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Baughman earns All-AAC honors MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (February 21, 2007) --- Milligan College’s sophomore standout Rikki Baughman (Elizabethton, Tenn.) was named to the All-Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) first team at the AAC awards ceremony Wednesday evening in Bristol, Tenn. Baughman finished the regular season leading the Lady Buffs in points, rebounds, blocks, steals, field-goal percentage and free-throw percentage. Baughman averaged 13.9 points per game to go along with her 11 rebounds per game. She led the AAC in the rebounding category and finished ninth in scoring. Baughman blocked 1.2 shots per game, third in the conference and accounted for 2.1 steals per game, seventh best in the AAC. Nationally, Baughman ranks third with a 90.3 free-throw percentage and fifth in total rebounds and defensive rebounds (7.5) per game. Senior Kacie Letterman (Gray, Tenn.) was named to the All-AAC defensive team while Brit White (Chuckey, Tenn.) was placed on the All-AAC freshmen team. Candace Shelton (Flag Pond, Tenn.) and Rose Pezzimenti (Johnson City, Tenn.) earned spots on the Academic All-AAC team. The entire Lady Buffs’ squad also earned an award during the ceremony. The team was named Co-Champions of Character along with Montreat (N.C.) College. Milligan, the No. 5 seed, will play Covenant (Ga.) College, the No. 4 seed, in an AAC Tournament first-round contest Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. inside King College’s Student Center in Bristol, Tenn. The Lady Buffs finished with an 11-7 conference record while Covenant was one game better, with their 12-6 mark. Milligan won their first meeting, 77-68, on January 6, in Lookout Mountain. Covenant evened the season series with their 71-59 win February 7 at the Steve Lacy Fieldhouse. Milligan and Covenant to meet in AAC first-round game MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (February 19, 2007) --- The Milligan College women’s basketball team and Covenant (Ga.) College will play each other Thursday afternoon in an Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament first-round contest. Tip off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at King College, the host site for the AAC Tournament. Milligan enter as the No. 5 seed while Covenant finished tied for third, but due to the tie breakers the Lady Scots ended up with the No. 4 seed. The Lady Buffs finished the AAC season with an 11-7 record while Covenant was one game better, with their 12-6 mark. Milligan won their first meeting, 77-68, on January 6, in Lookout Mountain. Covenant evened the season series with their 71-59 win February 7 at the Steve Lacy Fieldhouse. The Lady Buffs ended the regular season with an overall record of 18-12. Milligan’s riding a four-game winning streak into the postseason, including Saturday night’s 79-63 win over Montreat (N.C.) College. In the month of February, Milligan is 5-2 so far including a 74-71 win over Bryan (Tenn.) College, the AAC regular-season champions. Covenant, 18-9 overall, was defeated by Tennessee Wesleyan College 71-69, in overtime, Saturday afternoon in a battle for second place in the conference. Over their last 11 games, the Lady Scots went 9-2, with their only losses coming to Bryan and Tennessee Wesleyan. The tournament begins Wednesday afternoon with two games, No. 7 Virginia Intermont and No. 10 Bluefield (Va.) College will battle at 1 p.m. No. 8 UVA-Wise will play No. 9 Montreat at 6 p.m. will end the first day of the women’s action. On Thursday, the first round begins with No. 3 King playing No. 6 Union (Ky.) College at 8:30 a.m. The other game of the morning session will feature Tennessee Wesleyan facing the winner between Virginia Intermont and Bluefield. The Milligan and Covenant game will begin the afternoon session at 3:30 p.m., followed by No. 1 Bryan against the winner of the UVA-Wise/Montreat game at 5:15 p.m. Please visit www.aacsports.com for more tournament information. Home | About Milligan | Admission | Academics | Student life |
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