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Carper
And Cloud Named Co-MVPs
Mustangs
Re-Write Record Book During National Championship Season
Carper
Named NAIA Division II National Player Of The Year
Lokken
Named Daktronics NAIA All-America/Scholar-Athlete
Carper
Named GPAC Player Of The Year
Mustangs
Ranked 5th In Final NAIA Division II Regular Season Poll
Jamie
Sale, head women’s basketball coach at Morningside College,
is the 2004 recipient of the Paul Maaske Memorial Award presented
by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA).
The award is presented each year to a non-Division I collegiate
coach in Iowa. The award is in honor of Paul Maaske, who was
a long time coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Sale was named the 2004 NAIA Division II National Coach of
the Year after he guided the Mustangs to a 34-4 record and
a national championship after the Mustangs defeated Cedarville
University 87-74 in the title game of the NAIA Division II
National Tournament.
Sale has compiled a 58-39 record in his three seasons at Morningside.
The Mustangs’ 34-4 record this past season was the best
in Morningside history, shattering the school’s previous
school record for victories in a season of 20 set during the
1985-86 and 1986-87 campaigns.
Sale, who was previously the head coach at Briar Cliff University,
has a 137-59 career record for a .699 winning percentage in
six seasons as a collegiate head coach. Five of his six teams
have qualified for national tournament play.
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| Brittany
Carper |
Megan
Cloud |
Brittany Carper,
a 5-11 junior guard from Sioux City, and Megan Cloud, a 5-8
junior guard from Sioux City, were named Co-Most Valuable
Players of Morningside College’s NAIA Division II National
Championship women’s basketball team at the Mustangs’
awards banquet held Saturday evening in the Sioux City Convention
Center.
Carper also received the Mustangs’ Offensive MVP award,
while Cloud received the Mustangs’ Hustle Award.
Carper was one of the most prolific scorers in the NAIA with
a Morningside single-season record 818 points in 38 games
for an average of 21.5 points per game. She also established
Morningside single-season records with 272 assists and 151
steals for averages of 7.2 assists and 4.0 steals per game.
She was the NAIA Division II regular season national leader
in both categories. She also averaged 5.8 rebounds per game
and topped the Mustangs with 27 blocked shots.
Carper made a school-record 216 free throws in 256 attempts
for 84.4 percent, 34 of 94 3-point field goal attempts for
36.2 percent, and 284 of 583 field goal attempts for 38.7
percent.
She set Morningside single-game records with 45 points against
Northwestern College on Jan. 31 and with 13 assists against
Northwestern on Nov. 19.
Carper is the second leading scorer and 18th leading rebounder
in Morningside history with 1,638 career points and 403 career
rebounds, respectively.
Cloud was the Mustangs’ second leading scorer and third
leading rebounder with norms of 18.9 points and 5.4 rebounds
per game. She ranked second on the team with 146 assists and
third with 113 steals for averages of 3.8 assists and 3.0
steals per game.
Cloud was the Mustangs’ season’s leader in field
goal, 3-point field goal, and free throw percentage. She made
225 of 443 field goal attempts for 50.8 percent, 90 of 200
3-point field goal attempts for 45.0 percent, and 179 of 208
free throw attempts for 86.1 percent.
She is the fifth leading scorer and 24th leading rebounder
in Morningside history with 1,463 career points and 378 career
rebounds, respectively.
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Kate
Lokken |
Kate Lokken, a 5-11
senior forward from Denison, Iowa, was named the Mustangs’
Defensive MVP.
Lokken had 122 steals for an average of 3.2 per game and will
graduate as the Mustangs’ all-time leader with 276 career
steals.
Aside from her defensive exploits, Lokken was the Mustangs’
leading rebounder and third leading scorer with averages of
7.4 rebounds and 18.1 points per game. She made a school-record
130 3-point field goals to push her career total to a school-record
303 career 3-pointers. Lokken is also the best free throw
shooter in Morningside history with 207 career free throws
in 240 career attempts for 86.3 percent.
Lokken finished her career as the third leading scorer and
ninth leading rebounder in Morningside history with 1,614
career points and 719 career rebounds, respectively.
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| Beth Watson |
Vanessa
Hasley |
Beth Watson, a 5-11 sophomore guard from Elk Horn, Iowa, received
the Sixth Man Award, while Vanessa Hasley, a 5-6 sophomore
guard from Ottumwa, Iowa, received the Most Improved Player
Award.
Watson averaged 7.5 points per game off the Mustangs’
bench and ranked fourth on the team with 55 assists. She made
77 of 219 3-point field goal attempts for 35.2 percent.
Hasley, who saw very limited action for the Mustangs’
last season, averaged 15.9 minutes per game this year and
played in all 38 games. She averaged 1.6 points and 1.4 rebounds
per game.
Morningside posted a 34-4 record during the 2003-04 season
and won the NAIA Division II National Tournament held March
10-15 in Sioux City.
Morningside enjoyed
its most successful women’s basketball season in school
history during the recently completed 2003-04 campaign.
The Mustangs posted a 34-4 record en route to the NAIA Division
II National Championship. The Mustangs broke 28 school records
and tied another during their storybook season.
The Mustangs’ 34 victories, including an 87-74 triumph
against Cedarville University in the title game of the NAIA
Division II National Tournament, shattered the former school
record of 20 wins in a season set during the 1985-86 and 1986-87
campaigns. The Mustangs’ .895 winning percentage also
shattered the former school victory rate record of .667 when
the 1981-82 team finished 16-8 and the 1986-87 team went 20-10.
Morningside opened the season with a school-record 17 consecutive
victories. The Mustangs also set records with 10 consecutive
wins on the road and 16 consecutive wins at home.
This year’s Morningside team was the highest scoring
team in school history with a scoring average of 87.6 points
per game to break the former single-season scoring standard
of 87.5 points per game in 1986-87.
The Mustangs’ most impressive team record was their
400 3-point field goals, which smashed the former record of
304 3-pointers by last year’s team as well as the existing
NAIA Division II national record of 311 3-pointers by Bethel
College in 2001-02.
 Morningside’s
most prolific 3-point shooter was Kate Lokken, a 5-11
senior forward from Denison, Iowa, who made a school-record
130 3-pointers to wipe out the former Mustangs’ single-season
standard of 90 3-pointers she set last season. Lokken’s
130 3-pointers also topped the existing NAIA Division II national
record of 121 3-pointers in a season set by Ketra Bell of
Bartlesville Wesleyan in 1994-95.
Lokken, the Mustangs’ lone senior, will graduate with
school record totals of 303 career 3-point field goals and
276 career steals. Lokken, who already held the Mustangs’
career 3-point field goal record entering the season, broke
the former Morningside record of 235 career steals set by
Amy Wilhelm from 1983-87. Lokken also graduates as the best
free throw shooter in Morningside history with 207 free throws
in 240 career attempts for 86.3 percent to erase Wilhelm’s
former career free throw accuracy record of 83.4 percent.
Lokken was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder this season
with an average of 7.4 rebounds per game. She was the team’s
top rebounder in 21 of their 38 contests and had the Mustangs’
top individual rebounding performance of the season with a
17-board haul in their 88-79 victory against NCAA Division
II Augustana College on Dec. 30 at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Lokken will graduate as the third leading scorer and ninth
leading rebounder in Morningside women’s basketball
history with 1,614 career points and 719 career rebounds,
respectively. She averaged 13.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per
game over her Morningside career.
 The
Mustangs’ most prolific individual record setter was
2004 NAIA Division II National Player of the Year Brittany
Carper, a 5-11 junior guard from Sioux City, who broke
no less than eight records.
Two of her record-setting performances came against Northwestern
College. Carper dealt 13 assists in the Mustangs’ 81-61
win at Northwestern on Nov. 19 to break the former Morningside
single-game record of 12 assists by Debi Runde against Wayne
State College during the 1990-91 season. Carper scored 45
points when the Mustangs defeated Northwestern 119-95 on Jan.
31 in Sioux City to break the former Morningside single-game
scoring record of 44 points by Wilhelm against Westmar College
on Feb. 11, 1986.
Carper set Morningside single-season records with 818 points
and 151 steals to break the former school standards of 750
points by Wilhelm in 1985-86 and 83 steals by Wilhelm in 1986-87.
Carper broke her own school single-season records with 216
free throws, 256 free throw attempts, and 151 steals. She
also became the Mustangs’ all-time leader with 407 career
free throws to break the former record of 395 free throws
by Paula Hunter from 1985-89.
Carper averaged a team-high 21.5 points, 7.2 assists, and
4.0 steals per game this season. She also led the Mustangs
with 27 blocked shots. She was Morningside’s leading
scorer in 21 of its 38 games.
Carper will enter her senior season as the second leading
scorer and 18th leading rebounder in Morningside history with
1,638 career points and 403 career rebounds, respectively.
She has averaged 16.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game over
her Morningside career.
 Megan
Cloud, named the Most Valuable Player of the NAIA Division
II National Tournament, was the Mustangs’ season’s
leader in field goal, 3-point field goal, and free throw accuracy.
Cloud, a 5-8 junior guard from Sioux City, made 225 of 443
field goal attempts for 50.8 percent, 90 of 200 3-point field
goal attempts for 45.0 percent, and 179 of 208 free throw
attempts for 86.1 percent.
Cloud has climbed into fifth place on the Mustangs’
all-time scoring list with 1,463 career points. Cloud, who
also ranks 24th in the Morningside annals with 378 career
rebounds, has averaged 15.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game
during her Morningside career.
Morningside
School Records Set In 2003-04
Team
Games
Played In A Season - 38
Wins
In A Season - 34
Winning
Percentage In A Season - .895 (34-4)
Consecutive
Wins - 17, 11-4-03 to 1-7-04
Consecutive
Wins At Home - 16+, 2-8-03 to
Consecutive
Wins On The Road - 10, 11-19 to 12-30-04
Points
Scored In A Season - 3,328
Highest
Scoring Average In A Season - 87.6
Field
Goals In A Season - 1,178
Free
Throws In A Season - 572
3-Point
Field Goals In A Game - 17 vs. Waldorf, 12-1-03; vs. Cedarville,
3-16-04
3-Point
Field Goals In A Season - 400
3-Point
Field Goal Percentage In A Season - 37.6% (400-1063)
Assists
In A Season - 716
Steals
In A Game (Tie) - 29 vs. Dana, 1-7-04
Steals
In A Season - 675
Individual
Games
Played In A Career - 121, Kate Lokken, 2000-04
Points
In A Game - 45, Brittany Carper vs. Northwestern, 1-31-04
Points
In A Season - 818, Brittany Carper
Free
Throws In A Season - 216, Brittany Carper
Free
Throws In A Career - 407, Brittany Carper, 2001-
Free
Throw Percentage In A Career - 86.3% (207-240), Kate Lokken,
2000-04
Free
Throw Attempts In A Season - 256, Brittany Carper
3-Point
Field Goals In A Season - 130, Kate Lokken
3-Point
Field Goals In A Career - 303, Kate Lokken, 2000-04
Assists
In A Game - 13, Brittany Carper vs. Northwestern, 11-19-03
Assists
In A Season - 272, Brittany Carper
Steals
In A Season - 151, Brittany Carper
Steals
In A Career - 276, Kate Lokken, 2000-04
 Brittany
Carper was named the National Player of the Year to headline
the 2004 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball All-America
first-team released March 16.
In addition to Carper
being named the national player of the year, Morningside's
Jamie Sale was named the NAIA Division II National Women's
Basketball Coach of the Year.
Carper was the leading scorer, assist, and steal leader for
a Morningside team that finished 34-4 and won the NAIA Division
II National Championship with an 87-74 victory against Cedarville
University in the title game of the national tournament.
Carper is the first women’s basketball player in Morningside
history to receive NAIA All-America honors. She joins Amy
Wilhelm, a first-team KODAK All-American in 1985 and 1986,
as the only women’s basketball All-Americans in Morningside
history.
 Sale
guided the Mustangs to a school-record 34 victories this season
to shatter the former Morningside record for wins in a season
of 20 by the school's 1985-86 and 1986-87 teams. The Mustangs
won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) post-season
tournament and finished second in the GPAC standings during
the regular season with a 15-3 league mark. Morningside was
ranked fifth nationally in the final NAIA Division II regular
season poll.
Sale has a three-year
record of 58-39 for a .598 winning percentage at Morningside.
Sale, who inherited a team that had finished 4-22 the previous
season, led the Mustangs to a 17-16 record in his second season
at the helm for the school's first winning season in 10 years.
Carper, the Mustangs’ leading scorer and second leading
rebounder with averages of 21.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per
game, was one of the nation’s leading scorers and was
the NAIA Division II’s regular season leader in assists
and steals. She scored a school-record 818 points to go along
with school-record totals of 272 assists and 151 steals for
averages of 7.2 assists and 4.0 steals per game. Carper made
a school-record 216 free throws this season and led the Mustangs
with 27 blocked shots. She made 284 of 583 field goal attempts
for 48.7 percent, 34 of 94 3-point field goal attempts for
36.2 percent, and 216 of 256 free throw attempts for 84.4
percent.
She broke Morningside’s single-game scoring record with
45 points in the Mustangs’ 119-95 victory against Northwestern
College on Jan. 31 and dealt a school single-game record 13
assists in the Mustangs’ 81-61 win against Northwestern
on Nov. 19. Carper was the Mustangs’ leading scorer
in 21 of their 38 contests. She had 23 scoring performances
of 20 points or more, including seven games with 30 or more.
Carper was the NAIA Division II National Player of the Week
for the week of Jan. 25-31 after she averaged 40.5 points,
8.0 rebounds, 7.5 assists, and 7.0 steals in Mustang victories
against Northwestern and the University of Sioux Falls.
Carper is the second leading scorer and 13th leading rebounder
in Morningside history with 1,638 career points and 529 career
rebounds, respectively. She has averaged 16.9 points and 5.5
rebounds per game during her Morningside career.
In addition to Carper, the Mustangs’ Kate Lokken, a
5-11 senior forward from Denison, Iowa, was named to the NAIA
Division II honorable mention All-America list.
Lokken was the Mustangs’ third leading scorer and top
rebounder with averages of 18.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per
contest. She made a school-record 130 3-point field goals,
including a NAIA Division II National Tournament single-game
record eight 3-pointers in the Mustangs’ 94-66 opening
round victory against Spalding University. Lokken made 242
of 570 field goal attempts for 42.5 percent, 130 of 330 3-point
field goal attempts for 39.4 percent, and 75 of 90 free throw
attempts for 83.3 percent. Her statistics also included 122
steals, 70 assists, and 11 blocked shots. Lokken ranked among
the NAIA Division II national leaders with averages of 3.4
3-point field goals and 3.2 steals per game.
She was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder in 21 of their
38 contests, including a 17-rebound performance in the Mustangs’
88-79 win at NCAA Division II Augustana College on Dec. 30
for the Mustangs’ top single-game rebounding performance
of the season. Lokken had 19 scoring performances of 20 points
or more this season, including a career-high 33 points in
the Mustangs’ national tournament opening round win
against Spalding.
Lokken is the fourth leading scorer and ninth leading rebounder
in Morningside history with 1,614 points and 719 career rebounds,
respectively. Lokken has averaged 13.3 points and 5.9 rebounds
per game during her Morningside career. She is the Mustangs’
all-time leader with 303 career 3-point field goals and 276
career steals, respectively. Lokken is also the best free
throw shooter in Morningside history with 207 free throws
in 240 attempts for 86.3 percent during her career.
Click here
for the complete NAIA Division II Women's Basketball All-America
team.
 Kate
Lokken, a 5-11 senior forward from Denison, Iowa, has been
named a 2004 Daktronics-NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America
Scholar-Athlete.
Lokken has a 3.78 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with
a major in business administration.
Lokken also received NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors
last year.
Daktronics-NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes must have junior
or senior academic standing and maintain a minimum cumulative
GPA of 3.50.
Lokken was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder and third
leading scorer this season with averages of 7.4 rebounds and
18.1 points per game.
She finished her
career with school-record totals of 303 career 3-point field
goals and 276 career steals and as the best free throw shooter
in Morningside history with 207 career free throws in 240
attempts for 86.3 percent. She is the fourth leading scorer
and ninth leading rebounder in Morningside history with 1,614
career points and 719 career rebounds.
Her exploits helped lead the Mustangs to a 34-4 record and
the NAIA Division II National Championship during the 2003-04
season.
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for the complete NAIA Women's Basketball All-America/Scholar-Athlete
team.
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| Brittany
Carper |
Kate Lokken |
Brittany Carper, a 5-11 junior guard from Sioux
City, is the 2004 Great Plains Athletic Conference Women’s
Basketball Player of the Year as selected by the league’s
head coaches.
Carper is joined by teammate Kate Lokken, a 5-11 senior forward
from Denison, Iowa, on the All-GPAC first-team announced March
3.
In addition, Megan Cloud, a 5-8 junior guard from Sioux City,
was tabbed to the All-GPAC second-team and Jill Pudenz, a
5-9 sophomore guard from Iowa Falls, Iowa, was named to the
All-GPAC honorable mention list.
Their exploits have helped lead the Mustangs to a 29-4 record
and a No. 5 national ranking in the final NAIA Division II
regular season poll. Morningside, which defeated Concordia
University 76-63 in Tuesday’s championship game of the
GPAC Playoffs, will compete in the NAIA Division II National
Tournament on March 10-16 in Sioux City.
Carper, the Mustangs’ leading scorer and second leading
rebounder with averages of 22.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per
game, has enjoyed a record-setting season. She has school
single-season record totals of 234 assists and 137 steals
for averages of 7.1 assists and 4.2 steals per game. Carper
has also made a school-record 203 free throws in 236 attempts
for 86.0 percent and leads the Mustangs with 21 blocked shots.
She broke Morningside’s single-game scoring record with
45 points in the Mustangs’ 119-95 victory against Northwestern
College on Jan. 31 and dealt a school single-game record 13
assists in the Mustangs’ 81-61 win against Northwestern
on Nov. 19. With 739 points so far this season, Carper is
only 11 points shy of the Morningside single-season scoring
record of 750 points by Amy Wilhelm in 1985-86.
Carper is the third leading scorer and 14th leading rebounder
in Morningside history with 1,559 career points and 498 career
rebounds, respectively. She has averaged 16.9 points and 5.4
rebounds per game during her Morningside career.
Lokken is the Mustangs’ second leading scorer and top
rebounder with averages of 18.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per
contest. Lokken grabbed 17 rebounds in the Mustangs’
88-79 win at NCAA Division II Augustana College on Dec. 30
for the Mustangs’ top single-game rebounding performance
of the season. She has made a school-record 116 3-point field
goals. Lokken has made 67 of 79 free throw attempts for 84.8
percent.
Lokken is the fourth leading scorer and 10th leading rebounder
in Morningside history with 1,536 points and 683 career rebounds,
respectively. Lokken has averaged 13.2 points and 5.9 rebounds
per game during her Morningside career. She is the Mustangs’
all-time leader with 289 career 3-point field goals and 263
career steals, respectively.
Cloud is the Mustangs’ third leading scorer and rebounder
with averages of 18.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest.
Cloud leads the Mustangs in 3-point field goal percentage
with 76 treys in 178 attempts for 42.7 percent and is one
of the team’s best free throw shooters with 148 free
throws in 172 attempts for 86.0 percent.
Cloud is the sixth leading scorer in Morningside history with
1,350 career points. She has averaged 14.8 points per game
during her Morningside career.
Pudenz averages
7.7 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.3 steals per game and leads
the Mustangs in field goal percentage with 99 hoops in 194
attempts for 51.0 percent. She is also a 70.4 percent shooter
from the free-throw line with 38 gift shots in 54 attempts.
Pudenz came on strong at the end of the season with seven
double figure scoring performances in the last nine games.
She has averaged 12.0 points per game over the Mustangs’
last nine contests.
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to see the complete All-GPAC women's basketball team.
Morningside is ranked
fifth in the nation in the final NAIA Division II regular
season ranking released Feb. 24.
The Mustangs, who finished the regular season with a 26-4
record for their best record in school history, dropped from
No. 2 in the rankings after a 94-87 loss against Concordia
University last Saturday. The victory propelled Concordia
from No. 12 to No. 9 in the final rankings.
Morningside finished
second in the final GPAC standings with a 15-3 league mark.
The Mustangs, currently
riding a school-record 14-game home court winning streak,
will host the University of Sioux Falls to a 7:30 p.m. game
in the opening round of the GPAC Playoffs on Wednesday, Feb.
25.
Five teams from
the GPAC are ranked in the final NAIA Division II Women’s
Basketball Top 25. Hastings leads the way at No. 1, followed
by Morningside at No. 5, Dakota Wesleyan University at No.
7; Concordia at No. 9, and Northwestern College at No. 22.
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for the complete NAIA Division II Top 25.
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