Monday, January 22, 2007

Belmont Bruins

•Belmont remained undefeated on top of the Atlantic Sun after its lone conference game last week. The Bruins toppled Lipscomb in part one of the Battle of the Boulevard, 72-55. Earlier in the week, BU knocked off visiting IPFW, 79-74. • Sophomore Alysha Clark picked up her 11th double-double of the season against the Lady Bisons with a 13 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. • This week, the Bruins head to North Carolina to take on Gardner-Webb and Campbell.

Campbell Fighting Camels

• Campbell ended a seven-game losing streak with a dominating 67-41 victory at Mercer this past Saturday. Marlena Murphy netted her fourth 20-point game of the season and her eighth double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds. • Letitia Dickson has been on fire from three-point range over the past three games connecting on 10 of her last 16 from long range. Dickson has moved from unranked to first in the conference in three-point shooting in A-Sun games hitting 50.0 percent.

ETSU Bucs

• The Lady Bucs are on season-high four game winning streak after beating UNF 87-48 on Thursday, and Jacksonville, 68-61, on Saturday. It marked the second consecutive weekend ETSU has swept its A-Sun opponents, and the third time this season. • The Lady Bucs continued to be a force on the boards as they out-rebounded their opponent for the eighth consecutive game against Jacksonville. During the stretch ETSU has posted a +9.8 rebounding margin (45.6-35.9).

Gardner-Webb Bulldogs

• Gardner-Webb showed its dominant defense in the 49-28 win over Mercer last Thursday. The Bulldogs held the Bears to an A-Sun season-low eight points in the first half and the 28 points allowed is the least amount scored on GWU in school history. • The Bulldogs recorded numerous top-five performances as a team and individuals in the win. GWU then fell at Stetson on Saturday, 69-52. • The Bulldogs will look to rebound at home on Thursday when they host Belmont at 6 p.m., before playing Lipscomb on Saturday night at 6 p.m., in the friendly confines of Paul Porter Arena.

Jacksonville Dolphins

• JU posted its highest winning streak of the season and the second longest streak in program history with a 71-67 win at Kennesaw State on Jan. 18. The Dolphins also posted 10 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history. • JU set a season-high by erasing a 19-point deficit against East Tennessee State on Jan. 20. • The Dolphins are a program-best 7-1 at home this season and will look to set a program record for home wins in a season this week against Mercer and Stetson.

Kennesaw State Owls

• KSU went 1-1 last week, falling 71-67 to Jacksonville, but rebounding in overtime 73-68 versus the Lady Owls long-time rival, North Florida. Rosetta Hollis led the way during the week with 16.0 ppg and 4.5 rpg. • The Lady Owls lead the A-sun in rebounding margin. KSU is winning the battle of the boards by 4.3 rebounds per contest.

Lipscomb Bisons

• Junior point guard Catie Woods scored a game-high 19 points in Saturday’s 72-55 loss to Belmont. It was her sixth time this season to lead the Lady Bisons in scoring this season and her fourth time in the last five games to score in double figures. • Sophomore center Katie Rollins was featured in the latest issue of Sports Spectrum magazine in an article dealing with her major in Bible at Lipscomb.

Mercer Bears

• The Bears dropped their ninth game in a row at home Saturday, extending their losing streak to 14 games overall. Mercer is in jeopardy of tying the school record of 15 consecutive losses, set during the 1987-88 season. • Mercer has used 12 different lineups this season, using only two lineups three or more times. The Bears notched their lone win with a lineup of Sally Skeldon, Rhonda Owens, Megan Lewis, Erin Keller and Nicole Leonard.

UNF Ospreys

• UNF finished the week 0-2 after falling in a pair of conference games to ETSU and Kennesaw State. • UNF overcame an eight-point second-half deficit at the hands of KSU to force overtime on a Jennifer Guldager jumper with eight seconds left. UNF, however, was outscored 13-8 in overtime in a 73-68 loss. • The Lady Ospreys have averaged more than 11 steals in their last five outings. UNF returns home this week to take on Mercer and Stetson.

Stetson Hatters

• Stetson took on Campbellon Thursday. The Hatters were able to maintain the lead, going up as much as 14 points with senior Janene Maclin leading the Hatters with a game-high 15 points and eight rebounds, and sophomore Sharnesha Smith putting up 13 points to give Stetson to a 67-60 conference win. • The Hatters’ next challenge was Gardner-Webb. Coming into the competition on Saturday, both teams held identical records in the A-Sun. After another great performance by senior Janene Maclin, Stetson was able to roll to an easy 17 point victory, 69-52.