River States Conference

Davis is Berea's career assist leader, and each one she
dishes out augments a school record that is not likely to be broken
soon.


Berea launches almost 100 shots per game, over half of them from outside
the three-point line, but Davis's responsibility is to be a playmaker,
not a shooter. "That's fine with me," she says. "We have plenty of
players who can shoot from behind the arc. I'd rather they do it than
me. My job is to get the ball to them." If a shot misses, it's often
Davis who shocks the opposition by darting inside, seizing the rebound,
and laying it in. She ranked third in rebounds for the Lady
Mountaineers last season and is second this season. For three years
she's averaged a solid triple double (points, assists, and rebounds) per
40 minutes played.


Last season the 5-4 Davis ranked sixth in the nation with 5.8 assists
per game, and her assist-turnover ratio of 3.48-1 was the best in the
country.


"It's Crystal's responsibility to get us into our game, to execute our
system," notes Berea coach Bunky Harkleroad. "As she goes, we go. We
ask her to take great care of the ball, to distribute it to our scorers,
to attack the basket, and to encourage her teammates."


"Crystal will not quit," Harkleroad adds. "There are times when she
takes more heat than other players on the team when things don't go as
planned. She is able to take that, because she is very confident in her
abilities. When things don't go well, she always comes back strong."

(Courtesy of Berea)