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Tuesday,
February 4, 2003 BLUE
HOSE BASKETBALL LISTED AMONG NCAA LEADERS CLINTON,
S.C. — Presbyterian
College basketball teams is listed among the NCAA
Division II leaders in the latest statistics announced
this week. The
men’s basketball team (19-4, 5-2 SAC) led by 14th-year
head coach Gregg
Nibert, dropped one spot to fourth in the nation in
scoring defense (57.5 pts/gm) and are 22nd in field goal
percentage defense (40.2%) for the second straight week.
The team is also 22nd in win-loss percentage (81.8%),
and 26th in three-point field goal percentage (39.6%). In
PC’s 88-70 win over North Greenville College Monday
night, the Blue Hose hit 18-of-38 three-point field
goals from the field. The 18 made three-pointers is tied
for 3rd-best in NCAA Division II this season for a
single-game. On
the women’s basketball team (8-10, 4-3
SAC), junior guard Billie
Haskins
(Greensboro, Ga.) is 14th in the nation in
three-point field goal percentage (43.2%). The team is
ranked 30th in the nation in free throw percentage at
74.5%. The
women’s basketball team returns to action tonight as
they host the All-Stars of Converse College at 6:00 pm
in non-conference action. The Blue Hose men’s and
women’s basketball teams return to South Atlantic
Conference action this Saturday, February 8 as they
travel to Greeneville, Tenn. to take on Tusculum
College. The women’s game is set to tip-off at 2:00 pm
with the men’s game to start approximately at 4:00 pm. |