App State women’s basketball senior teammates Lainey Gosnell (Demorest, Ga./Habersham Central) and Pre Stanley (Rockledge, Fla./Rockledge) were named to the Sun Belt All-Conference teams, as the league announced on Thursday.
Stanley earns a postseason all-conference award for the second time in her career, while Gosnell collects her first all-conference honor.
The tandem helped App State accomplish a second winning season in the past three years, was one of four teams in the Sun Belt to win at least 10 games, and made an appearance in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament. Stanley and Gosnell are the first Mountaineer teammates to make the all-conference team since 2016-17 while it’s the first time since 2014-15 (Maryah Syndor) a player has made the all-first team.
Three members of the Louisiana Ragin Cajun were honored for their play throughout the 2020-2021 women s college basketball season by being named to the Sun Belt s All-Conference Teams, which was announced on Thursday.
Seniors Ty Doucet and Skyler Goodwin, along with junior Brandi Williams were all named to the squad.
Doucet, a center, was named to the First Team, while Williams and Goodwin, both guards, were named to the Secon Team and Third Team, respectively.
A native of Ville Platte, Doucet became the first Ragin Cajun to earn First Team honors since Jaylyn Gordon did so following the 2016-17 season, while also being tabbed the Sun Belt s Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in program history to garner the recognition.
Strong second half lifts Little Rock past CCU women in Sun Belt tournament opener
Chants led by 12 at halftime, fall 75-64 in Sun Belt Conference tourney CCU senior Olivia Smith (left) finished with season-high 18 points, Aja Blount (right) had 14 points and 8 rebounds in 11-point loss. (Source: Coastal Carolina Athletics) By Coastal Carolina Athletics | March 6, 2021 at 12:09 AM EST - Updated March 6 at 12:09 AM
PENSACOLA, FL â The Coastal Carolina womenâs basketball season came to an end in the opening round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Friday as Little Rock overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to defeat the Chanticleers 75-64 at the Pensacola Bay Center.
Blount scores 30 in Coastalâs 72-58 loss to App State CCU forward Aja Blount (Source: Gabe McDonald) By Coastal Carolina Athletics | February 11, 2021 at 12:08 AM EST - Updated February 11 at 12:08 AM
CONWAY, S.C. â Junior forward Aja Blount scored a season-high 30 points for Coastal Carolina, but her standout effort wasnât enough as Appalachian State pulled away in the second half for a 72-58 win in a Sun Belt Conference womenâs basketball game Wednesday night at the HTC Center. Appalachian State was led by junior guard Brooke Bigott, who had a career-high 23 points, including five three-pointers in the third quarter alone as the Mountaineers took control.
South Alabama scores come-from-behind win over Coastal Carolina, 61-56 Coastal Carolina s Aja Blount holds the ball during Sunday s game against South Alabama. (Source: CCU Athletics) By Coastal Carolina Athletics | February 7, 2021 at 4:29 PM EST - Updated February 7 at 4:29 PM
CONWAY, S.C. â Despite 19 points from junior forward Aja Blount, Coastal Carolina could not withstand a late rally by South Alabama in a 61-56 Sun Belt Conference womenâs basketball loss on Sunday afternoon at The HTC Center.
Coastal led the contest 42-38 heading into the last period, but thatâs when USAâs Savannah Jones went to work. Jones made back-to-back three-pointers and made another trey in the Jaguarsâ 9-0 run that made the score 53-44 and put them in front to stay. Blount and senior guard Kaylin West keyed a late CCU rally that fell just short, leaving Coastal winless in the Sun Belt with its eighth loss and a 3-9 record overall.