The Hornet Tribune

Issue date: 4/7/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Oscar Daniels Shantrell Moss, SIAC player of the year, lead the Lady Panthers to an awesome season

Ranked No. 2 in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAC), the Lady Panthers (26-5) began their "Journey to the NCAA Tourney" in Alabama and ended it in the state right were they wanted. The state next door.

"We want to go out there and show them that we're ready to compete and hopefully bring home the championship,"said senior point guard and the teams' second leading scorer, Danielle Walker, days before the tournament in Mississippi.

Led by the SIAC Player of the Year Shantrell Moss, along with Walker and Sheaywond Williams, the Lady Panthers past Miles College (68-62) and Kentucky State (64-54) to square up with Fort Valley State University in the SIAC Championship game. After a hard fought battle, the Lady Panthers fell short 79-69 and received recognition as the SIAC runner-up.

The Lady Panthers' magnificent season run gave them an at-large bid to compete in the NCAA's South Regional Tournament. The Lady Panthers faced the No.3 seeded University of Tampa Spartans. After a hard fought team effort, the Lady Panthers fell short of advancing to the second round in a 63-60 loss. Shantress Thrash led with 15 points and Moss and Jessica Wright combined for 28.

This season the Lady Panthers put on a successful run in several areas of the game. They finished with the SIAC Player-of- the-Year, a conference leader in rebounds per game, a sixteen game-winning streak, the first ever ESPN ranking (24) in CAU's history and most conference wins. in school history. Moss and Walker finished their collegiate career averaging 24.6 and 14.9 points a contest.

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