Margaret BauerWomen’s Basketball
LAST GAME: Wash. U. 64, Carnegie Mellon 43
TEAM NOTES: The Bears have defeated the Tartans for the 23rd consecutive time. Senior Kelly Manning led the Bears with 15 points. The score at halftime was 40-14. Senior Hallie Hutchens scored 10 points to move past Angie Kohnen into 10th all time in scoring with 925 points.
DID YOU KNOW: The Bears have never beaten Brandeis, their next opponent.
NEXT GAME: Wash. U. AT Brandeis, Friday, Jan. 28 at 6:00 p.m.
NATIONAL RANKING: No. 11
Swimming & Diving
LAST MEET: Women’s squad finished in first place (of seven teams) at WU Invitational at Millstone Pool and the men’s squad finished third.
RECENT KEY PERFORMERS: Freshman Meredith Nordbrock broke the school record for the 400-yard individual medley. The freshman phenom already holds or shares four other records. On the men’s side, senior Craig Goergen scored a season-high 419.60 points to lead the men.
TEAM UPDATE: Nordbrock earned an NCAA “B” cut for her record-breaking performance in the 400-yard individual medley. She also provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200IM and the 200 back…Junior Allie Boettger and sophomore Monica Jones also qualified for NCAA “B” cuts in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, respectively.
DID YOU KNOW: The men fell just two points shy of finishing second. Second place DePauw (634.5) just barely edged out the Bears (632.5).
NEXT MEET: University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships on Feb. 10-12 in Chicago, Ill.
Men’s Basketball
LAST GAME: Wash. U. 93, Carnegie Mellon 83
RECENT KEY PERFORMERS: Senior Rob Keller scored a career-high 26 points. Freshman Troy Ruths, senior Anthony Hollins, and junior Scott Stone each contributed 12 points. The Bears shot an impressive 48 percent from beyond the arc.
DID YOU KNOW: Wash. U. is looking for its 1,001th win in its next game against Brandeis.
NEXT GAME: Wash. U. AT Brandeis, Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:00 p.m.
NATIONAL RANKING: Unranked