Women's Basketball

GC women edge Pensacola again

February 15, 2012 9:22:12 PM

News Herald Staff

PANAMA CITY — Turn the ball over, allow two points. Don’t collect a defensive rebound, give up two points. Fail to get back on defense, surrender two points.

That hasn’t been a formula for success for the many teams that have tried and failed to defeat Pensacola this season.

GC women pull away from NWF State

February 11, 2012 09:57:58 PM

News Herald Staff

NICEVILLE — Second-ranked Gulf Coast State College defeated No. 4 Northwest Florida State 73-59 Saturday at The Arena to maintain sole possession of second place in the Panhandle Conference.

Gulf Coast’s (19-4, 6-3) Uju Ugoka scored 25 of her game-high 29 points in the second half. She pulled down 10 rebounds as well, including seven on the offensive end. She also sat on the bench for 18 minutes in the first half after picking up two early fouls.

Djassi leads Chipola women past Gulf Coast

February 08, 2012 09:39:04 PM

News Herald Staff

PANAMA CITY — Gulf Coast coach Roonie Scovel sought out an offensive spark from her bench all game long Wednesday night.

Chipola coach David Lane needed only to glance to his left and call out a single name: Sara Djassi.

Markeisha Gatling

Women's Basketball

Gatling, GC women surge past NWF State

January 25, 2012 09:25:46 PM

News Herald Staff

PANAMA CITY — Markeisha Gatling didn’t need a placard to reserve her parking spot Wednesday night.

Gatling overpowered Northwest Florida State in the post and guided No. 7 Gulf Coast to an 85-56 demolition of the fifth-ranked Lady Raiders in a Panhandle Conference women’s basketball game.

GC women defeat Tallahassee

January 16, 2012 02:17:32 PM

News Herald Staff

PANAMA CITY — Basketball is tough enough as it is, so it helps any time a team can score points without working too hard.

Capitalizing on a number of open shots from the perimeter, conversions in the paint and a bevy of free throws, Gulf Coast collected a 74-65 victory over Tallahassee in a Panhandle Conference women’s basketball game Saturday night.

Basketball: Ugoka-led GC romps to win
December 03, 2011 01:44:30 AM

NEWS HERALD STAFF

GAINESVILLE — Uju Ugoka posted 16 points and eight rebounds in Gulf Coast’s 74-54 victory over Hillsborough in the Florida College Shootout women’s basketball tournament Friday at Santa Fe College.
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No. 1 Gulf Coast bounces back with rout of Central Florida
November 22, 2011 09:53:55 PM

NEWS HERALD STAFF

OCALA — The Gulf Coast women’s basketball team is eager for a breather.

The Lady Commodores rebounded from their first loss of the season with a lopsided victory over Central Florida on Tuesday, a 67-46 rout that featured Britney McCloud’s team-high 12 points.
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Basketball: GC women have no trouble with Vincennes
November 20, 2011 07:13:53 PM

PAT McCANN / Executive Sports Editor

PANAMA CITY — The natural impulse is to make much more out of Gulf Coast State College’s 90-32 win over Vincennes Saturday in women’s junior college basketball than it deserves.

No, that is not a misprint. The final Saturday afternoon at Billy Harrison Field House depicted a 58-point win by the Lady Commodores. Over Vincennes.
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GC women to play in front of home fans for first time

November 17, 2011 06:24:33 PM JASON SHOOT / News Herald Writer

PANAMA CITY — The Gulf Coast women’s basketball team gets a chance to pull back the curtain for its home fans Friday.

The Lady Commodores will host Bishop State at 7 p.m. in the Gulf Coast Classic, the first time this season they’ve competed on their home floor at the Billy Harrison Field House. Pensacola plays Vincennes at 5 p.m. in the tournament’s opening game.

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Basketball: Ugoka ignites top-ranked GC women
November 10, 2011 11:06:49 PM

NEWS HERALD STAFF

MARIANNA — Uju Ugoka scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the state’s No. 1-ranked Gulf Coast women’s basketball team improved to 2-0 with a 65-43 victory over Kirkwood on Thursday in the opening round of the Chipola Alzheimer’s Classic.
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Basketball: GC women claim top spot in state poll
November 08, 2011 03:33:22 PM

JASON SHOOT / News Herald Writer

PANAMA CITY — Roonie Scovel has stressed the point that her Gulf Coast women’s basketball team isn’t anything like the Lady Commodore team that took the court last year. The rest of the state apparently agrees.
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Basketball: Lady Commodores cruise in season opener
November 04, 2011 11:11:11 PM

MARIANNA — Keyrra Gillespie narrowly missed a triple-double, and Uju Ugoka posted a team-high 22 points to lead Gulf Coast to a 117-42 win over Faith Baptist Bible College at the Chipola Classic women's basketball tournament on Friday.
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Basketball: GC women aim to restore conference dominance
November 02, 2011 04:06:31 PM

PANAMA CITY — Games often are the showcase for what has been learned in practice.

With the rise of AAU programs and travel teams, however, Gulf Coast women's basketball coach Roonie Scovel is finding that, for many young players, games are practice.

Asked about instilling a team concept in her players, Scovel said: "It's hard to teach, especially today. There's not a lot of practice that goes on in the lives of basketball players. There's a lot of games and club ball. They just play games. They don't practice a lot anymore."
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Gulf Coast Commodores

Lady Commodores aim to rebound from lackluster season
August 02, 2011 03:14:00 PM Jason Shoot/News Herald

PANAMA CITY — Roonie Scovel elected this offseason not to take a wrecking ball to her women’s basketball program at Gulf Coast.

Rather, she chose to add to the infrastructure already in place. Five players return, although only one of them, Britney McCloud, was a regular rotation player last season.
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