Eastern Oregon coach Anji Weissenfluh
didn't mind one bit seeing one of her collegiate records broken.
Her starting point guard Tricia Haddock
vaulted right past her record Saturday night.
Haddock has 431 career assists, passing
Weissenfluh's 427. Weissenfluh played for Eastern from 1989-93.
Haddock didn't back into this record
either. She broke it in a big hurry, racking up nine assists Friday
against Southern Oregon, then adding 10 Saturday against Oregon Tech,
raising her already league-leading 5.9 assists per game to 6.4 in the
process.
She is averaging nearly two assists per
game more than any other player in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
At this rate, Haddock, a Parma, Idaho,
product, will easily break her season record for assists of 143 (5.7
per game), which she set in 2002-03. With at least 10 more games left
this season, she's also going to build a huge gap between her record
and Weissenfluh's career mark.
"Oh, it meant a lot (to break the
record). Finally, in my basketball career, I got over that peak. It
was nice to have the coach rooting me on all year long," said
Haddock.
In addition to all those assists,
Haddock has shown her leadership with clutch 3-pointers in the final
minutes of close games.
Weissenfluh, who has a 55-36 record as
coach for EOU, said she literally has nightmares about what she is
going to do next year without Haddock. She said Haddock has been doing
the job at the point for four solid years.
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New Mountaineer
career assist
record holder, Tricia Haddock, with former record holder and
current Head Coach Anji Weissenfluh.
University Advancement/CJ GISH |
"I couldn't ask for a better point
guard. I can't think of a better athlete (to break my record),"
Weissenfluh said.