Four MWC Post-Season Awards For Cougars

PROVO -- Three Cougars were among the MWC post-season award winners for the 2008-09 women’s basketball season, the conference announced today. Mindy Nielson, Cassie King, and Shawnee Slade were all recognized.

Nielson was named All-Conference Third Team, and was also-named to the MWC All-Defensive Team. Both King and Slade were named Honorable Mention All-MWC. The awards were the first for each of the athletes.

The No. 6 seed Cougars begin play in the first round of the MWC Championship tournament Tuesday, when they take on No. 7 UNLV at 7 p.m. Live audio streaming is available on the internet for all of the games from the MWC Tournament at BYU Radio with Jay Monsen calling the action. A link is available by going to http://www.byucougars.com/basketball_w/.

Live stats through GameTracker are available as well. A link is available by logging on to the BYU women’s basketball home page at http://www.byucougars.com/basketball_w/.

BYU defeated the Rebels twice during the regular season, winning 67-62 in Las Vegas on Jan. 21, and 53-52 in Provo on Feb. 21.