Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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Pennington by Kevin Fambrough To receive attention in sports, it has to be done big. Winning a World Series in four straight games could do it. A football team's defensive stand on the one-yard line is another example. The women's basketball team received some attention by winning their first overtime game ever played, against William Carey College of Mis- sissippi, 69-67. Nearly reaching a hundred points in three games and a third-place finish in the Louisiana small college tournament were other impressive parts of the 1976- 77 season forthe Lady Colonels. The addition of four freshmen and a transfer sophomore to five returning players helped coach Steve Wiesch- haus' team finish with a 10-13 record. Tryouts were held before the begin- ning of the fall semester for grants-in- aid, the first type of financial aid offered to women athletes at Nicholls. The women opened their season in the fall with two wins against the Uni- versity of New Orleans, 91-45, and Dil- lard University, 68-57, setting records for points scored in a game C911 and the first time the team had won the first two games of the season. Patty Bubrig goes up over the head of Southern Mississippi's player for a shot. Bubrig, named best defensive player, has an average of 16.4 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. Almost dwarfed by Louisiana Tech's player, Liz Candilora goes up for a basket. Candilora at 5'11Vz was the Lady Colonels' tallest player. Height was a major problem for the team this year. Five consecutive defeats followed during the Christmas holidays and early Ianuary, including a 119-77 loss to Southeastern Louisiana University, the eventual small college national cham- pion. The losing streak was snapped with the overtime win against William Carey College, with Freshman Liz Candilora scoring 19 points, 10 rebounds and blocking 3 shots. Iunior Patty Bubrig had been the leading scorer in five of the first seven games with a 15.1 point average. After a road defeat to McNeese, the Lady Colonels defeated their second VVomen's Basket! ill