Women's Basketball
Lady Surge on 8-game win streak
Cincinnati State’s Lady Surge has found its stride in recent weeks, winning each of its last eight games. The team’s most recent victory, a 93-78 road win against Edison Community College, put the Surge at 7-1 in its conference and 15-7 overall.
That’s a welcome turnaround from the first half of the season, which saw the team get off to an unexpectedly sluggish 7-8 start. The season now enters a crucial phase heading into the tournament season in March.
Of the last seven games in the regular season, six are against conference opponents.
On Saturday (Feb. 6) the Lady Surge will play for first place in the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference against nationally ranked Owens Community College at home. Next up is Columbus State on Feb. 10.
Lady Surge hope to recapture last season’s swagger
During the early part of the season the Cincinnati State women’s basketball team will focus on incorporating its freshman players into a cohesive team capable of rising to the standards set last year by the Lady Surge, according to Head Coach Theresa Check.
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In 2008-09 the Cincinnati State women compiled a 22-6 record and ended the regular season with a No. 8 ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Conference coaches’ poll.
This year the Lady Surge return five players from that team, along with eight first-year players. According to Check, the team has been hurt by injuries, and is adjusting to the loss of key players from last year’s squad.
“We have a lot of new talent on the team,’’ Check said. “The more we play, the more we will adjust to each other’s style.”
Cincinnati State won its first two games, then lost close battles to Schoolcraft, Rend Lake, and Louisburg. But the Surge came back and defeated Wabash and Guilford Community College, and found itself with a 4-3 record at the start of a schedule sequence that will have them on the road the entire month of December.
“Our speed, stamina, and toughness are what is going to allow us to have a successful road trip,” assistant coach Ron Harris said. “We’re going to find a lot about who we are as a team.”
The next home game for the Lady Surge will be January 11 when they host Vincennes at 5:30 p.m.
Theresa Check, Coach
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