THE OFFICIAL SITE OF BULLDOG ATHLETICS - Home of the 2008-09 SCIAC Women's All-Sports Trophy

It was announced earlier this week that four women’s and two men’s basketball players from the University of Redlands landed on the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Teams as voted on by the head coaches.

For the women, sophomore guard Mariah Barbetti-Cort (Ventura, CA) and freshman forward Courtney Carroll (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) earned spots on the First Team, while junior forward Meghan Yetman (Danville, CA) and junior guard Ali Bueno (San Jose, CA) garnered Second Team honors. On the men’s side, junior guard Patrick Coffey (San Carlos, CA) represented the Bulldogs on the First Team, with sophomore forward Matt Dietrich earning Second Team honors.

In 14 conference games, Carroll led the team in scoring with 11.1 points per game, boasting 156 points off of a .438 shooting percentage. She also shot .772 from the charity stripe, converting 44 of her 57 opportunities against SCIAC opponents. Carroll ranked second in rebounds with 6.6 per game, while tallying 23 assists, 17 blocks and 13 steals.

Playing in only 11 SCIAC games, Barbetti-Cort also made an impact in her inaugural season with the Bulldogs. She led the team in rebounds with 8.0 per game and scored 10.4 points per game. She posted a shooting percentage of .443, which included a clip of .471 from beyond the arc. A primary ball-handler for Redlands, Barbetti-Cort distributed 35 assists, while making 15 steals and four blocks. Among the conference players, she sits second in rebounding and fourth in assists.

Yetman earns her second All-SCIAC award with her spot on the Second Team. In 14 conference games, she ranked second on the team in scoring with a 9.3 average, shooting .486 from the field. She also tallied 4.4 rebounds per game while handing out 32 assists.

Gaining her firs All-Conference award of her career, Bueno ranked third on the team in scoring with 9.6 points per game in 14 SCIAC contests. She boasted a .404 field-goal percentage to go along with a .442 mark from beyond the arc. Leading both the team and the conference, she knocked down 38 three-pointers. In addition, she went 5-for-6 from the line and came up with 23 rebounds. Bueno delivered 20 assists and captured 16 steals to go along with three blocks.

The Redlands women’s basketball team finished second in the conference standings with an 11-3 record and advanced to the SCIAC Postseason Tournament for the second year in a row.

For the men, Coffey gains his inaugural All-SCIAC award with his spot on the First Team. In 14 conference games, he ranked first among the Bulldogs and second in conference with 16.6 points per game. He shot .460 from the field, converting 80 shots on 174 attempts. He also sank 26 three-pointers and 46 free-throws. In addition, Coffey came up with 38 rebounds, 32 steals, 28 assists, and three blocks. With 2.29 steals per game, he landed second among the conference competitors.

Dietrich also earns his first All-Conference honor, landing on the Second Team as the Bulldogs’ second-leading scorer with 13.9 points per game. He shot .439 from the field while knocking down 49 of his 60 free throws for an .817 clip. He added 61 rebounds, 17 assists, 21 steals, and one block.

With a 6-8 showing against conference opponents, the Bulldogs men took sixth in the standings, but wrapped up the 2009 season with an exciting 63-62 victory over fifth-place Occidental College.

The All-SCIAC teams are nominated and voted on by the head coaches of the eight conference programs at their end-of-season meetings.