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Herd's Baker named to C-USA All-Defensive team
HUNTINGTON -- Casey Baker from Marshall was named as a member of the Conference USA women's basketball All-Defensive Team.
Baker, a junior guard from Bradenton, Fla., led the conference with 3.23 steals per game. She had 97 steals in the regular season, the second-best total in Marshall history and fifth-most in C-USA history. She also blocked 13 shots.
Marshall enters the C-USA tournament Thursday in Orlando, Fla., with Baker averaging 11.8 points and 4.13 assists per game.
No. 6 seed Marshall plays No. 11 Tulane at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in UCF Arena.
C-USA women's basketball coaches, sports information directors and selected media members participated in the voting.
Pauline Love from Southern Miss, the league scoring leader with a 16.8 average, earned a spot on the All-CUSA first team. Love also averaged 11.0 rebounds per game which ranks seventh in the nation.
Other players on the all-conference first team were Diamond Rogers of UAB, Jareica Hughes of UTEP, Twiggy McIntyre from Houston and Janielle Dodds of SMU.
C-USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Casey Baker, Marshall, G, 5-8, Jr., Bradenton, Fla.
Chanel Johnson, Tulsa, F/C, 6-3, Jr., Tulsa, Okla.
Natasha Lacy, UTEP, G, 5-10, Sr., El Paso, Texas
Sharee Shepherd, SMU, G, 5-10, Sr., Houston, Texas
Jasmine Young, East Carolina, G, 5-5, Jr., Richmond, Va.
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
First Team
Janielle Dodds, SMU, P, 6-3, Sr., Fairfax, Va.
Jareica Hughes, UTEP, G, 5-3, Soph., Southfield, Mich.
Pauline Love, Southern Miss, F, 6-0, Soph., Luxora, Ark.
Twiggy McIntyre, Houston, G, 5-5, Jr., Sapulpa, Okla.
Diamond Rogers, UAB, F, 5-11, Sr., Jackson, Miss.
Second Team
Valeriya Berezhynska, Rice, C, 6-4, Sr., Miami, Fla.
Natasha Lacy, UTEP, G, 5-10, Sr., El Paso, Texas
Izabela Piekarska, UTEP, C, 6-5, Sr., Warszawa, Poland
LaCoya Terry, East Carolina, G, 5-10, Jr., Hephzibah, Ga.
Jasmine Young, East Carolina, G, 5-5, Jr., Richmond, Va.
Third Team
Tye Jackson, Houston, G, 5-10, Sr., Houston, Texas
Ashley Langford, Tulane, G, 5-5, Jr., Harrisburg, Pa.
Tia Lewis, UCF, F/C, 6-0, Fr., Poulan, Ga.
Crystal McFadden, UAB, G, 5-10, Sr., New York, N.Y.
Larrissa Williams, Tulsa, F/C, 6-3, Soph., Little Rock, Ark.
Delisha Wills, SMU, F, 5-10, Soph., Mesquite, Texas
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Emma Cannon, UCF, F, 6-2, Rochester, N.Y.
Cobilyn Hill, Houston, C, 6-3, Houston, Texas
Tia Lewis, UCF, F/C, 6-0, Poulan, Ga.
Amanda Peterson, UAB, G, 5-10, Homewood, Ala.
Courtney Taylor, Houston, G/F, 6-0, Crockett, Texas.
