AUGUSTA, GA -- The Peach Belt Conference has released the 2024 women's basketball season preview with both the preseason All-Conference team and the coaches poll.  The league has also released coach and player interviews for each team.

For the first time since 2015, Columbus State is the preseason favorite in a poll of the league's head coaches. The Cougars are coming off a 19-10 season season, 13-5 in league play, which included reaching the final of the PBC Tournament. CSU returns five seniors and graduate students, including All-Conference selection Olonna Rawls, along with first-team All-Conference junior Letiya Reeves.

Augusta is second in the coaches poll after going 22-9 last year, 15-3 in league play and finishing second in the conference standings, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. The Jaguars return seven seniors and graduate students for 24-25 including first-team All-Conference selection Autumn Phillips.

North Georgia finished third in the poll with Georgia Southwestern in fourth and Flagler in fifth. Coaches were not permitted to rank their own teams or vote for their own players for preseason All-Conference.

2024-25 Preseason Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Points
1.	Columbus State (7)	78
2.	Augusta (1)	68
3.	North Georgia	65
4.	Georgia Southwestern (2)	62
5.	Flagler	45
6.	Clayton State	38
7.	Lander	29
8.	Georgia College & State University	28
9.	USC Beaufort	26
10.	USC Aiken	11

2024-25 Preseason All-Conference Team
 

Sharale McCormick, Flagler

• A senior guard from North Lauderdale, Fla.
• A PBC second-team All-Conference selection last year, her second straight year named All-Conference and named a PBC Player of the Week
• Ranked seventh in the PBC in scoring with 14.0 ppg...also eighth in the league in field goal percentage...had six games scoring 20 or more points with two double-doubles

Autumn Phillips, Augusta

• A senior guard from Fairburn, Ga.
• A PBC first-team All-Conference selection last year, she led the team and was ranked sixth in the PBC in scoring at 15.0 ppg...also ranked fourth in the league in steals per game and added 3.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists
• Scored 20 or more points eight times last year with a career-high 26 against Wingate...scored 19 with nine rebounds and seven steals against CSU...hit three three-pointers against Newberry, tied for third-most in a single game in the conference

Letiya Reeves, Columbus State

• A junior guard from Newnan, Ga.
• Named PBC first-team All-Conference last year, she was also a D2CCA All-Region selection, a two-time PBC Player of the Week and named to the PBC All-Tournament team
• Ranked second in the PBC in scoring with 17.0 ppg and led the league in steals with 2.8 per game...had five games of 20 or more points and two games of 30 or more including 39 against USC Beaufort which was the most in a single game by any PBC player last season

Jashanti Simmons, Georgia Southwestern

• A graduate student guard from Eatonton, Ga.
• A PBC first-team All-Conference selection last year, she was named to the PBC All-Tournament team and the NCAA Southeast Regional All-Tournament team as GSW advanced to the Elite Eight
• Led the team and was ranked 12th in the league in scoring at 12.2 ppg...also ranked 11th in the PBC in rebounding, seventh in free throw percentage and fifth in steals...scored a career-high 27 points against top-seeded Catawba in the NCAA Tournament

Emily Trushel, North Georgia

• A graduate student forward from Brentwood, Tenn.
• A two-time first-team All-Conference selection, she was twice named a PBC Player of the Week last season...led the team and was ranked fourth in the PBC in scoring with 15.4 ppg...also ranked 10th in the league in rebounding
• Scored 20 or more points 10 times last season with four double-doubles...ranked second in the PBC in field goal percentage and free throw percentage

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