Viking_Yearbook_90

1990 sets new record for Vikings The Portland State women's basketball team finished its best campaign ever at the Division I level in 1990, recording a 17-10 mark after finishing the season with 5 straight wins. Head coach Greg Bruce's team thrived on a wide-open style of play, allowing the team to set 18 team and individual records during the sea– son. The squad averaged a record 76.3 points per game with a balanced scoring attack. In a 114-39 win over Concordia College, the Vikings set team marks for most points scored and fewest allowed. Junior point guard Michele "Pee Wee" Hughes ranked sixth in the nation in three-point shooting accu– racy, while hitting a team-record 89 during the season. She added a 29- game streak with at least one 3- pointer, which ran for parts of two seasons. Bruce, assisted by coaches Randy Nordloff and B.O. Hill, had only two seniors on the team, and both contributed heavily to the successful season. Michelle Bateman finished with a team-high 53 percent field-goal shooting, while 6'3" center Sherri Ives set season and individual game blocked shot records with 49 and 7, respectively. Playing only two seasons at PSU after transferring from Spokane Falls CC, Ives finished within six blocks of the Viking career mark. -J.R. Rardon. 106