Head Coach:
Melissa Bittner '03, 5th year
Phone: 309-457-2174
E-mail:
mbittner@monm.edu
Melissa
Bittner, a 2003 Monmouth College graduate, brings a high
level of energy and passion for the game to the program.
Bittner finished her career
as the school’s third-leading scorer with 1,318 points. She
was selected to the All-MWC basketball squad in all four
seasons. Also a member of the Scots’ volleyball and track
teams, Bittner was named all-conference an amazing 15 times
out of a possible 16 athletic seasons. Her All-American
career was completed in style with her selection as
Illinois’ NCAA Woman of the Year winner in 2003. She
was also a top 10 finalist for the national award.
Assistant Coaches: Gary Martin, 6th year;
Keegan Jones, 1st year; Stephanie Smith, 1st year |
Melissa Bittner |
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The Fighting Scots 2009-10 Women's Basketball Team
Barnard earns second All-Midwest Conference honor
March 3, 2010
In a vote of the league’s coaches, the Monmouth College women’s and
men’s basketball teams landed one player each on the All-Midwest
Conference team.
Senior guard Lynsey Barnard (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) was named to
the women’s second team. The biopsychology major got in opponents’
heads as a dangerous inside-outside threat. Her 13.4 points-per-game
average led the Scots in scoring. Able to penetrate, she was also
adept at scoring outside, where she was second on the team in
three-pointers. It is Barnard’s second all-league selection.
Junior
post Eric Cogdill (East Moline, Ill./United Township) was
named to the men’s honorable mention team for the first time.
Monmouth has had a women’s player named to the all-conference team
for 27 straight years.
Forrest rains threes, named Performer of
the Week
Feb. 23, 2010
Freshman Colleen Forrest (Deerfield,
Ill./Deerfield) helped keep the Fighting Scots in the Midwest Conference
playoff chase to the bitter end in the team’s final two games and was
named the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week in women’s basketball
for her efforts.
Needing to win both games last week to stay in the hunt, Forrest – an
education major – educated Lake Forest on the art of clutch shots in a
101-96 overtime win over the Foresters. The 5-4 guard hit a
school-record-tying seven three pointers in the win last Tuesday, but
none bigger than her three-point bomb with three seconds left in
regulation. The Fighting Scots never led in the second half and trailed
85-82 when Forrest hit the tying shot from the top of the key with two
defenders draped on her to force the extra session. She then hit a trey
for Monmouth’s first points of the overtime and ended the Scots’ scoring
with a free throw to close out the game. She scored a game- and
career-high 26 points in the classic battle, making 7-of-13 shot from
beyond the arc. In another must-win situation Saturday, Forrest pumped
in another 17 points in a 72-57 win over Grinnell.
For the week, the freshman averaged 21.5 points per game on 15-of-28
shooting (12-of-25 from 3-point range) and 4.0 rebounds to pick up her
first career Performer of the Week award.
Boone named MWC Performer of the Week
February 2, 2010
Justine Boone (Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo)
helped the Fighting Scots to a pair of wins last week and was named
the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week in women’s basketball.
A junior guard, Boone helped Monmouth maintain
a tie in the MWC for the fourth and final conference playoff berth.
In a 75-60 win over Grinnell last Wednesday, the business major
recorded a double-double and just missed by two rebounds in her bid
to become the first Monmouth woman to record a triple-double. She
poured in 13 points, dished out 11 assists, pulled down eight
rebounds and recorded four steals while playing all but four
minutes. Her 11 assists and four field goals accounted for half of
the Scots’ 30 baskets. Boone followed Wednesday’s performance with
another stellar effort in a 61-45 win over Knox. She scored another
13 points, recorded five assists and made six steals as the Scots
held Knox scoreless over the final 7:45 of the game. For the week,
Boone averaged 13 points, 4.5 rebounds, 8.5 assists and five steals
per game.
Williams named MWC Performer of the Week
January 18, 2010
Scoring 32 percent of her team’s points over a three game stretch
earned freshman Zipporah Williams (Chicago, Ill./Orr
Academy) the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honor in women’s
basketball.
A
5-foot-10 forward, Williams averaged a double-double as the Fighting
posted a 2-1 record for week. In an 83-72 win over Knox
on Tuesday, she posted her second double-double of the season, scoring a
career-high 26 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor and hit
12-of-14 free throws to go with 13 rebounds. Williams then poured in a
game-high 20 points in a 60-51 win over Lawrence Friday, just missing
another double-double with nine rebounds. She wrapped up the week on
Saturday with another 20 point, nine rebound effort in a 69-59 loss to
Carroll. For the week, Williams averaged 22 points and 10.3 rebounds per
game while shooting 64 percent from the floor.
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