Category: Women’s Basketball (Page 5)

GARY, Ind.-A key NAIA/USCAA battle took place Saturday inside the Savannah Center on the campus of Indiana University Northwest. The host Redhawks wore down the Mustangs with dominant post play from one of the NAIA’s best centers in the country, Sharon Houston. The game was marked on the calendar by the Mustangs due to the high importance for postseason play in two associations. In the NAIA, the Mustangs and Redhawks…

DETROIT, Mich. — Marygrove College head coach Amanda Moore announced the addition of  Autumn Murry to the incoming 2017-18 recruiting class. Murry signed her National Letter-of-Intent to play women’s basketball for Marygrove College next winter. Murry is a 5-foot-8 guard from Southfield, Michigan. Murry is a student-athlete at Oakland Early College who plays basketball and volleyball. She was named as the team’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015 and 2016. She…

DETROIT, Mich. – The United States Intercollegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) has announced the 2016-17 Division 1 women’s basketball All-American awards. The All-American honors are selected by the USCAA All-American committee. Representing the Marygrove College women’s basketball team is #4, Elisha Major (SR/Flushing, MI). Major is a 5-foot-6 senior guard from Flushing, Michigan. She led the Mustangs in two categories this season including Average Points per Game 18.86 and Average Steals 2.17….

WINDSOR, Ont.-A road trip across the border did not come as a vacation for the Mustangs. With their shots not falling, the Mustangs were unable to overcome a 10-point halftime deficit and eventually lost a close battle, 66-55. A 29% effort from the field hindered the Mustangs from overtaking the Saints lead. Junior forward Ebony Jackson (Ferndale, Mich.) paced the Mustangs in defeat with 12 points. Jackson added five rebounds,…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-On Wednesday, the #9 ranked Mustangs hit the road for a cross-state showdown against the Cougars of Kuyper College. The Mustangs (7-8) went into the game heavy favorites as they looked to get back to the .500 mark before a 10-day layoff. A record-setting performance fueled a 68-28 rout of the Cougars. “We turned our defense up a notch tonight. I challenged the girls out of the gate…

Marygrove dropped its final road game of the season, losing at Aquinas by a score of 91-52. The Mustangs will enter the final game of the regular season with a record of 4-25, 1-20 (WHAC). Shooting only 25 percent for the game, including a 13 percent clip from behind the arc, the Mustangs trailed 37-28 at halftime before being outscored 52-24 in the second half. Marygrove was outscored 20-12 in…

Marygrove fell to Cornerstone on the road by a score of 87-48. The loss drops the Mustangs’ record to 4-24, 1-19 in the WHAC. Elisha Major led the Mustangs with 26 points on 10-18 shooting, including a 4-9 mark from three-point land. She tallied 15 points in the first half. The rest of the team only combined for 22 points, however, as both Teonna Pope (10 rebounds) and Shyra Eddings…

Marygrove had a cold shooting night, converting on only 28 percent of its field goal attempts in a 76-57 home loss to Lourdes University on Wednesday night. The loss drops the Mustangs’ record to 4-23 (1-18 WHAC) on the season. Marygrove trailed for the entirety, outscored 38-24 in the paint and giving up 20 points on 13 turnovers. The Mustangs shot only 12 percent from behind the arc for the…

After falling behind 30-4 at the end of one quarter, Marygrove heated up from the field and played inspired basketball as it ultimately dropped the road contest to Madonna 86-73. With the loss, Marygrove now sits at 4-22 (1-17 WHAC) as it enters the final four-game stretch of the season. The bulk of the Mustangs’ points were produced by three players, as Elisha Major (24 points), Breanna Thomas (21 points)…

Cold shooting plagued Marygrove throughout the contest, as the Mustangs were handed a 99-53 loss at the hands of visiting Indiana Tech. The loss brings Marygrove’s season record to 4-21 and 1-16 in the WHAC. Marygrove was only able to connect on 30.6 percent of its field goals in the first half, trailing 47-27 at halftime. That percentage dropped to 26.5 percent in the second half, as the Mustangs just…