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Suzzy Dimba makes First Team All-Southland in final year
3/7/2017 12:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
ABILENE - Despite recording eye-catching performances as a scorer and defender for the entirety of her four-year career, Abilene Christian senior forward Suzzy Dimba can finally add the title of First Team All-Southland Conference to an already distinguished resume.
The league's voting body, which is composed of all 13 head coaches and each team's sports information director, Tuesday released its three all-conference teams plus list of honorable mentions and individual award winners. Suzzy was the lone Wildcat tabbed to the first team even though ACU tied for the league's best regular-season record at 16-2 in winning its second consecutive Southland Conference Championship. She also became the conference's first player to be named to four-straight All-Defensive Teams.
Senior Alexis Mason received second team honors and Lizzy Dimba received her first career postseason citation with a spot on the third team.
Suzzy was the lone forward on the league's first team as she was joined by four guards, including Southland Conference Player of the Year Taylor Ross, Central Arkansas' Maggie Proffitt, New Orleans' Randi Brown and Northwestern State's Beatrice Attura.
Second team distinctions were awarded to Mason – the league's 2015-16 Player of the Year – along with UIW's Celia Garcia Paunero and Lamar Cardinals Kiandra Bowers, Moe Kinard and Chastadie Barrs. Lamar placed third in the league at 15-3, and Barrs was voted the Southland's Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Kinard – a sophomore – was selected as the league's Newcomer of the Year over Kierra Jordan of Central Arkansas.
The conference's third team honors went to Lizzy Dimba in addition to Southeastern Louisiana and Nicholls guards Taylin Underwood and Cassidy Barrios, and post players Stevi Parker of Stephen F. Austin and UCA's Jordan.
Imani Robinson won the Southland's Freshman of the Year award over nine other nominees including the Wildcats' Breanna Wright and Nicholls' Tykeria Williams. UCA's Sandra Rushing won Coach of the Year honors as her team finished the regular-season on a 15-game winning streak.
The Wildcats will be cheering for Rushing and her Sugar Bears this week in Katy, Texas as a Southland Conference Tournament title for UCA likely will mean a second-straight WNIT appearance for the Wildcats. ACU hopes to find out its postseason destination and opponent Monday, March 13 during its selection show party scheduled for 9:30 p.m. in Gym D of the Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This event is open to the public.
Biographies for each of the Wildcats' All-Conference honorees are listed below.
Suzzy Dimba | 5-11 | F | Lubbock, Texas | Coronado HS
Career Stats
119 games, 1424 points (12.0 ppg), 955 rebounds (8.0 rpg), 296 assists, 192 blocks, 252 steals, 33 double-doubles
2016-17 Stats
30 games, 397 points (13.2 ppg), 203 rebounds (6.8 rpg), 91 assists, 45 blocks, 56 steals, 4 double-doubles
2016-17 Conference Stats
18 games, 287 points (15.9 ppg), 134 rebounds (7.4 rpg), 58 assists, 33 blocks, 27 steals
Career Awards
2016-17 First Team All-Southland Conference
2016-17 First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
2015-16 Second Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
Four-Time All-Southland Conference Defensive Team
2015-16 Second Team All-Southland Conference
2014-15 Third Team All-Southland Conference
2013-14 Southland Conference Honorable Mention
Three-Time Southland Conference Player of the Week
2015-16 Second Team Southland Conference All-Academic
Three-Time Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll awardee
2014-15 Team MVP
Season Highlights
Scored 61 points in two games vs. Central Arkansas, including a career single-game high 33 points on 12-15 (.800) shooting in Conway, Ark., on Feb. 8, 2017.
Moved into school's top-10 career rebounders list and currently ranks fifth at ACU with 955 rebounds.
Reached double figures in scoring in all but one Southland Conference game.
Recorded double-doubles vs. Central Arkansas, Lamar and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Blocked season high five shots in wins over New Orleans and UIW.
Moved into sixth place among all Southland Conference players with 192 blocks, into a tie for third with 33 double-doubles, and into ninth with 3,594 minutes played.
For the season, tied for ninth in Southland scoring and assists, and ranked first in blocks (1.8), eighth in rebounding and assist/turnover ratio (1.3), 13th in field goal percentage (.466), fourth in free-throw percentage (.841) and 12th in 3-point field goals made per game (1.9).
Alexis Mason | 5-9 | G | McKinney, Texas | McKinney North HS
Career Stats
114 games, 1636 points (14.4 ppg), 408 rebounds (3.6), 276 assists, 20 blocks, 166 steals
2016-17 Stats
25 games, 411 points (16.4 ppg), 84 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 68 assists, 6 blocks, 35 steals
2016-17 Conference Stats
18 games, 313 points (17.4 ppg), 64 rebounds (3.6 rpg), 50 assists, 5 blocks, 24 steals
Career Awards
2016-17 Second Team All-Southland Conference
2016-17 First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
2015-16 Southland Conference Player of the Year
2015-16 First Team All-Southland Conference
2015-16 Fourth Team College Sports Madness All-Mid Major
2015-16 First Team Southland Conference All-Academic
2015-16 Team MVP
Five-Time Southland Conference Player of the Week
Two-Time Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll awardee
Season Highlights
Moved into the school's top-10 scoring list and currently ranks sixth with 1,636 points.
Became the school's all-time leader with 300 3-point field goals made and 865 3-point field goal attempts. Is only third player in Southland Conference history with 300 or more 3-pointers made along with Britni Martin (311) and Ashlyn Baggett (306)
Set the school's single-game record with nine 3-pointers during the regular season finale at Houston Baptist, finishing with 31 points.
Reached double figures in scoring 21 times this season, including 30-point games vs. HBU and Lamar (career high 32 points), and seven games with 20 or more points.
Followed 32-point game vs. Lamar with 24 points at Nicholls and 26 at UIW
Totaled 26 points at Stephen F. Austin on 8-of-12 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc.
Scored over 400 points for the second-consecutive season despite missing the first five games of the year with an injury.
Named to the Shocker Winter Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring 33 points in two games vs. Wichita State and Murray State.
Ranked fifth in conference scoring, first with 3.9 3-point field goals made and ninth in 3-point field-goal percentage (.385), 13th in assists (2.8), 11th in free-throw percentage (.815), and 10th in minutes (32.4).
Lizzy Dimba | 5-11 | F | Lubbock, Texas | Coronado HS
Career Stats
112 games, 1203 points (10.7 ppg), 754 rebounds (6.7 rpg), 176 assists, 49 blocks, 158 steals
2016-17 Stats
30 games, 365 points (12.2 ppg), 209 rebounds (7.0 rpg), 47 assists, 13 blocks, 40 steals
2016-17 Conference Stats
18 games, 267 points (14.8 ppg), 141 rebounds (7.8 rpg), 30 assists, 10 blocks, 24 steals
Career Awards
2016-17 Third Team All-Southland Conference
2016-17 Preseason Second Team All-Conference
Southland Conference Player of the Week on Dec. 21, 2015
Three-Time Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll awardee
Season Highlights
Returned from a season-ending injury suffered in Feb. 2016 to play in all 30 games and set career season highs in most categories, including points, rebounds and 3-point field goals made.
Reached double figures in scoring 20 times, including a pair of 20-point games vs. Central Arkansas (20) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (21).
Registered six double-doubles, including twice vs. UIW, and Nicholls, New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana.
Pulled down a career single-game high 15 rebounds in second game vs. UIW on March 1 at home on Senior Night.
Dished out a career single-game eight assists in home win vs. McNeese.
Averaged 18.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during weekend road sweep of Stephen F. Austin and Northwestern State.
Named to the Shocker Winter Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game vs. Wichita State and Murray State.
Ranked 14th in conference scoring, sixth in rebounding, 12th in field-goal percentage (.473), 11th in offensive rebounds (2.6) and sixth in defensive rebounds (5.2).
The league's voting body, which is composed of all 13 head coaches and each team's sports information director, Tuesday released its three all-conference teams plus list of honorable mentions and individual award winners. Suzzy was the lone Wildcat tabbed to the first team even though ACU tied for the league's best regular-season record at 16-2 in winning its second consecutive Southland Conference Championship. She also became the conference's first player to be named to four-straight All-Defensive Teams.
Senior Alexis Mason received second team honors and Lizzy Dimba received her first career postseason citation with a spot on the third team.
Suzzy was the lone forward on the league's first team as she was joined by four guards, including Southland Conference Player of the Year Taylor Ross, Central Arkansas' Maggie Proffitt, New Orleans' Randi Brown and Northwestern State's Beatrice Attura.
Second team distinctions were awarded to Mason – the league's 2015-16 Player of the Year – along with UIW's Celia Garcia Paunero and Lamar Cardinals Kiandra Bowers, Moe Kinard and Chastadie Barrs. Lamar placed third in the league at 15-3, and Barrs was voted the Southland's Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Kinard – a sophomore – was selected as the league's Newcomer of the Year over Kierra Jordan of Central Arkansas.
The conference's third team honors went to Lizzy Dimba in addition to Southeastern Louisiana and Nicholls guards Taylin Underwood and Cassidy Barrios, and post players Stevi Parker of Stephen F. Austin and UCA's Jordan.
Imani Robinson won the Southland's Freshman of the Year award over nine other nominees including the Wildcats' Breanna Wright and Nicholls' Tykeria Williams. UCA's Sandra Rushing won Coach of the Year honors as her team finished the regular-season on a 15-game winning streak.
The Wildcats will be cheering for Rushing and her Sugar Bears this week in Katy, Texas as a Southland Conference Tournament title for UCA likely will mean a second-straight WNIT appearance for the Wildcats. ACU hopes to find out its postseason destination and opponent Monday, March 13 during its selection show party scheduled for 9:30 p.m. in Gym D of the Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This event is open to the public.
Biographies for each of the Wildcats' All-Conference honorees are listed below.
Suzzy Dimba | 5-11 | F | Lubbock, Texas | Coronado HS
Career Stats
119 games, 1424 points (12.0 ppg), 955 rebounds (8.0 rpg), 296 assists, 192 blocks, 252 steals, 33 double-doubles
2016-17 Stats
30 games, 397 points (13.2 ppg), 203 rebounds (6.8 rpg), 91 assists, 45 blocks, 56 steals, 4 double-doubles
2016-17 Conference Stats
18 games, 287 points (15.9 ppg), 134 rebounds (7.4 rpg), 58 assists, 33 blocks, 27 steals
Career Awards
2016-17 First Team All-Southland Conference
2016-17 First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
2015-16 Second Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
Four-Time All-Southland Conference Defensive Team
2015-16 Second Team All-Southland Conference
2014-15 Third Team All-Southland Conference
2013-14 Southland Conference Honorable Mention
Three-Time Southland Conference Player of the Week
2015-16 Second Team Southland Conference All-Academic
Three-Time Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll awardee
2014-15 Team MVP
Season Highlights
Scored 61 points in two games vs. Central Arkansas, including a career single-game high 33 points on 12-15 (.800) shooting in Conway, Ark., on Feb. 8, 2017.
Moved into school's top-10 career rebounders list and currently ranks fifth at ACU with 955 rebounds.
Reached double figures in scoring in all but one Southland Conference game.
Recorded double-doubles vs. Central Arkansas, Lamar and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Blocked season high five shots in wins over New Orleans and UIW.
Moved into sixth place among all Southland Conference players with 192 blocks, into a tie for third with 33 double-doubles, and into ninth with 3,594 minutes played.
For the season, tied for ninth in Southland scoring and assists, and ranked first in blocks (1.8), eighth in rebounding and assist/turnover ratio (1.3), 13th in field goal percentage (.466), fourth in free-throw percentage (.841) and 12th in 3-point field goals made per game (1.9).
Alexis Mason | 5-9 | G | McKinney, Texas | McKinney North HS
Career Stats
114 games, 1636 points (14.4 ppg), 408 rebounds (3.6), 276 assists, 20 blocks, 166 steals
2016-17 Stats
25 games, 411 points (16.4 ppg), 84 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 68 assists, 6 blocks, 35 steals
2016-17 Conference Stats
18 games, 313 points (17.4 ppg), 64 rebounds (3.6 rpg), 50 assists, 5 blocks, 24 steals
Career Awards
2016-17 Second Team All-Southland Conference
2016-17 First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
2015-16 Southland Conference Player of the Year
2015-16 First Team All-Southland Conference
2015-16 Fourth Team College Sports Madness All-Mid Major
2015-16 First Team Southland Conference All-Academic
2015-16 Team MVP
Five-Time Southland Conference Player of the Week
Two-Time Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll awardee
Season Highlights
Moved into the school's top-10 scoring list and currently ranks sixth with 1,636 points.
Became the school's all-time leader with 300 3-point field goals made and 865 3-point field goal attempts. Is only third player in Southland Conference history with 300 or more 3-pointers made along with Britni Martin (311) and Ashlyn Baggett (306)
Set the school's single-game record with nine 3-pointers during the regular season finale at Houston Baptist, finishing with 31 points.
Reached double figures in scoring 21 times this season, including 30-point games vs. HBU and Lamar (career high 32 points), and seven games with 20 or more points.
Followed 32-point game vs. Lamar with 24 points at Nicholls and 26 at UIW
Totaled 26 points at Stephen F. Austin on 8-of-12 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc.
Scored over 400 points for the second-consecutive season despite missing the first five games of the year with an injury.
Named to the Shocker Winter Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring 33 points in two games vs. Wichita State and Murray State.
Ranked fifth in conference scoring, first with 3.9 3-point field goals made and ninth in 3-point field-goal percentage (.385), 13th in assists (2.8), 11th in free-throw percentage (.815), and 10th in minutes (32.4).
Lizzy Dimba | 5-11 | F | Lubbock, Texas | Coronado HS
Career Stats
112 games, 1203 points (10.7 ppg), 754 rebounds (6.7 rpg), 176 assists, 49 blocks, 158 steals
2016-17 Stats
30 games, 365 points (12.2 ppg), 209 rebounds (7.0 rpg), 47 assists, 13 blocks, 40 steals
2016-17 Conference Stats
18 games, 267 points (14.8 ppg), 141 rebounds (7.8 rpg), 30 assists, 10 blocks, 24 steals
Career Awards
2016-17 Third Team All-Southland Conference
2016-17 Preseason Second Team All-Conference
Southland Conference Player of the Week on Dec. 21, 2015
Three-Time Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll awardee
Season Highlights
Returned from a season-ending injury suffered in Feb. 2016 to play in all 30 games and set career season highs in most categories, including points, rebounds and 3-point field goals made.
Reached double figures in scoring 20 times, including a pair of 20-point games vs. Central Arkansas (20) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (21).
Registered six double-doubles, including twice vs. UIW, and Nicholls, New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana.
Pulled down a career single-game high 15 rebounds in second game vs. UIW on March 1 at home on Senior Night.
Dished out a career single-game eight assists in home win vs. McNeese.
Averaged 18.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during weekend road sweep of Stephen F. Austin and Northwestern State.
Named to the Shocker Winter Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game vs. Wichita State and Murray State.
Ranked 14th in conference scoring, sixth in rebounding, 12th in field-goal percentage (.473), 11th in offensive rebounds (2.6) and sixth in defensive rebounds (5.2).
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