Thursday, March 20, 2003
HUGHES & MORAVIAN BASKETBALL SQUADS RANKED IN NCAA STATISTICS
INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College men’s and women’s basketball teams
are ranked in the top 15 in the country in team categories and junior guard Kim
Hughes (Manasquan, NJ/St. Rose HS) is in the top five individually in the 11th
release of the NCAA Division III basketball statistics for the 2002-03 season including
games through March 16th.
Hughes is fifth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage at
44.8 percent (56 of 125). Moravian, which finished the season at 20-8, is 13th in the nation
in free throw percentage at 75.0 percent (500 of 667).
The Moravian women competed in the Commonwealth Conference championship game and the
2003 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Semifinals this year.
The men’s squad, which finished the season at 16-11 and also participated in the
Commonwealth and ECAC Tournaments, is fourth in the country in free throw percentage at
77.8 percent. Moravian, which was the nation’s leader in free throw percentage last
season, has made 472of 608 attempts.
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