2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball
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2007-08 SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 11.27.2007 WEEKLY NEWS AND NOTES Sun Belt Conference • 601 Poydras St. • Suite 2355 • New Orleans, LA 70130 • Phone: (504) 299-9066 • Website: www.sunbeltsports.org Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Contact: John McElwain • Phone: (504) 299-9066 ex. 218 • E-mail: [email protected] • Fax: (504) 299-9068 2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Standings Player of the Week Crystal Kelly (WKU, Sr., F) Conference Overall Senior forward Crystal Kelly East Division averaged 30 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in three W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Streak contests last week. Kelly South Alabama 0-0 .000 - 5-1 .833 W1 — who is now just 88 points Western Kentucky 0-0 .000 - 4-2 .667 L1 away from breaking the WKU Middle Tennessee 0-0 .000 - 3-1 .750 W3 career scoring record, and 111 points shy of become the Troy 0-0 .000 - 3-1 .750 W3 Sun Belt’s all-time leading Florida International 0-0 .000 - 1-4 .200 L4 scorer — posted a season-high 33 points in a Florida Atlantic 0-0 .000 - 1-4 .200 L3 win over Louisiana Tech Tuesday night, and also tossed in 30 against 15th-ranked George Washington. She sandwiched those two games West Division around a 27-point effort in a win over Southern Il- W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Streak linois. Kelly also posted a pair of double-doubles ULM 0-0 .000 - 3-1 .750 L1 as she pulled down 14 rebounds against La. Tech North Texas 0-0 .000 - 5-2 .714 W5 and 12 against SIU — both game-high totals. She also tied a school record against GW as she went Arkansas State 0-0 .000 - 4-2 .667 L1 perfect at the free throw line (12-for-12). Kelly UALR 0-0 .000 - 3-2 .600 W1 shot .600 or better from the field in all three New Orleans 0-0 .000 - 3-2 .600 L2 games, finishing the week with a .682 field-goal Denver 0-0 .000 - 1-2 .333 W1 percentage. She also shot 90 percent (36-of-40) at the free throw line in the three games. Her Louisiana-Lafayette 0-0 .000 - 1-3 .250 L2 efforts in the two games in Washington earned Kelly a spot on the GW Thanksgiving Classic all- tournament team. Recent Results Upcoming Games November 27 November 20 South Alabama at Mercer 6 p.m. Western Kentucky 87, Louisiana Tech 76 Nicholls State at New Orleans 7 p.m. Arkansas State 74, Missouri State 54 North Texas at Oklahoma 7 p.m. Southern Mississippi 79, Louisiana-Monroe 65 Morehead State at Western Kentucky 7 p.m. Rice 49, UALR 39 November 28 November 21 Middle Tennessee at Chattanooga 4:15 p.m. North Texas 89, Arkansas-Monticello 72 Tulane at Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. #5 LSU 72, Louisiana-Lafayette 37 UALR at Tulsa 7 p.m. Troy at Jacksonville State 7 p.m. November 23 Colorado State at Denver 8 p.m. Villanova 83, South Alabama 58 UTSA 60, New Orleans 46 November 29 North Texas 70, Midwestern State 60 South Florida at Florida International 4:15 p.m. Arkansas State 57, Weber State 44 Arkansas State at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. Providence 71, Florida International 60 Troy 67, Western Illinois 61 November 30 Western Kentucky 88, Southern Illinois 71 Western Kentucky at Kentucky 6 p.m. Samford at New Orleans 8 p.m. November 24 Belhaven at Troy 7 p.m. Troy 62, Tulsa 61 Arkansas 65, New Orleans 44 December 1 Robert Morris 70, Florida Atlantic 59 SMU at North Texas 2 p.m. South Alabama 69, UMKC 55 Columbia at Florida Atlantic 2 p.m. #15 George Washington 80, Western Kentucky 63 Louisiana-Lafayette at Centenary 3 p.m. Denver 80, Montana State 68 Denver at Wyoming 3 p.m. Alabama State at Louisiana-Monroe 3 p.m. November 25 UNLV at New Orleans 3 p.m. Middle Tennessee 70, Arizona 60 Bradley at UALR 4:30 p.m. Washington 69, Arkansas State 59 Stetson at South Alabama 7 p.m. Samford 70, Florida Atlantic 59 UALR 68, Missouri State 55 December 2 South Carolina 82, Florida International 66 Arkansas State at Oklahoma 2 p.m. Western Carolina at Middle Tennessee 2 p.m. St. Bonaventure at Florida Atlantic TBA TBA at Louisiana-Monroe TBA All times Central and subject to change SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS AND NOTES Preseason Coaches Poll UN ELT OMEN S ASKETBALL ACTS As voted on by all 13 league head coaches S B W ’ B F First place votes in parenthesis Magic Number for Kelly is 111 Western Kentucky University’s Crystal Kelly needs only 111 points to break the all-time East Division Points Sun Belt scoring record. The senior from Louisville has poured in 2,051 points in her three years at WKU. Former South Alabama star Adrian Vickers currently holds first 1. WKU (9) 74 place on the list with 2,285 points. 2. Middle Tennessee (4) 69 NCAA Success 3. Florida International 45 Schools have posted 64 NCAA Tournament wins as members of the Sun Belt Confer- T4. South Alabama 33 ence, including a National Championship (Old Dominion, 1985) and seven Final 4 appearances (Old Dominion and Western Kentucky, 1985; Western Kentucky, 1986; T4. Troy 33 Western Kentucky, 1992; Louisiana Tech, 1994; Louisiana Tech, 1998; Louisiana Tech, 6. Florida Atlantic 19 1999). WNIT Success West Division Points Schools have totaled 29 wins in the WNIT as members of the Sun Belt Conference, and Western Kentucky reached the WNIT semi-finals in 2006 and 2007. The Sun Belt has 1. UALR (6) 76 also produced a WNIT championship (Arkansas State, 1993), runner-up (Arkansas State, 2. Denver (3) 70 1994), 3rd place finish (Arkansas State, 1992) and 4th place finish (South Alabama, 1988). 3. North Texas (2) 61 Sun Belt Has Four in 2007 Postseason 4. Arkansas State (2) 58 The four teams that competed in the 2007 postseason was the second highest mark for the Sun Belt all-time. In 2001 the league had six teams in postseason play (Louisiana 5. Louisiana-Lafayette 48 Tech and Denver in the NCAA Tournament and Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, 6. Louisiana-Monroe 34 North Texas, and Florida International in the WNIT). The Sun Belt also placed four post- season teams in 2004 (Middle Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament and Arkansas State, 7. New Orleans 17 South Alabama, and Western Kentucky in the WNIT). Preseason Women’s All-Sun Belt Team First Team Kim Sitzmann (UALR, So., G) - 2006-07 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year...2nd team All-SBC last season...led UALR in numerous statistical categories. LaQuetta Ferguson (FIU, Sr., G) - 2007 3rd Team All-Sun Belt…Led FIU and ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring with 15.4 ppg. Amber Holt (MT, Sr., F) - 1st Team All-SBC honors after averaging 16.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game last season. Le’Della English (UNO, Sr., G) - 2007 All-SBC third team...led UNO in ppg (14.1), assists (79), steals (41), made three pointers (51), three-point percentage (.389). Crystal Kelly (WKU, Sr. F) - Honorable mention Kodak/WBCA and Associated Press All-America honors last season...finished second in the nation in scoring at 24.1 ppg. Second Team Nikya Hughes (UALR, Sr., F/C) - Led UALR in total rebounds, rebounding average, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, blocks, and 3PFG% with a .394 mark. Alisha Godette (DU, Sr., G) - Had three double-figure rebound games, 14 double-digit points games, led DU in scoring in eight games and in rebounding in 11 games. Onna Charles (ULL, Sr., G) - Boasts 879 career points and looks to become the fourth 1,000-point scorer for the Cajuns in the past five seasons. Amy Lewis (Troy, Sr., G) - Returns for her senior season as the Trojans’ leading scorer, averaging 15.2 points per game as a junior to rank eighth in the Sun Belt Conference. Dominique Duck (WKU, Jr. F) - 3rd Team All-SBC...ranked among the league leaders in scoring at 11.8 ppg, and finished the year ranked eighth in the SBC with a .498 FG%. Third Team Anshel Cooper (UALR, So., G) - 2nd for UALR in scoring average with 11.9, points with 369, and assists with 66 averaging 2.1 per game. Iva Ciglar (FIU, Jr., G) - Led Sun Belt and ranked 13th in the nation in assists per game (5.9)...ranked third in the conference in minutes played per game (36.3). LeJeanna Howard (ULM, Sr., G) - Led the Warhawks and finished 15th in the conference last season averaging 12.7 points per game...started in all 29 games played. Talicia Sanders (UNT, Sr., F) - Had five 10 or more rebounding performances last year including a season-high 16 against USA and 15 rebounds in the win over Prairie View Monique Jones (USA, Sr., G) - Ranked second for USA in ppg with 11.0 per contest and knocked down a team-best 58 three-pointers...averaged 3.0 rebounds per game. Preseason Player of the Year: Crystal Kelly (WKU, Sr., F) Kelly earned honorable mention Kodak/WBCA and Associated Press All-America honors last season, and is again a preseason nominee for the WBCA Wade Trophy. She entered her senior season needing just 250 points to become the Sun Belt Conference’s all-time leading scorer, and is just 227 points away from being WKU’s career scoring leader.