women’s basketball

Arizona refused to be counted out until last shot

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Aari McDonald’s small shoulders carried Arizona through a rebuilding project to the brink of a national championship. Her last second shot couldn’t carry the Wildcats to the title as they fell 54-53 to Stanford in the final. But the program that has been routinely overlooked and was on the bottom of the Pac-12 just four years…

Auburn, Kansas State to meet in SEC/Big 12 Challenge

AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The Auburn women’s basketball team will travel to Manhattan, Kan., on Dec. 2 to face Kansas State as part of the 2016 SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The SEC and Big 12 announced the match-ups for the event Monday. The event will feature 10 teams from the SEC against every team from the Big 12. Auburn and Kansas State…

Jeff Davis’ Jasmine Walker Named Gatorade Alabama Girls Basketball POY

In its 31st year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Jasmine Walker of Jeff Davis High School as its 2015-16 Gatorade Alabama Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Walker is the first Gatorade Alabama Girls Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Jeff…

AUM women earn 19th NAIA Hoops Championship Bid

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (aumathletics.com) — For the 19th time in the program’s history and for the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Auburn Montgomery women’s basketball team qualified for the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, the team learned Wednesday when the national office announced the tournament field and bracket. The 36th-annual event will be held at Silverstein Eye…