Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌
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.
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.
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 !!!
Madison Booker = Madison Skills !! 6’1 Forward is a ballplayer…
Texas, 20-10 after 1st
45-25 @ Halftime
1st time seeing Texas in person, Wow !!!!
UCLA cut ✂️ a 25 point deficit down to 15 at the end of 3rd… Texas 62, Bruins 47 with 10:00 to play ▶️.
UCLA 5-0 in opening 72 seconds, now only down 10….
Booker us now struggling, Bruins are playing suffocating defense and its now 64-60 !!!!
UCLA got a great look at a 3 that would have trimmed it to 1 but it rolled off
Rori Harmon has carried the Longhorns down the stretch, scoring at least their last eight points…
1:11 PST – Game #1 of 3 is in the books 📚!
Harman with 26, 3 and 5 !
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Game #2 – Duke University vs South Carolina
Media TO (4:59) – Duke leads 8-4
Duke led 15-7 but USC scored the last 7 points. After 1st, Duke 15-14….
Next stop ✋ is Mountain ⛰ West Volleyball 🏐 and they just started the 1st of two…
2nd quarter Media TO (4:58), trailing 24-23…
Gamecocks close out the half on fire 🔥, 16-4 to make it 40-27. 15 solid minutes and then five tough ones.
Flood gates have opened, 46-27. Dawn is loaded…
48-38 after 11-2 Duke run !
3rd Media TO, trailing 50-40. (4:29)
3:07 pm – end 3rd quarter – down 10.
Way cool 😎 when they introduced my favorite female Dukie – Chelsea Gray !
Madina Okot (#11’USC) has to be the Best player in the Country…
Stop ✋ 3 of 3
4:31 PST – Aztecs take opening set, 25-21.
Fun Fact about the Mountain ⛰ West : 6 of their 12 Universities end with the word ” State “…
5:05 – Aztecs again, 25-20…
Wyoming down 19-13, trying to stay alive.
22-18, pulling for the 🐄👧 (Cowgirls) to force a fourth set but running 🏃♂️ out of time.
5:39 PST – Wyoming needs to fight off seven Match points or we go 🏡🏠🏡.
Aztecs sweep, 25-19 and that’s a wrap !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 