Women's Basketball
NAIA Top25 Final Rating (3/5/2008)
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Women's Basketball News
Bluegrass Coaching Clinic Canceled (9-22-08)
The Bluegrass Coaching Clinic originally scheduled for Sunday, September 28th at Georgetown College has been canceled. For more information, contact Coach Susan Johnson at (502) 863-8060 or susan_johnson@georgetowncollege.edu
NAIA National Tournament: Women to Rematch Freed-Hardeman (3-12-08)
The
Georgetown College Tigers are headed to Jackson, Tn. for the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division I Women's Basketball
National Championship to be held March 19-26 in Jackson, Tn. The
Tigers have a first round match-up with Freed-Hardeman University on
Thursday, March 20 at 8:00 p.m. CST
The teams last faced each other on November 20 when the Lady Lions visited
Georgetown and took home a 72-71 win. The Tigers were without senior
guard Kim Ingle, who was out with a broken hand, and were led in scoring by
Jayme Gilbert with 19 points. Freed-Hardeman's Jana Cross had a
double-double of 24 points and ten rebounds.
Georgetown finished the season with a 23-9 record and were crowned the MSC
Tournament Champions after beating Pikeville, Cumberlands and Lindsey Wilson
in route to the title. The Tigers are ranked #29 and have a seventh seed in
the national tournament.
Second-seeded Freed-Hardeman is 26-7 and lost 73-62 to top-ranked and
undefeated Union University in the TransSouth Conference Finals.
All of the Georgetown games will be broadcast live on 101.5 FM and
www.georgetowncollegeathletics.com In addition, fans can watch
live internet video streaming on a pay-per-view basis by visiting
www.watchnaia.com
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.)
