Wednesday, February 2, 2011

THREE GREYHOUND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS RANKED IN NCAA STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Three members of the Moravian College women’s basketball team are ranked in the sixth NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Statistics Ranking of the 2010-11 season through games of January 30th, and the Greyhounds are ranked in two team categories.

Junior forward Alexandra Blair (Hellertown, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) is 11th in the nation in blocked shots per game with an average of 3.5.  Blair, pictured at right, has recorded 70 blocked shots in 20 games this year, just eight shy of the single season school record she set last year.

Senior forward Amy Heffner (Schnecksville, PA/Parkland HS) is 41st the nation in points per game with a scoring average of 18.1.  Heffner, pictured at left, has scored 361 points in 20 contests this season for Moravian, reaching double figures in 19 of 20 games.

Senior guard/forward Emily Smith (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg South HS) is 34th in the country in free throw percentage at 85.5 percent.  Smith, pictured at bottom right, is 53-for-62 at the foul line this year in 15 games, and she is one of four Moravian players shooting over 80 percent at the line this season.

The Greyhounds are seventh in the nation in free throw percentage at 76.9 percent.  Moravian has made 413-of-537 free throws this season, and the squad is fourth in blocked shots with an average of 6.3 per contest with 126 total blocked shots.

Moravian is 13-7 overall and 8-1 in Landmark Conference action, and the Greyhounds will return to action on Friday, February 4th in a Landmark Conference contest versus The Catholic University of America with tip-off at 5:30 p.m. in Johnston Hall.