Monday, February 05, 2007

This Week in A-Sun Women's Basketball

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A-Sun Game of the Week

Saturday, February 10
Jacksonville at UNF
Jacksonville, Fla.
UNF Areana
2:00 pm ET

Crosstown foes Jacksonville and UNF renew their rivalrly, known as the Rumble on the River. Earlier in the season, Jacksonville walked away with at 56-42 victory. Ashley Williams scored a game-high 21 points in that outing. After going 2-1 on the road, UNF is happy to be back home, where they are 3-3 this season.

A-Sun Notables

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
What would basketball season be without upsets? Last week, three teams dramatically changed face of the A-Sun race. On Thursday, Gardner-Webb snatched a 75-64 win from third-ranked Jacksonville. Lipscomb took a 57-52 win from ETSU, who at the time, had only been beaten by Belmont. In Sunday's regionally televised game on CSS, Mercer went into Edmunds Arena and came away with their first conference victory over Stetson. Mercer trailed by as many as 13 before shooting 66.7 percent in the second half.

BLAZING TRAILS
Belmont sophomore Alysha Clark is just 20 points away from scoring 1,000 career points. She also has 595 career rebounds. Over the weekend, she posted amazing numbers, including a 31-point, 20-rebound effort against Kennesaw State. She becomes the third player in A-Sun history to earn Player of the Week 10 times, tying Mercer's Andrea Congreaves and FIU's Albena Branzova.

SETTING THE STANDARD
Gardner-Webb's Shameka Smith became the first player to amass 1,000 points and 900 rebounds in the school's Division-I era. Smith reached the 1,000 point plateau on Jan. 25 against Belmont and pulled down her 900th board last week against UNF. She curently has 1,038 points and 904 rebounds.

A-Sun Standings

A-Sun Players of the Week

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League Leaders

Team-by-Team Notes