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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Georgetown's top scorer injured

Just saw the Associated Press' report on the Pittsburgh/Georgetown game and the first thing that caught my eye was news that Georgetown's leading scorer Jaleesa Butler appeared to suffer an ankle injury in the first half. OK, that wasn't exactly the first thing that caught my eye. How about the fact the Pittsburgh's Shavonte Zellous' name was spelled wrong and it was the very first word of the story. I know Shavonte is not as easy to spell as Renee or Tina but seriously, she has 1,938 career points and will soon become the 13th player in Big East history to score 2,000 points, went into the game as the leading scorer in the league and is a likely first-round pick in the WNBA draft. Hey, it is easy to miss a key stroke (I speak from experience on this) but shouldn't an AP editor had picked up on a misspelling of a player of Zellous' status?

As for the Pitt/Georgetown game, the Hoyas had a four-point lead at halftime before falling 50-39. Georgetown was already going to be up against it with top-ranked UConn coming into town on Saturday and now Butler's status is up in the air. Should be a fun one.

All you need to know about what transpired in the Big East on Tuesday night is that of the 10 teams in action, Rutgers scored the most points with 78. The Scarlet Knights' 10-point win at Notre Dame should allow Rutgers to return to the top 25 before next week's showdown with UConn provided that the Scarlet Knights don't stumble against South Florida on Saturday. How long they stay there could be determined by how the Scarlet Knights fare in the first of two regular-season meetings against UConn.

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