3/22/06  K-State vs. Fresno State: 64 - 61
Twiggy McIntyre scored 15 points off the bench. Kimberly Dietz added 11 points, and Claire Coggins had 10. Attendance was 4,794.

3/24/06  K-State vs. Nebraska: 77 - 63
Claire Coggins led all scorers with 22 points, JoAnn Hamlin had 20 and Kimberly Dietz contributed 19. Shalee Lehning had eight assists and 11 rebounds, and she broke the single-season record for assists as she logged #176. Claire Coggins had five second-half three-pointers, and a record six for the game. Attendance was 6,258.

3/28/06  K-State vs. Western Kentucky: 57 - 56 (OT)
Claire Coggins had 16 points and JoAnn Hamlin had 15. Shalee Lehning had 10 rebounds. Attendance was 7,538.

3/31/06  K-State vs. Marquette: 77 - 65  WNIT Championship
It was Kansas State's first postseason championship! Shalee Lehning recorded the fourth triple-double in Kansas State history, and Kimberly Dietz contributed 21 points. Shalee had 14 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Twiggy McIntyre had a big night, with 16 points. Defense was strong, as the Cats had 10 first-half steals. Danielle Zanotti played a major role in the excellent defense, logging 26 minutes off the bench. Kimberly Dietz made the all-tournament team, and Claire Coggins was named tournament MVP. Attendance was 13,340, the second largest in WNIT history.

4/30/06  Wecker has more knee troubles
Shortly after returning to San Antonio for training for the Silver Stars, it was discovered that Kendra had a damaged meniscus in her recovering knee. Now that has been repaired, but she's facing more recovery time. Here's an article from the San Antonio Express News.

4/18/06  Mechelle Voepel has the Cats ranked next year
In a story she wrote for ESPN, the Kansas City Star writer sees good things ahead for the Cats. Any why not? Here's a team with five returning starters, Ashley and Kari on their way to Manhattan, and an average of 25 wins per season over the past five years.

4/09/06  2nd Annual State of Kansas Women's Basketball Showcase
Wecker, Koehn, McFarland, April Roadhouse and some KU players who will go unnamed played Kansas high school seniors on Sunday, April 9 in Salina's Bicentennial Center. It was a fun event, and worth the trip to Salina (any road trip to see Koehn and Wecker is worth it), but this production wasn't as fun as last year's, which was nonstop comedy, thanks to announcer Chris Allison. Ohlde was definitely missed, too. By the way, Kari Kincaid and Ashley Sweat were nowhere to be seen. The understanding is there were concerns about NCAA compliance issues in playing this game, and they were advised it might be a problem.

The college legends beat the high school seniors 125 - 69. The score could have been more lopsided. Generally speaking, there wasn't "in your face" defense. My friend Terry Dutton kept score in the bleachers. He had Laurie with 35, Wecker with 18 and Jessica McFarland with 24. The legends had the youngsters doubled at halftime, with a score of 59 - 28. Laurie only made nine of 16 threes, but it should be noted that three of those attempts were almost from half court, near the end of the game. In the pregame shootaround, I watched Laurie hit strings of seven, nine and 10 straight threes. It was great to see Wecker on the court again. She seems to have pretty good mobility, but she was avoiding her patented drives into the lane, which could get her hurt. We have to remember that she's hardly played in the past year.

Cat fans, this kind of event makes one appreciate the professional production of a K-State game. 1) About 1/3 of the court lights were on for the pregame shoot around. 2) When the clock ticked down to 0:00, another nine minutes were added before the game began. 3) The PA announcer was the cheesiest goofball I have ever heard. 4) They played ESPN's CD, Jock Jams Vol. 1, throughout the game. 5) They never did turn on all the available court lights, so the game was played in "twilight." And finally... 6) Don't turn off the court lights for player introductions, OK? I understand that this was supposed to be a casual and fun event, but the production of it was not what we're used to.

Regardless, it was great to see our friends McFarland, Wecker and Koehn, and they seemed to be having a wonderful time playing together again. Lehning, Dietz, Zanotti, Hamlin and Gipson came over to cheer for them. D. Scott Fritchen and Keener Tippen were there, so watch for professional coverage from GoPowercat.com and the Mercury. Here's a report from Keener. Also, here's a story, with quotes, from the Salina Journal.

4/05/06  A fine final RPI
The College Basketball News has posted its end-of-season women's RPI, and the Cats checked in at #30. In the Big 12, Oklahoma (31 - 5) and Baylor (26 - 7) came in higher, but our Cats still came in higher than a bunch of NCAA tournament teams!

4/01/06  Of course this win matters
Read this excellent column by Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star, written an hour after the WNIT championship victory.

2/18/06  Kendra Wecker's team wins the Radio Shack NBA Shooting Stars competition
Team San Antonio, comprised of current Spur Tony Parker, Spurs legend Steve Kerr and WNBA star Kendra Wecker of the Silver Stars, dominated the competition in the 2006 Radio Shack Shooting Stars challenge with a record-setting time of 25.1 seconds. Here are a story and a video from the NBA.

2/07/06  Ohlde and Wecker make the Big 12 10th anniversary women's team
The votes are in. Kendra Wecker and Nicole Ohlde are two of the five honorees on the ten year team, announced today. I voted for them, of course, along with Stacey Dales-Schuman of ESPN. Congratulations to our legendary players. They should have their jerseys retired!