PORT HURON, Mich. – The Johnson County women's basketball team capped another amazing season with a 72-56 victory over North Central Missouri to earn a fifth-place finish at the 2022 NJCAA D-II National Tournament. The Lady Cavaliers finished the season at 34-2 and the victory gave head coach Ben Conrad his 500th of his coaching career.
Johnson County raced out on a 14-2 run and never looked back. Five players scored in double figures led by sophomore guard Jaylen Townsend with 13 points. She scored eight of those points in the first period.
Freshman guard Kierra Prim posted a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds. She hit 6-of-10 shots.
Also scoring in double digits were Shonyah Hawkins with 12, Mackenzie Hart with 11 and Gabby Fuller with 10.
Nora Ford led North Central Missouri with 15 points, followed by Maci Moore with 14.
Prim was selected to the all-tournament team for a second consecutive season, making her the only player in JCCC history to be selected all-tournament multiple times. Prim averaged 14.8 points and 7.5 rebounds in the four national tournament games. Her 14.8 average ties for ninth in tournament history and her 59 total points tie for seventh. She grabbed 29 total rebounds to tie for eighth, and she made 24 total field goals, third most by a JCCC player in tournament history. Prim has 52 total career rebounds, second only to Taylor Bird's career total of 55 from the 2010 and 2011 tournaments. She also has scored 103 career points, third most ever.
Townsend finished the tournament with 50 points, an average of 12.5 per game. She closed out her career with 111 total points in national tournament play, second only to Case Ellis' total of 115 in 2001 and 2002.
Hawkins finished the tournament with 46 points, Fuller with 40 and Hart dished out 17 assists which ties for fifth all-time in team history. Fulller also grabbed 28 rebounds which ties her for 10th in team history.