{"id":2216,"date":"2019-04-24T16:33:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2019-04-25T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T14:07:59","slug":"womens-basketball-team-is-looking-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/2019\/04\/24\/womens-basketball-team-is-looking-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball Team is Looking Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Taise Thompson and Cheyenne Carder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Bradley Women\u2019s basketball team has seen more improvement and success in this past season, they are setting out to put a higher standard of play for the season to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWith their 20-10 over all record along, which includes twelve home game wins, they have raised their standing in the Missouri Valley Conference to fifth place. Last year they came in seventh with a 12-19 record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head Coach Andrea Gorski<\/a> says \u00a0\u201c…first and foremost, you have to be tough. No matter what your skill set is, what position you play, we need toughness in every position\u2026 tough players who are coachable and good teammates.\u201d Coach Gorski emphasizes that these are the type of athletes she looks to recruit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roni Roberts and Mahri Petree<\/a>, younger sister of Bradley freshman guard Lasha Petree, are set to join the program as freshmen next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roni Roberts is a 6\u20192 forward from Brownsburg, Indiana. Roberts was an all-conference performer as a junior, averaging 8.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.0 steal per outing. \u00a0She also garnered all-county honors, while helping the Bulldogs to a conference and sectional title in 2017-18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tRoberts<\/a> was part of two sectional and county championship teams at Brownsburg in addition to taking part in the North\/South All-Star Game.  She also lettered in track at Brownsburg, qualifying for regionals in the discus each of the past two seasons and was part of a conference and sectional championship squad last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAssistant Coach Paul Fessler<\/a> on Roni Roberts; \u201cWe\u2019re excited for her to come in\u2026 she needs to work on being able to finish through contact around the rim because it\u2019s going to be a more physical game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tMahri Petree is a 5\u201911 guard from Detroit, Michigan. Petree earned First-Team Class C All-State honors from the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan as a junior after averaging 10.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game last year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petree<\/a> has helped the Gators to back-to-back second-place state finishes.  A two-time team captain, Petree was a Detroit News Second-Team All-State pick in addition to earning honorable mention all-state recognition from the Detroit Free Press.  Petree also landed on the Ann Arbor News All-Area First-Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tCoach Gorski says that what she is most looking forward to next year is \u201cthe continuing development of our young players, we had nine freshman and sophomores on our team this year and they made great strides\u2026 it\u2019s just fun to see them grow every week in their skill set and get stronger in the weight room, which I think we need to do. So just continuing improvement for our young players and overall for the program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lasha Petree, one of nine underclassmen this year and reining Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week, says, \u201c Over the past year we\u2019ve actually gotten really close and it\u2019s like a big family, I have their backs and they have mine and i know that.\u201d She says that she came in strong but she knows she\u2019s not done yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach Gorski and her team are looking forward to pushing even further up in the Missouri Valley standings next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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