Oklahoma 74, Purdue 68 - Paris will get the chance to back up her national championship guarantee in the women's Final Four.
Paris posted 19 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks as top-seeded Oklahoma (32-4) surged ahead in the second half to beat sixth-seeded Purdue (25-11) in the Oklahoma City Regional for the second trip to the Final Four in school history.
Kimmel transferring. Temple's Lindsay Kimmel, a 6-foot sophomore guard and three-point shooting specialist, has been given her release to transfer, several sources familiar with her decision said last night.
Villanova is one of the schools Kimmel is considering, according to a source, but she would have to sit out a year under NCAA eligibility rules. The native of Binghamton, N.Y., averaged 5.1 points and hit 44 of 131 treys this season.
Women's College Basketball:
FIRST TEAM
Maya Moore, Connecticut, 6-0, sophomore, Lawrenceville, Ga., 19.1 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 3.3 apg, 52.6 fg pct, 3.2 steals (45 first-team votes, 225 points)
Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 6-4, senior, Piedmont, Calif., 16.0 ppg, 13.7 rpg, 57.7 fg pct, 2.8 blocks (42, 219)
Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 6-1, senior, Baltimore, 23.2 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 4.2 steals (41, 215)
Kristi Toliver, Maryland, 5-7, senior, Harrisonburg, Va., 18.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.9 apg, 35.1 minutes, 41.6 3-pt fg pct, 85.7 ft pct (32, 191)
Renee Montgomery, Connecticut, 5-7, senior, St. Albans, W.Va., 16.1 ppg, 5.1 apg (27, 174)
SECOND TEAM
DeWanna Bonner, Auburn, 6-4, senior, Fairfield, Ala., 21.1 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 84.5 ft pct (19, 157)
Jayne Appel, Stanford, 6-4, junior, Pleasant Hill, Calif., 15.9 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 2.8 apg, 60.6 fg pct (2, 112)
Marissa Coleman, Maryland, 6-1, senior, Cheltenham, Md., 18.1 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 3.3 apg (4, 87)
Jantel Lavender, Ohio State, 6-4, sophomore, Cleveland, 20.8 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 54.1 fg pct (0, 83)
Tina Charles, Connecticut, 6-4, junior, Jamaica, N.Y., 16.4 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 61.5 fg pct (0, 65)
THIRD TEAM
