Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

National Champions



Connecticut Huskies defeated Syracuse Orange last Tuesday 82-51 to win the 2016 National Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana. Breanna Stewart led the Huskies with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Morgan Tuck scored 19 points and had 7 rebounds and Moriah Jefferson chipped in with 13 points and 5 assists. With the win, Coach Geno Auriemma won his 11th national title passing John Wooden for the most national championships. Stewart, Tuck and Jefferson won four straight national championships and leave UConn with a 151 wins. Stewart was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

National Championship

Syracuse will play Connecticut tonight in the women's basketball national championship game in Indianapolis, Indiana. Coverage starts at 7:30 p.m., but the game will tip off at 8:30 p.m.

Go UConn! I want to see Stewie, Moriah and Tuck win their fourth straight national championship. I want Geno to win his 11th national championship. This UConn team is special and they have worked hard all season. They have the tools to win and I hope they do.

Sunday, April 03, 2016

Women's Final Four

The women's final four basketball games take place tonight in Indianapolis. Oregon State vs UConn starts at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN and Washington vs Syracuse will tip at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Game 5

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The Minnesota Lynx defeated Indiana Fever Wednesday 69-52 in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals to win the WNBA Championship. With the win, the Lynx won their third WNBA title in five years. The first two championships were celebrated on the road. This was the first time the team was able to celebrate at home with their fans at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Sylvia Fowles, the Finals MVP, scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Seimone Augustus chipped in with 16 points.
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The Lynx celebrated with a parade and party today. The parade will end at the Target Center where a celebration took place.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Game 4

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The Indiana Fever women's basketball team defeated Minnesota Lynx 75-69 Sunday to force the series to a Game 5 in the WNBA Finals.

The Fever were behind in the series to Minnesota 2-1 Sunday. If the Lynx won, the series would have ended. The Fever were able to hold off the Lynx in Game 4 to tie the series at two games a piece. With the series tied, the winner of tonight's game will be in the WNBA champions.

Shenise Johnson scored 15 points and Marissa Coleman had 14 points to lead the way for the Fever. Minnesota's Maya Moore led all scorers with 20 points. 

Game 5 will be played tonight in Minnesota at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.

Friday, October 09, 2015

Game 3


Game 3 of the WNBA finals takes place tonight in Indianapolis at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN 2. The series between Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx is tied at one game a piece.

I am a fan of both teams, but I would like to see Minnesota win the game and the series.

Monday, October 05, 2015

WNBA Finals

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The WNBA Finals Game 1 took place Sunday in Minneapolis, Minnesota between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx. How the teams reached the finals: Indiana Fever defeated the New York Liberty 66-51 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals last Tuesday. The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury 72-71 Sunday, September 27 to sweep the in the Western Conference Finals series.

The Fever defeated the Lynx 75-69 in a very close Game 1. Briann January was the leading scorer for the Fever with 19 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals. Marissa Coleman added another 16 points for Indiana as well. The Lynx's Maya Moore led all scorers with 27 points and 12 rebounds.

Game 2 of the WNBA Finals will be played Tuesday in Minneapolis at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.

Monday, September 28, 2015

WNBA Conference Finals - Game 2

Game 2 of the WNBA Eastern and Western Conference finals took place Sunday. The Indiana Fever hosted the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx traveled to Phoenix Mercury.

The Indiana Fever came back from being down 15 points to win Game 2 70-64 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Liberty. The Fever win forced a Game 3 which will take place Tuesday in New York at Madison Square Garden. Leading the way for the Fever was Tamika Catchings with 25 points and for the Liberty, Tina Charles also had 25 points.

Game 3 will be played Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

The Minnesota Lynx won Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals 72-71 to sweep the series with the Phoenix Mercury. Lynx player Maya Moore lead all scorers with 40 points. Moore was fouled with 1.5 seconds left in the game. Moore hit 1-of-2 free throws to clinch the win for the Lynx.

The Lynx will await the winner of Tuesday's Indiana Fever vs New York Liberty contest to find out who they will meet in the WNBA finals.