by Michelle Richardson

Stanford 82 Penn St 57: The Penn State Lady Lions came into came into this match number three and the Stanford Cardinal came in number two so I expected this match up to go back and forth at Maples Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Also I expected this to be a ground to pound type of a game.

There were a lot of shooters and a lot of bangers underneath in the paint, Penn St came in 24-7 and the Cardinal came in this one 31-3. Stanford were a little bit higher with their game points average and they were undefeated at home and they were playing this one at home at Maples Pavilion.

With the home fans and playing on the home court it was noisy and the Cardinal left little doubt about dominance in this game. Top four scorers for Stanford Chiney Ogwunmike 29, Amber Orrange 18, Mikaela Ruef and Lili Thompson both finished with 11 points.

For Pen State, Ariel Edwards with 22, Dara Taylor 11, and Talia East 10, the Cardinal fans showed up and supported them well as the Cardinal continued their home perfect record and their road record is not so bad at 11-2.

Minnesota head coach Pam Borton was fired last Saturday after the game against South Dakota State 70-62 in the NITs. Borton had been with the program for 12 seasons and for the fifth consecutive year she had missed making the NCAA Tournament.

This game is about wins and loses and Minnesota went 16-9 overall and in non conference play they were successful at 10-3 but in Big Ten play then went 6-6 and missing the Tournament was the deciding factor for Borton.

Borton was grateful for her time at Minnesota who said, “I am grateful for the 12 seasons at the University of Minnesota. This is a great state and university and I have enjoyed becoming a part of this community. I want to thank my players and staff over the years.”

Arizona riots: Arizona University fans made a name for themselves in the post game riots on Saturday night in downtown Tucson after the Wild Cats loss to Wisconsin 64-63 in the West Region in Anaheim. It’s not often you seen any kind of riot crowds after an elimination loss but this one conjured up a wild riot after the Wild Cats were eliminated.

The student body took to the streets in Tucson and decided to start rioting because the Wild Cats were out of the Tournament. Really guys that is one of the the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. Anytime something like this happens it’s stupid, it’s just a game. Police showed up in riot gear and there was pepper spray and lot of disbursing.

The Wild Cats had a good run, they got to the Sweet 16, and they lost to a very good team. I get so tired seeing this whole character don’t blame it on the game. The blame goes on the students for being drunk, being stupid, but the students shouldn’t blame it on the fact that the Wild Cats lost a game or the referee made a bad call.

These fans need to blame it on themselves for being young, drunk and stupid. There was a picture of a young man standing by himself and the police were coming and it was like “look at him he’s so chilling” no he’s an idiot. He’s not standing in front of a tank at Tiananmen Square freedom fighting.

He’s a drunk frat boy who doesn’t know what’s going to happen when the cops are about to start shooting bean bags into the crowd.

Michelle Richardson is covering the Final Four next week for Sportstalk radio