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Porsche Landry named Preseason All-Conference USA
POSTED: October 6, 2011 -- 2:48 p.m. CDT
University of Houston senior point guard, Porsche Landry, was one of eight players selected to the Conference USA Women’s Basketball Preseason Team, the league office announced Thursday.
Memphis' senior guard Brittany Carter was named C-USA Preseason Player of the Year.
2011-2012 Conference USA Preseason All-Conference TeamName |
School |
Ht. |
Class |
Pos. |
Hometown/Previous School |
Porsche Landry |
Houston |
5'5" |
Sr. |
G |
Houston, TX/Madison HS |
Brittany Carter |
Memphis |
5'9" |
Sr. |
G |
Covington, GA/Newton Country HS |
Jasmine Lee |
Memphis |
6'2" |
RS Sr. |
Post |
Bessemer, AL/Jess Lanier HS |
Jessica Kuster |
Rice |
6'2" |
Soph. |
F |
San Antonio, TX/Reagan HS |
Christine Elliott |
SMU |
6'2" |
Sr. |
Post |
Wichita, KS/South HS |
Rachel Vigers |
Southern Miss |
5'9" |
Sr. |
F |
Baton Rouge, LA/Copia-Lincoln CC |
Aisha Patrick |
UCF |
5'9" |
Sr. |
G |
Rockledge, FL/Rockledge HS |
Gloria Brown |
UTEP |
6'2" |
Sr. |
F |
Philadelphia, PA/Trinity Valley CC |
Landry earns her first-career preseason honor after a breakout junior season that saw the Houston native average 14.8 points and 4.0 assists per game while helping lead the Cougars to a perfect 16-0 record in league play and the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005.
Landry scored in double figures in 26 of 32 games last season and became the 21st member of Houston’s 1,000-point club with a 20-point effort against Tulane in the C-USA Tournament semifinals. Landry is also only one of four players all-time at Houston with 1,000 points (1,015) and 300 assists (335).
Landry is one of five letterwinners returning for the Cougars, while the defending C-USA champions welcome eight newcomers to the team.
The Cougars were picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll behind Memphis, Rice, UCF, Tulane, UTEP and UAB.
2011-2012 C-USA Women's Basketball Preseason Poll1. Memphis
2. Rice
3. UCF
t4. Tulane (1)
t4. UTEP
6. UAB
7. Houston
8. SMU
9. Southern Miss
10. East Carolina
11. Tulsa
12. Marshall
Here's Landry in a video interview on October 4, the Cougars first day of practice for the 2011-2012 season.
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