Women's basketball season starts 1-7
Gretchen Cramer, '11 | Sports Co-Editor; Nicole Williams, '12 | Staff Reporter
Issue date: 12/11/09 Section: Sports
The women's basketball team is off to a rocky start head coach Sean Pinkerton said. The team opened the 2009-10 season on Nov. 18 at home for their first loss of the season, falling short by 18 points to the SUNY Canton Kangaroos. Pinkerton didn't play his official starting lineup for the first game. "We didn't run their offensive set which lead to poor play and as a result Canton kept the lead." Pinkerton said. Captain Tekesha Hanson, a returning point guard, led the team with 21 points.
The team started the season with a new head coach, Pinkerton and assistant coach Camille Murphy. The team brings back only four returning players and eight new freshmen.
"We have a new coach and we are learning new things during practice. Mustangs can improve on everything; a basketball team is never perfect," Hanson said. She feels the season is going to be hard, but if the team works harder than they should do better than last year.
Pinkerton was hired in the spring of 2009. He came to Morrisville from SUNY Canton, where he served as the assistant coach last year. He assisted the team to a second place tie in the Sunrise Conference.
Murphy joined the women's basketball program in the fall of 2009. She is a Syracuse native and a former Division I women's basketball player for the University of Georgia.
"This is definitely a growing year," fan Kylie Stewart said. "I feel very confident that these coaches can pull this team together and produce some more wins."
The team played their second game, Nov. 20, in Oswego. Freshman Bette Davis led Morrisville with 19 points. The Mustangs almost had their first victory, but fell short with the final score 65-54.
"We did much better in the second game, the offense was fueling our defense and that's backwards; it's normally the other way around," Pinkerton said.
Roberts Wesleyan College team left with a victory over the Mustangs, leaving the final score 82-30. Due to poor shooting the ladies got frustrated, Pinkerton explained.
"Roberts Wesleyan College is a good school, it's a division 2 school, meaning they have girls that are on sports scholarships and are giants, and most of their girls are at least 6'1. We have a small team; our tallest girl is 5'9." Pinkerton added. This has been the team's biggest loss of the season so far.
"For the upcoming games, Morrisville can look forward to the team progressing, and new team bound to come together and play ball…we are going to be more aggressive on defense and more aware on offense," Kimberly Lewis, a returning point guard said.
The most recent game was against Keuka College, which resulted in a lose for the team. The Mustangs are currently 1-7-0, with upcoming games Dec. 11 and 12 against SUNY IT, with a start time of 5 p.m., and Buffalo State College, with a start time of 2 p.m. Both games are home.
The team started the season with a new head coach, Pinkerton and assistant coach Camille Murphy. The team brings back only four returning players and eight new freshmen.
"We have a new coach and we are learning new things during practice. Mustangs can improve on everything; a basketball team is never perfect," Hanson said. She feels the season is going to be hard, but if the team works harder than they should do better than last year.
 | Members of the Women's Basketball team race down the court at the teams November 18 game against SUNY Canton. The girls next home game will be on Friday, December 11 against SUNY IT.
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Pinkerton was hired in the spring of 2009. He came to Morrisville from SUNY Canton, where he served as the assistant coach last year. He assisted the team to a second place tie in the Sunrise Conference.
Murphy joined the women's basketball program in the fall of 2009. She is a Syracuse native and a former Division I women's basketball player for the University of Georgia.
"This is definitely a growing year," fan Kylie Stewart said. "I feel very confident that these coaches can pull this team together and produce some more wins."
The team played their second game, Nov. 20, in Oswego. Freshman Bette Davis led Morrisville with 19 points. The Mustangs almost had their first victory, but fell short with the final score 65-54.
"We did much better in the second game, the offense was fueling our defense and that's backwards; it's normally the other way around," Pinkerton said.
Roberts Wesleyan College team left with a victory over the Mustangs, leaving the final score 82-30. Due to poor shooting the ladies got frustrated, Pinkerton explained.
"Roberts Wesleyan College is a good school, it's a division 2 school, meaning they have girls that are on sports scholarships and are giants, and most of their girls are at least 6'1. We have a small team; our tallest girl is 5'9." Pinkerton added. This has been the team's biggest loss of the season so far.
"For the upcoming games, Morrisville can look forward to the team progressing, and new team bound to come together and play ball…we are going to be more aggressive on defense and more aware on offense," Kimberly Lewis, a returning point guard said.
The most recent game was against Keuka College, which resulted in a lose for the team. The Mustangs are currently 1-7-0, with upcoming games Dec. 11 and 12 against SUNY IT, with a start time of 5 p.m., and Buffalo State College, with a start time of 2 p.m. Both games are home.