Monday, December 11, 2006

Belmont Bruins
Belmont is in the middle of a five game win streak as the 2006 portion of their schedule closes out. The Bruins have only lost two games all season, both to nationally ranked opponents. Last week, BU held off Radford, 72-64, in its only game of the week. Sophomore Alysha Clark picked up her sixth double-double of the season with 23 points and 19 rebounds to push the Bruins to the win. Classmate Jessica Bobbitt and redshirt freshman Amber Rockwell also reached double figures, contributing 12 points apiece. Junior Laura Cowley ) knocked down 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. After a break for finals, the Bruins play their last two games of 2006 on the road at Louisville (12/16) and Alabama (12/20).

Campbell Fighting Camels
Campbell improved to 12-1 all-time in Atlantic Sun openers with a 57-54 come-from-behind victory over Gardner-Webb last Saturday. Freshman Taylor Oliver scored 16 second-half points for the second-consecutive game finishing with 19 to lead the comeback for the Lady Camels. CU returns to action Monday night at Coastal Carolina after taking all of last week off for final exams. In CU's first four games of the season, it made just six threes combined. Over the past two games, Campbell has made 13 three pointers, with seven coming from Oliver.

ETSU Bucs

After a 13 day break in between action the Lady Bucs return to the court this Friday, Dec. 15 when they travel to Cape Girardeau and play Southeast Missouri State. ETSU will be going for its fourth consecutive win (all on the road). ETSU is the only team in the A-Sun to have two players average at least 14.0 ppg this season. Junior Michele DeVault and freshman Siarre Evans have both scored 112 total points for the Lady Bucs, and are the only two players on the same team to reach the 100-point plateau. The Lady Bucs lead the A-Sun with a 73.5 free throw percentage and have seven players shooting over 70 percent from the charity stripe. Michele DeVault leads the A-Sun, shooting 88.9 percent from the line, which also ranks her 48th in the nation.

Gardner-Webb Bulldogs
The Gardner-Webb women's basketball team dropped its only game of the week by a score of 73-44 at High Point. The Bulldogs were led by freshman Merand Burnett's 14 points while senior Brittany Harmon pulled down a career-best 17 rebounds. GWU will look to get back on track this week as it hosts Longwood on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. in the friendly confines of Paul Porter Arena.

Jacksonville Dolphins

Freshman guard Teneshia Ruff tallied her first career points after going 1-for-2 from the floor in six minutes at Georgia Tech. Sophomore guard Regina Omoite tied her career-high with eight rebounds against Georgia Tech. Sophomore guard Virginia Gregoire went a career-best 4-for-8 from beyond the arc at Georgia Tech. With their loss to Georgia Tech, the Dolphins snapped a five-game winning streak in non-conference action. JU leads the Atlantic Sun Conference in scoring (68.9 ppg), field-goal percentage (.423), 3-point field goal percentage (.364) and assists (15.9 apg).

Kennesaw State Owls
KSU went 0-2 last week, falling to Georgia Tech and Clemson on the road. The Lady Owls were out-rebounded in the two games by a margin of 13.5. Forward Stephanie Scearce has started to return to the form of two years ago after sitting out last season with a knee injury. The Blue Ridge, Georgia native posted 30 points and 15 rebounds in the two games, including a 20-point, 11-board effort at Georgia Tech. The Lady Owls will return home for the first time in over a month when they host Charleston Southern on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m.

Lipscomb Bisons
The Lady Bisons have enjoyed a much needed rest. They are finishing final exams this week. They will not be back on the court until Dec. 20- and 21 when they play in Vanderbilt's holiday tournament. Also in the field are Longwood and Indiana State. The Lady Bisons will then be off until Jan. 2 when LaSalle visits.

Mercer Bears
The Bears will have a 10-day layoff before their next game. Mercer plays New Orleans on the road Dec. 19, and wrapped up a three-game home stand last Saturday, Dec. 9, against Florida A&M. A pair of Mercer players will be making homecomings to Louisiana. Junior Erin Keller hails from LaPlace and graduated from East St. John High School while sophomore Nicole Leonard calls Gretna home and graduated from St. Mary’s Dominican School.

UNF Ospreys
UNF fell to Bethune-Cookman in its only contest this week, losing in Daytona Beach 57-40. The Lady Ospreys took more shots in the game at BCC - 62 - than they have in any other game this season, thanks in no small part to forcing BCC into 28 turnovers and coming away with 16 steals. Jennifer Bowen scored in double figures (12 pts.) for the second game in a row, marking the first time in the sophomore's career that she has had back-to-back games in double figures. Bowen also tied a career high with nine rebounds, finishing one board short of a double-double. The Lady Ospreys will finally wind up their road swing to begin the season next week when they travel to Orlando, Fla., for the UCF Holiday Classic.

Stetson Hatters
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