Sports News: Spring 2004

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

KIM HUGHES & MORAVIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SQUAD CONTINUE TO BE RANKED IN NCAA STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Senior guard Kim Hughes (Manasquan, NJ/St. Rose HS) is ranked individually, and the Moravian College women’s basketball team is also ranked nationally in the ninth NCAA Division III basketball statistical rankings released by the NCAA on Wednesday.

Hughes, who has helped the Greyhounds to an 18-9 record this season, is ranked 18th in the country in free throw percentage at 85.0 percent (68 of 80).

The Moravian women are ranked ninth in the nation as a team in free throw percentage, making 74.4 percent of their free throws (526 of 707). The Greyhounds have the best single game performance of the season at the charity stripe this year and in the history of the NCAA with a 35-for-35 performance versus Susquehanna University on December 7, 2003. Moravian has made 182 more free throws than its opponents this season, and the squad has made just 16 fewer free throws than it opponents have attempted this winter.

Moravian will host Catholic University of America in an Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Championship Tournament First Round game on Wednesday, March 3rd beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Johnston Hall.