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What defines a successful season? is not always winning.. With only three hard-fought loses this season the N.C. Central University Lady Eagles still remain at the top of their game.

The Lady Eagles (12-3 overall,3-2 CIAA) are ranked fourth in the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region poll, giving the Lady Eagles its best start in school history.

“We’ll find out a lot about where we’ll finish in this upcoming week,” said Assistant Head Coach Steve Joyner. “We need to grab this win against St. Aug and Johnson C. Smith to get ahead in the division.”

Cassie King, a junior from Raleigh NC, currently leads the team in scoring and she is the third leading scorer in the CIAA averaging 18.9 ppg. Freshman forward Nakisha Stewart trails King in points for the Lady Eagles, averaging 9.0 pts per game.

Stewart has already been selected twice as the CIAA Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week. But the quiet storm for the Lady Eagles is Latoya Jones. Jones, a 5-6 junior from Wake Forest NC leads the team in field percentage behind the arc at 38.1 percent.

Last Tuesday, the Lady Eagles had a dramatic79-78 win over the Lady Blue bears of Livingstone College. Fans stormed the court after a three pointer was made by Jennifer Miller with three-tenths of a second left on the clock assuming the game was over, however the official proved the fans wrong by issuing a technical foul against Livingstone. The Lady Eagles sophomore guard Karla Gamble shot the technical fouls shots, nailing both of them and sealing the doubtful victory.

The week of January 8-14 the Lady Eagles were faced with back to back losses against two schools, both hailing from Raleigh, NC. Contrary to popular belief, a win against the three-time CIAA champions of Shaw University seemed in favor for the Lady Eagles as they took a disappointing 65-55 loss. Broughton High School brought disappointment as well as the Lady Falcons of St. Augustine’s College kept the lead the entire game in a 40-45 upset. On December 3, 2005 the Lady Eagles were handed their first lost of the season by the Lady Indians of Newberry College, 58-55.