Athletics Headlines: Women's Basketball Concludes Season as AMC Champs

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March 3, 2006

Women's Basketball Concludes Season as AMC Champs

The Lady Spartans dropped their season finale in a heartbreaker to McKendree College 50-48 in the AMC Tournament Championship game. MBU falls to 25-7 overall. The Lady Spartans have received an at large bid to the NAIA National Tournament. MBU is ranked 28th in the nation. The tournament will host 32 teams in all. The seedings will not be released until March 8th. The tournament will start March 15th in Jackson, TN.

MBU can boast of being the American Midwest Conference Champions with a conference mark of 12-2. MBU went into their final game riding a ten game winning streak. The Lady Spartans held a 28-21 halftime advantage, but went cold in the final twenty minutes. However, the MBU defense held tight as the Lady Spartans had one last look at the basket in the closing seconds, but could not get a shot off.

MBU's LaTrice McMichel and Angela Cerrito were named to the AMC First Team. McMichel was named the AMC Player of the Year and MBU's Danny Wingate was named AMC Coach of the Year.