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Women's Basketball Looks Towards 2010-11
4/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
April 18, 2010
BOCA RATON, FL - The Florida Atlantic women's basketball team reached new heights during the 2009-10 season. Head coach Chancellor Dugan led her team to 10 conference wins and a fifth overall seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, the most wins and highest seed the Owls have received since joining the conference four seasons ago. FAU's 14 overall victories are also the most since the program joined the Sun Belt.
"I was really excited for the senior class to leave such an outstanding mark on this program," said head coach Chancellor Dugan. "They took it from the A-Sun and transitioned it to a contender in the Sun Belt. I'm proud of them."
Two of those seniors, Brittany Bowe and Carla Stubbs both capped off their final seasons by surpassing the 1,000-point mark in the same game, on February 10, 2010 against Louisiana-Lafayette.
The pair of seniors finished their careers eighth and ninth on respectively on the FAU all-time scoring list.
Bowe also received individual accolades, being named to the third team all-conference in addition to being a first team all-district academic All-American. The Ocala native finished the season leading the Owls in minutes per game (33.3) and 2nd in the Sun Belt in assists per game (4.8).
Despite having seven seniors depart the roster, FAU will reload in 2010-11, adding eight new players to the mix.
"We filled all of our needs with this recruiting class," said Dugan. Now it's going to be up to the newcomers and the returnees to gel and become a team."
Amongst the returnees is shooting guard Lyrell Barfield. The junior college transfer had a breakout season that included Sun Belt Player of the Week honors for her performance during the week of 2/2-2/7.
The pure scorer recorded a career-high 24 points in a win at North Texas on Feb. 3 only to top that with a new career-high 25 points in a win at Denver three days later. Barfield started 26 of 29 games in her first season as an Owl and finished two points ahead of Bowe for the team scoring title with 356 points.
The other key returnee for FAU is Teri Stamps, who appeared in all 29 games and finished the season ranked 3rd in the Sun Belt Conference in three-point shooting (38-for-84, 45.2%).
With Stamps and Barfield projected into the starting five, FAU has three open starting spots up for grabs in preseason workouts this summer and fall. With a lot of holes, the incoming class is a welcomed sight, with eight players in total and a vast spectrum of skill sets.
"We've got size, quickness, shooting ability and defensive ability all coming in," Dugan said.
One of FAU's biggest needs, a point guard, will be filled by Takia Brooks (5'6", Miami, FL/Lourdes Academy). Brooks is the #236 ranked player in the nation by the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
Up front, Vontrice Dennis, April Goins, Shavonne Seymore are all junior college transfers that will provide an experience and athletic front-court presence for FAU on both ends of the floor.
Chaquera Kent, Alexis Parker, Kim Smith and Latavia Dempsey are all incoming freshman that round out the class for FAU.
For more information about FAU's 2010-11 signing class, click here. For Dan Olsen's Collegiate Girls Basketball Scouting Report of FAU's 2010-11 signing class, click here.
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