Wrapping up a blissful Thanksgiving Day with another Women’s Basketball 🏀 twin bill and appreciative of everyone who took the time to say Happy Thanksgiving 😊 to us !

The Matchups :

South Carolina and Texas playing in the Championship game here in a few minutes. The games are being played in reverse order due to it being Prime Time (8pm on the East Coast).

This duel here could very well be a preview of the National Championship game in late March / Early April !

Dawn and her Gamecocks are a slight favorite and in the night cap, UCLA is a double digit favorite over Duke.

Linda will have her attention divided as her Blue Devils are facing Arkansas in Chicago while Texas – USC is taking place.

Media TO (4:03) 17 -15 UT

Texas 23 -19 after 10 minutes…. great stuff…

Media TO (3:26-2), Texas leads 31-27

Texas 33-29 (Half)

Duke Men leading 41-35 @ Halftime in Chicago.

Media TO (3:57-3), USC has taken the lead, 46-42.

Texas needs a TO, USC leads 50-42 (21-9 this quarter )…

50-46 USC with 10:00 to play ▶️.

6:14 – Dawn calls 📞 a TO, Texas leads by a basket 🧺.

Texas 16-4, from down 8 to up by 4

0:19.6 – USC forces a turnover, have ball down 64-62…

0:00.7 – Texas guard 💂‍♂️ hits a floater, Dawn calls 📞 TO…

7:05 pm PST – Texas wins, 66-64…What a game….

End of 1st – Bruins 30-7 after nailing five 3’s….

Trailing 32-7, Duke goes on an 8-0 run 🏃‍♂️ to make it 32-15 !

UCLA calls 📞 TO at 3:21, leading 34-21. Duke on 14-4 run 🏃‍♂️…

43-25 Halftime score (8:26 local)…

Down 54-35 @ Media TO (4:25)

Final Media TO (4:58), down 24, 73-49

All 5 Bruins are in double figures and the team is flirting with 60% from Deep.

Impressive !!

Down 30 with 1:48 to play, UCLA calls TO to empty their bench.

Thanksgiving Day Brew, Part 2!!

Above is the actual Motovational Nugget from Howard Mayo for today and then

I need to clarify that Denise Curry was standing 🧍‍♂️ one step above me. This is relevant because it might have looked like she was towering over me, like Coach Mayo with our friend, Allen Worrell.

It’s time for the Thanksgiving Day edition of the Morning 🌄 Brew and today it includes watching 👀 Hoops with a Basketball 🏀 legend!

Morning 🌄 Brew

Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse 🙏 of the Day :

Psalm 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Howard Mayo with his Motovational Nugget for the Day : This actually comes by way of Marion Harris, proud Father 👨 of one of the Lady Cavaliers mentioned

Today will be the final page in the November to Remember with the Duke University Women’s Basketball 🏀 team. Their calendar month took them / us to Paris, France 🇫🇷, Cameron Indoor Stadium (2), Lynchburg, Virginia ➕ Greenbriar Resort in West Virginia ➕ Tampa, Florida and finally, two games in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Yesterday, during the Texas versus UCLA opener, I realized that we were sitting next to same Basketball Royalty 🏀. Even at 62 years old, it still makes me smile to meet someone who loves the game of Women’s Hoops in the manner that I do.

Denise Curry holds the distinction of being the All-Time scoring leader in the history of UCLA Basketball ! Just over 3,100 points scored for the Bruins, a mark that has her atop the list for the University, Men or Women and by a wide margin.

Later today our Blue Devils will face her Bruins in the night 🌙 cap of the two day event. When Curry isn’t watching the Lady Bruins, she’s helping Coach at Long Beach State University. Neat, Neat Lady 👩 to say the least and I’m Thankful to have shared a conversation about a sport that is so relevant to both of us.

Being Thankful is the specialty of the Day and I will wrap this up by wishing 🙏 everyone can spend today with someone who they 💘.

Many will watch football 🏈🏈🏈 of and on today but for Linda and I, we will be soaking up some more Womens Basketball 🏀.

Have yourself a Blessed Thanksgiving Day !!!