With growing anticipation, the University of La Verne women's basketball team is diligently preparing for the upcoming 1997-98 season with the hopes that it can better last year's mark of 13-12 overall.
Tuesday was a tough day for the University of La Verne women's basketball team. It played the No. 1 school in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), Pomona-Pitzer, whose record going into the game was 4-0 in conference. The Leopards lost, 73-72, in double overtime.
Closing last year's season with a bitter loss to league rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas, the University of La Verne women's basketball team is now looking towards an interesting 1996-97 season.
The Leopards looked to have the NCAA Division III playoff game wrapped up, leading by five points with 47 seconds left, when a technical foul was called on junior Kelly Perkins.
The University of La Verne women’s basketball team plays the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas tonight, in a game that will have a big impact on the standings in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).
Playing Rhodes College in Tennessee on Dec. 2 went well for the women’s basketball team, which won the opening game of Rhodes’ tournament, 79-65, on Saturday.