ST. PAUL, Minn., March 5 -- St. Cloud State University issued the following news release:
St. Cloud State University senior guard Katie Tacheny (Woodbury) has been named to the 2008-09 NSIC Women's Basketball All-Conference Team. Sophomore teammates Talisha Barlow (Little Canada) and Rachel Booth (Minneapolis) also earned All-Conference honors. Barlow, a guard was named to the second team and Booth, a center was a third team selection.
Tacheny leads the NSIC in scoring with a 17.3 points per game average. She ranks fourth in the league in steals and free throw shooting percentage and is fifth in the league in assists, three-point field goal percentage and assist/turnover ratio.
Tacheny led the Huskies in scoring all season long and is currently averaging 16.9 points per game. She scored a career high 31 points against Southwest Minnesota State on Jan. 16 and tied the SCSU single game record for steals with ten against Minot State on Dec. 30. She has been a starter in all 73 games she has played as a Husky and has scored 940 points in her career at SCSU.
Barlow ranks sixth in the NSIC in scoring with 15.2 points per game and is sixth in field goal shooting percentage. She has started all 28 games this season for the Huskies and leads the team in field goal shooting percentage with a mark of .504. Barlow scored a career high 25 points against MSUM on Dec. 12 and opened the season with a career high seven steals on Nov. 15.
Booth is 26th in league scoring with 11.6 points per game. She ranks fifth in the NSIC in blocked shots and 13th in rebounding with 11.6 per game. She equaled her career high in scoring with 22 points against Bemidji State on Jan. 10.
St. Cloud State is 20-8 overall and finished sixth in the NSIC with a 12-8 league record. The Huskies upset #3 seed Minnesota State University, Moorhead, 61-48 last night in the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament quarterfinals. St. Cloud State will face #2 seed Winona State University in the semifinals on Saturday at 12 noon in Winona. The winner will advance to the NSIC Championship game on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.For more information about US Fed News contract awards please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, US Fed News, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.
