Wednesday, February 26, 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 30 in the country in team categories and junior guard Kim Hughes (Manasquan, NJ/St. Rose HS) is in the top ten individually in the eighth release of the NCAA Division III basketball statistics for the 2002-03 season including games through February 23rd.

Hughes is fourth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage at 46.3 percent (50 of 108). Moravian, which is 19-6 on the season and 10-4 in the Commonwealth Conference, is 22nd in the county in scoring offense, averaging 74.6 points per game, and the squad is 15th in the nation in free throw percentage at 74.4 percent (451 of 606).

The Moravian women will return to action on Wednesday, February 26th in a Commonwealth Conference Semifinal versus Lebanon Valley College beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The men’s squad, which is 16-9 overall and 9-5 in the Commonwealth Conference on the season, is ranked fourth in the country in free throw percentage at 78.0 percent to begin the week. Moravian, which was the nation’s leader in free throw percentage last season, has made 450 of 577 attempts.

The Greyhounds will return to action on Wednesday, February 26th in a Commonwealth Conference Semifinal at Elizabethtown College beginning at 7:30 p.m.