Freed Hardeman University - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Henderson, TN)

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-1- Row 1 Mechelle Ellis Lisa Page Mitzi Holloway Lesley Eakins Marcia Young Kathy Dye and Alicia Mays Row 2 Coach Randy Brown Marchell Ragsdale Sonya Smith Sheila Welch Gina Sweat Teresa Clark Shalene Grinder and Tabitha Pigman manager With pressure coming from the defensive guard, Gina Sweat gets the ball across halt' court before the alotted time runs out. photo by Richard Claiborne Women s Basketball A year of ups and downs characterized the 1986 87 Lady Lion basketball season as they ended with a 12 17 overall mark and a 5 11 conference record under the direction of flrst year coach Randy Brown Although the team played well at tlmes as seen 1n wms over the Umversity of North Alabama and Davld Lipscomb at home F HC was consistently haunted by unfamthar courts and dnd not play up to thetr potential on several occaslons 1n other gyms The Lady Llons contmued to struggle wrth this problem of inconsistency but showed several brnght spots ln mdxvtdual categories Lesley Eakins a semor post player for the Lady Lions hauled down 8 3 rebounds a game to fnmsh third in the conference in thus area Mechelle Ellis was also represented in the conference stat sheets wrth a 55 596 field goal average second only to Umon s Jackle Graham who had 59 6fVo average Elhs also placed tenth ln scoring for the con ference Desplte the dxsappomttng fnmsh for the year the Llons led by Coach Brown are an improved squad that features a more aggres slve defense motion offense and a general desire for success As Brown says They are learning more about what it takes to be winners Due to Brown who brought en thusrasm and a splrlt of perfectnon to a strug glnng team the Llons show the potentlal for developmg lnto a conference contender wlth hard work and dedication ln the 87 88 sea son The 86 87 Lady L1ons team IS as follows senior Lesley Eakms juniors Lisa Page So nya Smlth Gma Sweat Shella Welch and Marcna Young sophomores Kathy Dye Me chelle Ellis and Ahcla Mays freshmen Tere sa Clark Shalene Grlnder M1121 Holloway and Marchell Ragsdale Managers for the Lions are Sherry Bates Tammy Bradshaw Kam Jadwln and Tabttha Plgman Those not returning to the squad next year are semor Lesley Eaklns and Sonya Smlth who wlll complete her engineering degree at Tennessee Tech W 1 ' 1 1 y . 1 K 1 l g . . . . . . W .... ...... b ...ua s Y , ..,,t ,M-.Maw ,, , ,, I -'WA - - , , . -1.-0 o-n-un U' . . 1 1 1 ,..,., , ,,,,, , - ' ' ' ' ' 11111 gr 1 1 1 1 1 . cc - 1 . 11 - 1 1 . . . 1 1 . . . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 ' 5 1 1 1 1 1 I , - . WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 1 77