McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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After knee surgery and a year’s lay- off, junior Cathy Griffen still has what it takes as she gets the re- bound against the Cardinals of La- mar. (Photo by T. Maricle) Front row, left to right: Cathy Huey, Coach Mike Raissa Prince. Back row: Donna Barrett, Jenniff Fountain, Assistant Coach Ann Robique. Second row: Cormier, Keri Weston, Kris LeDoux, Kim Turner, Pi) Cathy Griffen, Cathy Deshotel, Cathy Thurmon, Booker. (Photo by G. Little) BY | Lucrecia Simpson, Dorothy Briscoe, Pam Lafosse, : a | q 136 Sports

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Freshman Dorothy Briscoe’s ex- pression of tiredness was represen- tative of the entire team during the 1984-85 season. With only eight girls on the roster many played the full 40 - minutes. (Photo by G. Little) ‘ om ie aes : Pee igor pe : A 5 IE see AI Me Playing in all twenty-eight games during the season, starter Cathy Griffen pumps in two against the Buc-Kettes of UNO. (Photo by G. Lit- tle) Six-foot junior college transfer, Don- na Barrett, obtains good inside posi- tion against a Lamar Cardinal for a short jump shot. (Photo by T. Mari- cle) Basketball 135

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Picking Up the Pieces 1984-85 Cowgirl Basketball Nov. 21 Stephen F. Austin 57-63 Nov. 26 West FL Nov. 29 South AL Dec. 1 New Orleans Dec. 4NWLA Dec. 10 SW TX Dec. 12 Sam Houston Dec. 14 South AL Dec. 15 Spring Hill Dec. 17 New Orleans Jan. 7 SELA Jan. 10 Sam Houston Jan. 12 NW LA Jan. 14 SW TX 90-56 57-82 68-77 74-86 83-78 76-75 72-87 68-70 64-76 86-74 72-66 66-80 53-59 L Jan. W Jan. L Jan. L Jan. L Jan. W Feb. W Feb. L Feb. L Feb. L Feb. W Feb. W Feb. L Feb. L Mar. 19 North TX St 88-77 21 TX-Arlington 73-81 26 SW LA 73-72 28 NE LA 76-92 30 SE LA 58-65 4 AR St 85-67 7 South AL = 55-52 9 Lamar 62-65 14 North TX St 93-79 16 TX-Arlington 66-72 21 SWLA 71-61 23 NE LA 69-93 25 Lamar 76-80 2 AR St 62-66 ih in Sine PSS ei Sr With little depth on the bench, Coach Fountain was forced to play some inexperienced players to give his Starters a needed rest. (Photo by G. Little) gave new meaning to the term, ‘a 40-minute player’’. The Cowgirls began slowly, dropping a season-opening contest to Stephen F. Austin on the road 63-57. The next time out, however, the Cow- girls registered their first win, a 90-56 decision over West Flor- ida in Pensacola. Three straight losses fol- lowed the West Florida victory, and as McNeese prepared for its next home contest against Southwest Texas, Fountain’s concerns about depth be- came paramount. In all three losses — to New Orleans, South Alabama and Northwestern Louisiana — the Cowgirls had built comfortable halftime leads only to see them disappear in the second half as McNeese ran out of gas. Upgraded practices with more and more concentration on running began to strength- en McNeese for the heart of its schedule and the Cowgirls put together back-to-back wins for the first time with victories over Southwest Texas and Sam Houston State. With those wins it was also beginning to become appar- ent who the scorers were — Booker and Barrett. Both led, Booker ahead with 20.4 aver- age followed by Barrett with 18.6. Also in the scoring chase was Turner who got better and better as the season pro- gressed, averaging 12.9 points per game by season's end. Barrett's rebounding was another plus. She controlled the inside to average 14.7 re- bounds per contest, a figure that would keep her in the top ten nationally. The depth problem, howev- er, was one the Cowgirls could never quite overcome. Per- haps the most gallant effort of the season came at home against second ranked North- east Louisiana where the Cow- girls led by as many as ten points with just ten minutes re- maining in the contest only to fall in the final minutes 92-76. Booker put on a clinic in that contest scoring a game high, 33 points, and to show that it was no fluke, she came back two weeks later to score 32 continued Basketball 137