MONDAY::
Bowling Green (H, 5-1) 68, Duquense (3-2) 66.  Dukes tied the game on a basket by Amaya Hamilton with under 10 seconds to go, and then gained possession on an offensive foul.  Bowling Green forced a five second violation, and then drove full court with under 4 seconds left to win on a buzzer beating floater,  The Falcons have a win over old friend Xavier.   Dukes were 4 - 24 from beyond the arc,  including 0-6 from Tess Meyers, who did have 7 rebounds.
 Hamilton had a career high 28 points on 10 - 17 shooting and 8 - 9 FT; 9 rebounds.  Natalie Bernard scored  14.  Megan McConnell had 13 points and 13 boards.

TUESDAY:
St Joseph's (6-0) 71, Bucknell (H, 2-5) 48.  Talya Brugler scored 23.  Laura Ziegler had a 12/11 night.

Fordham (H,5-2) 80, St Petr's (1-4) 46.. . Taylor Donaldson (SR, New Mexico State) scored 35 points on 12-19 shooting, 7-12 from beyond the arc, 4-4 FT and 9 rebounds,

AWARDS;  Maggie Doogan of Richmond was A10 Player of the Week for her MVP performance at the Vibrant Thanksgiving Classic in Des Moines, 63 points over the 3 games.  Doogan was also named one of 5 Ann Meyers Dysdale USBWA Players of the Week, along with Caitlin Clark and players from LSU, NC State and UCLA.  Gabby Casey of St Joe's repeated as Rookie of the Week.

GW was the only winner in 4 A10 games on Thursday.

GW (H, 4-4) 91, Cheney (2-2, that's what the box score said) 30

Quinnipiac (2-4) 61, Rhode Island (H, 5-3) 59.  Shooting woes continued for the Rams. as they blew a late lead and then lost on a tie-breaking, buzzer beating jump shot.  URI was 1 - 14 fror three pointers while the Bobcats were 6 - 10.  Rams were 14 - 26 FT, including 6 - 13 in the fourth quarter.  Maye Toure had 17 points and Teisha Hyman was 14/9.  

Villanova (H, 6-1) 67, Richmond (6-2) 57.  Maggie Doogan scored 18 points. while Addie Budnick had 13 and Grace Townsend had 11.

Caniasius (3-3) 63, St Bonaventure (H, 2-5) 56.  Isebelliah Middleton (Redshirt SR, Slippery Rock transfer) led the Bonnies with 20 points.  Dani Haskell, the transfer from Caniasuis, scored 11.

A10 teams went 4 - 2 on Saturday and then 2 - 4 on Sunday.  St Joe's is th only remaining undefeated team, although 3  others are 7-1 and Richmond is 7-2.

Saturday:

St Josepjs's (H,7-0) 84, North Floria (2-7) 65.  Chloe Welch, 19 pts, was one of four in double figures.

VCU (H, 7-1) 57, Charlotte (5-4) 49.  Mary-Anna Asara scored 17 for the Rams.

Loyola (H,4-4) 58, Eastern Illinois (1-6) 44.  Alyssa Fisher led the Ramblers with 16.  Sam Galanopoulos, averaging 13 ppg, only scored 3 on 1-9 shooting.  

Davison (H,7-1) 83, Longwood (2-5) 46.  Malloire Haines had 22 while Millie Prior had 17 points and 19 rebounds.  Elle Sutphin did not play again.  

Maine (5-4) 74, Fordhan H, 5-3) 62.  Taylor Donaldson scored 21 for the Rms.  Black Bears finished 4-1 against A10 teams.  

West Virginia (H,7-0) 90, St Bonaventure (2-6) 50
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Sunday:

Rhode Island (H6-3) 60, #25 Princeton (5-3) 58.  DeeDee Davis had 21 points for the Rams.  Sophie Phillips scored 12.  Teisha Hyman had 11, all in the 4th quarter, 5-6FT.  Maye Toure had 10 rebounds.  URi struggled from the line in their loss to Quinnipiac, but was 17-19 including 11-12. in 4th quarter to seal the win.  

Richmond (H, 7-2) 69, LeMoyne (1-6) 40.  Maggie Doogan scored 18 while Addie Budnick added 13.

Maryland (h, 6-3) 86, George Mason (7-1) 77.  Sonia Smith scored 21 for the Patriots.

Virgina (6-2) 94, LaSalle (H,3-4) 71 

Delaware (4-3) 74, Duquense (H,3-3) 57

Ball State (6-1) 71, St Louis (H, 4-3) 64.  Kyla McMakin scored 22 while Peyton Kennedy had 20.

St Louis salvaged the day for the A10 with a home win over Southern Indiana of the OVC.

Towson (H,6-1) 68, GW (4-5) 60.

Boston College (H, 5-3) 95, UMass (1-9) 57.  BC had 42 points in the paint.  Eagles recently beat Minutewomens next opponent, winless UMass Lowell., by a similar margin.    Tori Hyduke was out with an ankle sprain.  Wouldn't have mattered to the outcome, but she's the only effective point guard.  Jermany Mapp scored 14 points.  Stefanie Kulesza had 11 points and 7 rebounds.  Freshman bigs contributed on offense with Lilly Taulelei scored 12 points (6-6 FG) in 19 minutes.  Chineye Odenigbo had 7 points (3-6 FG, 1-4FT.). Avery Childers got in her first action of the year as she comes back from an injury.  Just played a minute.  She's a recruited walk-on.  Three transfers still haven't played.

Providence (H, 4-5) 51, URI (6-4) 50.  Rams did not score in last 3 minutes according to box score.  Friars hit a 3 pointer at the 2 minutes mark.  Rhode Island shot 26.2% (16-61), including 18.2% (4-22) from beyond the arc.  Teisha Hyman led the Rams with 18 points.  Maye Toure had an 11/11 night.

St Louis (H, 5-5) 89, Southern Indiana 93-4) 53.  Kyla McMakin had 27 points while 4 other Billikens hit double figures.  

Davidson (H,9-1) beat High Point (4-6) by 77 - 40 in the only Friday game.  Suzi-Rose Deegan led the scoring with 22 points, all in the first half.  Mallorie Haines had 14.  Millie Prior scored 13.  She had a block, and has at least one block in all 10 games, and is 23rd in the country in blocks per game.  All 10 Wildcats scored.  Their four freshmen played a lot.  Their roster is 13.  I watched most of the game and the announcer did not discuss the reason for Elle Sutphin's absence.  Davidson's win over Dayton earlier in the week was the first over the Flyers after 12 losses.  With tonight's win, Coach Gayle Faulks career record, in her seventh season, is 95 - 94.

Alissa Pili, who dropped 31 for Utah at St Joesph's, is the 7th leading scorer in D1.  I misspelled her name thanks to my senior citizen eyes. Pili is from Anchorage and is in her 2nd year as a Ute after 3 at USC.   The Hawks play Villanova. on Saturday with the 4th leading scorer, Lucy Olson.

A10 teams went 3 - 2 on Sunday, winning 2 extra session games, and UMass snapped 9 game losing streak.

Fairfield (H, 7-1) 77, Fordham (5-6) 74.  Taylor Donaldson scored 25 for the Rams, who have lost 4 in a row.

St John's (H, 5-6) 55, Rhode Island (6-5) 44.  Ber'Nyah Mayo (UMass) scored 11 points with 5 assists in her  starting role for St John's.

Richmond (H, 8-2) 80, Appalachian State (5-3) 77  OT.  Maggie Doogan scored 28 for the Spiders and Grace Townsend had 19.

Duquense (H, 5-3) 89, Kent State (4-4) 82.   2OT.  Megan McConnell played all 50 minutes. scoring 20 points with 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.

UMass (H, 2-9) 64, UMass Lowell (0-9) 52.  Kristen Williams scored 19 points, only 1-6 from beyond the arc but 8-10 on 2 pointers including several lay-ups.  Minutewomen had 16 fast break points, unusual for them
and 48 points in the paint.  Stefanie Kulesza had 14 rebounds, 8 points and 5 assists.  Freshmen Dallas Pierce knows how to fill a stat sheet.  In only 11 minutes she had 10 points (4-5, 2-2 beyond the arc) 2 rebounds and 4 fouls.  The whole team had 11 fouls for the game.  Alexsia Rose (East Carolina) made her debut for UMass, scoring 5 points.  Bre Bellamy, who usually starts, did not play and I didn't see her on the bench.  

Tori Hyduke started and played 23 minutes, after missing the last game.  She had a wrap on her right ankle but moved okay.  She scored 6 points (3-6), had 2 rebounds, 3 assists and no turnovers.  She sometimes played a wing rather than point guard.

On Thursday Duquense extended its winning streak to 3 beating  Longwood, aided by a 25 - 4 first quarter.  Game was played at LaRiche University in Pittsburgh, which has been an alternative venue for the Dukes in the past.  Not sure why they played there although maybe ti had to do with a late morning start

Duquense (6-3) 89, Longwood (2-7) 69.  Tess Myers scored 35 points on 12 - 18 shooting, including 11 - 16 from beyond the arc.  She broke Duquense and A10 records for most 3 pointers in a game, and eleven was the most by a D1 player this season.  Myers added 5 rebounds.  Naelle Bernard scored 14 and Kaitlyn Ammons had 10 off the bench.  Megan McConnell had 9 assists along with 8 points and 3 rebounds.  

Five games tomorrow.  I'm hoping to attend double header tomorrow of Florida Atlantic vs. St Bonaventure at 4 (ESPNU) followed by UMass v West Virginia at 6:30 (ESPN.). So report may be late or abbreviated., if  I can post at all.  

A10 teams won 3 of 5 games on Saturday.

GW (H, 6-5) 46, Hampton (0-8) 40

St Bonaventure (H, 3-7) 55, Youngstown State (4-7) 47.  5 Bonnies scored between 9 - 11 points. in balanced attack

Richmond (H, 9-2) 99,  Liberty (3-9) 73.  Maggie Doogan with 22 points and Siobhan Ryan with 21 led the onslaught, with 6 Spiders scoring in double figures.

Vermont (H, 7-5) 77, Duquense (6-4) 61.  Megan McConnell was 14/8, with just 1 assist, but 4 steals

Green Bay (H, 7-3) 87, St Louis (5-7) 54.  Billlikens only scored 19 points in first half, trailing by 24.

A10 teams were 2 - 4 on Wednesday, with losses to 2 Power Conference schools and 1 - 2 against America East teams

St Joseph's (H, 10-1) 72, New Hampshire (5-7), 54.  Tayla Brugler scored 24 while Laura Ziegler had 17.  Chloe Welch had 8 rebounds along with 8 points.

VCU (H, 11-1) 59, Maryland Eastern Shore (6-6) 36.  Timaya Lewis-Eutsuy had 10 points and 9 rebounds.  Mary-Anna Asare scored 13.

Michigan State (9-2) 83, Richmond (9-3) 76.  Cherokee Invitational in North Carolina.  Addie Budnick scored 17.  Grace Townsend had 16 points and 7 rebounds.  Rachel Ullstrom was 14/6 off the bench.

Vanderbilt (H, 11-1) 70, Dayton (6-6) 53.  Flyers led by Ivy Wolf with 18 points.

Maine (7-5) 80, Duquense (6-5) 72.  Tulane Holiday Tournament.  Megan McConnell scored 18 with 6 rebounds and 9 assists.  Maine is 5 - 1 against A10 teams.  Their 5 losses are to Quinnipiac Richmond, Drake , Indiana, James Madison.

Albany (10-2), UMass (2-10)   Kristen Williams had 14 points, only 2 - 8 from beyond the arc., but 6 - 13 overall  One of the only bright spots is that she has been successful driving the basket for lay-ups and actually hit a short jumper, a rare sight these days.   Lilly Taulelei, one of the other bright spots, scored 8 before fouling out late in the game  Stefanie Kulesa had 9 rebounds.  Albany shot 8 - 13 from beyond the arc in the first half, as they shot out to an early big lead.  Great Danes were 25 -47 overall FG shooting.  They had 22 turnovers.  UMass had several opportunities to get the deficit under 10 in the first half and even late in the second but came up empty on offense again and again.

Thursday night:

Rhode Island (H, 8-5) 59, Harvard (6-6) 56.  After leading by as many as 13 in the 4th quarter, Rams needed a last minute 3 pointer by Sophie Philips to take back the lead and get the win.  Maye Toure had 18 points and 8 rebounds.  Three other starters were in double figures - Phillips with 12, Dee Dee Davis (Manhattan) with 12 points and 4 assists, and Teisha Hyman (Syracuse) had 11 points and 8 rebounds.  Anaelle Dutat (6' Soph. from France) only had 2 points but 10 rebounds.  Dutat has replaced 6'5" Tenin Megassa in the starting line-up the last 2 games.  Megassas did not play against Harvard.

The Crimson were without star Harmoni Turner (22,3 ppg) who suffered a knee injury in early December and is out indefinitely.