The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! The Yellow Jackets might be the biggest surprise The Yellow Jackets were coming off a 17-16 season and built the non-conference schedule with a lot of home games early on to build up confidence. “It gave us a good opportunity to continue to play tougher …
SAN ANTONIO — Zia Cooke and her South Carolina teammates were hot from the outside and rode that solid shooting to reach the Elite Eight. Cooke scored 17 points, hitting five of six 3-point attempts, to lead top-seed South Carolina to a 76-65 win over fifth-seeded Georgia Tech on Sunday and reach the Elite Eight. The South Carolina coach praised …
SAN ANTONIO — Dawn Staley and Nell Fortner won Olympic gold medals together as player and coach. Fortner still calls Staley one of best team leaders she’s ever coached, and even she was a bit in awe of Staley the player back then. After their first game in Sydney, Fortner was sitting on the team bus when Staley got on, …
SAN ANTONIO — Georgia Tech needed no big rally to ramble into the Sweet 16. “I just tried to be confident with it.” Her stroke and Cubaj’s muscle and rangy defense had Georgia Tech up by 17 after three quarters. “I knew our effort and our execution would be better than it was in the first round,” Georgia Tech coach …