The University of San Francisco Dons got a buzzer beating shot from guard Rheina Ale to beat the Saint Mary's Gaels on Monday night.

Fittingly, it was turnovers that contributed most significantly to the Gaels' loss (WBBState boxscore).

First Nationally Televised College Women's Basketball Game

Immaculata University (then College) played The University of Maryland in the first nationally televised college women's basketball game. The game was cut off near the end by the network broadcast of the movie Heidi. The game was played on January 27, 1975. Immaculata defeated Maryland by a score of 85-63.

More about this broadcast is available in a brief write-up at the ACC's website.

For the curious, the first men's NCAA basketball game to be televised took place about 35 years earlier, in February 1940.

Video: San Francisco coach Jennifer Azzi and freshman Taj Winston on the Dons' 99-43 exhibition win over Dominican.

Video: University of San Francisco coach Jennifer Azzi & forward Whitney Daniels on their expectations and offseason preparation.

USF will be playing an exhibition game tomorrow night at home to kick off Azzi's second year as a head coach.

Yelana Leuchanka shows off the only way to fly on the Ekaterinburg team plane. If you look carefully, you'll see Deanna "Tweety" Nolan.

Video: Dayton Flyers headline Atlantic 10 preseason poll

In addition to tying for first place with Temple in Atlantic 10 preseason polling, the Dayton Flyers garnered a conference-high three individual accolades: senior Justine Raterman is a preseason all-conference first team selection; senior Patrice Lalor is a third team pick and senior Casey Nance was voted to the all-defensive team.

Dayton is one of the teams we'll be covering this season, so look forward to more on their progress this season. For more on the poll and the team, visit the link above.

Video: Marion Jones' visit to Serbia.

Jones is traveling around the world to share her "Take a Break" message (from the video: "when you encounter tough decisions in your life, slow down, take a step back, consult people that you know to make a real well-informed decision about your future."

For more on Jones' travels with the United State State Department, check out Jessica's previous post: Marion Jones in Europe for the Business of "Breaks" and Basketball.

From Numbers - Angel McCoughtry (via ixs515).

Hip-hop and the WNBA are coming together nicely.

This is apparently Numbers' second effort as he previously did a song about his favorite player, "an All-Star player, two times": Washington Mystics forward Crystal Langhorne.

This will not eclipse Wu-Tang's reference to Rod Strickland as my favorite hip-hop basketball homage, but congrats to Langhorne and McCoughtry for being immortalized on YouTube.

The Indiana University women's hoops team takes part in ROTC training.

I'm of mixed opinion regarding the utility of this training. Part of me says that the team would be better served by working on its fundamentals but I'm also happy that the athletes are leaving the cloister of the gym.

The WNBA and Boost Mobile today unveiled the top moment in league history, as voted by fans: Teresa Weatherspoon’s half-court shot at the buzzer to win Game 2 of the 1999 WNBA Finals for the New York Liberty to send the series to a decisive third game. This moment will be showcased tonight at halftime of Game 3 of the WNBA Finals presented by Boost Mobile on ESPN2 (8:00 PM ET tip off).