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BERKELEY, Calif. -- After the celebration quieted and the meeting room emptied, California center Chen Yue popped her head around the corner to offer congratulations to her coach.Chen, youre going to be a big sister, Lindsay Gottlieb told the grinning, 6-foot-7 sophomore -- an only child from Beijing.Gottlieb pulled a big surprise on her players after practice Saturday: Shes pregnant.Oh baby, what a moment for these women.Im going to be a big sister! Chen responded, noting she and the baby might even share a May birthday. Im so excited!Gottlieb has been holding periodic big-picture sessions with players, calling them Lessons with Geezy. The theme for Saturdays post-practice meeting was, fittingly, family.After the players iced down and grabbed a snack, they were greeted on a big screen by the message FAMILY ... LESSONS WITH GEEZY -- NOVEMBER 5, 2016.Gottlieb scrolled through baby photos of each player, coach and staff member, and the group guessed who was who. At the end, Gottlieb began describing the youngest sibling in the family and showed an ultrasound photo of her own baby on the screen.The image was met with confusion -- until Gottlieb tapped her tummy and got emotional.And the next one is the youngest sibling. Can anyone guess the next picture? It is so young. ... Its all your sibling, coming in May! Gottlieb said, bringing her players out of their seats in celebration.I honestly feel to go through this with you this season is going to make it more special, she added.The 39-year-old Gottlieb is 13 + weeks along, due May 9 and will welcome the baby with longtime partner Patrick Martin. Her Golden Bears will open the season Friday at Saint Marys.After the sly reveal, Gottlieb got hugs and cheers from players -- some stunned, some already suspicious given Gottlieb was sick often during the first trimester. She held a bouquet of flowers in her right hand from director of operations Jill Culbertson and held her left hand over her belly.Stop! Thats not funny! Is this a joke? senior KC Waters hollered from the back row.I called it! I called it! MiCole Cayton yelled, the freshman guard repeatedly pointing at her chest.Someone else offered an extra-loud Congratulations! as they surrounded their coach.Gottlieb is in her sixth season guiding the Golden Bears and finalized a contract extension last month that takes her through the 2020-21 season by adding three years to her previous deal. She also went out of her way to share her big news with Virginia coach, former boss and dear friend Joanne Boyle; former star players Brittany Boyd and Reshanda Gray; athletic director Mike Williams and mens coach Cuonzo Martin.The news was fully out by Monday, when Gottlieb went on social media to thank everyone for the support and congratulations.Before an exhibition game Sunday with Westmont, forward Courtney Range stopped Gottlieb as she was talking and grinned.Sorry, the senior said, I see your bump and I cant help but smile. Air Max From China . -- Ryan Blaney provided more evidence that Penske Racings No. Jordan From China . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. https://www.chinashoes.us/ . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. China Shoes Wholesale . - Blake Griffin had 30 points and 12 rebounds, J. China Shoes . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. MINNEAPOLIS -- The Florida State Seminoles have climbed in the rankings with an efficient and balanced offense.The defense and rebounding are pretty good, too.Nicole Ekhomu scored 16 points and Ivey Slaughter had 14 points and 10 rebounds to help the No. 8 Seminoles beat Minnesota 75-61 on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.Reserve center Chatrice White added 13 points and seven rebounds for Florida State (7-1) in its six straight victory. The Seminoles had 11 blocked shots, eight steals and held Minnesota to 33.9 percent shooting.Its our bread-and-butter, Slaughter said. I think thats what makes us a great team on the offensive end because of how we start with defense. Defense is our key.Florida State outrebounded Minnesota 51-32, including 23 offensive rebounds -- leading to 18 second-chance points.Kenisha Bell scored 17 points and Carlie Wagner added 15 for the Gophers (4-3). They have lost three in a row.It was disappointing, Minnesota coach MarleneStollings said. I just dont think that we handled their physicality. We knew they were a very solid rebounding team. But having played against Georgia and North Carolina and outrebounded both teams, I had higher expectation that we would handle the physicality a little bit better than we did.The Seminoles used a 12-2 run at the start of the second quarter to open up a 42-19 lead, their biggest of the night.STAT OF THE NIGHTFlorida State recorded a season-high with the 23 offensive rebounds. The Seminoles made any chance of a comeback difficult by grabbing seven offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter alone.The Gophers entered the game averaging 47.3 rebounds per game, with a plus-3.3 rebounding margin. Florida State had tallied 38.3 rebounds per game and outrebounded opponents by 7.0 per game.We knew that it would be a battle on the boards, Florida State coach Sue Semrau said. We havent been to the same form that we were last year on the boards. That was something we felt like we needed to grrow coming into this game.dddddddddddd I thought Ivey was tremendous. She is a great rebounder and it was her turn to step up and really assert herself there.STAR WATCHOn the same day she was named one of 50 players on the Naismith Trophy watch list, Wagner was held to her second-lowest scoring game of the season.Wagner entered the game averaging 21.2 points per game to go with 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists. She shot a season-low 12 times against Florida State, hitting six shots. She also had a season low with two rebounds.BIG PICTUREFlorida State: The Seminoles showed they are more than just Leticia Romero and Shakayla Thomas. The teams top two scorers combined for six points. Romero, who entered averaging 14.8 points, had five rebounds and five assists but only took three shots and went scoreless. Thomas was averaging 15.4 points per game. She scored six points on Wednesday. Instead, the bench contributed 37 points, with two players in double figures.Minnesota: The teams shooting is proving to be a concern. The Gophers entered the game averaging 79.2 points, but were shooting 40.4 percent from the field. Minnesota shot 33.9 percent just two games after a season-low 27.1 percent in a loss to Georgia.POLL IMPLICATIONSBack-to-back wins against the Big Ten will certainly look good on Florida States resume, but beating Minnesota wont provide much of a boost. The two previous wins -- against then-No. 25 Gonzaga and 6-1 Michigan -- were more important, as well as the upcoming meeting with No. 19 Florida.UP NEXTFlorida State: An extended stretch of road games, which included winning the Paradise Jam Championship in the Virgin Islands, is over. The Seminoles have some time off before hosting Western Carolina on Dec. 4.Minnesota: Off their first loss at home, the Gophers will try to get back on track when they host Detroit on Dec. 3. ' ' '