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Kim Barnes Arico remembers what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a long run. After all, her St. Johns teams played UConn every year, she said, laughing.Still, Michigans coach couldnt recall anything like the 52 straight points her team scored against Howard in a game Friday night. The Wolverines (3-0) were down 6-0 before going on that huge run en route to the 109-41 win.I knew we didnt start off great and then the next thing you know its 52-6, she said in a phone interview Sunday. It was crazy. Like a warmup shooting drill. We found people and made a lot of extra passes.Howard didnt even call timeouts to try to stop the run that lasted till midway through the second quarter.There were a number of years that when you played UConn you felt like you couldnt stop them and you couldnt score, Barnes Arico said. It was never that drastic, but at times you were like, `Are we ever going to score? Im sure the other team was feeling that a bit.Star Katelynn Flaherty scored 17 points and had six assists during the spurt.The Wolverines schedule gets a bit tougher as they head to the Virgin Islands for Thanksgiving. Theyll play Gonzaga and Florida State in that tournament.That will be a real test of where we are, Barnes Arico said.Heres a look at some of the other things that happened around womens basketball this past week.JUMBLED POLLWhile the Top 25 had a stellar first weekend, going 28-1, this week was a lot tougher as 12 ranked teams lost . A bunch of the top squads played each other, so those losses shouldnt hurt their rankings too much, but still, five of the defeats came to unranked teams.FINALLY GETTING A WSeton Hall coach Tony Bozzella saw his team rally from a 15-point halftime deficit to beat Marist 76-63 on Tuesday. The victory was Bozzellas first against Marist and coach Brian Giorgis. He had dropped his previous 27 meetings against Marist, all coming during his 11 seasons as the head coach at Iona.SHOOT TILL YOUR ARM FALLS OFFNorthern Illinois Ally Lehman had a game to remember. She scored a school-record 48 points in a 114-104 double overtime win over Milwaukee. She also matched her career high with 21 rebounds. She was 17 of 29 from the field and 13 of 16 from the free-throw line. The Huskies are now 2-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Its also the first time the team reached 100 points since a four-overtime victory over Bowling Green in 2004.STREAK ENDERCal State Northridge finally beat Fresno State, stopping a 15-game losing streak in the series dating back to 1975. Trailing by 15 at the half on Nov. 15, the Matadors closed out the fourth period with a 20-2 run over the final 7:34 to win. The victory was CSUNs first in the series with Fresno State since a 59-58 victory on Feb. 8, 1975.MILESTONESTemple junior Alliya Butts scored the 1,000th point of her career in a win over La Salle on Monday. Shes the third fastest player to reach that mark in school history and 24th overall. ... Providence coach Jim Crowley won his 300th game as the Friars improved to 3-0 in his first year at the school. Its the first time the Friars have won their first three games since 2009-10. ... UNLV knocked off a Pac-12 team for the first time in a dozen years with a 77-66 win over USC on Saturday. The Lady Rebels are 3-0 on the season and last beat a school from that Power Five conference in 2004 when they topped Arizona State. ... Notre Dames victory over Washington on Sunday was the 900th in program history. ... Irish point guard Lindsay Allen became the 35th player in school history to score 1,000 points when she reached that mark in the win over Green Bay on Thursday night. 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Western Bulldogs midfielder Josh Dunkleys good form has been rewarded with the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 20.The 19-year-old, who is the son of former Sydney Swans full-back Andrew Dunkley, made his AFL debut in round one this season and has played 10 games.He gathered 19 possessions in the Dogs win over North Melbourne on Saturday night and had a season-high 27 touches against Gold Coast in round 17.Josh is as determined to fast-track his AFL career as any young man we have been involveed with, Dogs coach Luke Beveridge said.ddddddddddddHe is very quickly establishing himself as an influential player and person at the Western Bulldogs and we are fortunate to have him as one of our own.Dunkley was the 25th overall selection at last years national draft.He is the Dogs second Rising Star nominee this season after Caleb Daniel was nominated in round four. ' ' '