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Sports News: Spring 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

THREE GREYHOUNDS, MORAVIAN TEAM RANKED IN NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STATISTICS
Greyhounds Lead Nation in Free Throw Percentage

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Three members of the Moravian College women’s basketball team and the Greyhound squad are ranked in the tenth NCAA Division III statistics release of the 2008-09 season including games through March 1st.

Junior forward Alyssa Bisci (Easton, PA/Easton HS) is ranked seventh in the country in free throw percentage at 90.1 percent having made 127 of 141 free throw attempts in 26 games.  Bisci, pictured at right, had made a school record 50 straight free throws from December 12th to January 25th.

Junior guard Jessica Foran (Annandale, NJ/Rutgers Prep HS), pictured at left, is 20th in the nation in free throw percentage at 87.4 percent for the season, and she is 90 of 103 at the line in 26 games.

Sophomore guard/forward Amy Heffner (Schnecksville, PA/Parkland HS), pictured at bottom right, is 31st in the country in free throw percentage at 85.7 percent, having made 72 of 84 free throw attempts in the 25 games she has played in.

Moravian remained top team in the nation in free throw percentage this season for the seventh straight week at 80.2 percent, making 543 of 677 free throw attempts, the made free throws being the top number in the country.  The Greyhounds are 29th in scoring offense at 73.1 points per game.

The Greyhounds, who are 21-6 overall and finished 10-4 in the Landmark Conference regular season, are hosting the first and second rounds of the 2009 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament in Johnston Hall later this week.  Moravian will play Tufts (MA) University in the second game of the first day of the tournament on Friday, March 6th with tip-off no earlier than 7:00 p.m.