European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 s t a r a n d s t r i p e s tuesday March 20 2007 red foxes take charge upset buckeyes Mcaa women Roundup the associated press Stanford Calif Marist would not be bullied into an Early exit this March the Gutsy red foxes Drew offensive fouls and scrapped with a bigger More physical Ohio state team shocking the heavily favored buckeyes 6763 in the Day ton regional on saturday night to reach the second round for the first time in school history Julianne Viani made six three pointers including three in an 185 second half run that also featured a three by Meg Dahlman and finished with 24 posits As 13thseeded Marist 285 earned a monday night Date with Middle Tennessee and the Blue raiders 27game winning Streak the feeling i cant describe it in words Viani said i definitely Felt it we All just had such a peace and they were fall ing Viani converted two free throws with 181 seconds left after fourth seeded Ohio state 284 Cut the Lead to three then Ashlee Trebilcock hit a Long three on the other end for the buckeyes Nikki Flores swished a pair of free throws for Marist with 82 seconds to go and her team secured a Loose Ball As the Buzzer sounded setting off a wild Celebration at mid court it was a monumental night for the lit to known metro Atlantic athletic Confer ence which had been 021 Al time in the tournament before the 13thseeded red foxes put the league on the map in the schools third Mcaa trip in four years under fifth year coach Brian Giorgis its the Best win in our schools history Giorgis said just a tremendous Job to beat a top10 school they believed i looked in every single one of their eyes and they believed its the True dream season thus far Trebilcock scored 23 Points for the Buck eyes who got a quiet 13 Points five rebounds and two assists from three time big ten player of the year Jessica Daven port the 6foot5 senior committed 11 turnovers Middle Tennessee 85 Gonzaga 46 Middle Tennessee flashed trapped and ran like crazy Gonzaga never had a Chance in its Mcaa tournament debut Chrissy Givens moved up yet another spot on the schools scoring list with 24 Points and the fifth seeded Blue raiders easily kept the nation longest winning Streak alive at 27 games Michelle Elliott scored 17 Points and Katy Ridenour added 10 in her final col lege game but the Over matched tags 2410 committed a season High 37 turn overs and went nearly 11 minutes without a Field goal in the first half when the Blue raiders 303 began their rout Marquette 87 Louisiana Lafayette 58 Paul Marist guard Nikki Flores is carried by Forward Sarah Smrdel after upsetting Ohio state in the first round of the West regional with a fast Start in front of an almost empty Arena in Austin Texas Marquette was off and running past the Louisi an Lafayette Ragin cajuns Krystal Ellis and Christina quaye each scored 17 Points and sixth seeded Marquette routed no 11 seed Louisiana Lafayette Marquette 266 bolted to a 307 first half Lead from which Louisian Alafay Ette 259 never recovered Marquette which will face Oklahoma in the second round was up 4420 by halftime and led by As much As 32 in the second half Jeanenne Colbert scored 17 Points to Lead Louisiana Lafayette playing in its first Mcaa tournament game Oklahoma 74 be Missouri state 60 theres More to the Oklahoma sooner than Courtney Paris just enough it turns out for the third seeded sooner to hold off no 14 Southeast Missouri state freshman Jenna Plumley had 20 Points behind six three pointers and Leah Rush scored 19 to Lead Oklahoma Sonya Daugherty led Southeast Missouri state 248 with 25 Points Fresno regional leu 77 unc Asheville 39 Lashonta Leblanc and Quianna Chaney each scored 15 Points hitting All of third seeded Luss season High nine three pointers the first round game in the Fresno regional was Luss first without charismatic coach Pokey Chatman who abruptly re signed March 7 amid allegations of an improper relationship with a former player longtime assistant Bob Starkey is Lead ing the lady tigers 277 on their quest for a fourth consecutive trip to the final four he rarely even got off his chair As he calmly watched most of the game with his right hand under his Chin Kyla Jones and Katie Baldwin each scored seven Points for unc Asheville which shot just 15for55 West Virginia 65 Xavier 52 Olayinka Sanni scored 17 of her 20 posits in the Sec Ono half to Lead West Virginia 2110 Over Xavier Amber Harris had 19 Points and 10 re Bounds to Lead Xavier Stanford 96 Idaho state 58 Stanford protected its Home floor and the Cardi Nal didst even need a huge Day from Star Candice Wiggins Brooke Smith made her first 10 shots on the Way to a season High 29 Points Cissy Pierce hit two Early three pointers and the Cardinal 294 breezed into the second round to face Florida state Florida state 85 of Dominion 75 Flor Ida state took care of one tradition Rich pro Gram and will have an even bigger task ahead in the next round Britany Miller scored 20 Points and the seminoles 239 shot 58 percent to beat old Dominion in a physical first round game Dallas regional Purdue 63 Oral Roberts 42 at Minne Apolis Lindsay Wisdo Hylton had 16 Points to Lead the second seeded boiler makers past 15thseeded Oral Roberts Katie Gearlds added 11 Points and Fah Kara Malone had 10 for the boilermakers who advanced to the second round for the Lith consecutive year they will play monday against seventh seeded geor Gia tech which beat Depaul 5554 Purdue established command immediately holding Golden eagles leading scorer Elisha turek the mid continent player of the year to four Points on 2for5 shooting in the first 20 minutes turek finished with 16 Points for Oral Roberts 2211 and ended her career with 2054 Points Georgia tech 55 Depaul 54 Georgia tech took a Long time to get going but Jac qua Williams sent the yellow jackets to their first Mcaa tournament Victory at the end of a sluggish game Williams swished a running on handed shot in the Lane with seconds left to lift seventh seeded Georgia tech 2111 past lot seeded Depaul Iowa state 79 Washington 60 Nicky Wieben scored 11 of her 18 Points in the second half and Toccara Ross added 12 Points to Lead sixth seeded Iowa state into the second round Iowa state 268 overcame a shoddy Start by shutting Down huskies Star Cameo Hicks Early Hicks finished with 19 Points for Washington but missed seven of her first nine shots the cyclones will play Georgia in the second round Georgia 53 Belmont 36 Georgia had too much experience too much Pedigree and too much defense for Belmont the tournament tested lady bulldogs held the newcomers from Nashville to one Field goal in the final of an ugly first round Victory Ashley Houts had 10 Points and six assists for Georgia which held the Bru ins to 20 percent shooting and forced 22 turnovers Gritty Belmont 257 withstood an Early shot from the lady bulldogs turn ing the game into a Sloppy turnover fest that kept it close in the second half the teams combined to miss 82 shots and turn the Ball Over 35 times George Washington 76 Boise state 67 at los Angeles Jessica Adair dominated the inside from the opening tip and the fifth seeded colonials scored the first 19 Points to beat 12thseeded Boise state Adair a 6foot4 Sophomore had 15 Points and a career High 21 rebounds for the colonials Texas 58 Texas Arlington 50 Texas avoided another first round upset to an intrastate opponent Danielle Gant scored 20 of her 24 Points in the second half and grabbed 14 re Bounds to help the fourth seeded aggie beat 13th seed Texas Arlington in a first round game last year the sixth seeded aggie lotto let seeded thu in the tournaments first round Greensboro regional Arizona St 57 us Riverside 50 up Start us Riverside appeared to be nothing More than a minor hurdle for third seeded Arizona state instead the Sun devils needed a furious second half rally to avoid one of the biggest upsets in tournament history Briann january scored 15 Points Danielle Orsillo added 13 and third seed de Asu rallied from a 15point deficit to beat the 14thseeded highlanders us Riverside played without Kemie Nkele Down the stretch the big West player of the year had 16 Points and six re Bounds before fouling out with left Aubree Johnson had 11 Points and 10 re Bounds for no 10 Asu Louisville 80 by 54 Louisville tournament troubles appear Over at least for now after two straight first round exits the sixth seeded cardinals beat no 11 seed by Angel Mccoughtry had 24 Points and nine rebounds for Louisville it was the cardinals first tournament Victory since 1998 Dani Wright the Mountain West player of the yearned by 2310 with 12 Points Send us a photo of yourself Reading stars and stripes for a Chance to i f Wii game console grand prize v v y ill