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Bison Women's Basketball Player Named to Mid-Major All-America Team
May 21, 2002 LEWISBURG, PA - Bucknell junior Molly Creamer (Mendham, N.J./West Morris Mendham) has been named to the inaugural Full Court Press Mid-Major All-America Team, announced Friday, May 10, 2002. The team is chosen by the staff at Full Court Press, an internet subscription site dedicated to providing the most comprehensive women's basketball coverage on the web (www.fullcourt.com). The All-America team was created to honor outstanding women's basketball players who do not receive the same level of attention given to players from bigger conferences, yet are just as deserving of recognition as their more highly publicized counterparts. Any player is eligible for consideration who does not compete in one of the following conferences: ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Mountain West, Pac 10, SEC and WAC. This year's team features 12 players from 11 different schools and 10 different conferences, including Creamer, one of only two juniors on the squad. A starter in all 31 games this season, and 85 straight dating back to her freshman year, Creamer had one of the most impressive seasons by a Bucknell women's player in school history. The 5-10 guard entered the year with 1,008 career points as just a junior, and this year became the first player in school or Patriot League history to score over 1,500 points, hand out over 400 assists and grab over 200 steals. Creamer set a Bucknell single-season scoring record with 695 points, passing the old mark of 619 held by Jen Walz, which had stood since 1988-89. She was named the MVP of both the Nassau Knockout and the Patriot League Tournament, in addition to garnering her second-straight Patriot League Player of the Year award. Including a school record-setting single-game scoring performance of 43 points in a contest against Army in January, Creamer enters her senior season with 1,703 career points. In just three seasons, Creamer has already climbed to second-place on the Bucknell and Patriot League scoring charts. She is also second on the school's assist list, and sixth on the conference list, with 426 helpers. In addition, Creamer holds the Bucknell career record for three-pointers in a season (63) and career (133). With her recognition, she becomes the first player in school history, and just the fourth in conference history, to earn a spot on an All-America team. Bucknell ended its season with a school record 21 wins and 10 losses. It is the second-straight 20-win season for the program, and only the second in Bison history. The Orange and Blue captured the school's first-ever Patriot League title, defeating four-time defending league champions, Holy Cross, to snap the Crusaders 61-game home win streak over Patriot League opponents. Bucknell's season came to a close with an 80-56 loss to seventh-ranked Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Following is a complete list of the 2001-02 FCP Mid-Major All-America Team (in alphabetical order):
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