SEMI-STATES SET

    Monroe Central claims the Frankfort regional with a 67-43 win over Covington.

     The Golden Bears were led by Muncie Central senior transfer Myles Merchand's 18 points, four assists, five rebounds, Logan Thomas 14 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and Trey Thomas' 17 points.

     The Trojans were led by outstanding junior guard Johnny Brazas' 18.

     Monroe Central shot 22/37 from the field, 6/13 from behind the arc, 17/20 from the line while outrebounding Covington 29-17 and led in assists 12 to five.

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                       2010 BIG TEN WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT

                                    OHIO STATE WINS 66-64

  The Ohio State Lady Buckeyes erased a eight point halftime defecit to win when Samantha Prahalis hit Jantel Lavender with the winning bucket.

  Lavender the most valuable player scored 35 points, 10 rebounds and a perfect 7 of 7 from the line in the game.

  Tayler Hill was the only other Lady Buckeye to score in double figures with ten.

  Prahalis scored six points but dished out seven assists and accounted for three steals.

  For the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes were led by Kamille Wahlin scored 20 points, Kelly Krei added 18 and Kachine Alexander added 13 while Jamie Printy added 9.

  This week the Big Ten attendance was 33,117

                                                 Day 2 Got off with an in-state rival

First I must post the attendance from Day 1....5, 438
Day 2 got off to a start at noon with a batlle of in-state rivals the Michigan Wolverines and the Spartans from Michigan State.
State prevailed 61-50 to run their record to 22-8 over-all despite losing Allyssa DeHaan with back spasms.
State was led by four double digit scorers Kalisha Keene 11, Jasmine Thomas, Aisha Jefferson and Lykendra Johnson all tallying 10 apiece.
The Lady Wolverines dropped to 17-13 but were led by Krista Phillips 12 and Carmen Reynolds 10.
Game 2 saw Iowa beat back a stubborn Penn State team 82-75 behind freshmen Jaime Printy's 22, Kelly Krei 20, Kachine Alexander 17, Kamille Wahlin 13 and Gabby Machado's 10.
Iowa runs their record to 18-12 while Penn State fell to 17-13.
The Nittany Lions were led by a over-all plus performance by Tyra Grant's 32 points and nine rebounds while former Ben Davis player Alex Bentley adding 18 with six assists.
The attendance in the second session was 6, 219.
The evening session saw top seed Ohio State prevail over Illinois 66-55 behind Jantel Lavender's 19, Samantha Prahalis 13 and Brittany Johnson's 13. The Lady Buckeyes run their record to 28-4 while Illinois now 16-14 were led by Jenna Smith's 13 points and 11 rebounds and Lacey Simpson's 13 and Lydia McCully's 11.
Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis added eight assists in the win.
The nite-cap saw the Purdue Lady Boilermakers implode behind an onslaught from Wisconsin and fall 73-51.
Wisconsin now 21-9 were led by Alyssa Karel 14, Rae Lin D'Alie 13, Lin Zastrow 10 and Tara Steinbauer's 10.
Purdue was led by senior Fahkara Malone's 11.
Brittany Rayburn added nine but committed nine turnovers.
Attendance for the third session was 7,153
This brings the attendance in two days to 18,710.

 Day three now finds Michigan State playing Iowa and Ohio State playing Wisconsin for a berth in the finals on Sunday.

    Conseco Fieldhouse was the host to the opening of the 2010 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament.

       5,438 fans saw three competitive games with Michigan, Penn State and Illinois surviving for another day!
Game 1 saw Michigan improve to 17-12 over-all with a 67-54 win over Northwestern who dropped to 16-14 for the season.
Michigan was led by five players in double figures.
Courtney Boylan led the way with 14, Carmen Reynolds scored 13 while Veronica Hicks and Jenny Ryan added 12 and Krista Phillips added 10.

  
Northwestern was led by Amy Jaeschke's 17, Kendall Hackney and Kristin Cartwright added 12 a piece.
Former Hamilton Southeastern player Junior Beth Marshall scored five points but contributed four assists and a steal.
Game 2 saw Penn State improve to 17-12 with a 63-52 victory over Minnesota.
Penn State was led by Tyra Grant's 15 and Nikki Greene's 12.
Former Ben Davis player Alex Bentley added 9 points, 3 assists and four steals while former South Bend Washington player Emily Phillips added four points and two steals.
China Antoine led the Lady Gophers with 12.

                                        
The final game of the evening saw Illinois down Indiana 59-53 behind Jenna Smith's 23 and Lacey Simpson's 12.
Indiana which fell to 14-16 for the season was led by Jori Davis' 20, Jamie Braun's 13 and Ashlee Mells 10.

Quote courtesy of the Big Ten

COACH LEGETTE-JACK: We wanted

that game so bad. We really, really wanted to win

that game. I thought we had a great game plan. I

thought we had the right karma. I just thought that

we had the right thought process as far as what we

were going to do to offset their tenacious defense.

We got opening shots. Just the stars

wasn't lined up. It didn't seem to fall in our court.

I'll tell you what, it's 11 teams in this conference.

The locker room that I'm very proud to be in is

Indiana women's basketball room, because at the

end of the day as a coach you really have to win.

You really want the win.

But more important than that, being a

mother and a wife, I really want to grow young

women. And I have some character kids on my

team. I have some unbelievable students on my

team.

I have people on my team that's going to

be CFOs and CEOs of organizations. They're

going to be working for one of you guys. You're

going to be working for one of them, I should say,

one day soon because they are really honorable

young women.

At the end of the day basketball has to

prevail and we have to continue to grow our

basketball side of it. And at the end of the day I'm

just really grateful that my coaches go out and

bring in some unbelievable student-athletes. We'll

get better.

We'll continue to work hard for our Hoosier

Nation. The season seems to be up and down.

They seem to be all about the teaching and the

moments and the learning. But we'll keep getting

better. We're not going anywhere until we add to

those five championships that our men put up

there in that beautiful hall.

Our goals are big, our dreams are high.

We're going to go out there and attain them.

Day Two action begins tomorrow when the day opens with Michigan State facing Michigan followed by Iowa-Penn State.
The night action starts at 6 when the Ohio State takes the floor against Illinois and the Purdue Lady Boilers facing Wisconsin in the nite cap.

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possession, the foul at 1.9, Jantel's turn. How

did you see it? Good call? What did you

think?

COACH FOSTER: You know, yeah,

because you've got to allow the player the

opportunity to get the shot off. And the contact

appeared to be significant. But I'm not going to

evaluate that until I look at the tape. There's

several things I would like to see on the tape. It

was just interesting. But it's that time of year.

And I thought in the first half we were not

mature in how we were dealing with that, and we

were complaining. And it's something that's not

even in your control. And you gotta get that out of

your head. And you gotta grind.

And that's what I like best about us in the

second half. We put that aside. We took what was

turning into an excuse and made it disappear.

Q. On that last play, Coach, was it

designed to go to Jantel all along or did you

give Samantha the option to take that shot?

COACH FOSTER: No, it was going into

Lavender. Now, if there was someone around her,

like three people and we couldn't get it, obviously

we're going to have to make a decision. But I

didn't have the stat sheet at the time. But I had a

pretty good idea that her numbers were significant.

And they were struggling to guard her.

So, yeah, if you've got a First Team

All-American, you throw them the ball. If you're

lucid.