MARCH 30, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS 10-13 · 12TH IN SUN BELT
10-13 · 12TH IN SUN BELT
Next Game vs James Madison · Wed 11:30PM
Madison Booker, defense carry Texas past Tennessee Madison Booker scored 17 points capped by two key free throws with 35.1 seconds to play as No. 1 Texas outlasted No. 5 Tennessee 67-59 on Sa...
Lauren Betts' eruption leads No. 1 UCLA over Ole Miss Lauren Betts shot 15-for-16 from the floor on the way to 31 points as top-seeded UCLA pulled away from No. 5 Ole Miss in the second half of...
MARCH 29, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Duke stymies rival North Carolina 47-38 in Sweet 16 Oluchi Okananwa had 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench and second-seeded Duke used a stifling defense to subdue third-seeded North Caro...
MARCH 28, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Spokane roundup: No. 3 LSU dominates No. 6 Florida St. Mikaylah Williams shot 10-of-12 from the floor and scored 12 of her game-high 28 points in the pivotal third quarter of third-seeded LSU's 1...
MARCH 25, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Balanced attack spurs Lady Pioneers past Forbush BOONE — The Watauga girls soccer team saw the rigors of a challenging nonconference schedule starting to pay off on Friday night in the form...
MARCH 24, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Spokane roundup: Kansas St. outlasts Kentucky in OT Temira Poindexter hit her eighth 3-pointer of the game with 1:09 left in overtime Sunday and fifth-seeded Kansas State pulled off a mild ups...
MARCH 24, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Birmingham 3 roundup: No. 1 Texas routs William & Mary Madison Booker finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 1 seed Texas over No. 16 seed William & Mary 105-61 on Saturday in the fi...
MARCH 23, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Spokane 1 roundup: No. 2 NC State subdues No. 15 Vermont Zoe Brooks scored 19 points Saturday and second-seeded North Carolina State pulled away in the fourth quarter to eliminate 15th-seeded Vermo...
MARCH 23, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Arizona State tabs GCU's Molly Miller as women's basketball coach Arizona State didn't have to go far to find its next women's basketball coach, hiring Molly Miller away from Grand Canyon. Miller led Grand...
MARCH 22, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Spokane 4 roundup: No. 4 Kentucky, No.5 K-State prevail Georgia Amoore scored 34 points and dished eight assists as No. 4 seed Kentucky escaped with a 79-78 win over No. 13 seed Liberty in the fir...
MARCH 22, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Birmingham 3 Roundup: No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Notre Dame advance Madison Conner scored 23 points as TCU, the second seed in the Birmingham 3 regional of the NCAA Women's Championship, shrugged off a slow s...
MARCH 22, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Roundup: No. 4 Baylor, No. 5 Ole Miss win openers The 1-2 punch of Antoinette Vonleh and Jada Walker carried 4th-seeded Baylor to a 73-60 win Friday over 13th-seeded Grand Canyon in the firs...
MARCH 22, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's NCAA Roundup: No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Notre Dame advance Madison Conner scored 23 points as TCU, the second seed in the Birmingham 3 regional of the NCAA Women's Championship, shrugged off a slow s...
MARCH 22, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
First Four: Columbia, William & Mary earn first NCAA wins Riley Weiss scored 24 points and Kitty Henderson tallied 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as Columbia held off Washington 63-60 i...
MARCH 21, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Women's First Four roundup: Iowa State, Southern advance Audi Crooks scored 27 points and Addy Brown contributed 22 for Iowa State, which rallied from a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat...
MARCH 20, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Iowa State overtakes Princeton for First Four victory Audi Crooks scored 27 points and Addy Brown contributed 22 for Iowa State, which rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Princet...
MARCH 20, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Southern, Lady Falcons beat Watauga softball BOONE — Timely hits and a stellar performance in the circle from Ellie Southern led Forbush softball to a 10-0 win against Watauga on Friday...
MARCH 18, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Big East tournament roundup: No. 3 UConn routs Villanova, will face Creighton in final Paige Bueckers scored 23 points to help No. 3 UConn advance to the Big East tournament championship game with an 82-54 victory over Villanov...
MARCH 10, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
No. 8 TCU claims 1st Big 12 title with win over No. 17 Baylor Hailey Van Lith has led TCU all season, and she did it again as No. 8 TCU defeated No. 17 Baylor 64-59 in the championship game of the Phill...
MARCH 10, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
No. 3 UConn routs Villanova, advances to Big East final Paige Bueckers scored 23 points to help No. 3 UConn advance to the Big East tournament championship game with an 82-54 victory over Villanov...
MARCH 9, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
ACC tournament roundup: No. 11 Duke upsets No. 6. Notre Dame Oluchi Okananwa scored 14 points off the bench and No. 11 Duke knocked off regular-season co-champion and sixth-ranked Notre Dame 61-56 in t...
MARCH 8, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
No. 7 NC State stifles No. 14 UNC, reaches ACC tourney final Aziaha James poured in 19 points and No. 7 NC State bolted to a double-figure lead en route to defeating No. 14 North Carolina 66-55 in the...
MARCH 8, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
Big Ten tournament roundup: No. 2 USC, No. 4 UCLA advance to semis JuJu Watkins produced 31 points and 10 rebounds as second-ranked and top-seeded Southern California held on for an 84-79 victory over ninth-...
MARCH 8, 2025 • WATAUGADEMOCRAT.COM
