Far be it from me to outright steal my KBQB colleague Mark La Monica's practice of giving props to outrageous and otherwise noteworthy accomplishments in the world of sport. Let's just call it "Props Propagating." I couldn't let pass the passing of the longest streak in women's NCAA basketball without giving proper props:
Oklahoma pre-season All-America Courtney Paris' streak of 64 games with a double-double came to an end Friday night in a win over the incredibly athletic Mississippi State. The streak extended back to the 6-4 junior center's freshman year. She managed to record double figures in points and rebounds in 69 of her 72 games at Oklahoma. Still, she kept it all in perspective.
"I'm disappointed that it had to end,” Courtney said of the streak. "I never felt any pressure to keep it alive, but it was a personal goal of mine to keep it going, because I felt like that kind of production is what the team needed out of me to be successful."
Though Paris' numbers on Friday were a little subpar for her -- 16 points, 8 rebounds after averaging 23.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg last season -- her twin Ashley was there to pick up the slack.
Ashley Paris, a 6-3 foward, had been playing in Courtney's large shadow but has started to come into her own with a starting position for the Sooners. In their two previous seasons, Ashley had not outscored Courtney. She's done it in three out of Oklahoma's four games this season, as defenses key on her dominant sister. She broke her career-best in points in the past two games -- 21 points, 4 rebounds Thursday in a win over Arizona State and 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks the next night against Mississippi State.
Props to the twin towers.