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Women’s Baseketball: Cajuns Place Three On All-Louisiana Women’s Basketball TeamVeal named to third team; Wilridge, Gordon on honorable mention team
BATON ROUGE – After helping the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns women’s basketball team to its best record in over a decade and culminated by Women’s Basketball Invitational title, Keke Veal, Kia Wilridge and Jaylyn Gordon were named to the All-Louisiana Women’s Basketball team that was released by the organization. Veal, a junior from Opelousas, was a third-team selection while Wilridge and Gordon were each named to the honorable mention team. Veal, who was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference team last month, led Louisiana in scoring (14.9 ppg.), assists (3.3) and was second on the team in steals (2.3). The junior was named to the all-tournament team at the Sun Belt Conference Championships before being named the Most Valuable Player at the Women’s Basketball Invitational. Wilridge, a junior from Crowley, averaged 12.3 points per game and finished tied for the team-lead with 4.5 rebounds per game while leading the Sun Belt Conference and finishing 22nd nationally with 2.9 steals per game. Wilridge, who became the first player since Kim Perrot (1989-90) to record 100 steals in a season, earned third-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors and was named to the WBI All-Tournament team. Gordon, a sophomore from Edgard, finished second on the team in scoring with a 13.4 average while leading the team in free throw percentage (.771) and 3-pointers made (2.1). Gordon scored in double figures in 29 games on the season for the Ragin’ Cajuns and earned WBI All-Tournament honors. LSU’s Danielle Ballard was named the Player of the Year in voting by the state’s women’s basketball sports information directors and a statewide panel of media members. Kolby Morgan of Tulane was selected as the Freshman of the Year with Louisiana Tech’s Brandi Wingate named Newcomer of the Year. DoBee Plaisance of Nicholls State was named the LSWA Coach of the Year. LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM (Players listed on each team alphabetically) FIRST TEAM Danielle Ballard, LSU Allison Baggett, McNeese Whitney Frazier, Louisiana Tech Kourtney Pennywell, LSU-Shreveport Janelle Perez, Northwestern State SECOND TEAM Sharnice Brooks, ULM Kendra Coleman, Southern Raigyne Moncrief, LSU Jenny Nash, Nicholls Janeicia Neely, Loyola THIRD TEAM Randi Brown, UNO Whitney Gathright, Xavier Kolby Morgan, Tulane Kelia Shelton, Louisiana Tech Keke Veal, Louisiana HONORABLE MENTION Danielle Blagg, Tulane Jaylyn Gordon, Louisiana Jalyn Johnson, McNeese Kia Wilridge, Louisiana PLAYER OF THE YEAR — Danielle Ballard, LSU FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR — Kolby Morgan, Tulane NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR — Brandi Wingate, Louisiana Tech COACH OF THE YEAR — DoBee Plaisance, Nicholls
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