Education 12 March 2014

Celebration planned for USCAA National Champion UC Clermont Cougars

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A celebration is planned for Friday, March 14 in the Student Lounge at 12:30 p.m. to celebrate the USCAA National Champion Cougars. The #2 Lady Cougars defeated the #1 seed Central Maine Community College 69-51 to earn their first national title on March 8 Uniontown, Penn.

The National Championship celebration is open to the community.


“"It's a great reward for the Lady Cougars who played as one, remained poised, and played UC Smart to bring home our first title. So Awesome!” said Head Coach Mike Matthews who has been coaching at UC Clermont for 13 years and has 182 USCAA wins in the seven years the college has participated in the tournament.

The championship game went back and forth in action. The Central Maine Mustangs used a strong shooting performance to take a halftime lead (34-31). Keeping the Cougars in the game was Tournament MVP, Stacie Lee (Lakota West) who scored 10 points and 7 rebounds in the first half.

The Cougars picked up the pace in the second half, allowing the Mustangs to shoot just 21 percent (7-34) and outrebounding them 30-17. Lee continued her strong play in the second half with another 10 points and 7 rebounds. UC Clermont took lead for good with 16 minutes left to go in the game, shooting 57 percent in the half to increase their lead to double-digits.

USCAA 1st Team All-American, Lee, finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds. Fellow USCAA 1st Team All-American Ashley Keith (Clark Montessori), contributed to the win with 18 points and 7 rebounds followed by Dana Finney (Lockland) with 10, both were named to the All-Tournament Team.


For USCAA Championship highlights and recaps see links below:

Recap from March 7 game: #2 University of Cincinnati 67 - #3 Albany College of Pharmacy 66: http://uscaabasketball.prestosports.com/sports/wbkb/2013-14/releases/20…

Recap from March 6 game : #2 University of Cincinnati-Clermont 74 - #7 University of Maine-Augusta 45 http://uscaabasketball.prestosports.com/sports/wbkb/2013-14/releases/20…

The UC Clermont College Student Lounge is located in Peters-Jones Building on campus, 4200 Clermont College. Drive. For more information about the UC Clermont College Women’s Basketball Team, visit: http://www.ucclermont.edu/athletics/WomensBasketball.html

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