Sunday, December 7, 2003
MORAVIAN COLLEGE WOMEN SET NCAA RECORD IN FREE THROWS IN 61-53
VICTORY OVER SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team set an NCAA record
by connecting on all 35 of its free throw attempts led by freshman guard Katie
Rizman (Wall, NJ/St. Rose HS), who was 11 for 11, in a 61-53 Commonwealth Conference
victory versus Susquehanna University Sunday afternoon.
The game was moved to Sunday afternoon after a snow storm postponed the contest on Saturday.
The Greyhounds, who improve to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in the Commonwealth Conference, were
15 of 15 at the charity stripe in the first half and 20 of 20 in the second half. In fact,
Moravian is now 53 of 53 against Susquehanna in its last two games at Johnston Hall. The
Greyhounds’ 18-for-18 performance against Susquehanna had been the highest perfect
game total in Middle Atlantic Corporation history prior to today’s 35 for 35 performance.
According to the NCAA records, the 35 for 35 performance is the highest total for any
level of the NCAA, men or women. The best women’s performance in history was by the
University of Kansas with a 31 of 31 performance on February 11, 1996. The top men’s
performance was 34 of 34 turned in by UC-Irvine on February 21, 1981 and Samford University
on December 20, 1990.
Moravian, which led 33-24 at halftime, had just one player in double figures with Rizman netting
a career high 13 points, however, nine of ten Greyhounds scored at least two points. Junior
guard Jen Behagg (Hamburg, NJ/Pope John XXIII HS) hit a pair of free throws
for two of her six points with one second remaining in the game to finish off the perfect
game.
Moravian shot just 22.8 percent from the floor (13 of 57) in the game and led Susquehanna,
47-38 on the boards. Greyhound sophomore Stephanie Seaman (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem
Catholic HS) pulled down a career high 14 rebounds for her fourth straight game
in double figures. Seaman also scored eight points, just missing her fourth
consecutive double-double. Senior guard Kim Hughes (Manasquan, NJ/St. Rose HS) also
scored eight points and was five for five at the charity stripe.
Susquehanna, which falls to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the Commonwealth Conference, was led
by junior center Andrea Carlson, who had a game high 22 points while shooting
eight of 12 from the foul line. The Crusaders, who trailed by as many as 11 points in the
second half, tied the contest at 49-49 but the Greyhounds made ten free throws in the final
five minutes while limiting Susquehanna to four points. Junior center Ang Letcavage added
eight points and six rebounds for the Crusaders while freshman guard Nicole Nasser scored
eight points.
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