After emerging in her freshman season, sophomore guard Mackenzie Loesing is receiving local recognition from the 'Big 4.' Loesing was named the women's Preseason All-Big 4 Player of the Year.
At 6-foot-2, Christa Baccas stands above nearly every other women's basketball player on the court.
CLEVELAND - March 12, 2012, was one of the hardest days of Felisha Legette-Jack's life. It was the day Indiana University Athletic Director Fred Glass informed her she had been fired. "You don't know what to believe in at times," Legette-Jack said.
CLEVELAND -Mackenzie Loesing doesn't mind the lights. On Wednesday afternoon, on the biggest stage she has seen, the freshman guard nicknamed "Truck"played protagonist and drove her squad further in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Loesing scored 24 points -17 in the final nine minutes -to help the women's basketball team cruise to the quarterfinals with an 82-70 upset win over No.
G - Margeax Gupilan 5'7" - Junior, San Valley, Calif. Gupilan averaged 2.8 assists per game last season, primarily due to her limited minutes behind senior Ephesia Holmes.
Wednesday afternoon, a very promising season came to an end as the opponent's 3-point shooting once again subdued the women's basketball team. Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio was the site where guard Shonda Long of Central Michigan (20-9,11-5 Mid-American Conference) tied a MAC Tournament single-game record with seven 3-pointers against the Bulls (16-15, 8-8 MAC). Long exploded for 40 points in the Quarterfinals to push the Chippewas past the Bulls by the score of 90-69. With the season ending, so too did the careers of four seniors.
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