Highlights

Campus News

Wildcat Weekly Minute for Nov. 17, 2011

A look at what's happening on campus this week.

Faith

Cleansed through the Cross

Dr. Quarles speaks on the efficacy of Christ's sacrifice at weekly chapel

Sports

LC hoops teams wrap up homestand with pair of wins

Off to Ozarks, UT-Dallas next

Organizations

LC media student give to Toys for Tots

More than 100 toys will help local charity

Campus Life

February is Heart Health Awareness Month

Stay healthy and 'God Red'

Culture

All the Shakespeare you could laugh at… and more!

tlc's adaptation of 'Shakespeare Abridged' pulls out all the stops

Special Coverage

LC brings another successful ‘Follow the Star’

'Christmas on the Hill' and 'Gala' add to festive weekend

Lady Wildcats fall at George Fox

by Craig Kaufman

Season comes to an end in Division III Tournament

NEWBERG, Or. -- The most successful season in the last decade of Louisiana College women’s basketball came to a close on Friday night. The Lady Wildcats fell to defending champions George Fox 65-49 in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament.

Louisiana College was victimized all night by George Fox’s ability to hit crucial three-pointers that did more than answer when the Lady Wildcats were able to get buckets, and prevented LC from gaining any momentum in the game. The Bruins shot 41 percent from behind the three-point line, to go with 41 percent from the field.

Arianna Mohsenian, the high scorer for the Wildcats, was 6-7 from downtown, and scored 20 points in only 22 minutes of action.

“We knew she was a really good scorer, so it’s disappointing that we couldn’t find her,” head coach Janice Joseph-Richard said of Mohsenian and the missed defensive assignments that plagued LC.

Mohsenian gave credit to her teammates for their crisp passes and their ability to find her with an open look. “We knew that we had to come out focused and stay focused. We knew that this team was going to be really tough to play, and they were tough,” said the sophomore guard.

A five point lead for the Lady Wildcats early in the game turned into a 31-point deficit with just under seven minutes remaining, and Louisiana College could not pull one of their famous comebacks.

Highly touted 6’5” center Hannah Munger played a serviceable but not outstanding game for the Bruins, as Lady Cats center Voneshia Williams had the better of the interior play. Voneshia grabbed 13 boards and put in fifteen points, while holding Munger to 11 and 11.

“I was trying to do my best on guarding her, because I knew for once she was going to be the biggest post player I’ve ever played,” said the freshman, who is already looking forward to working in the off-season and getting back at it next year.

LC was also plagued by the loss of two key players for significant portions of the game. Starting point guard Brianna Lewis missed much of the first half to receive treatment for an ankle injury she suffered.

More prominent was the loss of starting shooting forward Christy Pantallion, who was suspended for the game at the discretion of Coach Richard.

“It was a decision I made. It was a disciplinary thing,” was all the information given by the coach about the decision to sit the second-leading scorer on the Lady Wildcats roster.

“We’ve been working against her all week,” admitted Bruin coach Scott Rueck, who commented on how the loss of Pantallion would hurt the depth of the Wildcats. “Down the court, they weren’t going to have quite the athlete that we would normally anticipate that they would.”

Roslyn Wilmer, who started the game in place of Pantallion, led the Lady cats with 18 points, including shooting 7-11 from the field and hitting two three-pointers in the first half. Leading scorer Tillisha Givens was held to three points, and of the other LC players, only Natosha Gottlieb (7 points) scored more than one basket.

“I told the ladies after the game that despite the score, I was really proud of them, and I wanted them to focus more on this season,” said Coach Richard. “It was a great year. We have a lot of young players, and we’ve started a tradition. This is the level we want to be playing at every year. So yes, we have started looking to the future.”

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