Baylor's Griner stands in Georgetown's way

Mar 21, 2010 - 11:41 PM By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer

BERKELEY, Calif.(AP) -- Georgetown has experience facing the most intimidating team in women's college basketball, playing in the Big East conference with No. 1 Connecticut.

Now the fifth-seeded Hoyas have to deal with the game's most intimidating player - Brittney Griner - when they play fourth-seeded Baylor in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Monday night.

As talented as UConn is with its 72 straight wins, frequent blowouts and megastars like Maya Moore and Tina Charles, Griner presents a completely different challenge for the Hoyas to advance in the Memphis Regional.

Standing 6-foot-8 with an 88-inch wing span, Griner is averaging 6.0 blocks per game, altering many others and even more often forcing opponents to stay out of the lane entirely.