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MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE WINS SECOND STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside College (Iowa) defeated Cedarville University (Ohio) 75-65 in national championship game of the 2005 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship held at Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena to repeat as national champions.

In front of an estimated home town crowd of 6,500, a repeat of last years national championship game gave the crowd a thrill as Morningside jumped to a five point lead. Cedarville would fight back to take a five point lead, however tournament MVP and NAIA Player-of-the-Year Megan Cloud would scored 18 first half points on (7-for-12) shooting and (4-for-8) from the 3-point line to give the Mustangs a 39-30 half-time lead.

Cedarville had two players in double figures lead by Brittany Smart who earned the tournament Hustle Award as she finished with 21 points and dished out six assists. Emily Delimpo finished with a double-double as she scored 18 points and pulled down a game high twenty rebounds. Senior Kari Flunker finished with eight points which moves her eighth on the All-Time Career tournament scoring leaders as she finished with 202 points.

Morningside was led by Megan Cloud who finished with 28 points on (9-for-18) shooting, which moved her into third place on the All-Time Career Tournament Scoring leaders with 240. “This title is a more exciting!” said Cloud, when asked which title was more exciting to win. “This was my last game, and there is no better way to go out.”

Jull Pundenz also finished in double figures as she scored 14 points, while Brittany Carper who earned 1st team All-Tournament honors, finished with 12 points, and dished out a game high 12 assists.

The Moringside Mustangs finished the year with a 35-3 record, while runner-up Cedarville ended the season with a 35-2 record.

2005 All-Tournament Team

Kari Flunker, Cedarville University
Brittany Carper, Morningside College
Brittanny Smart, Cedarville University
Kari Saving, Concordia University
Natasha Neal, Evangel University

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Megan Cloud, Morningside College


Coach of the Year
Jamie Sale, Morningside College

2003-04 NAIA Division II National Champions

Brittany Carper named player of the year.

Jamie Sales named coach of the year

  Morningside used a record setting 3-point shooting display to win its first-ever women’s basketball national championship when it defeated Cedarville University 87-74 in Tuesday’s title game of the NAIA Division II National Tournament in Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena.
  The Mustangs made a national tournament single-game record 17 3-point field goals to erase the former record of 15 3-pointers the Mustangs made in their opening round 94-66 win against Spalding University. Morningside shot a sizzling 48.6 percent from beyond the 3-point arc with 17 treys in 35 attempts. The 17 3-pointers also tied the Mustangs’ school record they had set during the regular season in a win against Waldorf College. Morningside had 47 3-point field goals in its five national tournament games to also set a record.
  Megan Cloud led the way by bombing in eight of 11 3-point shots to tie the national tournament single-game record. Cloud, who finished with 34 points to go along with six assists and six rebounds, was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. She was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Brittany Carper and Kate Lokken.
  The win came against a Cedarville team that was ranked second in the nation and had taken out GPAC powers Concordia University and two-time defending national champion Hastings College in the quarterfinals and semifinals.
  Morningside finished its storybook season with a 34-4 record to set a school-record for victories, while Cedarville bowed out at 35-3 and had its 23-game winning streak snapped.
  Aside from Cloud’s game-high 34-point performance, the Mustangs also received double-double efforts from Carper and Lokken. Carper finished with 17 points, a game-high 11 assists, and eight rebounds, while Lokken went for 17 points and 10 rebounds.
  Jill Pudenz just missed double figures with nine points, followed by Beth Watson, six; and Kayla Wibben, four. Wibben also had seven rebounds to finish one shy of her career high.
  The Mustangs started their 3-point assault immediately when Lokken struck for a pair of early treys to give the Mustangs a 6-2 lead two minutes into the contest.
  The Mustangs took their first double figure lead at the 14:37 mark when Cloud made another 3-pointer from the top of the key for a 16-6 lead.
  Cedarville battled back within four points, 16-12, when Kari Flunker scored from close range. Cloud ended the six-point Yellow Jacket run with her third 3-pointer of the game, then she scored from the baseline the next time down the floor to increase the Mustangs’ cushion to 21-12 and cap a run where she scored 11 of the team’s first 21 points.
Morningside opened another 10-point lead, 24-14, when super sub Beth Watson struck from 3-point range at the 11-minute mark. Morningside opened up a 12-point advantage, its largest of the half, when Carper drilled a short range jumper at the 10:20 mark.
  The Yellow Jackets tied the score at 35-35 when Kristi Beougher made the second end of a two-shot foul with 26.1 seconds left to complete a run of eight straight Cedarville points. Lokken put the Mustangs up 38-35 at the intermission when she sank a 3-pointer just prior to the horn.
  The Mustangs pushed their lead back into double figures when Lokken struck from 3-point range to make it 48-38 with 16:45 left in the game. Pudenz joined the Mustangs’ 3-point act when she struck from the baseline to give the Mustangs’ a 51-38 lead, then Cloud drilled another 3-pointer to give the Mustangs’ their largest lead to that point, 54-38, with 15:41 left.
  The Mustangs continued to bomb away from 3-point distance and used 3-pointers by Watson and Carper to increase the margin to 19 points, 64-45, at the 12-minute mark.
  Cloud drilled the Mustangs’ national tournament record-breaking 16th 3-point field goal of the game with 8:58 left to put the Mustangs in front 67-49.
  The Yellow Jackets fought back within 10 points, 77-67, when Kari Flunker made a pair of free throws with 2:58 remaining to complete a 22-10 Yellow Jacket run. Cloud ended the Yellow Jackets’ comeback bid when she drilled her national tournament record tying eighth 3-pointer of the game.
  The championship is the fourth straight for the GPAC, with Northwestern winning in 2001 and Hastings in 2002 and 2003.