2016-17Â D3HOOPS.COM ALL-WEST REGION TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College women's basketball player
Tamira McLemore (FY, Eagan, Minn.) was named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region Team as a third-team guard, and was also named as the region Rookie of the Year, it was announced on Monday.
The award is the latest for McLemore, who was also named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference squad and All-MIAC Rookie Team this season. McLemore was the lone first-year player among the 16 players named to the three D3hoops.com All-West Region teams.
McLemore led a group of eight first-year players that made the 2016-17 campaign one of the most amazing for Augsburg's women's basketball in its varsity program history. One of two players (both first-years) to start all 26 games this season and one of seven Auggie first-years to start 12 or more games, McLemore led the team in scoring, averaging 14.3 points per-game, while also leading the team with 87 assists (3.3 per-game) and 65 steals (2.5 per-game). Her 4.2 rebounds per-game were fourth-most on the team, and she also contributed seven blocked shots. Her 29.2 minutes played per-game were most on the team. McLemore scored in double figures in 21 of her 26 games.
Among MIAC players in overall statistics, McLemore finished eighth with a 14.3 points per-game average. Her 64 steals were second-most in the MIAC, while her 87 assists were sixth-most, her 88 free throws were fifth-most and her 127 made field goals were 10th-most. Her 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio was 15th-best in the league.
McLemore's 372 points were the eighth-most in a single season in school history, while her 88 free throws were also eighth-most. Her 127 field goals made were tied for 12th-most, her 64 steals were 12th-most and her 87 assists were tied for 13th-most on the Auggie single-season record lists.
Under second-year head coach
Ted Riverso, Augsburg finished 15-11Â overall and 8-10 in MIAC play in 2016-17, reaching the six-team MIAC postseason playoffs for the second time in the last three years and recording double-digit win totals four years in a row -- the first time that has happened in the varsity history (since 1972) of Augsburg women's basketball. The Auggies made a dramatic run to secure a conference playoff spot, winning seven of their last 10 regular-season games. Riverso is now 29-22 in his two seasons at Augsburg.Â
(NOTE: This story includes information taken from Augsburg's All-MIACÂ women's basketball release.)
