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Four local players will join GCU basketball for 2010-11
The Grand Canyon University women’s basketball team has wrapped up its 2010-11 recruiting class and, as usual, it includes a good share of local talent. Coach Trent May announced the final signing, a 5′7″ guard from Los Angeles Southwest College. Zajve Woods was the South Coast Conference South Division MVP, averaging 12.4 points per game and [...] -
Things are looking up for NAU women’s basketball
So far, the off-season for Coach Laurie Kelly has been good. Really good. The head coach for the women’s basketball program at Northern Arizona University is on a roll. She had her contract renewed, got a new assistant coach who played professionally, brought in a nationally-ranked recruiting class, and has a schedule that is friendlier than [...] -
GCU basketball teams getting a new 5,000-seat home
Bob Machen worked for the Phoenix Suns for 37 years and was very involved in the construction of US Airways Center where the Suns play. He also had a hand in the construction of Chase Field, where the Diamondbacks play. Now he’s sharing what he learned to help Grand Canyon University build the centerpiece of the [...] -
GCU basketball player scores rare double honor
You could see it coming. Samantha Murphy began showing signs of the basketball success that was to come way back in her freshman year at Xavier Prep in Phoenix. The 5′8″ guard, who just wrapped up her junior year at Grand Canyon University on the west side of Phoenix, has been honored in a way most [...] -
GCU women’s hoops program reels in more local talent
Grand Canyon University in West Phoenix has become a haven for local high school athletes who want to continue playing, but also want to stay close to home. The Antelopes’ women’s basketball program filled more than half its roster this season with Arizona products. And this year’s recruiting class has a major tilt to local talent. Four [...] -
ASU’s Turner Thorne adds… yep, another guard
It’s getting crowded in Arizona State’s back court. But that may be a good thing. The women’s basketball team just added another guard to round out the 2010 roster. And this time, they went half way around the world to find Olivia Simmons, a 6-foot guard from “down under.” Simmons, from Box Hill Senior Secondary College, [...] -
Newest UA women’s basketball recruit is no pushover
UofA’s newest women’s basketball recruit has her own way of helping the Cats accelerate their rebuilding program, which just finished up a disappointing 13-16 campaign. Taylor Dalrymple is just going to move the opponents out of the way. Dalrymple is a 6′0″ power forward from Gulf Coast Community College in Panama, Fla., who signed her letter of [...] -
NAU basketball coaches take their turn at running
Kudos to the coaches who made a trip to the women’s Final Four a little more rewarding. Pink t-shirts replaced coaching attire when the Northern Arizona University women’s basketball coaches jumped into the 4Kay Run that was held during the NCAA women’s tournament at San Antonio, Texas. The run is held in remembrance of Kay Yow, [...] -
Charli is filling up the tank to get ASU back to the Big Dance
The Calvary is coming. And it looks like it’s arriving from Coolidge. Again. The Arizona State women’s basketball team has just signed what may be a key piece to its resurgance next year. Olivia Major, a sophomore guard on the five-time national champion Central Arizona College Vaqueras, is riding in with her 20 points per game [...] -
ASU women bring down the curtain on basketball – mercifully
The basketball season in Arizona is officially over. And perhaps that’s not all bad, considering how the year finished. The Arizona State women were the last team in Arizona standing and they got bumped from the WNIT tournament in the second round last night, falling to BYU, 61-53, on their home floor at Wells Fargo Arena. [...]