Women's Basketball
Georgetown, KY
March 10, 2008
Georgetown wins MSC Championship with 78-73 win over Lindsey Wilson (3-10-08)
Pikeville, Ky. - Georgetown College gave sophomore guard Jayme Gilbert a
special birthday gift today - her first Mid-South Conference Championship as
Georgetown (23-9) defeated Lindsey Wilson College 78-73 for the third time
this season to win the crown.
The Tigers handed the Blue Raiders (21-11) their only two losses versus MSC
opponents and knew it would be a tough task to beat them for the third time
in just over a month. Junior point guard Maddy Lewis said the
three-peat was a topic of conversation last night but that her team decided
to look at it in a new way. "We decided that the third time's a
charm," said Lewis, who had a perfect day, scoring nine points and dishing
out 10 assists while committing no turnovers. "Everyone put that in
the back of their mind last night and came out today and played so well.
We really did what we do best."
It was an extremely balanced effort for Georgetown, with five players in
double figures, but for Lindsey Wilson it was the Terran Duncan show.
The all-conference senior scored a career-high 33 points, 26 in the first
half, and added 12 rebounds in her double-double performance.
Georgetown led by as many as seven in the first half and took a 45-43 lead
into the locker room at halftime after shooting 57 percent from the field
and a perfect nine of nine from the charity stripe compared to Lindsey
Wilson's 47 percent from the field. The lead stretched to 11 midway
through the second half but had to withstand a Blue Raiders' run that cut
the lead to three two times with under a minute to play in the game.
Tiger senior center Amy Schiller went 8 of 10 from the field to finish the
game with 18 points.
Both teams will move on to the NAIA National Tournament in Jackson, Tn.
The tournament brackets will be released on Wednesday.
"Everyone thought all season long that Lindsey Wilson was the best team in
the conference and we really wanted to prove them wrong," said Lewis.
"We were on a mission to get to Jackson."
(To view the
Georgetown-Lindsey Wilson boxscore, click here.)
