Lyon Tabbed A-10 Women’s Basketball Most Improved Player
2/28/2017 3:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Coming off a stellar sophomore season, Davidson's Justine Lyon was honored by being named the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Most Improved Player, as the league office announced its annual awards Tuesday in advance of the A-10 Championship heading to the Richmond Coliseum for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final, which all start Friday.
Saint Louis' junior guard Jackie Kemph was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, while Dayton's Kelley Austria earned the Defensive Player of the Year. Massachusetts' freshman Hailey Leidel received Rookie of the Year honors and Chelsea Woods of Saint Joseph's was named the Sixth Woman of the Year. Head coach Jeff Williams of La Salle was tabbed the Coach of the Year.
Lyon became the second Wildcat to earn an A-10 end of the year honor after Mackenzie Latt was named to league's all-rookie team in 2014-15.
The Durham, N.C., native had a breakout second year, pacing the team with a 15.7 points per game average which was an increase of 10 points per game from her freshman season. She was even better in A-10 games, averaging 19.5, as both her season average and league average ranked third overall in the conference.
In addition, the sophomore averaged just under five rebounds a game, dished out 44 assists (third-best on team) and tied Latt for team high honors with 48 steals.
Lyon scored in double figures a personal-best 20 of Davidson's 29 games and reached the 20-point mark a career-high nine times, which was the most in a single season since Laura Murray had 16 during the 2013-14 season. In addition, the second-year guard reached 30 points twice, including a career-high 34-point outing at UMass, Feb. 4. She was one point away from tying the single game record, as she became the first player dating back to 1992-93 to register two 30-point games in a season.
The sophomore turned it up the final 10 games of the season, averaging 21.1 points and shooting 46.7 percent. She recorded six 20-point games during the stretch and paced the Wildcats in scoring in nine of those 10 games.
After ending the season with 13 points at Fordham in the first round of the A-10 Tournament, Lyon finished with 456 points on the season to place ninth in Davidson's single-season record book. Her 175 made field goals ranked seventh and her 126 free throw attempts were fourth-most in a single season.
Lyon earned Davidson's first-ever A-10 Player of the Week, Feb. 6, after she averaged 28 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 54.3 percent during the week.
The major awards, the 15-member All-Conference teams, the All-Defensive and All-Rookie teams were all nominated and voted by the league's 14 head coaches. The women's basketball sports information directors selected the All-Academic team.
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Coming off a stellar sophomore season, Davidson's Justine Lyon was honored by being named the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Most Improved Player, as the league office announced its annual awards Tuesday in advance of the A-10 Championship heading to the Richmond Coliseum for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final, which all start Friday.
Saint Louis' junior guard Jackie Kemph was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, while Dayton's Kelley Austria earned the Defensive Player of the Year. Massachusetts' freshman Hailey Leidel received Rookie of the Year honors and Chelsea Woods of Saint Joseph's was named the Sixth Woman of the Year. Head coach Jeff Williams of La Salle was tabbed the Coach of the Year.
Lyon became the second Wildcat to earn an A-10 end of the year honor after Mackenzie Latt was named to league's all-rookie team in 2014-15.
The Durham, N.C., native had a breakout second year, pacing the team with a 15.7 points per game average which was an increase of 10 points per game from her freshman season. She was even better in A-10 games, averaging 19.5, as both her season average and league average ranked third overall in the conference.
In addition, the sophomore averaged just under five rebounds a game, dished out 44 assists (third-best on team) and tied Latt for team high honors with 48 steals.
Lyon scored in double figures a personal-best 20 of Davidson's 29 games and reached the 20-point mark a career-high nine times, which was the most in a single season since Laura Murray had 16 during the 2013-14 season. In addition, the second-year guard reached 30 points twice, including a career-high 34-point outing at UMass, Feb. 4. She was one point away from tying the single game record, as she became the first player dating back to 1992-93 to register two 30-point games in a season.
The sophomore turned it up the final 10 games of the season, averaging 21.1 points and shooting 46.7 percent. She recorded six 20-point games during the stretch and paced the Wildcats in scoring in nine of those 10 games.
After ending the season with 13 points at Fordham in the first round of the A-10 Tournament, Lyon finished with 456 points on the season to place ninth in Davidson's single-season record book. Her 175 made field goals ranked seventh and her 126 free throw attempts were fourth-most in a single season.
Lyon earned Davidson's first-ever A-10 Player of the Week, Feb. 6, after she averaged 28 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 54.3 percent during the week.
The major awards, the 15-member All-Conference teams, the All-Defensive and All-Rookie teams were all nominated and voted by the league's 14 head coaches. The women's basketball sports information directors selected the All-Academic team.
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