Tom gets a Livingstone team today that lost by about 45 to Seton Hill yesterday. Should be a comfortable day.
IUP is still without Raja Fink. She missed about a month due to injury but did return to practice this past Thursday. She's one of their better two-way players so it's a huge loss. She could be ready by next weekend.
The big news out of yesterday's win at Ohio Dominican was that senior guard Courtney Alexander looked like she was able to put the past ACL injury behind her. She went for a career-high 24 points including (5) treys. These were her first games back and she said in the Gazette she was still pretty hesitant through the first five outings.
She's one of the deadliest sharpshooters in the Region and her getting back to form drastically changes how teams must defend IUP -- and how Tom can run the offense.
PG Maria Cerro looks as if she's taken a giant step since her true freshman year back in '19. She's been very strong on both ends.
The West has some outstanding women's teams again this year.
So far:
Cal - 4-0
IUP - 6-0
Gannon - 4-0
Slippery Rock - 5-1
Seton Hill - 5-3
Edinboro - 2-1
Seton Hill played in the D2CCA Tipoff Classic. One of its losses was against a team from Canada so I don't think that one actually figures in to anything down the road. The Griffins also lost a game there against a D2 Top 10 team. I suspect they will also be in the mix down the stretch. Edinboro is always good and it looks like SRU is playing well, too.
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