With the college bowl season in full swing, the NFL playoff picture crystallizing and the beginnings of new NCAA, NBA and NHL seasons underway, it’s pretty easy to overlook women’s basketball. But there is no overlooking a 119-point victory! Yup, Wayne State pounded Temple Baptist College 132-13, coming up just three points short of snapping the record set in 2001 when West Texas A&M defeated National Christian 155-33.
How bad were the Rams?
Well, they committed 54 turnovers, which led to 92 Wayne State points. They allowed Wayne to score the game’s first 38 points and gave up 58 field goals, four short of the NCAA record Norfolk State scored in 1990 against Fayetteville State.
Wayne State dressed 10 players for the game. The starters played 19 minutes each, and the subs each played 21.
“We didn’t press, which we usually do, and we didn’t play man-to-man, which we usually do, so we changed some things,” Bradley said. “My starters played the game with a lot of class. They didn’t try showboating and didn’t try to embarrass them.
We’ll admit that when a team commits 54 turnovers, they are pretty much embarrassing themselves, but, c’mon coach, we’re talking a triple-digit victory against a team that dressed just five players. In our book, that’s the definition of embarrassing somebody.
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[Freep.com]: BLOWOUT! How Wayne State basketball won game by 119 points