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In last night's feature games:
• The Marquette men beat Valparaiso 69-54. In my preview I mentioned that Urule Igbavboa from Tartan plays a back-up role for Valpo and that is what he did last night, playing 2 minutes and scoring 0 points while picking up 2 quick PFs.
I failed to mention previously that Marquette has an extremely Minnesota look and feel this year. None of the Minnesotans start, but 6-9 sophomore center Dan Fitzgerald from St. Thomas, who started his career at Tulane, played 17 minutes with 8 points and 3 boards. 6-8 sophomore forward Ryan Amoroso from Burnsville played 18 minutes and also had 8 points and 3 boards. 6-7 junior forward Jamil Lott played 14 minutes and scored 6 points (I don't recall exactly Lott's high school). 7-foot junior center Mike Kinsella from Rochester John Marshall and MCTC played 2 minutes.
• Among the women, #24 Purdue beat #10 Notre Dame 65-54. I hesitate to call this an upset--it's never an upset when the home team wins, as they say. Four players scored in double figures for the Boilermakers, now 5-2. Four starters are sophomores or juniors.
Tonight
In tonight's feature games, South Dakota State--4-2 in its second season playing in D-I and with 4 Minnesotans on the roster--is at Wisconsin. The Jackrabbits' leading scorer is junior swing man Megan Vogel from St. Peter, MN, and the leading rebounder is senior center Christina Gilbert from Stillwater. Wisconsin, which lost to Notre Dame at home by 5 in its last game, surprisingly has no Minnesotans on its roster this year.
Also the Iowa women are at Iowa State (3-1) tonight. The Cyclones have 4 Minnesotans on its roster including starting swing man Megan Ronhovde (9 points, 9 rebounds per game) from Barrett and West Central Area HS. The Hawkeyes (4-3) have just one Minnesotan on their roster, junior forward Krista VandeVenter of Osseo who scores 8 points and 8 boards a game. Super-quick 5-6 senior guard Crystal Smith is scoring 22 points per game for Iowa. I remember her giving the Gopher guards absolute fits with her quickness on defense over the years, but she is scoring now, too.
The South Dakota State men—just 1-6 in D-I and also with 4 Minnesotans on the roster—are also featured tonight at Nebraska. Sophomore guard Matt Cadwell from Cretin (I think?) is their leading scorer at 15 ppg on a respectable 49 percent shooting percentage.
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