November 21, 2003
by Stephanie Philip, Pride sports information

Greensboro College women’s basketball finished 16-9 and tied for second place in the conference last year. The Pride's improvement was the fourth best among all NCAA Division III women's basketball teams. 

“We are hoping to finish even better this year, we have a lot of young talent, and a hopeful future ahead of us," stated GC Head Coach Jason Tuggle.

GC returns 10 letter winners from last year's eye opening season. Perhaps giving Tuggle's team motivation, the other USA South coaches picked The Pride to finish fourth in the conference. 

Since this year’s team is young and does not have any seniors, Tuggle expects  that someone will step up and lead the team to success. The 2003-04 team has 5 juniors, 5 sophomores and 4 freshmen. 

The Pride's leading scorer last year was Chirstina Daniels. She averaged 14.6 points per game as a freshman and was a second team all-conference pick. Returning in the backcourt with Daniels is junior point guard Davenna Brown. She averaged 7 points and 3.6 assists per contest last and earned conference tournament team honors last year.

In the front court, sophomore Sally Rice returns after averaging 9 points and 9 rebounds for The Pride. Fellow post player April Hall returns. The sophomore shot 54-percent from the field as a freshman.

Keona Tisdale, Katrina Robinson and Amanda Currie return provide depth at the guard position. Returning forwards from last years are Adanna McDowell, Jamie Funk, and Amanda Clark will battle for playing time in the front court. With GC's expected depth, don't be surprised if Tuggle uses 3-guard lineups and other options.

The recruiting class brought in three strong freshman who will play with The Pride: Paris Buckner, Angelia Hurst, and Ruthanne Clark. Clark is a transfer from Elon University, who came to play volleyball at GC. She has freshman eligibility to play basketball and was picked to the USA South second team in the recently completed volleyball season. 

The team’s goals and expectations this year are just to improve and be competitive day in and day out, and to better their record and hopefully make a run at the conference title this year.

“Since we are young and will not lose any players in the next two years that it will be interesting to see who steps up and shows leadership”, said Coach Tuggle.