Laquanda Dawkins Prince named new Head Women’s Basketball Coach Greensboro, NC – Greensboro College President Lawrence D. Czarda and Director of Athletics Kim Strable have announced the hiring of Laquanda Dawkins Prince as the Pride’s new Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Coach Prince brings numerous years of coaching experience at the Division I and II levels to Greensboro, while also spending years as a mentor and educator. Her appointment brings her back to her home State of North Carolina. ” We are confident that Coach Prince will continue the decades long legacy of excellence by the Greensboro College women’s basketball program…
Greensboro, NC – The Greensboro College Athletic Department has announced the departure of Hall of Famer and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Heather Macy. After three years at the helm of the Pride Program, Macy has accepted the Head Coaching position at Division II Barry University in Miami, FL. “Coach Macy is a great credit to Greensboro College as a student athlete, outstanding coach and consummate professional”, said Greensboro College President Dr. Lawrence Czarda. “While we will miss her on campus, we know that she will continue to be successful in all she does”. In her three years at her Alma…
Greensboro’s historic season comes to an end in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Mechanicsburg, PA – It had been eight years since the Greensboro College Women’s Basketball program had qualified for the NCAA Tournament and this was the first experience for any members of this year’s team, with the exception of Head Coach Heather Macy, who participated in the NCAA’s as a player for the Pride. They jumped out to an early lead and then made a comeback, but in the end would fall to the Violets, 71-54. Senior Ta’Keria Legette (Latta, SC) opened the first quarter with…
Greensboro will travel to Pennsylvania to play NYU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Greensboro, NC – After winning the USA South Athletic Conference Regular Season and Tournament titles, the Greensboro College Women’s Basketball team learned today who and where they would play, as they gathered with College staff and fans for the official NCAA Selection Show. When their name was called, the Pride began to prepare for a trip up north to Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, PA, where they will face the #7 team in the country, New York University on Friday, March 3rd at 4:30pm. The…
TICKET PUNCHED. Greensboro captures USA South Tournament Championship to advance to the NCAA DIII Tournament Greensboro, NC – In the championship game of the 2023 USA South Women’s Basketball Tournament, held on the campus of Greensboro College, the host top-seeded Pride defeated second-seeded N.C. Wesleyan, 97-90, to win the program’s seventh championship. The 187 total points scored were the most in Conference championship game history, with Greensboro’s 97 points being the most scored by a team in the finals. Greensboro started fast by scoring the game’s first eight points in the opening 70 seconds. After N.C. Wesleyan’s first bucket of…
Greensboro College Women’s Basketball places 5 on USA South All-Conference teams, including two Player of the Year awards Rome, GA – The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2022-23 All-Conference awards for women’s basketball. Individually, a trio from Greensboro was honored as Audrey Jennings was named Player of the Year, Ta’Keria Legette collected Defensive Player of the Year, and their coach, Heather Macy, grabbed Coach of the Year. Brevard’s Olivia Miller was named Rookie of the Year to round out the individual honors. Additionally, the USA South recognized an All-Sportsmanship Team, consisting of one member from each competing school…
ROME, Ga.—-Greensboro College’s Lauren Livingston (Greenwood, S.C./Emerald) earned All-USA South First Team honors while Brooke Kinley (Lexington, N.C./East Davidson) claimed USA South All-Sportsmanship Team honors as announced by the conference earlier today. Livingston’s honor comes after a stellar freshman year where she averaged 18.6 points per game, 3.5 rebounds a game, 4.1 assists per game, and 1.3 steals per contest. Her points per game stood fifth in the USA South for 2020-2021 as did her assists per game. At the point guard position, Livingston tallied eight games with 20 or more points including three games where she eclipsed the 30-point…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.—Greensboro College’s Kiara Johnson posted a career-high 18 points as the Pride dropped a Monday evening USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) contest to Methodist University, 79-69, in both team’s season finale. Both teams played a tight first quarter with the Pride seizing momentum in the final two minutes as they closed the period on a 7-0 run to claim an 18-12 lead. Greensboro held Methodist to just three field goals in the first quarter, but the Monarchs held a 17-10 rebounding advantage. Methodist cut the run and built one of their leads as they claimed a five-point lead…
MISENHEIMER, N.C.—Greensboro College’s Lauren Livingston set a new career-high in scoring with 35 points while notching a double-double with ten rebounds, also a career-high, as the Pride claimed a Sunday afternoon USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) victory over Pfeiffer University, 86-79. The Pride (5-7, 5-7 USA South) jumped to a 10-3 lead through the first 3:30 of the contest, but Pfeiffer chopped the lead down to four points with 4:37 left in the first quarter on a Shalonda Wilkins jump shot. Destiny Timberlake’s (High Point, N.C./Andrews) jumper with 1:05 remaining in the period gave the Pride their largest lead…
ROME, Ga.—Greensboro College Women’s Basketball earned the fourth seed in the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) Women’s Basketball East Division Tournament as announced by the conference at the conclusion of play Sunday afternoon. Due to the ramifications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the cancelation of the Division III NCAA Basketball tournament, the USA South will conduct divisional basketball tournaments. There will be no overall Conference champion this season. The tournaments consist of the top-four teams from each respective division in the Conference and will begin with first round action on Wednesday, March 3 hosted by the…
Courtesy of Bryan Jones, Greensboro College SID RALEIGH, N.C.—Meredith College’s Kate Perko posted 27 points and 16 rebounds, leading Meredith over Greensboro College in both team’s opening USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) contest, 86-70, Friday evening. The Pride jumped to a 10-6 lead 2:36 into the opening quarter after Lauren Livingston’s first field goal of the contest. Greensboro’s lead extended to five points on the next possession with a Kiara Johnson three-pointer. Karli Mason’s first three-pointer at the 3:39 mark of the quarter reclaimed a five-point lead for the Pride, 18-13. The Avenging Angels countered, mounting a 15-0 run…
Heather Macy Named Head Women’s Basketball Coach & Assistant Director of Athletics from Wes Gullett, Sports Information Director at Greensboro College GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College alumna Heather Macy ’00 has been named Greensboro College’s head women’s basketball coach and assistant director of athletics, Pride Director of Athletics Kim Strable announced Thursday. “Coach Macy has had a remarkable coaching career since her playing days here at Greensboro College,” Strable said. “As a point guard she was always a coach on the floor, and her passion for the game has taken her to great places. “Beyond her on-court qualifications, she has…
Coach Randy Tuggle Passes Away At 62 After Battle With Cancer (He is a former Northwest Guilford Vikings’ High School basketball player and baseball player, and he became the winningest coach in Greensboro College Women’s Basketball program history… He worked in the banking and finance industry for many years, before he got into coaching basketball, but once he became a basketball coach, Randy Tuggle had found his groove and his passion for life…He loved to win, going all the way back to his days as a student-athlete, at Northwest Guilford High School…He used to battle for coach Sandy Gann in…
Women’s Basketball Falls On Senior Day To N.C. Wesleyan 77-69 from Greensboro College Athletics website GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College women’s basketball team fell to the Battling Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan College Saturday 77-69. Aided by seven combined points from Ashley Free and Diajah Hickson, the Greensboro women opened the game on an 11-2 run before the Bishops were able to battle back to tie the game at 17 with 1:28 to play in the period. Following the Bishops three-pointer to tie the game, Destiny Timberlake hit from three-point land with less than a minute on the clock…
The women’s basketball season within the USA South Athletic Conference is well underway and fierce battles with championship dreams are taking place in gyms across the League’s six states. A battle which is being fought outside of the sports arena is one by Greensboro College Women’s Basketball Head Coach Randy Tuggle against pancreatic cancer. In support of a member of its women’s basketball family, the USA South has invited each team in the Conference to designate one of its remaining home games as a Pancreatic Cancer Awareness event in support of Coach Tuggle and his battle to #BlockOutCancer. Coach Tuggle…
Tuggle Delivers Powerful Interview About His Battle With Cancer on WBCA Segment on HOOPSVILLE from Greensboro College Sports Information Department(Wes Gullett SID) GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College Head Women’s Basketball Coach Randy Tuggle was a guest on D3Hoops.com’s HOOPSVILLE Thursday night. Tuggle joined host Dave McHugh on the WBCA Center Court Segment, which is a special portion of the show that is sponsored Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. During the interview, Tuggle discussed his battle with pancreatic cancer with McHugh, while also talking about the support of the community and his team. In addition, Tuggle also spoke about his team’s early…
Women’s Basketball Opens 2020 With 71-49 Victory Over Methodist from Wes Gullet, Sports Information Director at Greensboro College GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College women’s basketball team defeated the Monarch of Methodist University Saturday 71-49. Katie Lewis(Southeast Guilford High School) hit her first three shots of the game to give the Pride a 7-5 lead before Methodist outscored Greensboro 7-4 over the next 2:42 to take a 12-11 lead. However, the Pride closed out the final 2:04 of the first period on a 10-2 run to take a 21-14 lead into the second. During the run, Ashley Free and Lewis…
Lewis Breaks 1,000 Point Mark As Pride Women Defeat Regent 55-35 from Wes Gullett, Sports Information Director at Greensboro College GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Katie Lewis(Southeast Guilford High School) scored her 1,000th career point Saturday as the Greensboro College women’s basketball team defeated Regent University 55-35. Regent held a 7-5 lead into the second period before the Pride stormed in front with an 8-2 run over the first 6:22. Ashley Free got the run started with a free-throw before Sabria Joseph and Kourtney Mitchell both added layups. Nichelle Jeffries then capped off the run with a three-pointer from the top…
Women’s Basketball Picked Second In USA South East Division Preseason Poll courtesy of Wes Gullett, Sports Information Director for Greensboro College GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College women’s basketball team, under the direction of Head Coach Randy Tuggle, was picked to finish second in the USA South East Division, the conference announced Thursday in their annual preseason poll. The Pride women received four of the possible nine first-place votes and finished just one point behind Mary Baldwin University, who received three first-place votes. The Greensboro College women will get their 2019-2020 season underway on Nov. 11 when they host Virginia…
2019-2020 Pride Women’s Basketball Schedule Released Courtesy of Wes Gullett, Greensboro College Sports Information Director GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College Head Women’s Basketball Coach Randy Tuggle announced the Pride’s 2019-2020 schedule Monday. Greensboro, who finished the 2018-2019 season with an overall record of 19-7, will welcome six new teams to schedule. After opening the season with a scrimmage against Hollins University on Nov. 7, the Pride will host the University of Lynchburg to start regular season play on Nov. 11 before the Royals of Regent University comes to Hanes Gymnasium on Nov. 16. Following their brief two-game home stand to…