If on the East Coast versus the West, we would be at Duke University Women’s Basketball 🏀 with Kira Lawson. Keeping an eye 👁 👀 on them while monitoring four other Carroll County games.
Duke leads 55 – 28 at the break !
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.
Morning 🌄 Brew
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 !!!
Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Plenty of new stories were written in the middle of the night 🌙 so please enjoy them…
Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌
Both games have reached the Half.
@ Liberty University – Duke 41, LU 27
@ Randolph – Elijah Cox played 9 minutes and totaled four points and four rebounds in the first 20 minutes.
Elijah in a word – Likable !!!
Godspeed on your journey 🏡, Pappy !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 