Monday,
December 3, 2001
PC’S LEOPARD AND BIRNIE EARN SAC/CIAA CHALLENGE
ALL-TOURNAMENT
HONORS
Leopard named Tournament MVP for the second time this season
HICKORY,
NC — Presbyterian College women’s basketball players Toni
Leopard and Dana Birnie were named to the
first annual SAC/CIAA Challenge All-Tournament team announced
today.
Leopard, a 6-0 senior
forward from Ninety-Six, SC, was named Tournament MVP after
averaging 24.0 points, 5.0 rebounds while shooting 65.5% from
the field, 55.0% from three-point range, and was a perfect
five-for-five from the free throw line. Leopard exploded for
20 of her 29 points in PC’s 88-40 win over Livingstone
College in the first half, putting the game away.
Birnie, a 6-0 freshman
forward from Suwanee, GA, was named to the All-Tournament team
after averaging 18.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals while
shooting 66.7% from the field, 100% from three-point land, and
71.4% from the free throw line. She was key in PC’s 76-57
win over Winston-Salem State University when she came off the
bench to score 17 second half points to lead the Blue Hose to
the victory.
This marks the second time
this season that both Leopard and Birnie have been named to
the All-Tournament teams. Earlier this season in Savannah, GA,
they both were named to the All-Tournament team and Leopard
was named Tournament MVP of the AASU/Chatham Orthopaedic
Tip-Off Classic.
The Blue Hose, ranked #18
in last week’s USA
Today/ESPN/WBCA NCAA Division II poll, are currently 6-0
on the season. They return to action tomorrow night when they
travel to Aiken, SC to face the Lady Pacers of USC Aiken (6-1)
at 7:00 pm.