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Coaches vs.
Cancer Challenge
History
2001
– Iowa State Opens Strong Against All-America Opponents
Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa - November 21 & 23, 2001
Championship
Game - Iowa State 87, Mississippi State 74
Angie
Welle scored 29 points and No. 6 Iowa State controlled Mississippi
State All-America LaToya Thomas with a collapsing 2-3 zone in beating
the Lady Bulldogs 87-74 Friday to win the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.
Recap
| Box Score
Consolation
Game - Maryland
54, DePaul 36
Marche
Strickland scored 12 points and teammate Renneika Razor shut down
DePaul's Lenae Williams as No. 22 Maryland beat the Blue Demons
54-36 Friday for third place in the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.
Recap
| Box Score
Game
1 - Mississippi State 71, Maryland 61
LaToya
Thomas had 29 points and 15 rebounds and Mississippi State rallied
from 11 down in the final six minutes to beat No. 22 Maryland 71-61
on Wednesday night in the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.
Recap
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Game 2 - Iowa State 79, DePaul 74
Lindsey
Wilson scored 22 points and No. 6 Iowa State survived a 41-point
performance by DePaul's Lenae Williams to beat the Blue Demons 79-75
Wednesday night in the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.
Recap
| Box Score
Most Valuable
Player
Tracy
Gahan
(Iowa State)
2000
– Fighting Irish Hold on in Battle of Nation's Best
Kohl Center - Madison, Wisc. - November 22& 24, 2000
Championship
Game - Notre Dame 75, Georgia 73
Alicia
Ratay scored the go-ahead basket with 1:32 left and followed it
with a key defensive play to complete a Notre Dame rally as the
No. 5 Fighting Irish won a back-and-forth game against No. 6 Georgia.
Consolation
Game - Wisconsin
97, Oklahoma 77
Wisconsin
used its height advantage as the 19th-ranked Badgers pounded the
ball inside against No. 12 Oklahoma time after time for easy shots
to beat the Soonersin the Coaches vs. Cancer third-place game.
Game
1 - Georgia 94, Oklahoma 70
Coco
Miller scored 20 points and sixth-ranked Georgiz overcame foul trouble
to beat No. 12 Oklahoma in the opening game of the 2001 Coaches
vs. Cancer Challenge, which features four of the nation's Top 20
teams.
Game 2 - Notre Dame 83, Wisconsin 56
Wisconsin
did a great job containing Notre Dame's two best scorses, Ruth Riley
and Alicia Ratay, but the Badgers forgot about Niele Ivey, who had
22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the fifth-ranked
Irish.
Zebra Pen
All-Tournament Team
Stacey
Dales (Oklahoma), Kelly Miller (Georgia), Ruth Riley (Notre Dame),
Jessie Stomski (Wisconsin)
TIAA-CREF
Most Valuable Player
Niele
Ivey
(Notre Dame)
1999
– No. 1 UConn Dominates in Inaugural Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge
Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, Conn. - November 24& 26, 1999
Championship
Game - Connecticut 109, Old Dominion 66
Shea
Ralph scored 23 points, most of them in No. 1 Connecticut's speedy
transition game, and led the Huskies to a 109-66 rout of No. 14
Old Dominion to win the inaugural Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge/
Consolation
Game - Clemson 70, Kentucky 65
Erin
Batth scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds, two blocks and two steals
in leading Clemson to a 70-65 win over Kentucky in the consolation
game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.
Game
1 - Old Dominion 68, Clemson 57
Lucienne
Berthieu scored 18 points, including six during a 13-2 run in
the final four minutes,
as no. 14 Old Dominion advanced to the championship game of the
inaugural Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.
Game 2 - Connecticut 68, Kentucky 62
Kentucky
challenged top-ranked Connecticut until a late rally by Svetlana
Abrosimovca and Shea Ralph helped the Huskies avoid an upset with
a 68-62 win.
All-Tournament
Team
Lucienne
Berthieu (Old Dominion), Sue Bird (Connecticut), Erica Jackson (Kentucky),
Amirah Leonard (Clemson)
Most Valuable
Player
Shea
Ralph (Connecticut)
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