Wesleyan rising senior Erin Hall has decided to continue her education and basektball career at Wake Forest University.  She gave the school a verbal committment  last week after gaining attention from several Division I schools including Georgia Tech, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Virginia and Tulane.  "My parents and I sat down and went through what I wanted in a college," Hall said in an interview with the Gwinnett Daily Post.  "I didn't want to go to a huge school with 100 people in a class.  I wanted a smaller school, but one that was still Division I and good with athletics and academically strong, too."  The 5-foot-9 senior averaged 14.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game last season as Wesleyan went 29-4, won its second straight state title and finished the season ranked No. 35 in the country by ESPN.  "It's great for Erin to go this big," Wesleyan coach Jan Azar said.  "I think it says a lot about her.  I've not seen too many players - boys or girls - who are as good a shooter as she is.  Wake's been on her from the beginning.  They've gotten to know her and she knows them well.  I think it's an excellent fit."  Erin will become the first Wesleyan player to receive a basketball scholarship to a school in the Atlantic Coast Conference which is considered one of the top conferences in the country for womens basketball.  The Demon Decons are coming off a 21-11 season in which the team earned its second Women's NIT berth in five years.  With her verbal commitment to Wake Forest, Erin becomes the 12th Wesleyan girls player to receive a college scholarship to play basketball.  Below is the complete list of Wesleyan girls basketball scholarship receipients.  Congratulations Erin on your college choice!

Kennedy, Hall selected to Southeast Super-Region Team

Anne Marie Armstrong was selected National Player of the Year for the second straight year by the National Christian School Athletic Association last week.  She is also a First Team All America selection.  Along with Armstrong, Wesleyan teammates Chantel Kennedy and Erin Hall were selected to the Southeast Super Regional Team.  NCSAA All-Americans were chosen from among finalists, based on this past season's statistics and achievements; competitive strength of team schedule; level of skill (assessed by submitted video); and other significant factors that were shared during the nomination process.   The All-American teams will be featured in an upcoming issue of Passion in Play (the NCSAA magazine), and on the NCSAA web site the list will also be published to the attention of college coaches.  Each Player of the Year will be individually featured in Passion in Play and will receive an additional award plaque, to recognize his/her selection.  Armstrong's All America selection is her third.  She was selected Second Team All American in 2007 and First Team last season making her Wesleyan's first three-time NCSAA All American.  Two other Wesleyan players have earned NCSAA All America honors.  In 2004, Nikki Luckhurst was named Second Team All America by the NCSAA while Carolyn Whitney was named Third Team All American in 2006.   Congratulations to Anne Marie, Chantel and Erin for these honors.

Parade Magazine released it's 2009 All-America High School Girls Basketball Team in April and recent Wesleyan graduate Anne Marie Armstrong was named to the Fourth Team.  Armstrong is the first girls basketball player in Wesleyan history to be selected to the Parade All America team.  The entire 40-person team is listed below.  Congratulations Anne Marie on this prestegious award!

The Georgia Athletic Coaches Assocation released its All State teams recently and Anne Marie Armstrong, Chantel Kennedy aand Erin Hall were all selected First Team All State.  The entire GACA Class A All State team is listed below.   Congratulations to all for this well deserved recognition.

The rise of Wesleyan girls basektball has been meteoric with six state championships in the program's 12-year existence.  That's a 50% clip.  It's doubtful that any other program, especially in a high profile team sport such as basketball, can boast winning state championships in 50% of its seasons.  Coach Jan Azar has been at the helm all 12 of those seasons creating the Wesleyan girls basketball program from scratch starting with the 1997-1998 season.  Since then she has amassed six state titles, which groups her with two other coaches, as the the most ever won by a girls basketball coach in Georgia history...regardless of school classification.  Norman Carter led the Butler girls to a state title in 1964 before winning five at Taylor County from 1968 to 1972.  N.P. Malcom led Seminole County to state titles in 1956, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1969.  With one more championship Azar would stand alone at the top.  Since Wesleyan is currently experiencing this incredible run, it is hard to place perspective on this...but we are in the midst of historical greatness with this run.  The Georgia High School Association conducted its first girls basketball state tournament in 1945 so there are 65 state tournaments that have been played with multiple classifications.  A total of 175 different coaches have won a girls state championship, only 22 have won at least three.  This is very exclusive company indeed.  Below is the list of coaches in Georgia history who have won three or more state championships during their careers.

The Gwinnett Tipoff Club season-end banquet was held Sunday night at Brookwood High School and Wesleyan was well represented.  Leading the way was Anne Marie Armstrong as she was named Gwinnett County Player of the Year.  Coach Jan Azar earned her sixth Gwinnet County Coach of the Year award.  Erin Hall and Chantel Kennedy earned First Team All County honors while Hayley Hughes was Wesleyan's Scholar Athlete award recipient.  Lastly, Wesleyan was named Co-Team of the Year for Gwinnett along with AA state champion Buford.  Congratulations to every member of the Wesleyan girls basketball team and the entire coaching staff and mangers for all of these accomplishments.  The All County Teams are listed below.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution released its All State teams today and the Georgia Sports Writers Association released its All State teams late last week and Wesleyan was well represented.  Anne Marie Armstrong and Chantel Kennedy were named First Team All State by the both the AJC and GSWA, while Erin Hall earned Second Team All State Honors by the AJC, and All State Honorable Mention by the GSWA... a clearly less enlightened group of individuals.  This is Armstrong's third First Team All State award while Kennedy earned her first.  This was Hall's second time earning Second Team All State honors.  Coach Jan Azar was named 1A Coach of the Year by both the AJC and GSWA, her sixth time receiving state Coach of theYear honors.   Congratulations to all for this well deserved recognition.

Wesleyan players occupied 30% of the Gwinnett Daily Post's All County team released last week.  Anne Marie Armstrong was selected to the First Team while Chantel Kennedy and Erin Hall earned Second Team honors.  Strangely Armstrong, who was named Gatorade Player of the Year and was selected as Miss Georgia Basketball...two awards that recognized her as the top player in the ENTIRE STATE of GEORGIA, was not selected as Gwinnett Player of the Year, an honor she earned last year.  According to Google Maps, Gwinnett County is still currently located in Georgia.  Just sayin'.  Congrats to all.

Wesleyan senior Anne Marie Armstrong has again achieved the highest individual honor a basketball player can earn in the state of Georgia as she was recently voted Miss Georgia Basketball for 2009 by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.  The Miss Georgia Basketball award recipient is regarded as the most outstanding female basketball player in the state of Georgia regardless all her school's GHSA classification (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A or 5A).  Armstrong earned this award behind the strength of her per-game averages of 18.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.9 steals and 2.0 blocks.  These averages were achieved while playing the latter half of the regular season, and the post-season, on a torn meniscus in her left knee.  She also led her team to a 29-4 record, the 1A state championship, a region championship, a No. 35 final ranking in ESPN's season-ending national rankings, and a 7th Place finish in the prestegious Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.   This is Armstrong's second straight Miss Georgia Basektball award as she becomes only the fourth player to win the award two times in it's 25-year history, joining Kiesha Brown of Woodward Academy (1995, 1996), Tasha Humphrey of Gainesville (2003, 2004) and Maya Moore of Collins Hill (2006, 2007).   Armstrong would be the first to say that this award would not have been possible without being a member of such a deep and talented (and well coached) team.  She knows she's not a one-girl gang but it's simply outstanding that her talents and achievments have been recognized in the form of the highest state honor that can be bestowed upon a high school basketball player.  Armstrong was recognized at the Atlanta Tipoff Club Naismith Awards Banquet held last night at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.  The all-time list of Miss Georgia Basketball award winners is listed below.  Congratulations Anne Marie on this amazing honor!

The Atlanta Tipoff Club named Wesleyan junior Erin Hall as a member of the Metro Atlanta Girls Team of the Year, her second such honor, and Coach Jan Azar was named Metro Coach of the Year, her first such honor.  The Metro Atlanta Girls Team of the Year recognizes the most outstanding players in the far-reaching metro Atlanta area for the just completed season.  Hall posted averages of 14.4 points and 2.3 assists per game and hit a whopping 86 three pointers which ranks second all-time on Wesleyan's list of single-season three pointers made.  Caoch Azar led Wesleyan to it's sixth state championship over the last eight years and her team achieved its first ever national ranking being ranked in the pre-season polls by both USA Today and ESPN and finishing the season ranked No. 35 in the country by ESPN.  Hall's and Azar's awards were recognized at the Atlanta Tipoff Club Naismith Awards Banquet held Monday night at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre along with the other award winners.  The Metro Atlanta Girls Team of the Year honorees are listed below.  Congratulations Erin and  Coach Azar on these well deserved awards!

The Lady Wolves won the 2009 Class 1A state championship with a resounding 71-31 thumping of No. 3 ranked Savannah Country Day Saturday afternoon at the Macon Coliseum.  Grace Leah Baughn got things started for Wesleyan hitting a three in the first possession of the game.  Savannah Country Day, the region 3A champion, came right back with a two on their end and it looked like things might go back and forth.  That wasn't the case as the Lady Wolves quickly converted on back to back possessions to open a 7-2 lead just over a minute into the game.  The lead then grew to 15-5 at the mid-point of the first quarter prompting a Lady Hornet timeout.  Unlike the sluggish first quarter in Wesleyan's semi-final win over Randolph-Clay, Wesleyan took control of this one early closing the first quarter with an 13-0 run to lead 26-5 at the end of one.  The sluggishness kicked in the second quarter however.  After five minutes of play in the second, Wesleyan had outscored Savannah Country Day 4-3 as the lead was 30-8 at the 2:56 mark.  Then a collective light bulb turned on and the Lady Wolves scored 10 points in the final two minutes of the quarter to build a 40-8 lead at the half.  Probably the most interesting thing to occur in the second quarter and probably the game was Coach Azar being plowed by a rogue referee.  The ref was running down the sideline with his head turned in the opposite direction and ran flat over Coach Azar as she was squatting in front of her team's bench.  She got up immediately laughing as the referee apologized and made sure she was ok.  A good laugh was had by all....especially the Wesleyan players...and most of Wesleyan's opponent's fans over the past decade.  The top ranked Lady Wolves outscored Savannah Country Day 21-13 in the third quarter to take a 61-21 lead into the shortened 6-minute fourth.  The teams split the 20 points scored in the quarter 10-10.  Game over.  Anne Marie Armstrong, who yesterday was named Gatorade Georgia Player of the Year, ended her final game in a Wesleyan uniform with a double-double as she scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.  She also had four assists.  Chantel Kennedy had nine points, six boards and three steals in her final game as a Lady Wolf.  Grace Leah Baughn scored 12 points for Wesleyan while Erin Hall added 10 points and three steals.  Aysia McKenzie finished with eight points, six assists and two steals while freshman Holli Wilkins had a double seven in points and boards.  The Savannah Country Day girls certainly shouldn't hang their heads as they finished their season as state runner up and champions of region 3A and with a 29-4 record.  Wesleyan also ends it's season with a 29-4 record.  Most impressive is the Lady Wolves' average margin of victory in their state tournament run.  Wesleyan outscored it's state tournament opponents by and average score of 80-35.  The win also caps as dominant a decade as has ever been seen in Georgia high school basketball history.  From 2001 through 2009, Wesleyan has played in eight state championship games winning six.  Wesleyan was state runner up in 2001 and 2007 and state champion in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and now 2009.  It's been quite a run and there doesn't appear to be an end in sight.  Coach Azar, while already the winningest female head coach in Georgia history, is now tied with two others for most state championships ever won by a girls basketball coach in Georgia history with six.  Norman Carter coached six girls teams to state titles at Butler and Taylor County while N.P. Malcom coached Seminole County to six girls state titles during his career.  With her six state championships, she is now tied for fourth on the all-time list for basketball titles won by a boys or girls coach in Georgia.  Today was the last game for Wesleyan seniors Anne Marie Armstrong and Chantel Kennedy.  Armstrong will graduate as the most decorated player in Wesleyan's storied history.  More will be written about her in the next few weeks after all of the awards are tallied.  She will continue her basketball career at Georgia.  Kennedy will continue her basetball career at Colorado State and has grown tremendously both as a player and a person during her time at Wesleyan.  Both seniors will be sorely missed by the Wesleyan faithful and we all look forward to following their basketball careers at the next level.  Congratulations to the Lady Wolves - 2009 State Champions!

Photos courtesy of Jim Worthington, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Macon Telegraph

By Todd Holcomb, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Wesleyan senior forward Anne Marie Armstrong is the Gatorade girls basketball player of the year.

The Gatorade player of the year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states.

Armstrong averages 18.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.9 steals and 2.0 blocks per game for Wesleyan (27-4), which plays at 11 a.m. Saturday in Macon vs. Savannah Country Day for the Class A title.

The 6-foot-3 Armstrong was the AJC’s Miss Georgia Basketball as a junior in 2008. She signed with the University of Georgia.

Armstrong won state titles with Wesleyan in 2006 and 2008.

Armstrong joins Alicia Manning (2008, Etowah) and Maya Moore (2006, 2007, Collins Hill) among the state’s list of recent Gatorade girls award winners.

The Lady Wolves used the momentum of a big second quarter and cruised past Randolph-Clay 84-59 in the semi-finals of the 1A state tournament Wednesday afternoon at the Macon Coliseum.  After sixth ranked Randolph-Clay scored the first two points of the game, Wesleyan scored the next seven.  The Lady Red Devils then went on a 10-2 run to take a 12-9 lead with 1:25 left in the first quarter.  Erin Hall connected from behind the arc for the third time to tie the game at 12.   That was the begining of a 7-0 Wesleyan run to end the first quarter.  The No. 1 ranked Lady Wolves led 16-12 at the end of one.   Then the second quarter began... The bombs fell from three point range and the wheels fell off for Randolph-Clay.  Four Wesleyan players nailed a total of five 3-pointers in the second quarter.  The Lady Wolves upped their defensive pressure and blew the game wide open outscoring Randolph-Clay 27-8 in the quarter to take a 43-20 lead at halftime.  Wesleyan didn't have the same defensive intensity in the third quarter as was displayed in first half and the athletic Lady Red Devils took advantage as junior Destiny Mitchell scored 14 points in the quarter.  Randolph-Clay had closed the Wesleyan lead to 15 at 55-40 with about three minutes to play in the third quarter but a 12-3 Wesleyan run to close out the quarter quickly squashed any hopes Randolph-Clay had of a comeback.  As poorly as Wesleyan played defensively in the quarter, Randolph-Clay was simply unable to gain any ground on the deeper Lady Wolves.  Wesleyan led 67-45 heading into the fourth quarter.  In the fourth, Anne Marie Armstrong began to heat up as she seemed more comfortable on her gimpy knee.  She scored eight points in the quarter which is what she had in the first three quarters combined.  Wesleyan outscored Randolph-Clay 17-14 in the fourth to produce the 84-59 final score.  This was by no means the complete effort that the Lady Wolves produced in their quarterfinal win over Towns County but they still take a 25-point win over a perennial state contender however sloppy it may have been.  Particularly impressive was the Lady Wolves' sharp shooting from 3-point range.  Wesleyan hit 10 threes during the game, eight in the first half and five in the pivotal second quarter when the Lady Wolves built their insurmountable lead.  Hall connected on four threes for the game.  Grace Leah Baughn had three threes.  Logan Morris connected on two while Kennington Groff hit one.  The Lady Wolves had four players score in double figures led by Hall's 18 points.  Armstrong finished with 16 points, eight boards, five assists, four steals, and four blocked shots.  Baughn scored 15 points for Wesleyan while Logan Morris added 12 points, five rebounds and three steals.  Holli Wilkins chipped in eight points.  Chantel Kennedy and Groff each scored six points while Aysia McKenzie continued her solid play of late as she scored three points, dished 11 assists and had four steals.  This was the third meeting between Wesleyan and Randolph-Clay.  All three have occured in the semi-finals of the state tournament with Wesleyan coming out on the winning end in each.  Randolph-Clay completes its fine season with a 27-5 record.  The win advances Wesleyan to its sixth straight state championship game and eighth state title game over the last nine years.  The Lady Wolves improve to 28-4 on the year and are looking to add another state championship to their five state titles and two state runner up finishes over the last nine years.  First they'll have to take on fourth ranked Savannah Country Day (29-3), a 68-38 winner over Southwest Atlanta Christian in its semi-final game.  This will be the first meeting betwen the schools.  Tipoff is Saturday at 11:00 AM in the Macon Coliseum.  The game will also be televised on GPTV, PBS Channel 8.

Photos courtesey of Jim Worthington

Not many teams could roll up 92 points in a 30-minute game and not have one player score 20.  That was the case for Wesleyan Saturday afternoon as they completely overwhelmed Towns County 92-36 in their quarterfinal matchup of the 1A State Tournament at Marietta High School.  Things started off typically enoungh for top ranked Wesleyan, a quick 2-0 lead from a layup generated by winning the opening tipoff.  Then Towns County got going by breaking Wesleyan's press and hitting back to back 3-pointers on consecutive possessions.  Towns, the Region 8A champion, was up 7-2 and their large contingent of fans was going crazy.  During this time Anne Marie Armstrong was whistled for two quick fouls and sat the remainder of the first quarter.  Being down early at the hands of a good team with your top scorer in foul trouble would rattle most teams.  This isn't most teams however as all Wesleyan did was lock down on defense while going on a 19-4 run to close out the quarter with a 21-11 lead.  The Lady Wolves' defensive pressure in the second quarter was simply stifling as seventh ranked Towns County did not make one field goal in the quarter.  Wesleyan outscored the Lady Indians 33-11 in the second as all of Towns' points came from free throws as they shot 15 in the quarter.  Wesleyan led 54-22 at halftime.  Things picked up in the third quarter where they left off in the second.  Towns' next field goal came with 6:55 left in the third quarter.  It was their first points not generated by a free throw since the 5:27 mark of the first quarter.  Wesleyan held Towns to zero field goals made for close to the eqivilant of two entire quarters.  Remarkable.  The Wesleyan lead grew to 75-31 entering the fourth quarter and the Lady Wolves outscored Towns 16-5 in the 6-minute fourth as seven different players scored in the period.  This game was a complete team effort as 12 of the 13 players on Wesleyan's roster scored.  One of the most noticible events in the game was the Lady Wolves dominance of the glass.  Wesleyan grabbed a whopping 66 rebounds in the game.  Add 32 steals and it's a recipe for a big win deep in the state tournament.  Four players scored in double figures led by Erin Hall's 18 points and eight rebounds.  Kennington Groff was all over the floor tonight as she scored 14 points and had five steals.  Chantel Kennedy chalked up a double-double scoring 13 points while grabbing 14 boards.  She also had five steals and four assists.  Holli Wilkins scored 11 points and pulled down five rebounds.  Logan Morris had nine points while Grace Leah Baughn scored seven.  Despite very limited action due to foul trouble, Armstrong still contributed scoring four points.  She was the team's second leading rebounder with nine.  She also had five assists and was a huge leader from the bench constantly encouraging her teammates.  Another tidbit worth noting is that Wesleyan put up these points against a good, disciplined team, while only making two 3-pointers.  All in all this was probably the most concise game Wesleyan has played this year especially on the defensive end.  They held Towns County to just 9 of 44 shooting (20.5 percent).  The defense dictated much of the offense all night.  As quoted in the Gwinnett Daily Post, "Of all the games we've played this season, I'm most proud of how hard we played in this one," said Wesleyan girls coach Jan Azar.  "Every single person who went in contributed in some way. That was a fun game because we did not stop (with effort)."  Towns County ends its fine season with a record of 25-6 while Wesleyan improves to 27-4.  With the win, Wesleyan advances to its sixth straight trip to the Final Four in Macon and it's eighth trip to the Final Four in the last nine years.  The Lady Wolves semi-final opponent will be a familar one, Region 1A champion Randolph-Clay (27-4).  The two teams have met twice before, both times in the semi finals of the state tournament.  Wesleyan defeated Randolph-Clay 61-53 in the 2004 2A semi-finals and 51-49 in the 2007 2A semi-finals on a inbounds lob to then sophomore Armstrong at the buzzer.  Should be a good one.  Tipoff is Wednesday, March 11 at 4:00 PM in the Macon Coliseum.

Wesleyan started off sloppy but finshed strong as they manhandled Darlington in an 80-32 win in the second round of the 1A state tournament Tuesday night at Wesleyan. The Lady Wolves were a little out of sorts for the first five minutes of the game leading 14-8 at the 2:30 mark of the first quarter.  Wesleyan then went on a 14-0 run to close out the first quarter and a six-point lead balooned to a 20-point lead as the Lady Wolves took a 28-8 lead into the second quarter.  Wesleyan then took in up a notch in the second outscoring Darlington 21-3 in the period to open a 49-11 halftime advantage.   The Lady Wolves outscored Darlington 19-11 in the third quarter and led 68-22 heading into the shortened, six minute foruth.  All Wesleyan players saw plenty of action in this last home game of the season.  Anne Marie Armstrong did not disappoint the home crowd in the last home game of her career.  She scored 19 points, pulled down 13 rebounds, had three steals, and three blocked shots.  Erin Hall also scored 19 points while grabbing six boards and four steals.  Chantel Kennedy added six points and seven rebounds while Holli Wilkins chipped in nine points and six boards.  With the win Wesleyan advances to its ninth straigh appearance in the Elite Eight round of the state tournament.  The Lady Wolves improved their record to 26-4 on the year and will face Towns County (25-5) in the quarterfinals.  Towns County, the Region 8A champion, defeated Bremen 60-36 in it's second round game.   Tipoff is 4:00 PM Saturday at Marietta High School.  The winner will advance to the Final Four in Macon.  Tonight's win is also significant in that it was the last game in Yancey Gymnasiusm in the careers of seniors Armstrong and Kennedy.  We will miss seeing them grace the home court on Wesleyan's campus but look forward to seeing them play at least one more game in Wesleyan uniforms and hopefully two more after that.

It was hardly a work of art, more like a work of abstract art but they'll take it.  Wesleyan defeated Paideia 56-31 to win the Region 7A tournament Saturday night at Wesleyan, the Lady Wolves first region championship since winning the 8AA crown in 2006.  Wesleyan began the game ice cold converting only 3 of 17 shots in the first quarter and trailed 12-9 at the end of one.  Paideia had a good deal of success breaking Wesleyan's press in the first quarter.  That changed dramatically in the second due to two factors, the Lady Pythons became fatigued and Wesleyan started applying pressure as designed.  This made a big difference in the second.  Wesleyan converted numerous turnovers into points in the quarter and outscored Paideia 18-5 in the period to seize control.  The Lady Wolves led 27-17 at the break.  Things got sloppy again in the third quarter as Paideia continued slowing things down.  Wesleyan outscored Paideia 9-8 in the turnover riddled period to take a 36-25 lead into the fourth.  The Lady Wolves opened the fourth quarter with an 8-0 run to take a 44-25 lead with 5:55 to play and put the game on ice.  Chantel Kennedy led Wesleyan's effort with 15 points, eight rebounds and four steals.  Erin Hall scored 11 points while Holli Wilkins came off the bench to score 10.  Anne Marie Armstrong saw action for the first time in two weeks while nursing a sore knee.  She played in spurts but her contributions were still significant as she scored 11 points while grabbing six boards.  The win was ugly as the team looked sloppy at times but did have its bright moments.  After a frankly unwatchable first quarter, the Lady Wolves held Paideia to 20% shooting from the field in the final three quarters.  Paideia only converted on 6 of 29 attempts from the field in the second, third and fourth quarters.  With the win Wesleyan improves its record to 24-4 overall, 15-0 against region oppoents while Paideia falls to 18-10, 13-2.   As region champions, Wesleyan earns the No. 1 seed out of Region 7A and will host its first round game of the state tournament.  The Lady Wolves will face Athens Christian, the No. 4 seed from Region 8A this Friday at Wesleyan.  Game time yet to be determined.  Congratulations Lady Wolves - Region Champions.

Chantel Kennedy scored 19 and Erin Hall 17 as Wesleyan routed Providence 73-23 in a region game Friday night at Wesleyan.  Hall had five 3-pointers for the Lady Wolves, who led 26-4 after the first quarter, 48-10 at halftime and 67-15 going into the fourth quarter. Logan Morris was the third double-figure scorer with 12 points.  Grace Leah Baughn added seven points for Wesleyan.  With the win, the Lady Wolves improve to 20-4, 11-0 in region play.  Providence falls to 14-9 overall, 6-4 in region.  Tonight was Winter Sports Senior Night and Wesleyan seniors Anne Marie Armstrong and Chantel Kennedy were honored.  Each player walked to center court with her parents while the PA announcer cited their accomplishments respectively.  Anne Marie and Chantel will both be greatly missed after they graduate this Spring...but there is still a lot of basketball left to play until then.  Congratulations to Anne Marie and Chantel.