Blue Hose Women's Basketball

Tuesday, February 20, 2001

BLUE HOSE RANKED IN NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL STATISTICS
PC’s Leopard moves to 2nd place in free throw percentage

CLINTON, SC — Presbyterian College’s basketball teams rank among the national leaders in this week’s NCAA Division II statistics.

The women’s basketball team, led by junior wing Toni Leopard (Ninety-Six, SC), currently moved to second place in the nation (NCAA Division II) in free throw percentage at 89.3%. Leopard has been ranked in the this category for the last four weeks including times leading the nation. Leopard, a former Ninety-Six High School standout, is second on the team in scoring at 13.9 points per game and is one of two players this season to surpass the 1,000-point plateau in their career.

Junior Toni Leopard

Senior Rachel Sloan

In addition, senior forward/center Rachel Sloan (Greenville, SC) is 36th in NCAA Division II in scoring at 18.0 points per game. The former Carolina Academy standout is this week’s South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Player of the Week and became only the seventh player in SAC women’s basketball history to tally 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds their career. Sloan currently has 1,823 career points and 1,002 career rebounds to her credit. This marks the fifth time this season that Sloan has been named SAC Player of the Week.

On the men’s side, the team moved up two spots to 8th in the nation in scoring defense allowing only 62.6 points per game. The Blue Hose lead the SAC in scoring defense and rebound margin (+6.3).

On the women’s side, the team ranks 18th in the nation in scoring margin, outscoring their opponents by an average of 15.7 points per game.

Both women’s and men’s Blue Hose basketball teams return to action tomorrow when they travel to Salisbury, NC to face the Indians of Catawba College. Women’s team looks to win a share of their fourth straight regular season title while the men are playing for sole possession of second place in the SAC regular season.

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