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Justice lands on ACE Coaching Honor Roll
4/7/2020 4:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HUNTSVILLE – Sam Houston State women's basketball Head Coach Ravon Justice has been named to the 2020 Achieving Coaching Excellence College Basketball Coaching Honor Roll as announced by ACE this week.
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She is one of 12 women's coaches selected among all divisions nationally to receive recognition for her efforts guiding her program.
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According to ACE, recipients of this inaugural honor were selected because they "demonstrate tenements of coaching excellence that include on and off-court performance, community involvement, and serving as champions for college basketball, their coaching peers and the coaching profession."
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Dawn Staley (South Carolina) was named the Head of Class this year with she and Clark-Heard being joined in the class by Amaka Aguga-Hamilton (Missouri State), Adia Barnes (Arizona), Vanessa Blair-Lewis (Bethune Cookman), Kevin Herod (Talladega College), Michelle Clark-Heard (Cincinnati), Serena King-Coleman (Fayetteville State), Trina Patterson (UNC Greensboro), Tomekia Reed (Jackson State), James Rice (Benedict College) and Jaida Williams (Coastal Carolina).
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The honor for Justice comes on the heels of a historic 2019-20 season for the Bearkats, her second at the helm of the program. Just one year after putting together the best turnaround in the nation, the Kats took another step forward this season, going 19-10 overall and 14-6 in Southland Conference play.
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The 14 SLC wins was the most in the history of the program, while the 19 victories for the year was the most for the Kats in the Division I era. They had secured the No. 4 seed and a double bye into the semifinals of the Southland Conference Tournament in Katy before the season was cut short, along with all others around the nation, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Had the Kats picked up one win in Katy, they would have clinched the program's first 20-win season since 1981-82.
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The 2019 SLC Coach of the Year, Justice's teams have shown a propensity for high-scoring and pressure defense. They have averaged  74.5 and 75.7 ppg each of the last two years, marking the first time in program history the Kats have averaged better than 70 ppg in consecutive years. Her team also ranked fourth in the nation with 22.6 turnovers forced per game.
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She is one of 12 women's coaches selected among all divisions nationally to receive recognition for her efforts guiding her program.
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According to ACE, recipients of this inaugural honor were selected because they "demonstrate tenements of coaching excellence that include on and off-court performance, community involvement, and serving as champions for college basketball, their coaching peers and the coaching profession."
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Dawn Staley (South Carolina) was named the Head of Class this year with she and Clark-Heard being joined in the class by Amaka Aguga-Hamilton (Missouri State), Adia Barnes (Arizona), Vanessa Blair-Lewis (Bethune Cookman), Kevin Herod (Talladega College), Michelle Clark-Heard (Cincinnati), Serena King-Coleman (Fayetteville State), Trina Patterson (UNC Greensboro), Tomekia Reed (Jackson State), James Rice (Benedict College) and Jaida Williams (Coastal Carolina).
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The honor for Justice comes on the heels of a historic 2019-20 season for the Bearkats, her second at the helm of the program. Just one year after putting together the best turnaround in the nation, the Kats took another step forward this season, going 19-10 overall and 14-6 in Southland Conference play.
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The 14 SLC wins was the most in the history of the program, while the 19 victories for the year was the most for the Kats in the Division I era. They had secured the No. 4 seed and a double bye into the semifinals of the Southland Conference Tournament in Katy before the season was cut short, along with all others around the nation, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Had the Kats picked up one win in Katy, they would have clinched the program's first 20-win season since 1981-82.
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The 2019 SLC Coach of the Year, Justice's teams have shown a propensity for high-scoring and pressure defense. They have averaged  74.5 and 75.7 ppg each of the last two years, marking the first time in program history the Kats have averaged better than 70 ppg in consecutive years. Her team also ranked fourth in the nation with 22.6 turnovers forced per game.
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