Thomas More College senior guard/forward Sydney Moss (St. Albans, W.Va./Boone County (Ky.), sophomore guard Abby Owings (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) and head women’s basketball coach Jeff Hans were honored by D3hoops.com Wednesday when it released its 2016 All-America team and 19th annual national awards.
Moss was named the D3hoops.com Player of the Year for the third-straight season and was named first team All-America. Moss is averaging 22.4 points per game, as she is shooting 50.6 percent (220-of-435) from the field, including 38.4 percent (91-of-237) from behind the three-point arc.
She also leads the team on the boards with 7.3 rebounds per game, while she is second in assists with 152 and has blocked 17 shots and recorded 47 steals.
Owings was named fourth team All-America by the internet website. She leads the team in assists with 153, while she is second in scoring with 15.0 points per game and steals with 552. Owings is knocking down 39.0 percent (70-of-199) of her shots from behind the three-point arc and has two blocks on the season.
Hans was named the D3hoops.com Coach of the Year for the second-straight season. He has guided the top-ranked Saints (32-0) to their second-straight appearance in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship’s title game. Thomas More has a +38.4 scoring margin and is averaging 92.2 points per game, while it connects on 48.2 percent (1,107-of-2,295) of its shots from the field. The Saints have a +11.3 turnover margin, +10.8 rebounding margin and a 2.0 assist turnover ratio.
Thomas More is set to play seventh-ranked Tufts University in the national championship game on Monday, April 4 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.
From TMC Athletics