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Filling Out Those Dance CardsOne day after the men's brackets were released, the women's brackets were announced. As has been expected for some time now, the field of 65 will not be including the Lady Lions. Four Big Ten teams made the field. Iowa...
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Updated November 6, 2009 4:49 AM
Coquese Washington doesn't know what to expect.
Updated November 4, 2009 4:48 AM
Coquese Washington wants to give her players injections of experience.
Updated October 27, 2009 4:50 AM
Guard Emily Phillips usually has a lot to say.
Updated October 27, 2009 4:50 AM
It will hit Meggan Quinn when the season finally starts.
Updated October 23, 2009 4:50 AM
It was overtime and the clock was ticking down to zero.
Senior guard Tyra Grant feels like she is playing with her "Mini-Me."
Experience is imperative for a team that is bringing along new players to compete in a tough conference.
Updated October 22, 2009 4:52 AM
Julia Trogele was jealous last year.
As senior guard Tyra Grant leads the Lady Lions through practice, she's in unfamiliar territory.
Updated July 29, 2009 4:54 AM
Heading into their July 15 match-up against Italy, Julia Trogele and her German teammates at the European U20 Women's Championships in Poland knew that they needed to win by at least seven points to advance to the quarterfinals.
Updated July 27, 2009 4:52 AM
Jeff Brooks was minding his own business when Chris Babb, Cammeron Woodyard and David Jackson, all clad in pink shirts, pelted the junior forward with water balloons.
Updated March 26, 2009 4:51 AM
With some turnover on her roster, Coquese Washington said there will be "open competition" for her lineup next season.
All season long Coquese Washington has preached that her team wasn't as far from the top of the Big Ten as its record showed.
Updated March 6, 2009 4:52 AM
After committing her fifth and final foul with 22 seconds to go, senior point guard Brianne O'Rourke took a seat on Penn State's sideline, put a towel to her face and sobbed into it.
Nikki Greene's coming to play for the Penn State women's basketball team next year already has the current players buzzing, especially over her ability to dunk.
Updated March 5, 2009 4:52 AM
Two weeks ago, the Lady Lions went to Assembly Hall and knocked off Illinois for the second time this season.
Updated March 4, 2009 4:51 AM
Although the Lady Lions remain confident they can make a run, they only need to look across the court for reassurance.
Updated March 3, 2009 4:52 AM
On the plane ride to Iowa this season, senior Brianne O'Rourke and a few teammates tried to pass time by playing "Would You Rather?" and resorted to whispering so they wouldn't wake up the rest of the team.
Updated March 2, 2009 4:00 AM
The Lady Lions had to wait until the final game to get their first shot at the Big Ten regular season champion Ohio State Buckeyes.
With a 74-63 loss to the nation's No. 14 team Sunday, Penn State ensured it will have to face the Buckeyes twice in one week if it hopes to advance to the weekend in the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.
Updated February 27, 2009 4:52 AM
Penn State Lady Lion guard Meggan Quinn will miss the remainder of the season after an MRI revealed that the junior tore the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in her left knee during Wednesday's practice.
As Mashea Williams cut through the defense, she found an open Renee Womack behind the defense for an uncontested layup.
When the public address announcer announced Janessa Wolff was re-entering in the second half of Thursday night's game, Northwestern center Amy Jaeschke looked up briefly and then stared back to the floor.
Updated February 26, 2009 5:13 PM
Lady Lion junior guard Meggan Quinn will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee during Wednesday's practice, according to a press release. Updated 5:13 PM
When Mashea Williams arrived for practice Wednesday, the one thing that caught her attention was the polka dot shorts, the striped shirts and the '80s spandex her teammates laid out for her and the other two seniors.
With a week and a half remaining in the Penn State Lady Lions' season, the underclassmen will soon lose three of their on-court leaders.
Updated February 23, 2009 4:52 AM
When Tyra Grant netted her 10th point in Sunday's game against Illinois, she found herself in unusual territory.
Updated February 20, 2009 4:52 AM
Purdue's Lakisha Freeman stole the ball from Penn State's Mashea Williams, and found an open Jodi Howell who drove to the basket for an easy layup and a foul.
After another first-half turnover by her squad, Coquese Washington couldn't help but turn her back on the action for a few seconds and then shake her head in disappointment.
Updated February 19, 2009 4:51 AM
Down 18 points in the second half of Sunday's game, Iowa switched to a zone defense against the Lady Lions.
For Meggan Quinn, it can sometimes be "hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel."
With the Penn State women's basketball team losing five of its last six games, Quinn said it is hard to put into words how difficult the stretch has been.
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