Women’s Basketball Season Recap

Record
27-5 overall, 16-2 AMC

• The Cougars produced their third-consecutive AMC regular season title and eighth overall AMC tournament championship.
• With an automatic berth into the NAIA Women’s Basketball Championship, Columbia advanced to their ninth-straight NAIA Championship venture.
• Broke the program record, holding opponents to 56.03 ppg
• Scored an AMC Tournament record with 16 three’s in a game (3/1/24)
• Mallory Shetley moved to third all-time in career points at Columbia College, fourth all-time in career blocks with 124, and ninth all-time in career assists at 297
• DeLaney Horstman moved to eighth all-time in career blocks with 95
• DeLaney Horstman set a new program record with 353 rebounds in a season, while also setting the highest rebounds per game average at 11.0 rpg
• Allison Stiers scored her 1,000th point (1/4/24)
• Mackenzie Hess scored her 1,000th point (3/2/24)
• Allison Stiers tied a program record with eight made three’s in a single game (11/25/23)
• DeLaney Horstman tied a school record, collecting 17 double-double’s in a season

• Academic All-AMC
  • Mackenzie Hess, Abby Backes, Baylie Combs, Carly Dorson, DeLaney Horstman, Mara Jensen, Lexi Miller, Paige Morse, Mallory Shetley, Jasmine Taylor, Allison Stiers, Madison Weydert
• All-AMC First-Team
  • Mallory Shetley
  • DeLaney Horstman
• All-AMC Third-Team
  • Abby Backes
  • Allison Stiers
• AMC Champions of Character Team
  • Baylie Combs
• All-AMC Defensive Team
  • Mallory Shetley
  • DeLaney Horstman
• AMC Sixth Woman of the Year
  • Lexi Miller
• NAIA All-American Third Team
  • DeLaney Horstman

• NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athletes
  • Abby Backes, Allison Stiers, DeLaney Horstman, Mackenzie Hess, Lexi Miller, Baylie Combs, Madison Weydert
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • Mallory Shetley, DeLaney Horstman, Lexi Miller, Allison Stiers

• Defeated No. 8-seeded Central Baptist (Ark.), 90-45 (Quarterfinals)
• Defeated No. 4-seeded University of Health Sciences (Mo.), 70-62 (Semifinals)
• Defeated No. 3-seeded Williams Baptist (Ark.), 79-66 (Finals)

 
NAIA National Championship Results

• Took on No. 11 Wayland Baptist (Texas) in their First-Round match up, falling 66-62.

• Scoring
  • DeLaney Horstman led the Cougars with 15.2 ppg, totaling 486 points
  • Mallory Shetley connected on 15.1 ppg, totaling 483 points
• Assists
  • Abby Backes dished out 3.6 assists per game, with 115 on the season

• Rebounds
  • DeLaney Horstman brought down 11 rebounds per contest, with 353 on the season
• Blocks
  • DeLaney Horstman recorded 1.6 blocks per game, with 50 on the season

• Steals
  • Allison Stiers collected 1.2 steals per game