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January 29, 2007
Rance Named to CACC Women’s Basketball Honor Roll
PHILADELPHIA, PA – University of the Sciences in Philadelphia women’s Basketball player Shelby Rance (Central Columbia High School/Bloomsburg, Pa.) was named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll for her performance for the week ending January 28, 2007.
In three games last week, Rance, a 5’8” senior, averaged 20 points, four rebounds and 3.3 steals per game, leading the Devils to a perfect 3-0 week.
Opening the week against Georgian Court University, Rance scored a game-high 19 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line. Shelby made one three-point field goal while pulling down four rebounds. Rance also recorded three assists and two steals.
Rance followed up her performance against Georgian Court with a 21 point game against Wilmington College and a 20-point, seven rebound effort against Caldwell College. In both games, Shelby was the Devils’ leading scorer. Rance had four steals in each of the two games.
For the week, Rance connected on 24 of 54 shots from the field (44.4%) and was perfect from the free throw line (8-8). The senior guard also recorded four assists and 10 steals on the week.
The former Central Columbia High School athlete is in her fourth season of play for the Devils. Averaging 16.9 points per game as the Devils leading scorer, Rance currently ranks sixth in the CACC in scoring, is second in the league in free throw percentage (87.7%) and eighth in the league in steals (2.16/gm). Shelby is the Devils 2nd all-time leading scorer with 1,783 career points.
Rance is a pharmacy major pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
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