March 15, 2008
LAS VEGAS - San Diego State sophomore Jené Morris (San Francisco, Calif.) and freshman Allison Duffy (Lakeside, Calif.) been named to the five-member all-tournament team at the 2008 Phillips 66 Mountain West Conference Championships in Las Vegas Nev., the league office announced following the title game. Morris and Duffy led the Aztecs to their first-ever MWC tournament wins, first MWC championship game appearance and a pair of stunning upsets over No. 2 seed TCU and No. 3 seed Wyoming after entering the week as the No. 6 seed.
Morris recorded a pair of 20-point scoring performances in the opening two games, notching 21 points in the victory over the Cowgirls and tallying 24 in the semifinal win against the Lady Frogs, the most-ever points by an Aztec in an MWC tournament game. Morris was limited to just 19 minutes of action in the final due to foul trouble, but still managed to score 10 points. For the week, she averaged 18.3 points per outing and recorded seven three-pointers, 11 rebounds and seven steals.
Duffy was the team's second-leading scorer in the tournament, averaging 13.7 points per game to go with 5.7 rebounds, six steals, six assists and four blocked shots. The El Capitan High School graduate shot over 45 percent from the field and 81.3 percent from the free-throw line. Duffy scored 10 or more points in all three contests, with a team game-high 15 in the finale with New Mexico. She opened the week with a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds) and nailed all six of her free-throw attempts in the final 45 seconds in the victory over Wyoming.
The pair weren't the only Aztec starters to shine over the week, as sophomore Quenese Davis (Sacramento, Calif.) had 27 assists, nine steals and five three-pointers in the three match-ups, while posting the winning basket in the semifinals versus TCU. Freshman center Paris Johnson (San Diego, Calif.) was the third SDSU player to average in double-figures for the week with 11.3 points per game and also chipped in a team-high six rebounds an outing and eight blocked shots.
2008 Phillips 66 Mountain West Conference Championship All-Tournament Team
San Diego State - Jené Morris, So., G; Allison Duffy, RS-Fr., F
Colorado State - Sara Hunter, Sr., G
New Mexico - Brandi Kimball, Sr., F; Dionne Marsh, Sr., F (MVP).