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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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Arizona teams bounced early from NJCAA tournament
There were no happy endings at the NJCAA basketball tournament this season. The Pima College men’s basketball team, making its first appearance in the national tournament, got a rude welcome from Lincoln College (Illinois) in a 67-62 loss in their inaugural visit Wednesday to the Division II event. But the stunner happened on the women’s [...] -
Been there, done that. ASU women face familiar foe in WNIT
Should the ASU women’s basketball team struggle in its WNIT opener tomorrow night, the ladies won’t be able to blame it on being out of their comfort zone. The Sun Devils will be playing on their home court at Wells Fargo Arena. They will be making their 11th consecutive post-season appearance, the fourth time in [...] -
NAU has top Big Sky freshman, but women’s hoops struggle
Laurie Kelly knew what she was getting when she recruited Amy Patton out of McClintock High School in Tempe. She led McClintock to the state finals last year and was named the Arizona Republic Player of the Year. But the head women’s basketball coach at Northern Arizona University could not have anticipated the extent to [...] -
Thoughts of John Wooden and UCLA hang over ACCAC play
Futile. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word as “pointless, trifling, worrisome.” That might also define life in women’s college basketball in Arizona. At least, if your team is a member of the Arizona Community College Athletic Association (ACCAC). “It was great to get to this point two years in a row,” Arizona Western College coach, Patrick [...] -
Good grief, Charlie Brown! Tolleson does it again in 5A finals
Jackie Clayton must have done something to really tick off the basketball gods. Or maybe they were just looking the other way during last night’s 5A-II girls basketball high school state championship game. After all, wasn’t this supposed to be a story book ending for the Pinnacle High School team that has let the crown [...] -
Mesa CC, CAC pull down conference hoops honors
A couple of local basketball players decided to stay home after high school and lend their talents to Arizona colleges. And now it has paid off handsomely for each. And for their schools. And for their coaches. It’s called the ‘trickle-down’ effect. Olivia Major, a sophomore who arrived at Central Arizona College from Washington High [...]
