Women's Basketball: Cafferty Claims 3-Point Shooting Crown
3/31/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Cafferty, a senior from Arden Hills, Minn., led the field of eight after the first round, scoring 19 points. Jill Morton of Louisville, who finished the regular season tops in the nation hitting 53.5 percent from long-range, was second with 18 points. Oklahoma State's Jennifer Crow and Arizona's Lisa Griffith also advanced to the second round.
Griffith won the second round with 18 points, with Cafferty right behind her with 17 to set up the final showdown. Both players struggled in the finals, but Cafferty's 11 points would prove to be enough to claim the women's title after Griffith scored just seven points.
In the "Shootout of the Sexes," Cafferty faced the men's three-point champ, Richie Frahm of Gonzaga. The battle went down to the wire, but Cafferty hit three of her bonus-point shots to win 16-14 as the women's champ beat the men's champ for the second year in a row.
There were five racks of five balls, including one "money ball" worth two points, stationed around the three-point line. Each player had one minute to sink as many shots as possible. The event is held in conjunction with the men's final four.
Cafferty holds the Rice record for three's in a game (seven) and three's in a season (74). Additionally, she ranks second all-time with 123 bombs, despite missing nine games as a sophomore and 26 as a junior with injuries. She is slated to graduate in May with a triple major in economics, psychology, and managerial studies.