2005 Championship Bracket (pdf)

Contact: Brad Fields For Immediate Release

Asst. AD/Communications March 7, 2005

Phone: 803-641-3252

SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS SELECT 2004-05 ALL-REGION TEAMS

FIRST-TEAM SELECTIONS ADVANCE ON TO ALL-AMERICAN BALLOT

AIKEN, S.C.—With regular season play and conference tournaments completed, the 2004-05 Daktronics Division II Women’s Basketball South Atlantic All-Region teams have been released. Four of the 10 players selected will be competing in this week’s NCAA Division II Tournament.

Kiarsha Curtis (Shaw University), Crystal Clary (Lenoir-Rhyne College), Allyson Hardy (Bowie State University), Joy Hairston (Shaw University), and Lauren Goss (Johnson C. Smith University) head up the First-Team.

The Second-Team members are: Brooke Johnson (Carson-Newman College), Cassie King (North Carolina Central University), Rebecca Wessinger (Presbyterian College), Veronica Taylor (Wingate University), and Celeste Trahan (Elizabeth City State University).

Curtis, a 5-8 senior from Capital Height, Md., led Shaw University to a 29-1 record, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association regular season and tournament titles, and a number two national ranking. Curtis averaged 17.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, and 3.5 spg as the Lady Bears will host this weekend’s NCAA South Atlantic regional with a 19-game winning streak.

Clary, a 6-1 senior center from Hampton, Va., is a two-time First-Team All-Region selection. She averaged 16.5 ppg and 10.9 rpg in posting 12 double doubles for Lenoir-Rhyne. She led the conference and ranked 12^th in Division II in rebounding.

Hardy, a 5-6 senior guard from Germantown, Md., led the CIAA in scoring at 21.7 ppg. A former CIAA Player of the Week, Hardy became Bowie State’s all-time leading scorer earlier this season and ranks in the top seven in the conference in career points (1,971) and assists (459).

Hairston, a 6-1 senior guard from Durham, N.C., was another key cog in the Shaw team that is 29-1 and ranked second in Division II. She averaged 18.6 ppg and 6.6 rpg in twice being named the CIAA Player of the Week.

Goss, a 5-10 senior forward from Morrow, Ga., just missed averaging a double double with 17.5 ppg and 9.7 rpg. She ranked in the top five in the conference in scoring, rebounding, blocks, and field goal percentage.

First-Team selections will now go on the national ballot for All-America consideration.

2004-05 Daktronics Division II

Women’s Basketball South Atlantic All-Region

March 7, 2005

First-Team

Kiarsha Curtis, Shaw University

Crystal Clary, Lenoir-Rhyne College

Allyson Hardy, Bowie State University

Joy Hairston, Shaw University

Lauren Goss, Johnson C. Smith University

Second-Team

Brooke Johnson, Carson-Newman College