incredibly sefless team player and a tremendous leader."

Pemper believes the Patriot League coaches chose DeBoer as Player of the Year because of her penchant for making big plays at the end of games.

"They are very comfortable with the ball in her hands down the stretch because she's such a good closer," Pemper said.

Forward Kaitlyn Slagus, who posted 13 double-doubles this season, earned second team All-Patriot League. The 6-foot-2 sophomore almost averaged a double-double while ranking second on the squad with 12.7 points and second in the conference with 9.2 rebounds.

Slagus teams with 6-foot-2 forward Sune Swart to give Bucknell twin towers in the frontcourt. Swart, who averages 11.2 points and 6.2 rebounds, was named third team all-conference. Lightning-quick sophomore point guard Kia English and heady senior wing guardMegan McGurk round out the starting lineup. English was an All-Rookie selection last season while McGurk has made 101 career starts and leads the Bison with 92 assists.

Bucknell beat Navy 67-64 in a back-and-forth battle in Lewisburg on Dec. 30 then came back from a double-digit deficit to win 63-54 in Annapolis on Feb. 25. Pemper was more disappointed with what happened in the second meeting as the Bison outscored the Mids 25-6 in the fourth quarter at Alumni Hall.

"We feel like we've played six good quarters out of eight against them," Pemper said. "We just watched the most recent game and we simply didn't score in the fourth quarter. It just kind of all came crashing down in the last four minutes."

While Bucknell was favored to capture