Basketball season begins
Both the Washington University men’s and women’s basketball teams hit the hardwood for their first and only exhibition games this weekend. On Friday, the women took a two-point lead into halftime before falling to the Division-I St. Louis University Billikens 76-63. Sophomores Kelsey Robb and Kathryn Berger and junior Zoë Unruh led the team with 10 points each in the loss.
The men lost a second half lead but held on for a one-point double overtime win against the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons Saturday night 91-90. Senior Tyler Nading scored the game-winning basket on a put back with 11 seconds left in the second overtime period. Junior guard Aaron Thompson led all scorers with 35 points on 13-24 shooting, making nine three-pointers in the process. Senior point guard Sean Wallis scored five points and recorded 10 assists in his return to the court after missing all but three games last season with a tibial plateau fracture and torn MCL. (Josh Goldman)
See Wednesday’s edition of Student Life for complete coverage.
Bears prep for postseason
With all conference play over aside from football, many Washington University teams are gearing up for the postseason. The No. 4 volleyball team, fresh off its defeat of No. 1 Emory to win the UAA title, will find out where it begins the NCAA tournament early Monday morning while the women’s soccer team will learn where they will play at around 11 a.m. While a long shot, the men’s soccer will learn if they made the NCAA tournament on Monday morning as well.
The cross country team will compete at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships on Nov. 15 in Rock Island, Ill. and could possibly qualify for the NCAA Championships on Nov. 22 in Hanover, Ind. (Josh Goldman)
BCS top two stay unbeaten
No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas Tech now stand alone as the only two unbeaten college football teams in the BCS conferences after No. 3 Penn State lost to Iowa 24-23 on Saturday. The Red Raiders destroyed No. 9 Oklahoma State 56-20 while the Crimson Tide defeated the No. 16 LSU Tigers 27-21. There are two weeks left in the college football regular season before conference tournaments and bowl games begin. No. 7 Utah and No. 14 Ball State remain in contention to be BCS-busting teams. (Josh Goldman)
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