Women's Basketball: Sanni Named to Preseason Team
October 25, 2007 11:44 AM | General
October 25, 2007
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| Olayinka Sanni |
NEW YORK – West Virginia University’s Olayinka Sanni was named to the 11-member preseason all-Big East team selected by league coaches and announced today in New York City.
Sanni averaged 14 points and 6.7 rebounds per game last year as a junior, leading the Mountaineers to 21-11 record and a second-round NCAA tournament appearance where they lost to LSU 49-43.
Sanni scored 20 points or more nine times in 2007 including 26-point games against Providence, St. Francis, Pa. and Georgetown. Sanni has six double-double games in points and rebounds and she scored her 1,000th career point in a home victory over Cincinnati.
Sanni earned first-team all-Big East honors last year as a junior.
This year, Sanni is one of five returning starters from last year’s team that also includes senior Meg Bulger, who has missed the last year and a half with two knee injuries. Bulger was a 2005 all-Big East pick.
West Virginia opens the regular season at home on Friday, Nov. 9, when the Mountaineers take on Canisius. WVU plays its first three regular season games at home before taking on nationally ranked Tennessee at the Charleston Civic Center on Wednesday Nov. 21. Season tickets and advance single-game tickets for the Tennessee game in Charleston are now on sale. Contact the Mountaineer Ticket Office toll-free at 1-800-WVU GAME for more information.
