The league’s best players were honored Sunday as Conference USA unveiled its 2011 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Teams. A trio of Houston standouts received recognition while Memphis and Rice also tallied honorees. Brittney Scott, Courtney Taylor and Porsche Landry all represent the Cougars on the list along with Memphis’ Brittany Carter and Rice’s Jessica Kuster.
The 2011 Buick C-USA Basketball Championships is set to take place from Wednesday, March 9 through Saturday, March 12 in Memorial Gym and the Don Haskins Center on UTEP’s campus in El Paso, Texas. For ticket information, call 915-747-6150.
Conference USA will air its first annual C-USA Women’s Basketball Championship Podcast Show on Monday, March 7. The two-hour show can be heard in its entirety or broken down to feature all 12 C-USA coaches individually.
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
All-C-USA First Team
Courtney Taylor, Sr., F, Houston
Brittney Scott, Sr., G., Houston
Porsche Landry, Sr., PG, Houston
Brittany Carter, Jr., G, Memphis
Jessica Kuster, Fr., F, Rice
All-C-USA Second Team
Tynikki Crook, Sr., F, Marshall
Danielle Nunn, Sr., G, Tulane
D’Nay Daniels, Sr., G, UCF
Chelsie Wiley, Sr., G, UCF
Gloria Brown, Jr-TF., F, UTEP
All-C-USA Third Team
Kim Gay, Sr., F, East Carolina
Morgan Mayse, Sr., F, Rice
Tanesha Washington, Sr., G, Southern Miss
Rachel Vigers, Jr., F, Southern Miss
Tiffany Aidoo, Sr., G/F, Tulane
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
All Freshman Team
Jessica Kuster, F, Rice
Akil Simpson, F, SMU
Jamierra Faulkner, PG, Southern Miss
Karisma Chapman, F, UAB
Kelli Willingham, G, UTEP
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
All Defensive Team
Courtney Taylor, Sr., F, Houston
Ramses Lonlack, Jr., G, Memphis
Jessica Kuster, Fr., F, Rice
Roshaunda Barnes, Sr., G, Tulane
Aisha Patrick, Jr., G, UCF