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Western Carolinian Volume 68 Number 09

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  • Rp act a I a sa en en OP EN AN LE = - WCU Womens Basketball Falls in SoCon Championship Game Tiffany Hamm, Jennifer Gardner and Christy Blackwell Named to All-Tourney Team North Charleston, S.C. - The Lady Mocs of Chattanooga made it four in a row with an 86-68 victory over Western Carolina in the Southern Conference Tournament Championship at the North Charleston Coliseum. The victory over the sixth seeded Catamounts was the second largest margin of victory in tournament history, and improved Chattanoogas season record to 28-2. The win also gave the Mocs their 26th straight victory, 12th consecutive Southern Conference Tournament win, and sixth bid since 1989 to the NCAA Tournament. There are two factors (in the 26-game win streak), said Chattanooga coach Wes Moore following the victory. One - these kids have shown up to play consistently, and two - balance. If one or two people have an off night, there is always someone there to step in. There are not many teams that have that luxury. There is a lot of unselfish play on this team. Chattanooga opened the game with a three-pointer by Southern Conference Player of the Year Katasha Brown, and went on a 17-3 run to establish an early lead. Forward Tiffani Roberson went four-for-eight from the field and two-for-two from the line for 10 points at the half, while Katie Galloway added eight with two three pointers in the period. Western Carolina answered on the inside with forwards Tiffany Hamm.and Jennifer Gardner each scoring 11 before the break, but the Lady Mocs led 43-25 at half time, and outdid WCU 24-12 on the boards, and 14-8 in second chance points. While Chattanooga scored another 43 in the second period, Western Carolina almost doubled its first-half output with 43 points of its own. Though Hamm was shut down after the break, the Catamounts went with a more balanced offensive attack, sinking six second period three-pointers with scoring by seven of eight players, including a seven-point effort by Ki-Ki Glass. When the final buzzer sounded four Mocs were in double figures - Tiffani Roberson with 20, Katasha Brown with 16, Miranda Warfield with 12, and Lyndi Sippel with a career-high 10. Western Carolina was led by Jennifer Gardners 16 point, 12 rebound night, which gave her a league-leading (along with teammate Hamm) 10 double-doubles on the year. Hamm totaled 11 points, which gave her 1,444 on her career (fourth all-time at WCU) while Yoneko Allen and Ki-Ki Glass each contributed eight. 1m proud of this team, said WCU coach Beth Dunkenberger. A lot of teams would have thrown in the towel the way things went for us earlier this season, but this team didnt. To me that is a true champion. We have three seniors who do a lot of little things and that is why we played for a championship today. Brown was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player, becoming the first womens player to win both regular season Player of the Year and tournament MOP since DeShawne Blocker of East Tennessee State swept honors in 1995. She totaled 41 points and shot 50 percent from three point range in UTCs three games. Joining her on the all-tournament first team were Chattanooga Tiffani Roberson and Miranda Warfield, and Western Carolinas Tiffany Hamm and Jennifer Gardner. The all-tournament second team consisted of Chattanoogas Katie Galloway, Furmans Jen Nadalin, Elons Lisa Miller and Courtney Nyborg, and Western Carolinas Christy Blackwell. Its amazing what this team has accomplished and what these seniors have done these past four years for this program, said Chattanooga head coach Wes Moore. For these seniors to go 12-0 in the Southern Conference Tournament is an impressive feat. | appreciate what these seniors have done for our program. We are not finished yet. We would like to extend our season, but it will be tough. We are excited about the chance to play at home. Southern Conference All-Tournament First Team Katasha Brown - Chattanooga - Most Outstanding Player Tiffani Roberson - Chattanooga Tiffany Hamm - Western Carolina Jennifer Gardner - Western Carolina Miranda Warfield - Chattanooga Southern Conference All-Tournament Second Team Katie Galloway - Chattanooga Jen Nadalin - Furman Lisa Miller - Elon Courtney Nyborg - Elon Christy Blackwell - Western Carolina UPDATE WCU Mens Basketball Falls to Fuman, 73-68, at SoCon Tourney Emre Atsur and Corey Muirhead Lead Comback North Charleston, $.C. - Down 18 with 9:21 left in the game, Emre Atsur and Corey Muirhead sparked a WCU rally, tying the game at 64-64 with 4:12 remaining. However, the Furman Paladins never relinquished the lead and sank its free throws down the stretch to hold on for a 73-68 victory over the Catamounts in the first round of the 2004 Southern Conference Tournament. The Paladins (17-11) got 25 points from Maleye Ndoye and advance to play East Tennessee State, the top seed from the North Division, at noon on Thursday. Western Carolinas season ends at 13-15. Ndoyes efforts late in the first half and early in the second helped Furman build a lead of 18 at 60-42 with 9:16 remaining. Ndoye had 25 points for the game, including five 3-pointers and 8-for-18 shooting overall. The Paladins also got a great effort from their freshmen class, highlighted by 10 points from Southern Conference Freshman of the Year Quan Prowell and 13 from guard Eric Webb. It was a great blend of the old and the new, said Furman coach Larry Davis. Ndoye led us in scoring and the freshmen scored the last nine points of the game. Despite falling behind, the Catamounts (No. 5, North) didnt give up. Western senior, Emre Atsur, sparked a comeback. Atsur scored all 13 of his points in the second half, adding four assists, and made a pair of 3-pointers that kick-started a 22-4 Western run that tied the game with 4:07 remaining. Once Atsur got the ball rolling, Kevin Martin and Corey Muirhead picked up their games for the Cats. Martin scored five straight in the run, including an alley-oop dunk, and Muirhead tossed in nine of his 15 points in quick succession - also with an alley-oop. Furman regrouped and negated two Catamount chances to take the lead. On the offensive end, the Paladins found the touch again and regained the lead for good. Robby Bostain rolled in a running jumper and Prowell, converted a three-point play in the paint to push the lead back to five and force the Catamounts to foul the rest of the way. We showed a lot of poise down the stretch, Davis added. Quan Prowells tip in was a big play in the game. We made our free throws and did what we had to do to win. After scoring the 22 points in a nine-minute stretch, Western was held to four points in the final four minutes. We expended energy, but we got stopped three times after tying the game, said Western Carolina coach Steve Shurina. They were good at keeping us at bay. Good teams will let you come back but not overtake you. Thats what they did. Martin finished with 18 points on 7-for-18 shooting. He also grabbed nine rebounds. David Berghoefer recorded a double-double for Western with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Martin finishes the season with 673 points, ninth on the WCU single-season list. Also, with three 3- pointers, Atsur closes his career with 81 all-time treys, finishing tied for ninth on the WCU career list with two-time SoCon Player of the Year Frankie King. Ndoye was the catalyst for the Paladins early in the game, scoring 17 in the first half. Furman built a seven-point lead at halftime with the help of a late 11-2 run in which Ndoye scored seven points. Furman shot 46 percent from the field for the game, but were outrebounded by the Catamounts 41-30. @email.wcu.edu |
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