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2002-2003 Releases

Photos from the Lady Bears Trip to the National Championships
Catch photos from each day of Phoenix' women's hoops squad to the 2003 NJCAA Division II National Championship in Hagerstown, Maryland. (more...)

PC Season Ends 67-52 Against Redlands
The Lady Bears saw a great season come to an end with a 67-52 loss to Redlands Community College in the consolation bracket of the 2003 NJCAA Division II National Championships. (more...)

Lady Bears Fall to Mitchell 64-60 in NJCAA Quarterfinals
PC's Lady Bears were upset by Mitchell College in the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Division II National Championships. The Bears face Redlands in the consolation bracket on Friday, March 21, at 2:00 p.m. (more...)

Lady Bears Take Title, Earn Berth to NJCAA DII Championship Tournament
Led by NJCAA Region I Tournament MVP Nicole Hommel's 28 points, the Phoenix Lady Bears earned a bid to the National Championship Tournament with an impressive 71-57 victory in the Region Championship I game. (more...)

PC Advances to Region I Title Game
Kelly McRee tallied 13 points and Nicole Hommel added 12 as the Phoenix College Lady Bears advanced to the NJCAA Region I Championship game with a 63-43 victory over Glendale in the tourney's opening round. (more...)

McRee, Hommel Tabbed All-Region I, All-ACCAC
After leading the Phoenix College Lady Bears to a #2 national ranking and a 24-4 regular season record, Kelly McRee and Nicole Hommel have been selected to the NJACC All-Region I Team and the All-ACCAC First Team. (All-Region I) | (All-ACCAC)

Victory Ends Regular Season, PC Looks to Region Tourney
The Lady Bears completed the regular season undefeated in the ACCAC against DII opponents with a 95-49 victory at Chandler-Gilbert. It is now time for the nation's #2 ranked team to enter the Region tourney in hopes of taking a Championship trip to the National Championships. (more...)

Hommel Paces Lady Bears Past Pima
Nicole Hommel tallied 15 points and 14 rebounds as Phoenix College cruised to a 77-51 victory over Pima. (more...)

Bears Basketball - A Look at the Statistics
(as of Feb. 23, 2003)
Following are links to find out where the Bears stand in the ACCAC and the NJCAA.
Men's ACCAC: Individual | Team
Women's ACCAC: Individual | Team
NJCAA: Men | Women

Balanced Attack Leads to 22nd Victory
For the first time this season, a player other than Kelly McRee or Nicole Hommel led the Lady Bears in scoring. Leni Messinger paced four PC players in double figures with 13 points in route to a victory over Cochise. (more...)

Phoenix Defeats Yavapai 67-64
Kelly McRee, last week's ACCAC Player of the Week, netted 25 points to lead the Ladty Bears to a road victory at Yavapai. (more...)

Big Numbers Lead Lady Bears to Win #20
Nicole Hommel grabbed what is thought to be a school-record 26 rebounds and Kelly McRee tallied 27 points to lead PC to its 20th victory of the season. (more...)

Phoenix Cruises Past Mesa 60-45
The Kelly McRee Show was live and the star in top form as she led the Lady Bears with 20 points, 16 rebounds, five assists and three steals. (more...)

PC Gets Back on Track Against Glendale
The Lady Bears, which lost two straight to DI foes, got back into the winning ways as the #2 ranked PC squad dumped Glendale 82-64. (more...)

Lady Bears Fall to Second Straight DI Opponent
The Phoenix College Lady Bears lost their fourth game of the season and their number one national ranking with a 79-69 loss to Division I Central Arizona. (more...)

McRee, Hommel Combine for 49 Points in Rare Loss
The tandem could not give the DII's top-ranked Lady Bears a victory over the 16th ranked Division I Arizona Western squad. (more...)

PROFILE: Kelly McRee
Kelly McRee leads the top-ranked Lady Bears and the ACCAC in scoring and rebounding . (more...)

PROFILE: Nicole Hommel
Nicole Hommel's hustle shows on the court, in the stats, and in the win column for the Lady Bears. (more...)

McRee Nets 29 in Victory over NPC
The nation's top-ranked Lady Bears cruised to an 83-54 victory over Division I Northland Pioneer. (more...)

Phoenix Eases by Scottsdale 58-52
Kelly McRee's 19 points and 15 rebounds paced Phoenix to this hard-fought road victory. (more...)

Lady Bears Roll On
The win column is 15 and counting after Phoenix' 68-55 road victory over Eastern Arizona. (more...)

14 Wins & Counting for Lady Bears
Kelly McRee's 22 points and 16 rebounds led Phoenix' top-ranked women's hoops squad to an 82-63 victory over Chandler-Gilbert. (more...)

Lady Bears Destroy Pima by 48
The #1 ranked PC Lady Bears rolled to their 13th victory of the season with an impressive 93-45 victory over Pima. (more...)

PC Women's Hoops Tops in Nation
Phoenix College's women's basketball team has earned the top spot in the NJCAA's Division II national poll. (more...)

PC Lady Bears Back to Winning Ways
PC's women's basketball team upped its record to 12-2 as Kelly McRee paced four Lady Bears in double figures in a 74-64 victory over Cochise. (more...)

Lady Bears' 11-Game Streak Ends
Coming off a break of over two weeks, the #2 ranked PC Lady Bears lost for the first time since the season opener on November 8 to Division I South Plains. (more...)

Phoenix College Finding Success
This article by Jose E. Garcia appeared in the December 27, 2002, edition of The Arizona Republic and was also published online at azcentral.com. (read here)

11th Win Makes Great Gift
In this Holiday season, the Lady Bears gave Head Coach Liza Oakley an 11th consecutive victory with an 81-65 win over Utah Valley. (more...)

PC Ranked Second Nationally
The 10-1 Lady Bears are ranked second in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, just two points behind top-ranked Illinois Central College. (more...)

Lady Bears Roll Over Mesa for Road Victory
PC held Mesa to just five points in the opening half as the Lady Bears walked away with an easy 63-36 victory on the road. (more...)

McRee Led Lady Bears Cruise Past SMCC
Kelly McRee paced five PC players in double figures as the Lady Bears crushed South Mountain 94-58 in route to the squad's ninth consecutive victory. (more...)

Lady Bears Make it 8 Straight !!
Nicole Hommell's 26 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and three steals led Phoenix' come-from-behind victory over Glendale. (more...)

PC Lady Bears Get BIG Win at Arizona Western
Not only was this win number seven in a row, but the 71-64 victory for the Phoenix women's hoops squad came on the road at perennial power Arizona Western. (more...)

Hommel Tabbed First CCAC Player of the Week;
McRee Leads Conference in Scoring
After helping the Lady Bears get off to a 6-1 start to the 2002-2003 season, Nicole Hommel has been selected the ACCAC Player of the Week. (more...)

Bears Basketball - A Look at the Statistics
Following are links to find out where the Bears stand in the ACCAC and the NJCAA.
Men's ACCAC: Individual | Team
Women's ACCAC: Individual | Team
NJCAA: Men | Women

Lady Bears Top Century Mark in Victory
PC's Lady Bears moved to 6-1 on the season with an impressive 101-62 victory over Northland Pioneer. Nicole Hommel paced the squad with 24 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and fouur steals. (more...)

Make it 5 in a Row for the Lady Bears
Nicole Hommel and Kelly McRee combined for 53 points to lead Phoenix College to a 78-76 road victory over Scottsdale. (more...)

McRee Leads PC to Fourth Straight Victory
As has been the case in each game this season, Kelly McRee led the Lady Bears in scoring. This time, her 26 points helped Phoenix to its fourth consecutive victory with a 65-47 victory over Eastern Arizona. (more...)

Phoenix Now 3-1 Following Victory Over John Logan
Kelly McRee and Nicole Hommel each posted a double-double and Katie Plunkett dished out nine assists as the Lady Bears won their third straight game. (more...)

Lady Bears Down Yavapai 66-59
Kelly McRee, who is averaging 23.7 points per game, tallied 25 points to pace PC to the victory over Yavapai. (more...)

PC Tops Oakland C.C. 78-67
Kelly McRee led four Lady Bears in double digits with 24 points while Nicole Hommel added 10 assists in the first victory of the season. (more...)

Lady Bears Fall to Central Arizona in Opener
Kelly McRee's 22 points and Nicole Hommel's double-double of 15 points and 11 boards were not quite enough in PC's 73-59 loss. (more...)

2002-03 Preview: Will Third Time Be a Charm?
After back-to-back runner-up finishes in the NJCAA Region I Tournament, Head Coach Liza Oakley and her Lady Bears look to take the next step and bring home a larger trophy. (more...)

Freshman Leads PC to Second Place Region Finish
Freshman Nicole Hommel, an All-Region and All-ACCAC selection, led Phoenix to a runner-up finish in the NJCAA Region I Division II Championships.

Hommel is Region I Women's All-Conference Selection
Nicole Hommel picked up another honor to the 2001-2002 season as she was selected to the All-Region I First Team.

2001-2002 ACCAC Women's All-Conference Honorees
After posting a 19-13 overall record and 16-8 ACCAC record on the season, a pair of PC Bears earned All-Conference honors in the ACCAC. Nicole Hommel was selected to the First Team, while teammate Katie Mitchell was selected to the Second Team.