With another college basketball season in the rearview mirror, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Monroe College can look optimistically towards next year’s campaigns even though they fell short of their championship aspirations.
On the women’s side, the Lady Mustangs, led by Coach Seth Goodman (180-35 in eight seasons with Monroe), captured third place at the eight-team National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Division III tournament held in Rochester, Minn., to finish the season with a record of 31-2.
In semi-finals, Monroe was beaten 58-53 by Madison Area Technical College, of Wisconsin.
The Lady Mustangs had won two of the previous three national championships.
For the men’s team, the season highlight came by way of a No. 13 ranking in the NJCAA, Division I poll, the Mustang’s highest-ever national ranking.
Led by Coach Jeffrey Brustad (.795 winning percentage in seven seasons), the men went undefeated in conference play winning both the regular season title and the right to the No. 1 seed in the Region XV tournament. Their unfortunate upset loss in the district semis aside, Monroe ended their campaign with a more-than-admirable 30-3 record.
The Mustangs will send three players, Kyle Wright, Westly Perryman and Tyvon Williams, to the biggest stage in college basketball. Shedding their familiar blue and gold, next season the trio will suit up in the NCAA’s Division I for Providence, Boise State and South Carolina State, respectively.
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