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Nov
2026
Aussies in NCAAW
Lily lights it up for 20 points, five boards and six assists
Lily Carmody scored 21 in her first game for Northwestern, and Lara Somfai had a TCU double-double.
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Northwestern junior guard Lily Carmody had 21 points with five rebounds and six assists in her first game for the Wildcats, going 9-from-12 at the line, as Northwestern beat Milwaukee 64-60 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois.
Thirty-five Australian women had a game on day two, and their teams went a combined 21-14.
All box scores are below in a searchable table.
Games played Tuesday, November 3 US time, Wednesday, November 4. All times AEDT.
Carmody, who transferred from Boston College, played 37 minutes and shot 6-from-10 from the field, though she also had six turnovers. Northwestern trailed 18-15 after the first quarter and won the fourth 21-14.
Cal State Northridge junior Kira-May Filemu, from Wattle Grove in New South Wales, needed only 14 minutes for 18 points, shooting 7-from-12 with three threes, in her first game since transferring from Hawai'i. The Matadors beat La Sierra 92-40. La Sierra is not a Division I program.
TCU sophomore Lara Somfai, from Adelaide, had the only double-double by an Australian woman on the night, 17 points and 10 rebounds in 23 minutes of her first game since transferring from Stanford, as the Horned Frogs beat Oral Roberts 99-43 at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth.
Two more Australians played for TCU. Freshman Jessie-May Hall, from Sydney, started her first college game and made all four of her shots for nine points, with five rebounds and two steals. Sophomore centre Sarah Portlock, from Victoria, had six points off the bench in 11 minutes.
Utah junior Olivia Bradley, from Adelaide, scored 11 off the bench on 4-from-6 shooting in her first game since transferring from UC Santa Barbara, as the Utes beat Eastern Washington 76-67. Senior Chyra Evans, from Newcastle, started and had nine points, five rebounds and two blocks.
Michigan State freshman Monique Bobongie, from Mackay, started her first college game and had nine points, four rebounds and three assists in a 98-44 win over Valparaiso. Junior Tabitha Betson, from Melbourne, added six points and seven rebounds.
FIU senior Shorna Preston, from the Gold Coast, had eight points, eight rebounds and four steals in a 75-64 home loss to Jacksonville.
Indiana senior Jessica Petrie, from the Gold Coast, scored eight off the bench as the Hoosiers beat Florida Gulf Coast 79-50, with FGCU junior Amelia Hobson, from Melbourne, on the other side. Hobson had two points, four rebounds and a block.
Loyola Chicago trailed Wright State 28-11 after the first quarter and came back to win 73-71. Ramblers freshman Jasmine Perry, from Melbourne, had four points in 17 minutes.
North Alabama had four Australians on the floor at Mississippi State and lost 68-27. Junior Amy Kurkowski, from Melbourne, led them with four points and played 25 minutes.
Nine Australian women did not play: Emma Petrie (Utah), Jada Crawshaw (Seton Hall), Jasmine Fearne (Wright State), Malia Tharpe and Riley Burd (FIU), Vahayliah Seumanutafa (BYU), Zara Sestan (Charleston Southern), Zoe Jackson (Indiana) and Zoe Shaw (UC Santa Barbara).
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