NWADG Basketball

2019

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22 Northwest Arkansas Basketball Sunday, November 3, 2019 additions to the program, Carruthers and his team feel optimistic about the season ahead. The team just missed making the American Southwest Con- ference tournament last year and want to breakthrough this time around. "We couldn't be more excited to get this season started," Carruthers said. "The first goal we can meet is to make the conference tournament. We were literally a game away from that last year. From there, we want to just survive and advantage. We feel we have the talent to meet those goals. It's about how we come together and how hard we are going to work. We want to make it to the NCAA Tournament. These guys are hungry to get there." LADY EAGLES Expectations are much different this season than they were a year ago for the University of the Ozarks women's head coach Kourtni Williams and the Lady Eagles. That's what happens when you have a bounce-back season. Williams, in her first season as head coach after three years as an assistant at the program, was able to guide Ozarks to a 13-13 overall and a 9-7 record in American Southwest Conference play. That allowed the Ea- gles to make the confer- ence tournament for the first time since the 2014- 15 season. It marked the first winning conference record since the 2010-11 sea- son and the highest finish in the confer- ence since 2002-03. "We went into last season without many expectations because we finished 4-21 the year before," Williams said. "We just wanted to get better. We wanted to keep it basic. We wanted to not only im- prove our record but our culture. We put ourselves in a good position at the end of the season." Eagles v Continued from Page 21 Williams Courtesy Photo/University of Ozarks Junior point guard Bryson Johnson is back to lead the way for the University of the Ozarks men after finishing last season with a team- high 12.5 points per game. "We went into last season without many expectations because we finished 4-21 the year before. We just wanted to get better. ... We put ourselves in a good position at the end of the season." — Ozarks women's head coach Kourtni Williams v Continued on next page

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