Emily Rousseau connected on 100-of-115 free throws in her first season with Stonehill, good for 87 percent.

Practice Makes Perfect: Skyhawks Nation's Best From Free Throw Line

Indianapolis, Ind. - With the Division II Women's Basketball season having come to a close, the NCAA released its final statistics for the 2008-09 season on Tuesday.

Stonehill, which finished its season with a 22-9 overall record and a berth in the East Region Final, ended as the best free throw shooting team in the country at 83.1 percent. The mark is the highest ever for a women's team in all of Division II and is the second highest of any women's team in any division. North Dakota State set the all division record in 2007-08 with an 83.2 percentage.

The Skyhawks had three players finish in the top ten of the Northeast-10 in free throw accuracy, led by Bethany Tighe (North Easton, Mass.), who finished fourth in the country at 91.9 percent.

Joining Tighe in the top ten were Emily Rousseau (Biddeford, Maine), who was fourth in the Conference at 87.5 percent and Kristen McWhirter (Melvin Village, N.H.) who was seventh at 83.7.

During a two game stretch in the middle of the season, the Skyhawks connected on 29 straight attempts, including all 22 in a 68-66 win over Molloy. They also had eight other games where they shot at least 90 percent and 11 others where they connected on 80 percent or better of their tries.

With 12 of 13 letterwinners returning led by two-time All-American Kelsey Simonds (Middleboro, Mass.), the Skyhawks should be one of the favorites to win the Northeast-10 in 2009-10. The Skyhawks ended its season ranked No. 22 in the final USA Today/ESPN Division II Poll.