February 14, 2008 - courtesy of Westminster College & Eureka College sports information
WESTMINSTER'S BUXTON, EUREKA'S GARDNER REACH 1,000-POINT PLATEAU

ST. LOUIS - Westminster College's Andrew Buxton and Eureka College's Brittany Gardner were the latest SLIAC basketball players to join the 1,000-point club at their respective schools.

Buxton, a senior guard from Wildwood, Mo. (Lafayette), scored a game-high 30 points to surpass the 1,000-point plateau in his career in leading the Westminster College men to an 89-71 victory over Principia College Wednesday in a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s basketball contest in Fulton.

Buxton entered Wednesday’s contest with 995 career points and it took just a few minutes for him to reach 1,000 points. With 17:35 remaining in the first half, Buxton scored his fifth point of the game on his first 3-pointer to reach 1,000 points, becoming just the 16th Blue Jay in the 93-year history of Westminster men’s basketball to reach that elusive mark. Buxton is 15th on the men’s career list with 1,025 points.

Gardner, a senior from Mooresville, Ind., became the 13th Red Devil women's basketball player and second this season to reach 1,000 career points on Wednesday, Feb. 13.  The 5-3 guard scored a game-high 24 points, including 22 after halftime, to help Eureka to a 65-59 victory over MacMurray College and finish the night with 1,009 points for her career.

Gardner, who set the Eureka (6-15, 5-8 SLIAC) school record for made three-point field goals in a career last season and now has 183, recorded her 1,000th point with 11:01 remaining in the game as he made a jumper in the lane while falling to the floor after being fouled.  She was 6-of-9 from the field and 9-of-13 at the line in the second half.