Sunday’s college roundup: Millan leads UMaine to fifth straight win
Blanca Millan scores 27 points and Dor Saar becomes the program s all-time leader for 3-pointers as the Black Bears beat Albany.
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ALBANY, N.Y. Blanca Millan scored 27 points and Dor Saar broke Cindy Blodgett’s school career record for 3-pointers as Maine extended its women’s basketball winning streak to five with a 63-47 victory Sunday against Albany.
The Black Bears (10-1, 8-1 America East) made four 3-pointers in the first 4:05 and eventually built a 40-24 halftime lead with the help of 14 points by Millan in the second quarter.
Following back-to-back losses, Northwestern sent a message against Wisconsin
The win was a pleasant return to the norm for the Wildcats, who hope to use the victory as a building block.
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If the beatdown at the hands of Naz Hillmon and the Michigan Wolverines was a wakeup call for No. 22Northwestern (5-2, 3-2 B1G), then Wednesday’s drubbing of Wisconsin was the equivalent of slamming the alarm clock and jumping out of bed. Even though the Badgers (3-5, 0-5) currently sit at the bottom of Big Ten standings, head coach Joe McKeown was still optimistic following his team’s 80-55 win in Madison.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Courtney Shaw and Veronica Burton each had 15 points and nine rebounds, and No. 22 Northwestern beat Wisconsin 80-55 on Wednesday. Northwestern took its first.
THE OVERVIEW
There are three Big Ten games today, two of which will have an impact on the teams directly behind Michigan in standings (Iowa just beat Rutgers, Illinois-Purdue at 6) and one with delightfully little relevance to the conference title picture (MSU-Nebraska). No matter how those play out, Michigan can maintain first place in the conference by holding serve at home on Sunday against the surprise of the season thus far, Northwestern, which is in the four-team pack one game behind M in the loss column.
This game marks the first time in 175 meetings between Michigan and Northwestern that both programs enter the game ranked in the polls.