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Corban Wins Capital City Classic, Bennett MVP
Corban swept its two opponent over the holiday weekend at the 2009 Bruce Henderson Memorial Capital City Classic en route to winning the tournament title.

Corban Wins Capital City Classic, Bennett MVP

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SALEM, Ore. – After picking up its first victory of the season last night, Corban's women's basketball team came away from the 2009 Bruce Henderson Memorial Capital City Classic as the champions following a win over William Jessup, 69-57, Saturday evening inside the C.E. Jeffers Sports Center.

Following the two-day holiday tournament in which the Warriors were to lone undefeated team, Corban improves to 2-5 overall. Meanwhile, William Jessup falls to 3-6 overall heading back to the state of California.

Freshman Tess Bennett (Sutherlin, Ore.) was named tournament MVP after scoring 15 points on 6-for-11 shooting from the field to go along with a game-high 11 rebounds. Over the two games, Bennett totaled 29 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to go along with two assists and one steal in a combined 55 minutes of action.

Sophomore Katie Steigleman (Eugene, Ore.) and junior Miller (Mica, Wash.) were named as part of the all-tournament team, as Steigleman scored a game-high 19 points on 7-for-15 shooting from the field and Miller added 18 points and nine rebounds in helping Corban capture its second win of the season.

Corban began the game shooting 7-for-10 from the field before closing out the opening half making only three more baskets on 22 attempts. Despite a 31.3% shooting performance, the host Warriors held an eight-point lead (28-20) at intermission. William Jessup would battle back to knot the game at 44-all before Corban began to pull away with a 41-point second half that led to the 12-point win.

William Jessup was led in scoring by all-tournament team member Jennifer McNamara, who tallied 11 points on 3-for-13 shooting from the field to go along with a team-high tying eight rebounds. Ashley Rose and Nicole Abournrad added 10 points each, while Rachelle Russell chipped in with nine points and eight rebounds off the bench. Abournrad tallied her 8th, 9th, and 10th point of the evening on a buzzer-beating half-court three-pointer that brought the crowd to its feet and capped off a great two-day tournament in the Capital City.

Corban shot 24-for-62 (38.7%) from the field, while going 3-for-12 (25.0%) from three-point distance and 18-for-27 (66.7%) from the free throw line. William Jessup, on the other hand, was 18-for-58 (31.0%) from the field to go along with a 7-for-21 (33.3%) showing from long distance and 14-for-28 (50.0%) at the charity stripe.

The Warriors will return to the hardwood on Monday, November 30th, when they travel north to the Rose City to take on the Pioneers of Lewis & Clark College beginning at 7:00 p.m. inside the Pamplin Sports Center.

NOTE: Bethany University picked up its first win of the season earlier Saturday afternoon defeating NCAA Division III member Willamette University, 68-58, behind a game-high 19 points by all-tournament team member Ellie Markwardt.


2009 CHAMPIONS: Corban College

TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Tess Bennett, Corban College

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Keilyn Fujioka, Willamette University
Ellie Markwardt, Bethany University
Jennifer McNamara, William Jessup University
Jennesa Miller, Corban College
Katie Steigleman, Corban College

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