2013-14 All-State

Women's Basketball By Kevin Maloney, SID

Lady Ranger Trio Earns MACJC All-State Honors

JACKSON – For the first time since the 2009-10 season, three Northwest Lady Rangers are represented on this year's 2014 MACJC All-State Teams released Saturday evening by the league office.

Carshava Sutton was named to the first team, Kristina Mays was named to the second team and Halle Knowles earned honorable mention recognition. 

Sutton had a breakout sophomore campaign in averaging 17.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game with 10 double-doubles in 16 starts. She scored in double figures in 18 of 21 games, including a pair of 30 point games, and shot 54 percent from the floor and 70 percent from the charity stripe.

Sutton ends her Lady Ranger career third in school history with a .530 field goal percentage and fifth all-time in free throw percentage at 67.2 percent.

The Charleston native was also Northwest's lone selection on the NJCAA All-Region 23 Team, finishing second in the state in votes, and is now eligible for All-American honors.

Mays, a freshman from Independence, was second on the team in scoring at 13 points per game and also averaged 3.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.2 steals a contest. In 19 starts, Mays scored in double figures 14 times, including four 20 point games, while shooting 37 percent from the floor.

Northwest's floor general, Knowles, finished the year with a team-best 128 assists and was one of the tops in the country with 6.1 assists per game. She also averaged 7.1 points and 3.3 rebounds a game in 21 starts. 

Knowles ends her Lady Ranger career sixth all-time in assists (218) and assists/game (4.8), ninth in steals/game (2.8) and 14th in total steals (131).