The Freeman sisters

Kayla Freeman

Courtney Freeman

Madison County’s Freeman sisters are making an impact in college basketball. Younger sister Kayla is in her second season at UT Chattanooga while Courtney is in her final season at Appalachian State in North Carolina.
As a freshman, Kayla played in 15 games including a season high 12 minutes versus Baylor. She recorded 19 rebounds and averaged 1.3 points a game. Kayla was also named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and UTC’s Dean’s List and Athletics Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
This season Kayla has played in 9 games totaling 67 minutes. She is 10 of 19 on free throw attempts and has 9 offensive rebounds and 5 on defense and has scored a total of 14 points as of February 2.
While at Madison County, Kayla was a four-time All-Area First Team player and scored a total of 1,566 career points. She had 1,274 career rebounds averaging 11.2 a game in her senior season.
Older sister Courtney is a four-year letter winner and Athens Banner Herald Player of the Year her senior season at Madison County. She broke her 1,000 career point mark as a sophomore with the Lady Raiders and finished her high school career with a total of 2,414 points. She completed her career at Madison County with 1,043 rebounds.
Courtney’s career at Appalachian state has been outstanding. As a freshman she played in all 35 games including 16 starts in the 2009-10 season. Courtney ranked 14th in the SoCon in offensive rebounds averaging 1.9 per game. She scored her game high of 20 points her freshman year against Elon.
As a junior, Courtney was only one of two players to start in every game for Appalachian State. She finished second on the team and 10th in the Southern Conference in scoring (11.4 points per game) and earned second-team all SoCon honors. Her junior season game high of 23 points came against UNCG on January 9, 2012.
Her sophomore year consisted of 32 games played including 14 starts. Courtney ranked 15th in the conference in field goal percentage (.415) and led the team in scoring twice. She scored 10 or more points in 11 games during the season including a season high of 20 against Elon on November 29, 2010.
Courtney is now in her senior season with App State where she has started in all 18 games. She has connected on 93 of her 188 shoots. At the free throw line, Courtney is 60 of 77. She has a total of 38 offensive rebounds and 67 rebounds on the defensive side of the ball. As of February 2, she has scored a total of 247 points with her game high of 26 points coming against Gardner Webb.
Courtney has been named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll in each of her first three years at App State.
The two former Lady Raiders are the daughters of Sonja and Stanley Freeman. Stanley is a former college basketball player logging time on the court at both Emmanuel College and North Georgia College and State University.