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CU women's basketball wins 1,000th game By CU Athletics Pulaski, TN -- Campbellsville Women's Basketball became only the third program in the NAIA to reach the 1,000-win plateau today when the Lady Tigers defeated Martin Methodist, 91-59, at the Mid-South Conference/ Southern States Athletic Conference Challenge on Saturday night, November 9. There was no trophy presentation or confetti drop for attaining the program's signature accomplishment -- only the considerable pride in the longstanding success (slightly more than 44 seasons) that it took to get there. "I have great pride in this program" said coach Ginger High Colvin. "I've been part of some great games and have formed relationships that are lifelong. Coach (Donna) Wise worked hard and did things the right way. "We strive to continue that. I think the record is a punctuation of years of great players and people coming together for the same purpose." From Day 1 CU cultivated blue-collar values and was prideful that survival depended on a steady diet of travel snacks, sack lunches and basketball savvy to outlast the enemy in the dog-eat-dog world of women's basketball. When you think about all the things that go into basketball success on the NAIA level -- long road trips in 15-passenger vans, practice sessions, reams of scouting reports, rolls of adhesive wrap, laughs and tears -- you can understand, even as an outsider looking in, the feeling of accomplishment going through the collective veins of former and present Lady Tiger players. From the program's infancy in 1975-76 when then-coach Donna Wise corralled a rag-tag group of seven or eight players -- mostly physical education majors -- for a 12-game schedule, the seeds were sewn for bigger and better things. Success grew in spades. "It's hard to put into words what the Lady Tiger Basketball program has done for Campbellsville College, Campbellsville University and the community of Campbellsville," said Jim Hardy, director of athletics. "The tradition of excellence is well known across the entire United States. The leadership of Donna Wise to set the foundation of the program and continuing with that expectation of winning through Ginger High Colvin ... what they have built is a dynasty." Wise, with no prior basketball coaching experience, knew she had to go outside the phys ed department to create a winning tradition, So, prior to her second year, she went to Campbellsville College President Dr. Randy Davenport and talked him into giving the program a scholarship, and on the recruiting trail she went. First stop, was in the home of North Hardin's Betty Conover, who terrorized opposing post players and ended up landing in second place (without the benefit of a 3-point line) on the LTB all-time scoring list. There were many, many great players to follow. "I want to congratulate all Lady Tigers that have helped make this great accomplishment possible," said Rusty Hollingsworth, vice president for athletics and student services. "To reach such a milestone as a program is something that reflects on the commitment and sacrifice of so many. To Donna Wise and all former Lady Tiger players that made this a reality, we all say thank you and congratulations. To Ginger Colvin, her staff and players, we say congratulations and thank you for carrying on the success of this great program. This is a great day for Campbellsville University." In Wise's second year there was a 16-game schedule, and from there it off to the races they went -- twenty-two-plus wins a year over nearly half a century. Wise continued to fly by the seat of her pants, finally reaching a comfort zone as her basketball acumen advanced and the win totals piled up. "Congratulations Campbellsville University Lady Tiger Basketball on this historical moment for the program," said Wise. "Joining the "Flying Queens" of Wayland Baptist University (who recently joined the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame) and Union University along with 14 NCAA women's programs at 1,000 wins is a pinnacle worthy of recognition. "The Campbellsville program has long been synonymous with basketball excellence and this achievement recognizes that," continued Wise. "What makes the feat even more impressive is the fact that CU achieved those wins through challenging schedules mostly requiring travels to our opponents turf to play the best. "Thank you to those who embraced the values of our program and what playing for that name meant from the early 1975-76 team who paved the way to our current LTB team." In order to be the best, Wise learned, you have to play the best. So, through fundraising and other creative budgeting, the Lady Tigers were sent out scouring the mid-west for games where many of the better NAIA teams resided. To create the feeling of family and to allow parents a better opportunity to watch their daughters play, Wise and Colvin have adhered to a mostly 100-mile recruiting radius. They plucked the best that nearby communities and out-in-state high schools, with a few exceptions, had to offer. The results speak for themselves. Wise, a Hall of Fame coach, who stalked the sidelines for 32 years until handing over the reins to her hand-picked understudy, accumulated 661 of the 1,000 win total. Colvin, a long-time assistant after her LTB playing days were over, seized her opportunity and has added 339 victories in just more than 12 seasons. Together the duo sports an overall .732 winning percentage. SUCCESS at a GLANCE, By the Numbers:
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