Tamika Dudley and Kim Mac Millan named to Division I All-Met team

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April 11, 2001

Sophomores Tamika Dudley (Woodbridge, VA) and Kim Mac Millan (Toms River, NJ) each added another award to their vast collection today as they were named to the Division I women's basketball All-Met team.

The awards are given to the elite players from New York City, New Jersey and Long Island by the Met Basketball Writers Association. The official presentation will take place Wednesday, April 18 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ.

It is just the latest in a long line of awards for the dynamic duo that guided the Blackbirds (16-15) to their first Northeast Conference title and first NCAA Tournament appearance. LIU finished with its most victories since 1976-77 and its first winning campaign since 1979-80.

Dudley has established herself as one of the most tenacious and feared post players in the league. A first-team All-NEC selection, the 5-9 forward was fifth in the league with 16.2 points per game and third with 8.4 rebounds per contest. She easily paced the NEC with 107 offensive rebounds.

She recorded 11 double-doubles this season, including seven straight from January 25-February 12, and has 13 for her career. Dudley also was tabbed NEC and Eastern Basketball Player of the Week on February 5.

Dudley enjoyed her greatest moment at the NEC Tournament, where she averaged 19.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per contest to win Most-Valuable-Player honors. In the semifinals against Quinnipiac, Dudley poured in a career-high 31 points on 9-of-19 shooting to help LIU rally from a 16-point deficit for an 80-74 overtime victory.

As a freshman, Dudley averaged 10.4 points per contest and was named to the NEC All-Rookie team.

A repeat All-Met winner, Mac Millan is one of the nation's most deadly outside shooters and proved it again this season. The 5-7 guard nailed 108 three-pointers to finish second in the nation for the second straight season and has connected from beyond the arc in 44 straight contests, nine shy of the NCAA mark.

Mac Millan, who led the NEC with 18.6 points per game this season, owns the top two single-season school marks in both scoring and 3-pointers. She is the Blackbirds' sixth all-time leading scorer with 1,170 points, just 173 shy of equaling the top mark, and averaged 18.0 points at the NEC Championship to make the All-Tournament team.

Her most memorable moment came on February 12, when the Blackbirds rallied from a 12-point deficit for a thrilling 85-84 overtime triumph over Monmouth. On the night she became the 11th player in school history and the first sophomore to reach 1,000 career points, Mac Millan nailed the decisive 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left to give LIU its only lead in the extra session.

Mac Millan scored at least 20 points in 10 of 11 contests from January 18-February 19 and was tabbed NEC Player of the Week on February 19. As a freshman, she was named the league's Rookie of the Year and was selected second team All-NEC.

The Blackbirds defeated Mount St. Mary's on March 5 for just the second time in school history to claim the NEC crown before falling to Connecticut on March 17 in the NCAA Tournament.