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LADY SALUQIS CRACK TOP FIVE IN NJCAA POLL
The Southwest women’s basketball team continued its rise
to the top of the National Junior College Athletic
Association Division 1 Poll, moving up one spot to
number five this week. The Lady Saluqis are undefeated
with a 14-0 overall record with ten games remaining in
the regular season.
 It’s
the best start ever for Head Coach Andrea Martre
(pictured at right), now in her 12th season as the
Lady Saluqis. Martre has 192 victories and has won over
60 percent of her games in her coaching career,
including last season’s 26-2 team that won the Tennessee
Junior and Community College Athletic Association
Western Division championship.
The Lady Saluqis are led by sophomore guard Candace
Rucker, who leads the team and ranks sixth nationally
with a 21.9 scoring average and also ranks third in the
NJCAA with 4.8 steals per game. The second leading
scorer is sophomore forward Starkitsha Luellen, who
averages a double-double with averages of 12.8 points and a
conference-leading 10.6 rebounds per game. As a team, Southwest averages
77.3 points per game, ranking 30th nationally and allows 60.8 points per
game, ranking 47th.
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