The Mules have averaged 94.2 points in winning their first nine games. They have scored at least 88 points in all but

Top Scoring Teams in NCAA Women’s Basketball through games of January 7 Division Record Games Points PPG 1. MUHLENBERG III 9-0 9 848 94.2 2. DePaul I 12-1 13 1195 91.9 3. California (Pa.) II 13-0 13 1159 89.2 4. Duke I 11-1 12 1064 88.7 5. Drury II 14-1 15 1287 85.8 6. Northern Michigan II 10-1 11 942 85.6 7. Mississippi College III 9-1 10 856 85.6 8. Emporia State II 10-0 10 855 85.5 9. St. John Fisher III 6-0 6 509 84.8 10. New York University III 9-0 9 763 84.8 11. Washburn II 11-1 12 1015 84.6 12. Cal Poly Pomona II 7-2 9 759 84.3 13t. Bellarmine II 9-3 12 1008 84.0 13t. Charleston (W.Va.) II 7-2 9 756 84.0 15. Neb.-Kearney II 9-2 11 923 83.9

one of their contests, topping the 100-point mark three times.

The only other women’s basketball team averaging more than 90 points a game is Division I DePaul, scoring at a clip of 91.9 points through 13 games. Mississippi College is the second-leading scoring team in Division III, with 85.6 points per game.

“I would never have expected it,” said sophomore point guard Kristen Piscadlo, who has contributed 7.9 points per game to the average. “To think that it’s from all teams in all divisions – it’s mind-boggling.

“I don’t think we knew the capabilities of this system [at the beginning of the season],” she added. “But we knew that as long as we put everything we had into it, the results would be positive.”

Muhlenberg has benefited from a balanced scoring attack and lots of three-pointers. Only one player on the team is averaging more than 10.5 points per game (senior center Jill Friedman, at 12.1), but nine score at least five points a game. The Mules rank second in Division III (to Waynesburg) with 10.0 three-pointers per game. Prior to this season, the school record for three-pointers in a game was 10.

Through Sunday’s games, Muhlenberg also was 12th in Division III in scoring margin (plus-22.1 per game, since increased to 23.6). Senior Erin DeVaney was tied for 16th in three-point percentage (.455) and junior Gwen Doyle was 48th in three-pointers per game (2.4).