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NY Liberty Belles Club History
3/9/09 - 12:30 PM

 The NY Liberty Belles AAU Basketball Club is entering our 19th year of competition. The NY Liberty Belles was founded by Vincent Cannizzaro in 1990 as a non-profit organization that operates within the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States.

Our goal is to offer young female athletes the opportunity to play basketball at a highly competitive level while also gaining new experiences through travel, commitment and teamwork. We are extremely proud of the program we have built. We have sent over 50 teams to the AAU National Championship Tournaments and more than 150 of our players have received college scholarships. Some of our former players include: Chamique Holdsclaw- Univ. of Tennessee & Washington Mystics, Sue Bird - University of Connecticut & Seattle Storm, Tina Charles - University of Connecticut, Carem Gay - Duke University, Lorin Dixon - University of Connecticut, Hilary Howard

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Former NY Liberty Belles standout leads UCONN to Big East final
3/10/09 - 01:25 PM

 HARTFORD, Conn. (March 9, 2009) - Junior Tina Charles (Jamaica, N.Y.) scored 12 first half points to lead the No. 1/1 University of Connecticut women's basketball team on a game changing 11-0 run to end the first half and to help the Huskies take a commanding 72-42 victory over Villanova in Monday night's first BIG EAST semifinal game at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. 

 

 UConn took an early 11-point lead, its largest of the half, on a Charles' layup before the Wildcats climbed back into the game, hitting four three-pointers on four consecutive possessions to cut the lead to one at 24-23. Villanova then tied the game at 26 on another three-pointer by Siobhan O'Connor with 5:36 left in the first half.

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