Women’s Basketball Picked Eighth in SAC Poll

ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Mars Hill women's basketball team was picked to finish in eighth place in the South Atlantic Conference, the conference office announced Friday. Brittini Young was named to the preseason All-Conference first team.

Young, from Ramseur, N.C., was the SAC's leading scorer last season. She averaged 22.0 points per game last season to go along with 3.33 assists per game and 1.78 steals per game. Young ranked third in the league in free-throw percentage. For her efforts, she was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American by the Women's Division II Bulletin.

Tusculum is the preseason favorite to win the 2010-11 South Atlantic Conference regular season women's basketball crown.

Mars Hill opens the regular season at King on November 13 at 6 p.m. The Lions host Converse in the first regular season home game on November 19 at 6 p.m. on the first day of the Biltmore Farms/Mars Hill Classic.

The 2011 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament will begin on March 2 with quarterfinal games on campus sites. Winners advance to the tournament semifinals on March 5 at the Catawba Valley Community College Multipurpose Facility in Hickory, N.C. The championship game will be March 6 at 2 p.m.

2010-11 Women's Coaches Preseason Poll

Poll (1st) Points
1. Tusculum (10) 100
2. Carson-Newman 89
3. Newberry 71
4. Lincoln Memorial 60
5. Catawba 53
6. Wingate 51
7. Lenoir-Rhyne 42
8. Mars Hill 37
9. Anderson 30
10. Brevard 17

Women's Preseason All-Conference

FIRST TEAM
Mandy Mendenhall, Carson-Newman
Dana Hicks, Catawba
Brittini Young, Mars Hill
Helen McKinney, Newberry
Jasmine Gunn, Tusculum
Kurie Washington, Wingate

ALL-SAC SECOND TEAM
Alexa Neal, Anderson
Milica Ivanovic, Catawba
Cameron Sealey, Lenoir-Rhyne
Dayshalee Salaman, Lincoln Memorial
LeAnne Watson, Newberry
Catherine Hintz, Tusculum