Women's Basketball Headlines

Nyemade Cooper records double-double in exhibition game at Western Michigan University
Nymade Cooper scored 14 points and 10 rebounds in the Hornets 94-50 exhibition loss at NCAA Division I Western Michigan University on Sunday, Nov. 8. After a slow start, Kalamazoo played a solid second half as the Hornets were outscored just 44-33 after halftime. In addition to Cooper's double-double, Courtney Kaplan scored 12 points with three assists. Carly Zeitlin scored eight points with five rebounds. Western shot 49.4 percent on their home floor and outrebounded Kalamazoo, 51-32. Kalamazoo begins the regular season Nov. 21 at Hanover College. Box Score

Cooper and McCain earn All-MIAA Basketball honors
Nyemade Cooper and Henry McCain were selected to their respective All-MIAA Basketball Second Team's on Monday, March 2. Cooper, a junior from Ypsilanti (Gabriel Richard HS), led the MIAA in scoring (15.4 ppg) and blocked shots (2.1 avg). She is Kalamazoo's first league scoring champion since 1987-88. Cooper finished second in the league in rebounding (8.4 rpg) and fourth in shooting percentage (.486). For the season, Cooper finished her junior season with 352 points and now has a career total of 873, ranking 13th among Kalamazoo College career leaders. Cooper pulled down 209 rebounds this season and became just the sixth player in school history to reach 500 career rebounds. McCain, a senior from Harper Woods (Grosse Pointe North HS), ranked sixth in league contests in rebounding (6.8 avg) and 11th in scoring (12.0 ppg). He was the only Hornets' player to average in double figures, and was named MIAA Player of the Week for Week Five after scoring a career-high 27 points against Oberlin.

Nyemade Cooper wins MIAA Scoring Title
Kalamazoo College's Nyemade Cooper won the 2008-09 MIAA Women's Basketball Scoring Title. The junior from Ypsilanti (Gabriel Richard HS) won the title with 247 points in conference play (15.4 points per game). Cooper edged out Calvin's Brook Van Eck who finished with 242 points (15.1 points per game). Cooper joins Laura Behling as the only Kalamazoo College women's basketball players to win the league's scoring title. Behling won it three consecutive seasons (1985-86, 86-87, 87-88). Cooper also led the league in blocked shots (2.1 per game) while finishing second in rebounding (8.4 per game).