2009-2010 Women's Basketball Team
Women's Basketball News
Habitat for Humanity Continues through the
Weekend (11-13-2009)
Georgetown,
Ky.
- Tiger Women's Basketball hosts the
Habitat for Humanity Classic this weekend on the Georgetown College
campus.
Georgetown
lost to No. 5 Lee University in the opening game of the 16th annual classic
by a score of 83-72. Senior All-American Jayme Gilbert with 15 points
but the Tigers could not contain the Flames All-American, Katie Nelson who
scored 36 points and added eight rebounds.
Saturday's
matchup features Lee versus Shawnee State. Tipoff is scheduled for
3:00 p.m. in Alumni Gymnasium. The Tigers will be back in action in
the classic finale, hosting Shawnee State at 2:00 p.m.
Tigers Successful in the Windy City (11-7-2009)
Bourbonnaise,
Ill. -- The Georgetown College Women's Basketball team started
the year off by breaking a school record with a 119-83 win at Olivet
Nazarene Univ. on Friday.
The Tigers offense scored more points than ever before when senior
guard Jayme Gilbert hit a shot at the end. The Clay County
native finished with 11 points, two assists, six rebounds and a
steal. Georgetown was paced by newcomer Kourtney Tyra with 18,
while Emily Drees and Ashley Prince each chipped in 17.
Next up for the Tigers is another road game, Saturday at Robert
Morris.
Johnson to be Inducted in NAIA Hall of Fame (8-27-2009)
Kansas
City, Mo. —Georgetown College Women’s Basketball head coach
Susan Johnson is among 15 individuals selected to be a part of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 2009-10 Hall of
Fame Class, it was announced Wednesday.
Johnson will be formally inducted at the NAIA
Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship in Jackson,
Tenn., on March 16, 2010. The honor is the highest bestowed by the
NAIA. Individuals inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame must be
persons of outstanding quality, high moral character, and fine
leadership ability. They must also be held in high esteem by
colleagues, coaches and athletes.
Coach Johnson has been serving Georgetown College
with dedication, loyalty and passion since 1978. During her tenure,
she has accumulated a record of 554-339 and has a long list of
highlights throughout her career including 11 NAIA National
Tournament appearances and three Elite Eight finishes. Her teams
have won six Mid-South Conference Championships, three KIAC
Championships and three NAIA District/Regional Championships. In
addition, Coach Johnson has been named the Mid-South Conference
Coach of the Year four times, the KIAC Coach of the Year three times
and was given the NAIA Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year Award in
1994.
In its announcement, the NAIA stated, “Coach Johnson
has always shown a strong commitment to the mission and ideals of
the NAIA and has been an outstanding ambassador and proponent for
women’s athletics at Georgetown College and within the KIAC and
Mid-South Conferences.”
In addition to her coaching duties, Johnson teaches
in Georgetown College’s Kinesiology and Health Studies Department
and serves as the president of the Kentucky Women’s Intercollegiate
Consortium. She is also a member of the NAIA/WBCA Nominating
Committee and is a former NAIA representative to the WBCA Board of
Directors.
“The NAIA Hall of Fame recognizes the remarkable
contributions of student-athletes, coaches, athletic administrators
and longtime NAIA supporters,” said Jim Carr, NAIA President and
CEO. “The individuals that make up the 2009-10 class have made a
considerable impact on intercollegiate athletics. I applaud their
achievements and congratulate them on this tremendous honor.”
The 2009-10 NAIA Hall of Fame class also includes:
- Elvin “Al” Papik, Doane (Neb.) College -
Football, Coach;
- Bob Young, University of Sioux Falls (S.D.)-
Football, Coach;
- Brian Harvey, Oklahoma City University -Soccer,
Coach;
- Jim Davies, California Pacific Conference,
Meritorious Service;
- Funda Aliskan-Sinani, Dickinson State (N.D.)
University - Volleyball, Athlete;
- Dr. Phil and Mary Pattison, Division I Men’s
Basketball Honorary Coaches – Meritorious Service;
- Herman “Buddy” Meyer, St. Mary’s University –
Men’s Basketball, Coach;
- Randy Kortokrax, The University of Findlay –
Men’s Basketball, Athlete;
- Jim Boeve, Hastings (Neb.) College – Baseball,
Meritorious Service;
- Cheryl Schaefer, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)
University – Softball, Athlete;
- Jeff Griebel, St. Ambrose (Iowa) University –
Men’s Golf, Coach;
- Bryan Clay, Azusa Pacific (Calif.) University –
Track & Field, Athlete;
- Dr. Mary Livengood, Doane (Neb.) College – Track
& Field, Athlete.
Tigers Lose to Campbellsville in MSC Semi-Final (3-7-09)
FRANKFORT,
Ky.
-- Georgetown College finished the 2008-09
campaign with a 63-44 loss to Campbellsville in the Mid-South Conference
semi-finals on Saturday.
Both teams started sluggish, with Georgetown shooting just
26.1 percent in the first half compared to Campbellsville's 34.3. But
Campbellsville turned it on at the end of the period and outscored the
Tigers 12 to 5 to take a 30-15 lead at halftime.
Campbellsville's Whitney Ballinger's double-double of 15
points and ten rebounds moved her team into Sunday's finals against
co-regular season champs Cumberlands.
For Georgetown, last year's conference tournament winner,
it was a frustrating end of the collegiate careers of four seniors, Ashley
Bell, Katie Filiatreau, Makaine Huffer and Maddy Lewis, who together
combined for an overall record of 83-46 in four years together.
Down 30 with 11 minutes left, the Tigers gave a comeback
effort to cut it to 15 led by Bell, who scored all 11 of her points in the
last nine minutes of the game.
Campbellsville improved to 26-5 on the year, while
Georgetown ends the season 17-15.
Above:
Senior Maddy Lewis fouled out with 36 seconds left in the game (Photo
courtesy of Richard Davis).
Tigers Advance in the Mid-South Conference Tournament (3-6-09)
FRANKFORT,
Ky.
-- Georgetown College advanced to the Mid-South
Conference Tournament semi-finals with a 76-65 win over Pikeville on Friday.
Next up for the fifth-seeded Tigers is top-seed Campbellsville on Saturday
at 3:00 p.m.
Pikeville (20-11), seeded fourth in the six-team
tournament, led 24-18 after freshman Megan Mosley tossed in a three-point
shot with 8:43 remaining in the first half.
But from there Georgetown took over, turning a six-point
deficit into a nine-point lead. Sophomore Ashley Prince scored seven of her
nine points in the 6:42 stretch, which ended when Makaine Huffer nailed a
three with 2:01 left. Huffer had five of her nine points in the run.
Neither team shot well in the game, with Georgetown
hitting 40 percent of its shots and Pikeville sinking only 33.3 percent. The
teams combined to turn it over 44 times, with Pikeville giving it up 23
times.
Georgetown, 17-14, had only one player in double figures.
Senior Ashley Bell finished with 12 to go with five rebounds and three
steals. Huffer, Prince, Maddy Lewis and Katie Filiatreau followed with nine
points apiece, and eight Tigers had at least seven points in the win.
Huffer led Georgetown's effort on the glass with six
rebounds, as all five starters had at least four rebounds.
Pikeville was led by sophomore Natiera Hinton, as the
league's leading scorer finished with 19 points and nine rebounds to go with
five steals. Sophomore Lakia Bailey joined her in double digits with 14 and
pulled down seven rebounds.
Senior Kristal Daniels had eight points and a game-high 12
rebounds as Pikeville won that battle 44-34.
Basketball's Gilbert Named First Team All-Conference;
Filiatreau Awarded (3-5-09)
FRANKFORT,
Ky. -- Georgetown's Jayme Gilbert received
Mid-South Conference First Team honors at the annual basketball banquet held
Thursday night.
It is the second year in a row for the
junior to be named by the conference coaches to the team. The
Manchester, Ky. native topped 1,000 career points in her third season as a
Tiger in January and currently ranks 12th in career points with this post
season and her senior season left to move up in the history books.
Lindsey
Wilson College sophomore center Viktoria Krell was named the Player of the
Year. Krell is one of 10 women named to the team that was voted on by the
conference coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players.
Other student-athletes honored as first team selections
included Campbellsville University sophomores Whitney
Ballinger and Courtney Danis, University of the Cumberlands senior Madison
Flowers, junior Amber Neace and freshman Lauren Wombles, Lindsey Wilson
junior Sierra Rambert, Pikeville College sophomore Natiera Hinton and St.
Catharine College junior Erin Rogers.
Wombles was named the MSC Freshman of
the Year after leading the conference in field goal percentage (54.7) and
finishing fifth in scoring (15.8). The London, Ky., native finished the
regular season third in the conference with 8.9 rebounds per game.
Georgetown’s Katie Filiatreau is the
Champions of Character recipient. Filiatreau earned the award -- as voted on
by the conference athletics director -- for her civic and servant leadership
within the campus and community. In addition, she was honored as a
academic all-conference selection and was the only basketball
student-athlete to receive the honor with a 4.0 cumulative grade point
average. Teammates Ashley Bell and Emily Drees also received academic
all-conference awards.
Campbellsville’s Ginger Colvin was
selected by her peers as MSC Co-Coach of the Year. Colvin led the Tigers to
a tie for the MSC regular season title with a 10-2 league mark and a 25-5
overall record.
(Shown above: Jayme Gilbert
(top) and Katie Filiatreau receive their awards from Mid-South Conference
Commissioner Mike Polio. Photo courtesy of Richard Davis.)
Support the Tigers in the MSC Tournament (3-4-09)
Georgetown
College will host the Mid-South Conference Championships, March 5-8, at the
Frankfort Convention Center.
The tournament begins with the annual cheerleading
competition, scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 5. Tickets
are available at the gate with an admission price of $5.00.
Our women’s basketball team will face Pikeville in the
opening round of the tournament beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6.
A win would place the Tigers in the 3:00 semi-final on Saturday, with the
finals to be played at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The men’s regular season conference title earned them a
bye through the first round. Georgetown will face the winner of Friday’s
Pikeville/West Virginia Tech game on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. The men’s final
is scheduled to tip at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Day passes for all basketball games will be sold at the
gate for $12.00 per adult and $7.00 for students. For complete tournament
brackets, visit
www.georgetowncollegeathletics.com
Hope to see YOU in Frankfort!
GO TIGERS!
Tigers Celebrate Senior Day (2-21-09)
The
Lindsey Wilson women's team spoiled Georgetown's senior day with a 70-64 win
on Saturday.
During the pregame ceremony,
seniors Ashley Bell, Katie Filiatreau, Makaine Huffer and Maddy Lewis were
honored by the coaching staff, teammates and family.
The Blue Raiders led by 12 at the
half but allowed the Tigers back in the game in the second half behind the
three-point shooting of senior guards Makaine Huffer, who had three, and
Ashley Bell, who added two, all the second half.
Lindsey Wilson's Viktoria Krell
had a double-double in the first half and ended the game with 30 points and
17 rebounds.
The Tigers fell to 15-14 and 4-7
on the year and will also St. Catharine on Thursday. Tipoff is
scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
Above: Seniors Maddy Lewis, Ashley Bell and Katie
Filiatreau enjoy senior day activities on Saturday. Photo courtesy of
Steve Blake.
Tiger Basketball Games Moved to St. Catharine (1-29-09)
Tonight’s Georgetown College
home basketball games versus St. Catharine have been moved to St.
Catharine’s campus. The women will play at 6:00 p.m. with the men following
at 8:00 p.m.
The doubleheader originally scheduled at St. Catharine
on February 26th will now become home games and will begin at
6:00 p.m.
The games will still be aired live on 101.5 FM or on
www.georgetowncollegeathletics.com for anyone who would like to tune in.
