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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

April 7th, 2008

Hornbuckle gets redemption, sends Lady Vols to championship game

Ball don’t lie.
Alexis Hornbuckle had missed every shot she’d taken in the game, but on her eighth try, she sent the Tennessee Lady Vols to the national championship game. Hornbuckle scored with less than a second remaining in the game to give the No. 1 Lady Volsa 47-46 victory over No. 2 LSU. From the […]

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April 6th, 2008

Another Candace Parker feature

If you had any doubt Candace Parker would be going No. 1 in Wednesday’s WNBA draft, read this.
“I don’t think the shoulder will be a problem,” (Los Angeles Sparks coach Michael) Cooper said. “But even if it is, she’ll still be a No. 1 pick because she can definitely play basketball.”
Yeah, she’s going to LA. […]

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April 4th, 2008

Candace Parker cleared for Final Four

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She’s good to go, said Tennessee team doctors Thursday.
After suffering a pair of shoulder separations in Tuesday’s regional final game against Texas A&M, Candace Parker has been cleared to play for the Lady Vols in their Final Four matchup against LSU.
“It’s ugly to look at,” […]

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January 21st, 2008

Four NCAA teams to go pink next month

Some NCAA teams will wear pink jerseys and warmups to promote breast cancer awareness in a set of games next month.
According to ESPN.com, NC State, Rutgers, LSU and Georgia are expected to don the hue on Sunday, Feb. 10 as ESPN prepares its tournament coverage with a dry run.
Fans will be encouraged to donate to […]

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December 28th, 2007

Dunker down

Dunker-extraordinaire Sylvia Fowles from LSU is out of commission for the next few weeks following arthroscopic knee surgery.
Fowles was injured during the Tigers win over Miami last week.
“She should be fine,” said Brian Miller, LSU’s associate sports information director. “Once she gets back to full strength, she should be good to go.”
Apparently, […]

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November 26th, 2007

Will Essence Carson dunk?

Apparently, it is a big deal — and delicious timing.
Rutgers held off LSU and, of course, ESPN has video of the Fowles dunk if you hadn’t seen it already — you can also see where she tried it again and missed.
Well, ESPN’s isn’t sharing their embed code, so I guess you’ll have to go this […]

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