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[jaybird44]

Just have to start a new streak...

[gordonmann]

True. If they stay out of the Top 25 long enough, Hope will pass them for the most times ranked all-time.

Though I'm probably the only person who cares about that.

http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/women/archive

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It is always an exciting and surprising point in the season. The midway point. We are already halfway through another thrilling Division III basketball season. The best part, we have plenty more basketball to come. The hard part, we are also closer to the season coming to a close.

On Thursday night's Hoopsville, Dave will try and pull out his crystal ball and read the tea leaves on who can sustain their momentum, who may fall off, and which teams could make a run to the end. While we won't have all the answers, some of Dave's guests will be able to give us their insight on their own squad's chances.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can watch the show LIVE starting at 7pm here: http://bit.ly/2D3pOrw.

A reminder the Thursday edition of Hoopsville primarily covers the East, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, and West regions, but we will answer any questions about all of Division III throughout the show. You can also send your questions to the show and have them featured on the Hoopsville Mailbag segment. Email them to hoopsville@d3hoops.com.

Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Matt Croci, No. 10 Wittenberg men's coach
- Jim Scheible, No. 7 Rochester women's coach
- Lori Kerans, Millikin women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Danny Young-Uhrich, No. 17 Juniata women's
- Pat McKenzie, No. 15 St. John's men's coach

You can also tune into the podcast(s) after the show has aired:
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[mck99]

Check out the feature story that aired tonight on KSDK Channel 5 in St. Louis on the unique story of the WashU women's basketball coaching staff and growing Bears family. http://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/coaching-is-a-family-affair-at-washington-university/63-507323652

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Seems someone in the St. Louis media has been reading D3hoops.com - or at least that would be cool if they were!

[deiscanton]

UAA Gameday-- Match day 2

Case at Rochester
Carnegie Mellon at Emory
NYU at Chicago
Brandeis at Wash U

I am very interested in the battle of the top 2 rebounders in the UAA tonight in Ola Obi of Chicago and Kayla Patterson of NYU.

Any match day is exciting-- you may think you know what will happen in these contests, but expect surprises to happen at any given moment...

[deiscanton]

A moment to celebrate greatness:

UAA Announces 30th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team.

[deiscanton]

No question about Rochester winning tonight.  Rochester up 31-2 over Case at the end of the first quarter.  It is confirmed now that Case senior Kara Hageman sustained a season ending injury during a scrimmage in the preseason.  Case looks like they will not finish with a .500 or better mark this year.

After quarter 1 in Atlanta, Emory up 19-11 over Carnegie Mellon.

[deiscanton]

Halftime in Atlanta and Rochester.

Rochester leads Case, 52-18, at the break.

Emory leads Carnegie Mellon, 36-30, at the break.

Off to watch the video from the Midwest games...

[deiscanton]

Final scores

Rochester 84, Case 41
Emory 68, Carnegie Mellon 62

Halftime scores

Chicago 41, NYU 34
Brandeis 43, Wash U 30  Put an upset alert on that one when second half starts.

[deiscanton]

Points of note from the first half in St Louis:

1.). I like the way Brandeis has been playing defense.  Wash U only 2-11 from 3 pt land in the first half, while Brandeis made 5-10 from 3 pt land.

2.). Katie Goncalo of Brandeis leads all scorers with 13 pts.  Goncalo scored 11 pts in the second quarter, which equalled Wash U's entire scoring in that period.

Goncalo has made 3 treys to Sondag's 1 and Homoly's 1 trey made.  Natalie Orr did not hit a 3 in the opening half.

3.). Wash U had the advantage in free throw shooting, and out rebounded Brandeis by 1 in the first half.  Brandeis is winning the turnover battle-- Wash U has 15 turnovers to Brandeis's 9.

This game is getting interesting....

[deiscanton]

After 3 quarters--

Brandeis 63, Wash U 50. #upsetalert

[deiscanton]

Final--

Brandeis 92, Wash U 84

Second ever victory for Brandeis at the Wash U Field House-- 4th overall

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Brandeis had 31 fouls called on them, while Wash U had 36 fouls called on them.

67 fouls committed tonight-- Second most in a single game in DIII Women's Basketball history in the category of Personal Fouls-- Both Teams

The record in that category is 68 fouls--

UW-Stout (37) v. Buffalo State (31)-- November 23, 1997.

[deiscanton]

The other final--

Chicago 83, NYU 59

[deiscanton]

Box score from Sunday, February 6, 2005-- the only time that Brandeis won at Wash U until tonight

washubears.com/sports/wbkb/2004-05/files/bu-wuw.htm

The final score then was Brandeis 59, Wash U 55.  That season was the closest that the Brandeis women ever got to an outright UAA title in women's hoop.  Losses by Brandeis at Rochester and NYU gave the AQ to the Bears.  Brandeis went on to win an ECAC New England title that season.

In case you were wondering, the NCAA tournament that year was a field of 50-- 39 AQs, 4 Pool B, 7 Pool C.