Jessica Carranza wins Basketball Trivia

Congratulations to Jessica Carranza for winning round two of Basketball Trivia Presented by Cara Schaafsma (#alwaysaboilermaker) with Carolina One Real Estate. She takes home a $50 gift card to Mac’s of Daniel Island. Carranza is from Puerto Rico and lives in Summerville. She is an active lifter and runner and loves sports.

 

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS

1. Over the past eight years of the Bracket Challenge Game, winners have selected 49.8 percent games correctly in their brackets. 

2. Colgate University defeated Lafayette College in the Patriot League Championship game to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament.

3. In the first game in the program’s history, Purdue defeated Lafayette YMCA 34-19. 

4. Temple University is the Philadelphia team that won the first National Invitational Tournament in 1938.

5. Stanford’s coach Tara VanDerveer has the most wins in Division 1 women’s basketball. 

6. The men’s NCAA basketball tournament expanded to 64 teams in the 1984-85 season.

7.  Eighth-seed Villanova won their first national title with a 66–64 victory in the final game over Georgetown in 1985, making them the lowest-seeded team to ever win the tournament.

8. With 11 national titles, the University of Connecticut holds the record for the most NCAA women’s basketball championships.

9. UCLA, also with 11 titles, hold the record for most NCCA men’s basketball championships. 

10. The South Carolina men’s basketball team made it to the Final Four in 2017.