"Once upon a time, on a stormy weekend, the Cardinal travelled to Los Angeles and gave away basketball games to the Bruins and the Trojans ..."What's waiting for the Cardinal next weekend?
The Bruins have had their ups and downs since the Cardinal defeated them 68-51 three weeks ago at Maples. They've defeated UA and WSU and lost to USC, ASU and UW. (Their leading scorer Doreena Campbell was out of action for the UW game.) They are ranked fifth in the Pac-10, based on both their win-loss record and their RPI — down two steps from three weeks ago.
The defensive effort of their big post players (Chinyere Ibekwe, Moniquee Alexander and Christina Nzekwe) continues to be their strength. They are second (to Stanford) in the Pac-10 in rebounding and first in O-boards.
The Trojans have been doing somewhat better than the Bruins. They've moved two steps up the Pac-10 ranking ladder in the past three weeks — to fourth, based on both their win-loss record and their RPI. Since the Cardinal defeated them 81-53 at Maples, they've lost to Cal, ASU and UA and defeated UCLA, WSU and UW.
The Trojans are second (to Stanford) in the Pac-10 in scoring and first in 3-pointers. Camille LeNoir, Briana Gilbreath, Nadia Parker and Heather Oliver have averaged double-digit scores in the past five games.
Good news for the Trojans: The injury demons have not visited them since Jan 11th.
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