Thursday, February 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 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 seventh release of the NCAA Division III basketball statistics for the 2002-03 season including games through February 16th.

The men’s squad, which is 15-9 overall and 8-5 in the Commonwealth Conference on the season, is ranked third in the country in free throw percentage at 78.1 percent to begin the week. Moravian, which was the nation’s leader in free throw percentage last season, has made 418 of 535 attempts.

The Greyhounds will return to action on Saturday, February 22nd in a Commonwealth Conference game versus Juniata College beginning at 4:00 p.m.

Hughes is seventh in the nation in three-point field goal percentage at 43.4 percent (43 of 99). Moravian, which is 18-6 on the season and 9-4 in the Commonwealth Conference, is 19th in the county in scoring offense, averaging 75.2 points per game, and the squad is 28th in the nation in free throw percentage at 73.0 percent (416 of 570).

The Moravian women will return to action on Saturday, February 22nd in a Commonwealth Conference game versus Juniata College beginning at 2:00 p.m.