| Latiqua Williams: Quadruple-Double November 17, 2008 |
| Latiqua Williams, one of the Twin Towers of Doom for Bard's women's basketball team, made up for the injured Twin Tower Blaire Moldenhauer with one of Division III's first recorded quadruple-doubles, leading Bard to a 75-28 victory over College of New Rochelle, the biggest tragedy to hit the Westchester town since the cancellation of The Dick Van Dyke Show. Williams, a 5'10" sophomore, had 21 points, 13 rebounds, 11 steals and 10 assists in the victory. It is particularly noteworthy that the interior player accomplished the feat with assists and steals, which are normally the territory of the perimeter player. Williams's game was far from a fluke: she averaged a double-double last season, with 10.0 points and 10.1 rebounds as a freshman. The combination of Williams and Moldenhauer, who is set to return next week, gives the Raptors a 1-2 punch in the middle that is worthy of the Skyline Conference name. Head coach Jen Watson is building a dynasty to rival the renaissance enjoyed by the men's team under all-time wins leader Chris Wood. The Raptors next travel to Yeshiva University, where the thousands of years of suffering by the Jewish people is only expected to intensify, once Bard is finished with the Maccabees. Special pre-Hannukah dreidels have already been printed for the game, with the phrase "A great massacre happened here." |