Post by DanMcQ on Nov 16, 2005 2:29:50 GMT -5
Hoyas sign Meredith Cox, 5-11 shooting guard
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Added 11-18-05
Georgetown Women's Basketball Announces Fourth Signee
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"I had narrowed it down to Georgetown, Villanova and Wake Forest," she said. "All three of those schools are amazing academically. Georgetown, I went down and visited and I felt really welcomed by the coaches and the players."
While not a national power, Georgetown finished in the middle of the pack in the Big East at 7-9 last season and has plenty of top-notch competition with four conference teams currently ranked.
The Hoyas are under a new head coach, Terri Williams-Flournoy, who has started the rebuilding with Cox and fellow signees Jaleesa Butler from Alton, Ill., and Zhondria Benn from Baltimore.
"They weren't an established program, which kind of intrigued me because it's a place I can go and make a difference, make something happen," said Cox. "I'm excited about that. Everybody's talking about how (Williams-Flournoy) is looking to be the coach who brings this program up and I'm really excited to be a part of that."
The 5-foot-11 senior is expected to be used primarily as a shooting guard with the Hoyas.
"She's super strong, amazingly fast, a really great ball-handler and it's really great playing with her because she always sets everyone else up to score," said teammate Michele Schleich, who guards Cox in practice. "She really excels in pressure situations because she can get you the ball any time. She makes really amazing passes, so it's really fun playing with her."
Cox's development into a Division I player came as no surprise to Eckenrode, who had been watching her play since grade school.
"She's improved every year she's played," he said. "She's a dedicated worker to her sport and to her academics. What's happened to her is no big surprise to me."
Now, Cox will just have to make the adjustment from playing for a perennial PIAA champion to a school that is picked to finish 11th in the 16-team Big East in the preseason coaches poll.
But that's just the challenge Cox is looking for.
"I honestly look at that and I see it as like a challenge," Cox said of joining a team not expected to win at the rate that she's used to. "That has me excited to go in and make a difference hopefully and make them a better team."
While not a national power, Georgetown finished in the middle of the pack in the Big East at 7-9 last season and has plenty of top-notch competition with four conference teams currently ranked.
The Hoyas are under a new head coach, Terri Williams-Flournoy, who has started the rebuilding with Cox and fellow signees Jaleesa Butler from Alton, Ill., and Zhondria Benn from Baltimore.
"They weren't an established program, which kind of intrigued me because it's a place I can go and make a difference, make something happen," said Cox. "I'm excited about that. Everybody's talking about how (Williams-Flournoy) is looking to be the coach who brings this program up and I'm really excited to be a part of that."
The 5-foot-11 senior is expected to be used primarily as a shooting guard with the Hoyas.
"She's super strong, amazingly fast, a really great ball-handler and it's really great playing with her because she always sets everyone else up to score," said teammate Michele Schleich, who guards Cox in practice. "She really excels in pressure situations because she can get you the ball any time. She makes really amazing passes, so it's really fun playing with her."
Cox's development into a Division I player came as no surprise to Eckenrode, who had been watching her play since grade school.
"She's improved every year she's played," he said. "She's a dedicated worker to her sport and to her academics. What's happened to her is no big surprise to me."
Now, Cox will just have to make the adjustment from playing for a perennial PIAA champion to a school that is picked to finish 11th in the 16-team Big East in the preseason coaches poll.
But that's just the challenge Cox is looking for.
"I honestly look at that and I see it as like a challenge," Cox said of joining a team not expected to win at the rate that she's used to. "That has me excited to go in and make a difference hopefully and make them a better team."
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www.eveningsun.com/localsports/ci_3218909
After three straight PIAA Class AA championships, there seems to be just one more hurdle for the Delone Catholic women's basketball team to overcome - Allentown Central Catholic.
The Squirettes won't be seeing the Class AAA power at all this year, but the Lady Vikings have done about the only thing Delone hasn't.
From 2001-04, Allentown Central Catholic won four straight PIAA championships, the only girls basketball team in the state to do so.
The Squirettes can match that this year, giving their seniors a state title in every year of their varsity careers.
The Delone girls began working toward that goal Monday as they opened practice.
"It's a lot of pressure," said senior guard Meredith Cox. "I know, because I've been here for all three of them, every year it's gotten a little tougher, a little more pressure. The games have been closer. It is a lot more pressure, but hopefully this year we'll be able to, as a team, work together and get through it again."
Cox was the key component of last year's run, scoring a team-high 17.4 points per game for a total of 609 and this year will give her Squirettes a chance to make Pennsylvania history.
The Squirettes won't be seeing the Class AAA power at all this year, but the Lady Vikings have done about the only thing Delone hasn't.
From 2001-04, Allentown Central Catholic won four straight PIAA championships, the only girls basketball team in the state to do so.
The Squirettes can match that this year, giving their seniors a state title in every year of their varsity careers.
The Delone girls began working toward that goal Monday as they opened practice.
"It's a lot of pressure," said senior guard Meredith Cox. "I know, because I've been here for all three of them, every year it's gotten a little tougher, a little more pressure. The games have been closer. It is a lot more pressure, but hopefully this year we'll be able to, as a team, work together and get through it again."
Cox was the key component of last year's run, scoring a team-high 17.4 points per game for a total of 609 and this year will give her Squirettes a chance to make Pennsylvania history.
Added 11-18-05
Georgetown Women's Basketball Announces Fourth Signee
www.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/stories/111805aav.html
