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LADY SALUQIS RISE TO SEVENTH IN NJCAA POLL
The Southwest women’s basketball team, undefeated with
an 11-0 overall record, moved up two spots to number
seven in this week’s
National Junior College Athletic Association Division 1
Poll. The Lady Saluqis are 6-0 in the Tennessee
Junior and Community College Athletic Association,
defeating all six of the conference’s Eastern Division
teams in November and December.
Their next game will be against Arkansas Baptist College
at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15 at the Verties Sails
Gymnasium. It will be the final non-conference game of
the season for the Lady Saluqis, who return to TJCCAA
play on Wednesday, January 23 on the road against
Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin,
Tennessee.
Candace Rucker, a 5’9” sophomore guard from Northside
High School, is the team’s leading scorer at 22.0 points
per game which ranks her first in the conference and
fourth in the NJCAA. Rucker also leads the
conference and is
third in the NJCAA with 5.1 steals per game. Post
player Starkitsha Luellen, a 6’0” sophomore from Melrose
High School, is the second leading scorer with a 12.4
average and leads the team and the TJCCAA in rebounding
at 10.9 per game.
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