FEVER NEWS - Team trades the #3 pick and the #18 pick to the Charlotte Sting for the #9 pick and G Kelly Miller. Fever Trade Is this a good move?

Big Ten (11) Recap

#5 Penn State rode Kelly Mazzante's 24 points and cruised by Indiana 66-49. IU Story

#6 Purdue notched their 9th win in a row beating Michigan 76-64. Shereka Wright had 22 points for the Boilers. PU Story

OSU won at Iowa for the first time since 1985. In the high scoring affair, Center Latoya Turner notched her 1000th career point in the game. OSU/Iowa Recap

#20 MSU raised their record to 17-4 with a 72-47 victory over Wisconsin. MSU/WI Recap

Illinois got by Northwestern 76-52. The Illini's Cindy Dallas became the all time leading rebounder for U of I in the contest - 934 for her career! ILL/NU Recap

Top 25 Recap

The big story last night - UCONN put it on Tennessee. Tennessee never really got control of the game from the opening tip and UCONN played with much more intensity than the Lady Vols. UCONN now has won 5 straight over Tennessee. Story

#7 Stanford lost again! This time to Arizona as Shawntinice Polk had 21 points and 19 rebounds for the Wildcats. STAN/AZ Recap Stanford's Nicole Powell scored a double double with 22 pts and 10 boards.

Miscellaneous

Butler loses at Detroit 55-49. Story

Ball State is attempting to set a new attendance record this weekend against Northern Illinois. Admission is free! STORY

IUPUI's Kia Hayes was named Mid Continent Conference Co-POW. Story

Over Coffee

Ah...the Fever trade analysis. Well, truthfully, I am still surprised they pulled it off. I guess I need to research a little more before I make a true analysis. I like Miller - a lot! They needed some help in the backcourt so we don't have to struggle with Niki McCray's great defense/crummy offense which allows defenses to sag back on Tamika and Natalie. The big question for me is, what will be available at #9 for the Fever? They still have not found an inside presence to guard the top centers in the WNBA like Lisa Leslie, Ruth Riley, etc. Vanessa Hayden could have been that player. The thing is, there's a lot of talent out there this year in the senior class. Mazzante might be available at number 9 but now that Miller is on board, that seems unlikely. Purdue's Shereka Wright is a possibility but there still is not that low post presence the Fever so desparately need. I'm not convinced that Kelly Krauskopf made the best move available here but I'll hold my opinion for now - pending further analysis of senior post players or a potential free agent acquisition.