Today, the San Diego State women’s basketball team will head across the country, play the No. 1 ranked team in the nation and possibly get blown out on national television. But it couldn’t feel more fortunate.
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Coming into this season, fans of the San Diego State women’s basketball team had high expectations. But after the first two games of the season, their hopes are likely to get even higher. With sophomore forward Allison Duffy and junior guard Jené Morris both out of the lineup for the first two regular season games, SDSU’s newcomers and bench players rose to the challenge and helped get the Aztecs off to their second-straight 2-0 start. After defeating Northwestern State 67-47 on Friday, the Aztecs traveled up Interstate 5 to face Long Beach State in the 49ers season opener at the Walter Pyramid on Sunday. Jerica Williams made her first career starts this weekend as she began her Aztec career after sitting out last season because of NCAA regulations when she left UCLA following the 2006-07 season. The sophomore guard struggled from behind the arc on Friday, but found her shot against LBSU.
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Jené Morris wasn’t happy at Berkeley but SDSU welcomed her with open arms
In 2006, Jené Morris was playing in her first year at Cal, having one of the best freshman seasons in the entire Pac-10 Conference. Morris started the majority of the games for the Golden Bears and helped them earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, their first appearance since 1993. She was one of the most promising players on a rapidly improving team in a well-respected conference. On the surface, things couldn’t have been going better for Morris.
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