Tara VanDerveer became the winningest women’s college basketball coach Tuesday night, passing the late Pat Summitt with her 1,099th victory as No. Dressed casually in all black, VanDerveer received the game ball after the final buzzer. AdvertisementAfter the history-making win in a draped-off area upstairs that served as Stanford’s locker room, VanDerveer was set to receive a plaque containing a piece of the floor from Stanford’s home court at Maples Pavilion. “I really hope Pat Summit is looking down and saying, ‘Great job Tara, keep it going,’” VanDerveer said. They spent much of that stretch in Las Vegas before traveling to Berkeley to play California in a Sunday night game, when VanDerveer tied Summitt’s record.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 16, 2020 04:16 UTC