Coach Mary Taylor Cowles and the Lady Toppers will open the 2003-04 season against Rhode Island in the Preseason WNIT.
Lady Topper Basketball To Play in Annual Preseason WNIT
The Western Kentucky University women's basketball program learned earlier this week that it will host Rhode Island in the opening round of the 2003 Preseason Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Rams will visit Diddle Arena to open the 2003-04 season on Nov. 14 for the first round of the 16-team event. (more) Carla Bartee and Tifany Zaragoza Sign With Lady Toppers
Western Kentucky University women's basketball coach Mary Taylor Cowles announced today that Carla Bartee and Tifany Zaragoza, have signed National Letters of Intent to play basketball for the Lady Toppers starting next fall. The addition of these two players gives Western seven in its '03-04 recruiting class. (more) Tiffany Porter-Talbert Named Womenscollegehoops.com Freshman All-American
Western Kentucky University guard Tiffany Porter-Talbert (Fr., Manhattan Beach, Calif.) was honored for a stellar rookie campaign by being named an honorable mention freshman All-American by womenscollegehoops.com on Tuesday. Also named the 2003 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, Porter-Talbert becomes just the fourth Lady Topper ever to earn a freshman All-America honor, joining Lillie Mason (1982), Clemette Haskins (1984), Debbie O'Connell (1986) and Tandreia Green (1987). (more) Lady Toppers Basketball Celebrates Championship Season at Annual Awards Banquet
The Western Kentucky women's basketball brought a championship 2002-03 season to a close Tuesday night with its annual awards banquet at Diddle Arena. (more) Lady Toppers Ink Two To Start Late Signing Period
Fresh off a championship 2002-03 season, Western Kentucky University women's basketball coach Mary Taylor Cowles announced today that she has signed two players to start the late signing period. Charlotte Marshall and Shardae Butler both signed an National Letter of Intent to play for the Lady Toppers, and will join early signees Natalia Benton, Amber Holt and Cacie Pope in the Lady Toppers' 2003-04 freshman class. Cowles hopes to add two or three more players to that list before the signing period closes on May 15. (more) Lady Topper Basketball to Host Annual Awards Banquet
The Western Kentucky women's basketball team and their fans will put a wrap on the 2001-02 season at the annual Lady Topper Basketball Banquet on Tuesday, April 22. (more) Lady Toppers Fall to Rutgers 64-52 in NCAA First Round
An impressive 2002-03 campaign came to an end for the Western Kentucky women's basketball team on Saturday as the 13th-seeded Lady Toppers fell to 4th-seeded Rutgers 64-52 in the first round of the NCAA Midwest Region. (more) Western Kentucky-Rutgers AP Preview
Rutgers faces a Western Kentucky team that has won 14 in a row. The
Hilltoppers won the Sun Belt Conference tournament, defeating Middle
Tennessee 86-83 in the final March 11. They are led by senior forward Shala Reese, the Sun Belt player of the year. She averaged 15.8 points and a team-best 9.1 rebounds per contest. Reese and junior guard Leslie Logsdon, who topped the team with 17.6 points per game, could pose problems for Rutgers.
Saturday's game will be the third meeting between the schools. The previous two also came in the NCAA tournament, with Western Kentucky winning both. (more) Game Time Set for Lady Topper's First-Round Matchup With Rutgers
Game times for the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship were announced this morning by the NCAA.
Western Kentucky's first-round game with Rutgers will begin a 10:18 a.m. (CST) on Saturday (March 22) in Athens, Ga. (more) Lady Toppers to Face Rutgers In First Round of NCAA Tournament
It didn't take long for the Western Kentucky women's basketball team to find out their fate for the NCAA Tournament. When the first set of brackets were announced, the Lady Toppers learned they were seeded 13th and will face fourth-seeded Rutgers in the opening round next Saturday (March 22) at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga. The other first round game in Athens will pit fifth-seeded Georgia against #12 Charlotte. (more) California Dreamin'
Cacie Pope leaves West Coast to play for Lady Toppers Change of the Guard
Tifany Zaragoza brings her game east from Arizona Change of the Guard Small In Size, Big In Skill
Shardae Butler looks to add depth and excitment to the Lady Topper backcourt
