When it was suggested during a post-game interview that her Tallahassee Community College women’s basketball team exhibited its post-season mode Friday evening, coach Teresa Atkinson left it open for discussion.
“If that’s what you want to call it, yes,” Atkinson said, “I guess it is.”
It sure seemed so, considering the way that the Eagles fought off [...]
TCC women’s basketball team holds off Pirates
Not an ideal ending for Cougars’ Mehl
It wasn’t the way Jack Mehl wanted to end his coaching career, with an ugly loss in a regional tournament.
It happened, though, and all he was able to do was watch it unfold on the court.
Frederick Community College’s women’s basketball team melted down in the last 13 minutes of the first half, scoring 10 points, [...]
Owens women reach semifinal
After moving as high as the No. 2 national ranking late in the season, the Owens Community College women’s basketball team hit a lull recently and lost three consecutive games.
The Express went into the first round of the National Junior College Athletic Association district tournament at Owens yesterday needing to get back on the right [...]
Vaqueras punch ticket to Kansas
The best defensive effort of the season could not have come at a better time for the Central Arizona College women’s basketball team.
The Vaqueras smothered the life out of Arizona Western College Friday night, winning 64-33 at the George Young Activity Center to claim their eighth consecutive Region 1 championship and 13th in 14 years.
Seventh-ranked [...]
Whorton Headed Into NJCAA Hall
UAFS women’s basketball coach Louis Whorton jokes that the only reason he has kept up with his coaching record is because he had to turn it in every year to the NJCAA for record-keeping purposes.
During his 23 seasons as junior college basketball coach, Whorton compiled a 538-195 record and led his Lady Lions to two [...]
TVCC Women’s Coach, Player Arrested
Athens — Trinity Valley Community College Head Women’s Basketball Coach Bill Damuth, along with freshman player Lesha Dunn, were arrested in the moments following Tuesday night’s game against Blinn College in Brenham.
According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Damuth was jailed on a charge of resisting arrest. Dunn, a freshman from Toronto, Canada, was charged [...]
Allen leads team to national ranking, personal fame
Fouling Deana Allen is danger for any team playing against the PJC Lady Pirates this season; 79 percent of her free throw shots are most likely swishing the basket.
Allen grew up in Houma, La. where she is the oldest of five brothers and two sisters. She started playing basketball at age 6 and would always [...]
Gulf Coast-Pensacola rivalry comes full circle
It’s a trivia question that could win a few bar bets.
When is the last time two Panhandle Conference teams ranked in the Top 5 nationally met in women’s basketball? Who were they?
Gulf Coast quickly comes to mind. But the other school? It’s not Chipola or Northwest Florida State.
The second-ranked Lady Commodores defeated the third-ranked [...]
College of Sequoias women drop conference opener
Even with his team leading Porterville College 33-27 at halftime, College of Sequoias women’s basketball coach Luke Vidak could almost see where both teams’ Central Valley Conference opener was headed Wednesday night.
“They played harder than us in the first half,” Vidak said.
And things didn’t get any better for the Giants in the second half.
Porterville used [...]
JCC Women Suffer Tough Basketball Loss In Florida
The Jamestown Community College Lady Jayhawks (14-2) kept things close, but Division 1 Broward College had just enough to hand JCC a 60-54 setback on Tuesday in NJCAA women’s basketball.
”You could tell it was our first game back (after the semester break),” JCC coach Keith Martin said. ”We didn’t play well in the first half. [...]