Faith Dupree sidelined for season

Tennessee’s post depth took a hit Monday with the announcement that forward Faith Dupree would be sidelined for the season because of lower back pain. The freshman had been bothered by back spasms and a decision was made to spend this season working on her core strength and flexibility off the floor so that she would be healthy on the court next year.   Full Story

STARKVILLE, Miss. – For the second consecutive year, Mississippi State's Alexis Rack has earned SEC Player of The Week Honors announced by the league office on Monday. Rack earned the honor in large part to her career-best 43-point performance in Mississippi State's 84-55 win over Maryland on Sunday, a win that propelled them up to 19th in the latest poll.   Full Story

The Duquesne women's basketball team looks to start out the season 5-0 when they host West Virginia on Tuesday night. Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m.   Full Story

A state-wide televised broadcast for the upcoming Middle Tennessee-Tennessee women's basketball game has been announced. The contest will be shown throughout the state on three MyNetworkTV affiliates, including Nashville's WUXP (MyTV30) as the flagship station.   Full Story

Rifle junior Brandi Eskew has been named WVU Athlete of the Week for her record-setting performance in the No. 1-ranked Mountaineers’ 4691-4642 win over No. 2-ranked Kentucky on Nov. 21.   Full Story

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Tennessee got a measure of respect and its locker room back after a 77-63 win over Virginia before the biggest crowd to ever watch a Cavaliers women’s basketball game. Angie Bjorklund, who didn’t play in the loss to Virginia a year ago, played in this one as if trying to make up for lost time.   Full Story

Montana State visited the historic Memorial Gym on a snowy University of Idaho campus and came away with a 70-57 victory over the women's basketball team, which shot under 40%. The students were on vacation, but GoVandals.Net was there to capture these images.   Full Story

STARKVILLE, Miss. - In its first true test of the young season, the 25th-ranked Mississippi State women's basketball team passed with flying colors, routing 20th-ranked Maryland 84-55 Sunday afternoon inside the Humphrey Coliseum.   Full Story

The Lady Terps suffered their first loss of the season when they traveled to play Mississippi State.   Full Story

The Lady Rockets have won three straight games to improve to 3-1 on the season. Next up is a trip to El Paso, TX to take on UTEP out of Conference USA. Lady Rockets Head Coach Tricia Cullop blogs about the latest happenings in the Lady Rockets basketball program, including a trip to El Paso.   Full Story

The Auburn women's basketball team couldn't pull off an upset vs. Texas A&M.   Full Story

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Following a critical Southeastern Conference showdown between the nationally-ranked Kentucky and Florida volleyball teams at 2 p.m. EST, the undefeated UK Hoops team welcomes Chattanooga to Memorial Coliseum Sunday, Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. EST. The game will be broadcast live on the Big Blue Sports Radio Network (radio).   Full Story

CHICAGO- She would have been proud of the effort put forth by both teams. The place where she learned her craft and the place where she taught that craft, two teams playing for the 2009 title of the tournament that bears her name.   Full Story

Sunday is a measuring-stick game for Tennessee as the Lady Vols take on a ranked opponent on the road – and one that beat them last season in Knoxville. “Definitely,” said Angie Bjorklund, who didn’t play in the Virginia game a year ago because of back issues. She’s back for this one and anxious to see how the team responds in what should be a truer test of their improvement from last season.   Full Story

Duquesne's women's basketball, which had the lead for the final 27 minutes, held of a Penn charge for a 65-58 win over the Quakers, Saturday afternoon at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa. Kelly Britcher's 18 and Keri Pryor's 17 points paced the 4-0 Dukes.   Full Story

The Duquesne women's basketball team hits the road for the third time this season when they visit Penn at the Palestra on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is at 3:30 p.m.   Full Story

There was no buzzer beater attempt at a tie in this one. No agonizing analysis or reason for motivational angst for the remainder of the season. This was a win, plain and simple, as Vanderbilt (3-0) repaid UC Riverside (1-3) for an early season surprise last year with a 75-60 payback.   Full Story

Tennessee used its practice session Friday to put in some new looks on offense and defense and will travel to Virginia on Saturday to go over its scouting report at the Cavaliers’ arena before Sunday afternoon’s game in Charlottesville. The Lady Vols also have piped in crowd noise at practice this week in anticipation of loud venues for the next two games.   Full Story

CHICAGO- DePaul's Keisha Hampton and Katherine Harry proved to be solid bookends in DePaul's match up against Cornell Friday night in game two of the Maggie Dixon Classic at McGrath Arena.   Full Story

The Auburn women's basketball team took control early as the Tigers improved to 2-1 with a victory over Alabama A&M.   Full Story

Few experiences in life are more rewarding than being with your family and friends at the holidays. Being with your coaches and teammates at a bowl site just happens to be one of them.   Full Story

Over the past week the men's and women's basketball programs at Toledo have been pretty active. The men's team played at Cincinnati Wednesday night, and tonight will take on #2 Michigan State. The Lady Rockets earned victories against Cleveland State and Oakland, and will take on St Peter's this Saturday. Read on for more.   Full Story

The Terps high powered offense led them past Old Dominion 84-67.   Full Story

Becca Tobin scored 14 points to lead 14th ranked Arizona State to an 82-46 rout of the Yale Bulldogs at Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut.   Full Story

It took two overtimes but Clemson defeated South Carolina 94-92 in double overtime Thursday.   Full Story