Basketball Preview Part One: Point Guards
11/3/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 3, 2009
For the next week, Rolltide.com will feature previews of the women's basketball team highlighting each position. The first of four installments talks about the point guards.
Coach Hudson is excited about the potential he sees in his pair of point guards this season. This was a strong position a year ago for the Tide, but senior Dedrea Magee was the only true point guard on the team. Now with the addition of junior college transfer LaToya King, Coach Hudson sees a position that has much more depth. Magee saw action in all 30 games as a junior, including playing 40 minutes in four of those games. Her career-best offensive performance came against Tennessee, where she connected on 10-of-18 shots for 21 points. She also handed out a career-high 10 assists against Vanderbilt. Magee earned the Crimson Tide Holiday Classic MVP award for her performance in the two-day tournament, totaling 27 points and 12 rebounds in two games. King, a junior who transfers into the program after two years with Seminole Community College, was a 2009 National Junior College Athletic Association Third Team All-American selection. She was also named Seminole Community College's women's basketball MVP last season. King led her team in scoring (17.2 ppg), assists (6.2 pg), and steals (3.2 pg).
