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Sports News: Spring 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 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 11th NCAA Division III statistics release of the 2008-09 season including games through March 8th.

Junior forward Alyssa Bisci (Easton, PA/Easton HS) is ranked seventh in the country in free throw percentage at 89.7 percent having made 130 of 145 free throw attempts in 27 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 87.6 percent for the season, and she is 92 of 105 at the line in 27 games.

Sophomore guard/forward Amy Heffner (Schnecksville, PA/Parkland HS), pictured at bottom right, is 33rd in the country in free throw percentage at 85.4 percent, having made 76 of 89 free throw attempts in the 26 games she has played in.

Moravian remained top team in the nation in free throw percentage this season for the seventh straight week at 80.3 percent, making 564 of 702 free throw attempts, both the made free throws and attempted free throws being the top number in the country among the ranked teams.  The Greyhounds are 27th in scoring offense at 73.0 points per game.

The Greyhounds, who finished the season 21-7 overall and finished 10-4 in the Landmark Conference regular season, hosted the first and second round of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament where they fell to Tufts (MA) University 80-70 in the first round.