Monday, February 05, 2007

Belmont Bruins

• Belmont continued its reign atop the Atlantic Sun over the weekend, despite two scares from ETSU and Kennesaw State. The Bruins extended their win streak to 10 after holding off the Lady Bucs, 69-66, and the Owls, 86-75. The pair of wins extends Belmont's win streak at the Curb Event Center to 20 games. • Also performing well were redshirt freshman Amber Rockwell, who averaged 14.5 ppg, and rookie Tereva Moore, who averaged 10.5 ppg. Moore and classmate Shaunda Strayhorn both went 7-for-8 at the free-throw line. Junior Brooke Sunday shot 75 percent from the floor while sophomore Jessica Bobbitt picked up 11 blocks over the stretch.

Campbell Fighting Camels

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ETSU Bucs

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Gardner-Webb Bulldogs

• Gardner-Webb recorded two wins last week, moving its conference mark to 6-5 on the year. The Bulldogs, within a game of third place and two out of second place, travel to ETSU and Kennesaw State this week. • GWU, which has won a season-best three straight contests, has had a player post a double-double in each of the last three games. • In the win over UNF, Shameka Smith became the first GWU player (since moving to Division I) to score 1,000 points and pull down 900 rebounds for a career.

Jacksonville Dolphins

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Kennesaw State Owls

• KSU had a rough week last week as the Lady Owls dropped to 3-6 on the road after losses at Lipscomb and Belmont. • The Lady Owls continue to chase down loose balls as they lead the league in offensive rebounds at 17.86 per game.

Lipscomb Bisons

• Junior point guard Catie Woods set a new career high with 22 points in the Lady Bisons 57-52 upset win over ETSU. She also tied her season-high for 3-point shots made in a game with five. Woods leads the conference in 3-point field goals made. • Senior center Penny Jones scored a career-high 22 points in the ETSU. It was her first time to break the 20-point barrier with the Lady Bisons. • Sophomore forward Jilian Partin set a new career high in points in a game with 16 in the 68-57 win over Kennesaw State. She grabbed 11 rebounds in the game, tying her career high. She leads the Lady Bisons with two double-doubles this season.

Mercer Bears

• The Bears snapped their 16-game losing streak with a 66-56 win Sunday against Stetson on the road. Mercer shot 66.7 percent in the second half while holding Stetson to just 36 percent from the field. • Rhonda Owens and Chelsea Seabron registered their first double-doubles in the win against Stetson. Owens had 12 points and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds. Seabron added 12 points while pulling down 10 boards. • Sally Skeldon had a career-best 12 assists in the win, as the Bears converted 19 assists in the game. Ten of the assists came in the deciding second half, when Mercer rallied from 13 to claim the 66-56 victory.

UNF Ospreys

• UNF finished the week 1-1, making one of the toughest road trips of the season, with games at Campbell and Gardner-Webb. UNF defeated Campbell 74-73 before dropping a tough fought game at Gardner-Webb 57-54. • Jennifer Bowen scored a career high 28 points at Campbell before following that up with 18 at Gardner-Webb. Bowen has averaged 22 points in her last three outings, putting together the three highest scoring outputs of her career. • UNF has averaged at least 26 points in its last 11 halves of basketball and has scored at least 70 points in two of its last three games.

Stetson Hatters

• The Hatters took on conference opponent, the Mercer Bears at the Edmunds Center. The Hatters seemed to have had the game handled going into halftime with a 10 point lead, 29-19. But the Hatters could not keep up the tempo in the second half, losing a 13 point lead with turnovers and foul trouble. • The Bears began to chip away at the Hatter lead and jumped out to their own lead of 11 points with 52 seconds remaining. They eventually took the 66-56 win. • The Hatters were led by the efforts of senior Janene Maclin with the game-high 14 points, and junior Kellie Olson with 13 points.