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February 7, 2005
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Blanchard Named to MAC Women's Basketball Honor Roll

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Susquehanna University senior center Skyra Blanchard has been named to the Middle Atlantic Conference women's basketball Honor Roll for the week ending February 6, the conference office announced Monday.

Blanchard (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg) averaged 13.5 points and 12.0 rebounds in two games to earn a spot on the Honor Roll for the second time this season.

She scored a career-high 21 points and pulled a season-high 18 boards (10 offensive) while adding three assists, two blocks and four steals in a 69-59 win over Elizabethtown on Tuesday, and finished with six points and six boards in a 72-58 loss to Lebanon Valley on Saturday.

Blanchard, whose double-double against Elizabethtown was her eighth of the season, leads the Commonwealth Conference in rebounding with 10.2 per game and averages 8.7 points per game. She is seventh in the league in steals (2.33 per game) and 11th in blocked shots (0.86 per game) and leads the Crusaders with 42 assists (2.1 per game).

The Crusaders (9-12 overall, 4-6 Commonwealth) travel to nationally-ranked Messiah on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. game.

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