Women's Basketball 2/27/2019 12:41:00 PM Jordan Alves

Gregory earns Mid-South Conference Defensive Player of the Year honor

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Redshirt sophomore Savannah Gregory earned the Mid-South Conference Defensive Player of the Year honor, announced at the awards banquet Thursday night.

In addition to her Defensive Player of the Year award, Gregory was named the Champion of Character award winner for the second straight season. She joined Madison Stewart, Caitlin Hall and Madison Faulkner of the First-Team All-Conference list.

Gregory has transformed herself into one of the best defensive players in the country. At the top of the Lady Tigers' twilight zone defense, she ranks second in the NAIA with 126 steals and fifth with 4.2 steals per game.

Averaging 12.5 points per game, grabbing 5.8 rebounds and having an assist/turnover ratio ranked 16^thin the NAIA (1.9), Gregory was second in the Conference Player of the Year voting behind Lindsey Wilson's Raegan Turner.

She finished the year hitting 56 percent from the floor (129-of-231) and hit 36 percent from 3-point land (24-of-66).

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Even though Turner led the MSC in scoring at 20.2 points per game, Gregory earned the most Player of the Week honors with four and the Lady Tigers totaled eight overall as a team. No other school had more than four and Turner finished with just one Player of the Week award. Gregory also tallied those numbers in 10-less minutes played per game than Turner (34-to-24 mpg).

In addition to her four Player of the Week honors, Gregory wrote her name in the CU record books with the second triple double in coach Ginger High Colvin's tenure. Against Life University, she poured in 17 points, added 10 rebounds and 10 steals in the Lady Tigers' 85-52 win. Gregory recorded the triple-double in only 23 minutes of action.

The Lady Tigers, who claimed their 14^thMSC regular season championship, open the tournament on Friday morning at 10 a.m. ET. All games will be played at the East Ky. Expo Center in Pikeville.

See separate stories for All-Conference and Champions of Character information.

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Players Mentioned

#40 Madison Faulkner: F; 5' 8"; Junior; Horse Cave, Ky.

#13 Savannah Gregory: G; 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore; Scottsville, Ky.

#20 Caitlin Hall: G; 5' 5"; Junior; Stanford, Ky.

#23 Madison Stewart: G; 5' 9"; Senior; Leitchfield, Ky.

Players Mentioned

#40 Madison Faulkner
: 5' 8"; Junior; Horse Cave, Ky.
: F

#13 Savannah Gregory
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore; Scottsville, Ky.
: G

#20 Caitlin Hall
: 5' 5"; Junior; Stanford, Ky.
: G

#23 Madison Stewart
: 5' 9"; Senior; Leitchfield, Ky.
: G