Brown adds 10 points at world tournament
Penn State senior women's basketball player Amanda Brown continued her participation in the 2006 FIBA World Basketball Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil for Team Canada on Wednesday night.
The senior post player connected on three of her four shots from the field en route to 10 points in Team Canada's 84-58 loss to Lithuania. Brown also grabbed three defensive rebounds in 17 minutes of play.
The Canadians, who are making their first appearance in the World Championship in 12 years, are now 1-1 in the 2006 World Basketball Championship. Canada opened the tournament with a hard-fought 65-64 win over Senegal Tuesday.
Tammy Sutton-Brown, a Charlotte Sting teammate of former Penn State standout Kelly Mazzante, led the Canadians with 11 points.
Team Canada continues play in the World Championship against third-ranked Australia on Thursday at 7:45 p.m. local time. The Aussies are undefeated in its first two games with a forfeit win over Lithuania and a 95-55 win over Senegal.
Big Ten still waiting on MLB for schedule
The Big Ten conference announced yesterday that it will wait until the conclusion of the Major League Baseball regular season on Oct. 1, to determine if it is necessary to move the Oct. 7 Penn State at Minnesota football game to Saturday, Nov. 25.
If the Minnesota Twins do not qualify for the playoffs or win the American League Central division with the best or second-best record among division winners, the Penn State at Minnesota football game will be played on Oct. 7 as scheduled.
If the Twins earn the wild card or win the division with the third-best record among division winners, the Penn State at Minnesota football game will be played on Nov. 25.
The University of Minnesota will be financially responsible for all additional travel, hotel, administrative and other direct costs incurred by Penn State University due to the rescheduling. In addition, Penn State fans unable to attend the game due to this possible change may seek reimbursement for a documented, direct financial loss associated with unused game tickets and non-refundable travel and hotel expenses.
St. Pierre, U.S earn gold medal at Worlds
Under the direction of Penn State women's golf coach Denise St. Pierre, the United States women's golf team took home the gold medal at the World University Games that were held last week in Torino, Italy. Not only did the team capture the gold, but the U.S. also had the individual gold medallist.
The U.S. won the gold by two strokes over second place and silver medallist Japan. The red, white and blue finished with a score of 579 strokes in the four-round event. Individually, Stacy Lewis of the United States won the gold medal by shooting a score of two-under par 286 (72-71-71-72) to top the silver medallist from Russia by three strokes.
This was St. Pierre's second time leading the U.S. team at the World University Games. She also served as the head coach at the World University Games in 2004 held in Thailand. St. Pierre, the outgoing President of the National Golf Coaches' Association, is entering her 14th season as head coach of the Nittany Lion women's golf program.
