Sunday, March 4, 2007

 

TUSCULUM’S BROOKE UNDERWOOD NAMED TO SAC ALL-TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL TEAM

 

Brooke Underwood                HICKORY, N.C. --- Tusculum College’s Brooke Underwood has been named to the 2007 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament All-Tournament Team announced league officials Sunday afternoon at the league tournament.

 

                Underwood, a senior guard from Knoxville, Tenn., averaging 13.5 points and nine assists per game in tournament play as the Pioneers advanced to the SAC Tournament semifinals for a second consecutive year.

 

                Underwood wraps up her Tusculum career with 580 assists, the second most in school history and fourth most in the SAC record book.

 

                Tusculum lost in Saturday’s semifinal to eventual tournament champion Newberry College.  The Pioneers ended the season with a 16-13 overall record, its second straight winning campaign.

 

- SAC –

 

2007 South Atlantic Conference All-Tournament Team

Ashlee Wright, Newberry (MVP)

Tonique Fraiser, Newberry

Shari Buford, Carson-Newman

Brooke Underwood, Tusculum

Tanetra Barrett, Wingate