Loyola Marymount kvinder

Loyola Marymount kvinder

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Loyola Marymount

The Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the West Coast Conference.

History

Loyola Marymount began play in 1981. The Lions have an all-time record of 395–552 as of the 2015–16 season. In 2004, they won the West Coast Conference title, going 24–6 (13–1 in WCC play) while beating Gonzaga 61–58 to win their first ever conference tournament. They have finished as runner up in 2001 and 2007. In the former, they went to the WNIT, losing 59–56 to UNLV. In their first (and so far only) NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004, they lost 71–60 to Baylor.

Loyola Marymount Universitys kvinde-basketballhold, også kendt som “Lions”, konkurrerer i West Coast Conference (WCC) i NCAA Division I. Holdet trænes af Michael Cooper og spiller deres hjemmekampe i Gersten Pavilion.

Siden de tilsluttede sig Division I i 1989 har Lions vundet ni WCC-mesterskaber og nået NCAA-turneringen 11 gange. Deres seneste optræden var i 2021.

Loyola Marymount har haft flere bemærkelsesværdige spillere, herunder:

* Deanna Nolan, der var en All-American og førte Lions til et Elite Eight-optræden i 1994.
* Lisa Calland, der var en 2-gangs WAC-spiller af året og NCAA-turneringsmester i 1997 med Old Dominion.
* Ashley Ellis-Milan, der var en All-WCC-spiller og førte Lions til et NCAA-turneringsoptræden i 2011.

Lions er kendt for deres hurtige tempo og højt scorende angreb. De er også et af de bedste 3-point skydende hold i landet.