Local players helping their college teams

Published 10:08 pm Tuesday, January 15, 2008

By Staff
NILES – Former Niles standouts Brandie Radde and Sarah Dreher are both enjoying success on the basketball court this season.
Radde has helped the Louisville Cardinals to an 11-5 overall record.
Louisville is 0-3 in Big East play however. Two of the three losses for the Cardinals have come at the hands of Notre Dame and top ranked Connecticut.
Radde is played in 15 games and started 12 of those contests. She is averaging 28.6 minutes per game and 7.9 points per game. Radde's rebounding average is 2.8.
Dreher plays at Western Michigan, which is not having the kind of year it would like.
The Lady Broncos are just 4-12 overall. Western Michigan is 1-1 in Mid-American Conference action so far this season.
Dreher is averaging 15.9 minutes per contest and 6.7 points per game. Her rebounding average is 1.9.
Jessica Shinsky has helped Ancilla College fashion an 8-6 record overall, but a 3-1 mark in the tough Michigan Community College Athletic Association's Western Conference.
Shinsky had 12 rebounds in Ancilla's recent 66-56 loss to Lake Michigan College.
Full season statistics were unavailable at press time.
Editor's note: The Daily Star is interested in providing its readers updates on all former athletes.
You can submit information to Scott Novak, sports editor, at 217 N. Fourth St.; by fax: 683-2175; or by e-mail: scott.novak@leaderpub.com