Terrier Volume 78, Number 1 - Spring 2014 | Page 16

Women’s Basketball Sets School Record With 19 Victories

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omen’s basketball continued its steady upward climb under
second-year head coach John Thurston. The squad set a single
season school record with 19 wins and won a program record
10 NEC contests. The Terriers
defeated three teams that qualified
for the NCAA Tournament; Robert
Morris, Army, and Pennsylvania.
Junior guard Eilidh Simpson ’15
was named to the Northeast
Conference Second Team while
guard Leah Fechko ’16 was
named to the All-Defensive Team.
One of the top scoring guards on
the circuit, Simpson finished
among the top-ten in scoring
Eilidh Simpson ’15 came into her
own this year, increasing her points
(14.5 pg), while ranking second in
per game by five from her
three-point field goal percentage
sophomore season.
(38.6 percent), third in free-throw

percentage (84.8 percent), and fifth in field goal percentage (45.4
percent). Fechko, who was named to the 2012-13 All-Northeast
Conference Rookie Team a year ago, helped anchor a Terrier defense
that led the conference in scoring
defense (allowing 62.3 pg), field
goal percentage defense (38.1
percent), and finished second in
three-point field goal percentage
defense (29.5 percent). The
Twinsburg, OH native finished
among the top 10 in free-throw
percentage (80 percent) steals
(47), and offensive rebounds (77)
while being ranked among the
top-15 in total rebounding (6.5),
assists (2.66), three-point field
Leah Fechko ’16 was a vital piece
goal percentage (34.9 percent),
of the Terrier’s stingy defense.
and defensive rebounds (112). ●

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