[BJWilliams]

and the Detroit Shock advancing to the WNBA Finals

[thesportscritic]

congratulations to Katie. An LU alum representing in the finals.

[WWJFD]

where was she selected in the draft, I thought it was top 4, but it is slipping my mind.

[jcmanson]

I'm pretty sure it was 6, but could be wrong.

[krh44]

8th

[ATrain]

It was 8th by the Connecticut Sun...and then she was immediately traded to San Antonio.

[mechildress]

Detroit Shock victorious in first game of the finals! Way to go Katie!!!

Anyone else swell with pride knowing that in some small way we have all had a part of her bball career?

[floridaboi]

way to step up and represent LU. Feenstra scored 10 pts, grabbed 7 boards, and got 2 blocks in a 100-108 victory!

[Fumblerooskies]

That's a high scoring WNBA game.

[thesportscritic]

Phoenix plays that style of basketball. run and gun everytime but they don't play defense so it forces their opponent to score the basketball.

[olldflame]

They are coached by Paul Westhead, who is famous for his run and press style going back to his teams at Loyola Marymont. Not quite Grinnell/VMI but close.

[TIMSCAR20]

Westhead also coached the Run and Gun Showtime LA Lakers lead by a 20 year old pg named Earvin Johnson. He was replaced soon after by Pat Riley.

[gymrat.chic]

Katie's really been stepping it up with Ford down with an injury. I hope she continues to bring the heat in game 3!

[Sly Fox]

What? A Mechelle Voepel piece involving LU that doesn't take any shots at us?

6-8 Feenstra finds perfect fit with Shock

By Mechelle Voepel
Special to ESPN.com

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Detroit Shock on Saturday had one of those games the players needed to purge from their systems. Not "forget," mind you -- because they don't want to have a repeat of that substandard effort in their WNBA Finals matchup with Phoenix. But at the same time, there were no good vibrations to carry over from the 98-70 clunker (from the Shock's perspective) that was Game 2.

Click Here for Full Story

[thesportscritic]

thats a first.

[Cider Jim]

Another quote from the article Sly posted:

“I think I was one of the top rookies [in 2005] because they doubted me. They didn't think I could do anything, and they overlooked me. I think they figured, 'Katie's from Liberty, she's a Christian, she's gonna play soft, she's from the Big South -- what's that?' I had to prove myself.”

[JK37]

Game 5 on Sunday afternoon. Katie will likely play a much larger role in this one after Ford really messed her knee up badly again in the Game 4 loss. This one's in Detroit, and without Ford, there's a lot on Katie and Braxton's shoulders.

As a sidenote, I don't ever rememebr seeing so many technical fouls called in a playoff series in the WNBA's brief history. Girl fight!!

[bigsmooth]

katie had a nice game. 15 points 5 rebounds in about 15 minutes of play but the shock could not get it done. congrats to katie on a good season.

http://www.wnba.com/games/20070916/PHODET/recap.html

[JK37]

katie had a nice game. 15 points 5 rebounds in about 15 minutes of play but the shock could not get it done. congrats to katie on a good season.

http://www.wnba.com/games/20070916/PHODET/recap.html

With all due respect, it was 10 points and 3 rebounds.

[bigsmooth]

2 freakin rebounds? good gosh some have way too much time. honest mistake.

[JK37]

2 freakin rebounds? good gosh some have way too much time. honest mistake.

(5 points, too) it's ok, man. I didn't think anything of it. By the way, I think 5 more points, and 2 more rebs. would have made a big impact, as close as this game was throughout.

[jcmanson]

Congrats to Katie on a terrific sophomore season.