Thursday, March 6, 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 ten individually in the ninth release of the NCAA Division III basketball statistics for the 2002-03 season including games through March 2nd.

Hughes is sixth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage at 45.0 percent (54 of 120). Moravian, which is 20-7 on the season, is 12th in the nation in free throw percentage at 74.8 percent (483 of 646).

The Moravian women will host the 2003 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Championships this weekend with games at 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 8th and the championship at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 9th.

The men’s squad, which finished the season at 16-11, is tied fourth in the country in free throw percentage at 77.8 percent to begin the week. Moravian, which was the nation’s leader in free throw percentage last season, has made 462of 594 attempts.