Kiana Williams reaches career milestone and Stanford’s “tag-team play” takes down Tennessee, 78-51

Kiana Williams reaches career milestone and Stanford’s “tag-team play” takes down Tennessee, 78-51

Team comparison || Social media recap STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford junior guard Kiana Williams joined the 1,000-point club Wednesday night when she led her teammates in a decisive 78-51 victory over No. 23 Tennessee (8-2). …

Tennessee at Stanford: Coaches size up the competition and a team stat comparison

Tennessee at Stanford: Coaches size up the competition and a team stat comparison

Coach Quotes || Team Statistical Comparison No. 23 Tennessee (8-1) at No. 1 Stanford (9-0) Dec. 18, 2019, 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET TV/Stream: Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12.com (Krista Blunk, Mary Murphy) Audio: Stanford: TuneIn, Tennessee:…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: Little movement among top teams but tough tests coming up

STI/Hoopfeed Poll: Little movement among top teams but tough tests coming up

Top teams face challenges this week Voting panel In a week where many teams were finishing up final exams, there was a drop in the number of games played and consequently little to no movement…

WNBPA re-elects Nneka Ogwumike as president, Layshia Clarendon as first vice president

WNBPA re-elects Nneka Ogwumike as president, Layshia Clarendon as first vice president

With WNBA players still in labor negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, their union released the following results of the organization’s elections: The Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) announced the reelections of Nneka…

Freshmen fuel Stanford’s dominant victory over Ohio State; 1,100 wins for program

Freshmen fuel Stanford’s dominant victory over Ohio State; 1,100 wins for program

No. 1 Stanford remains undefeated STANFORD, Calif – Stanford (9-0) solidified its position as the top team in the country with a 71-52 victory over Ohio State (6-4) Sunday night at Maples Pavilion. With the…

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