“Our conference is always competitive,” Smithpeters said. “Every team in this league is talented and we’ll have to be ready to play every night. I think we’re capable of winning the conference, but the biggest thing that we’re concerned with is consistency. We have work on becoming more consistent with what we’re trying to do offensively and defensively.” On the women’s side, Lady Vol head coach Marty Hawkins believes the conference race is wide open. “Right now Lincoln Trail College is ranked nationally so I’d say it is the early favorite based on pre-conference games,” Hawkins said. “Everybody else has a lot of new faces so we’ll have to see how things sort out.”
leads the team in rebounding with 8.4 per game. “We don’t have a lot of experience on the squad,” Hawkins said. “We have four sophomores who were all injured last year so they didn’t get the chance to play much. DaLita, Jordan, and Tiffany are the only players with significant college basketball experience, and they’ve played well for us. A lot depends on how quickly the others learn and how we progress as a team. We still have a long way to go and many games to play. For more information on Logan’s basketball teams, visit the John A. Logan College athletics Web site at: www.jalc.edu/athletics.
The Lady Vols went 4-4 in nonconference action, scoring over 77 points per game. Sophomore guard Jordan James, a transfer from Barton County Community College in Kansas, is leading Logan in scoring with 16.7 points per game. She is also averaging 4.4 rebounds and a team-best three assists per contest. Gallatin County product Tiffany Williams is the squad’s second leading scorer with 12.2 points per game. Forward DaLita Scott of Hammond, Ind., who earned all-conference and all-region honors last year, adds 11.2 points and 5.6 rebounds an outing. Cheshi Poston, a freshman from Chicago,
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