2007-08 Women's Basketball Campaign Marked By Improvements, Accolades

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March 19, 2008

2007-08 Women's Basketball Campaign Marked By Improvements, Accolades

The 2007-08 Youngstown State women's basketball season was one which was marked with several team and individual accolades. Below is a list of the Penguins' accomplishment this past year.

• The Penguins won 14 regular season games, which is the most since the 1999-2000 squad won 22. The Guins also matched the school-mark for most Horizon League victories with eight. The 2001-02 team also won eight league contests.

• Senior Lauren Branson moved into a tie for fifth place on the YSU all-time assists chart with 493.

• Branson's 167 assists in 2007-08 rank fourth on the single-season while her 159 in 2004-05 rank sixth. Branson also led the league in total assists and 5.4 assists per game this season.

• Senior Heather Karner set the YSU single-season 3-pointers made record with 87, breaking the old mark of 78 set by Tiffany Adams in 1992-93.

• Karner led the team with 434 points and became the first player to score at least 400 points since the 2001-02 season. Her point total also ranks tied for 19th on the YSU single-season chart.

• Junior Tiara Scott was named All-Horizon League Second-Team after averaging 13.1 points per game. Scott also averaged 15 points and 6.6 rebounds per game against League opponents. She is also the third YSU player in the last four years to garner Horizon League All-Newcomer Team accolades.

• Scott's 405 points ranks 25th on the YSU single-season scoring chart while her 54.5 field-goal percentage ranks seventh.

• Karner and Scott are the first pair of players to score at 400 points in the same season since 1997-98 - Ann Marie Martin (506), Caroline McCombs (437) and Teresita Jones (402).

• Branson was named to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team.

• Junior Ashley Pendleton moved into a tie for ninth place on the YSU all-time blocks chart with 60 after swatting 33 shots in 2007-08. Her 33 blocks this year rank eighth on the single-season list.

• Branson also finished her career as YSU's top career free-throw shooter with an 82.4 free-throw percentage.

• Scott also made 24 consecutive free throws from Dec. 21, 2007, to Jan. 19, 2008. That total ranks sixth on the single-season list.

• Branson, Karner and senior Jessica Schloemp became the seventh, eighth and ninth player, respectively, to start a school record 31 games in a season.

• Schloemp also moved into a tie for sixth-place with 114 games played in a career. Her 618 career rebounds also rank 10th all-time.