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Bucknell's Molly Creamer Named AP Honorable Mention All-American
April 3, 2003 LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell women's basketball standout Molly Creamer garnered yet another prestigious honor -- and another first in program history -- with her honorable mention nod on the Associated Press All-America Team. Creamer, the all-time leading scorer in Bucknell and Patriot League history, last month was named a finalist for the 2003 NCAA Division I Kodak/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Women's Basketball Team. With her third-straight Patriot League Player of the Year selection this season, Creamer gives Bucknell only its third player of the year honor in the 13-year history of the league, all belonging to her. The 5-10 guard continued her assault on the Bucknell and Patriot League record books in her senior season, becoming both the conference and school's all-time leading scorer (men or women) throughout the course of the year. Creamer, who spent a large part of the regular-season as the nation's leading scorer, finished her final season ranked second in the country at 27.1 points per game, a new PL single-season record (former record: 26.1 - Amy O'Brien, Holy Cross, 1998). Ending the year with 759 points, she became just the second player in league history, and the first Bison, to score over 700 points in a single-season, and just missed O'Brien's single-season record of 782. Her playmaking abilities often overlooked because she is such a scoring threat, Creamer also led the Patriot League in assists (6.0) for the third-straight year. Only one other player in NCAA history, Anja Bordt (St. Mary's, 1989-91, West Coast Conference), has led her conference in both scoring and assists three-straight years. On February 21, 2003, the co-captain broke her own school and conference single-game scoring record with 44 points on 16-of-21 shooting at Lafayette. In that contest, Creamer scored 31 of Bucknell's 36 second-half points, including the final 29 for the team, on her way to setting an Allan P. Kirby Sports Center scoring record. In January, she also set a new women's single-game scoring record in Colgate's Cotterell Court with 37 against the Raiders. This season, Creamer scored at least 20 points in 23 of 28 games, breaking her own record for 20-point games in a single-season, set last year (18). She tallied over 30 in 11 games, also a school record, and the point guard reached 40 points on two occasions, tying the Bucknell standard for a single-season. Creamer leaves Bucknell with her name in the top-3 on all but three all-time career lists, and as the holder of 16 school records. She has also broken or had a share of 19 Patriot League records. With 2,462 career points, Creamer stands in 33rd on the NCAA all-time scoring list and is only the 47th player in NCAA history to record over 2,400 career points. Bucknell finished the 2002-03 season with a 13-15 overall record, ending the season with a loss to Holy Cross, 66-63, in the semifinals of the Patriot League Championship Tournament.
Associated Press All-America Team
FIRST TEAM Alana Beard, Duke, 5-11, junior, 21.8 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 3.0 steals, .529 fg pct (44 first-team votes, 220 total points).
Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 6-0, junior, 16.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 4.6 apg, 50 3-pointers (44, 220).
LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State, 6-2, senior, 25.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg, .535 fg pct, .825 ft pct (40, 212).
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State, 6-4, junior, 18.4 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 1.9 blocks, .565 fg pct (16, 151).
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, 6-0, junior, 24.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.5 steals, 88 3-pointers (19, 148).
SECOND TEAM Chantelle Anderson, Vanderbilt, 6-6, senior, 18.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, .639 pg pct (19, 142).
Jocelyn Penn, South Carolina, 6-0, senior, 24.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.0 apg (13, 114).
Kara Lawson, Tennessee, 5-8, senior, 14.8 ppg, 3.8 apg, 4.5 rpg, 65 3-pointers (7, 99).
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, 5-8, junior, 21.3 ppg, 6.2 apg, 4.9 rpg, .565 fg pct (4, 86).
Nicole Powell, Stanford, 6-2, junior, 18.7 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, .875 ft pct (4, 76).
THIRD TEAM Stacy Stephens, Texas, 6-1, junior, 14.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 1.6 steals (58).
Shereka Wright, Purdue, 5-10, junior, 19.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.5 apg (1, 51).
Kendra Wecker, Kansas State, 5-11, sophomore, 19.2 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 3.7 apg, 52 3-pointers (45).
Plenette Pierson, Texas Tech, 6-2, senior, 17.8 ppg, 7.6 rpg, .512 fg pct (44).
Seimone Augustus, LSU, 6-1, freshman, 15.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, .552 fg pct, .881 ft pct (35).
HONORABLE MENTION
(In alphabetical order) Jenni Benningfield, Vanderbilt; Jennifer Butler, Massachusetts; Coretta Brown, North Carolina; Molly Creamer, Bucknell.
Allison Curtin, Tulsa; Cheryl Ford, Louisiana Tech; Vanessa Hayden, Florida; Gwen Jackson, Tennessee; Tamara James, Miami, Fla.; Temeka Johnson, LSU; Chandi Jones, Houston; Trish Juhline, Villanova; Giuliana Mendiola, Washington.
Jia Perkins, Texas Tech; Shawntinice Polk, Arizona; Cappie Pondexter,
Rutgers; Lindsay Taylor, UC Santa Barbara; Iciss Tillis, Duke; Tan White,
Mississippi State; Tanisha Wright, Penn State.
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