Virginia Commonwealth University Rams wing Akiene-Tera Reed is in fine scoring touch at present with her last four outings producing scores of 17, 22, 19 and 23 points although she missed VCU’s win against St Louis (67-60) at the weekend due to injury. The Rams remain second on the Atlantic 10 ladder with an 11-3 record. 

Barry University were soundly beaten 82-52 by Sunshine State Conference leaders Tampa. Charlotte Armstrong snared a team high 8 rebounds, despite playing just 10 minutes - she also scored 4 points.

Olivia Bell scored 4 points as Peru State University beat Benedictine in a tight one 70-67. Peru State are 9-13 in Heart of America Athletics Conference play with just two games remaining in the regular season..

The last unbeaten team in NCAA Division I Men’s basketball has finally been defeated after 26 straight wins.

Yanni Wetzell and the San Diego State Aztecs, a week after clinching the Mountain West Conference regular season title, lost 66-63 to University of Nevada Las Vegas. Yanni posted 7 points and 4 rebounds in the loss.

Despite the loss the Aztecs remain at #5 on the Division I national rankings.

St Mary’s Gaels are third on the West Coast Conference standings with a 10-4 record and a #32 ranking nationally after their latest outing where they beat San Diego 92-63. The industrious Dan Fotu scored 10 points and grabbed 3 rebounds.

Will Heather scored 8 points and added a couple of rebounds and a block as Dallas Baptist broke a two-game losing skid with an 84-72 win against St Edwards to move to 12-7 in the Lone Star Conference.

Joel Coffey and Webber International University finished sixth in the Sun Conference regular season and now face number three seed St Thomas in the quarter-finals in the play-offs. In his first season with Webber Joel has been a handy contributor averaging 4.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.