Women's
Basketball falls to Connecticut, 101-29, in first NCAA Tournament
appearance
Mar. 17, 2001
Long Island's most
successful season in over two decades ended tonight in its first
NCAA Tournament appearance, 101-29 against top-seeded Connecticut
in Storrs, CT.
Champions of the Northeast
Conference, the Blackbirds (16-15) finished with the most victories
since their 1976-77 campaign and closed with a winning mark for
the first time since the 1979-80 season.
Seeded 16th in the
East Region, LIU was no match for the defending national champions.
The Huskies scored the game's first 18 points and had the Blackbirds
on their heels. Six players scored in double figures for Connecticut,
which shot 58 percent (44-of-76) from the field.
Sophomore Kim Mac Millan
(Toms River, NJ) scored 15 points for the Blackbirds, but was
just 6-of-25 from the floor and 2-of-16 from 3-point range.
Mac Millan closed the
season with 576 points, 18 shy of her own single-season school
record. She has scored 1,170 career points, sixth best in school
history, and has nailed a 3-pointer in 44 straight contests.
Fellow standout Tamika
Dudley (Woodbridge, VA) struggled to just five points on 1-of-15
shooting and was hounded all game by a persistent defense. Dudley
closed the season with 502 points, third best in LIU annals, and
has 805 career points.
The Blackbirds shot
just 15 percent (10-of-65) from the floor, 3-of-22 from beyond
the arc and were outrebounded, 57-31.
