A girl's basketball team camp - Central Kentucky Team Camp - got under way Tuesday in four gyms in Campbellsville under the watchful leadership of former CU Lady Tiger head coach Donna Wise.

Eight varsity teams, and seven junior varsity and freshman/eight grade teams will play eight games over a three-day span, ending at 1 p.m. Thursday.

During her senior season at Fort Thomas Highlands, Katie Allen wasn't sure she wanted to play basketball anymore. But Campbellsville University Lady Tiger Coach Ginger Colvin is glad Allen had a change of heart.

"I just knew that once the season was over I wanted to continue to play," said Allen on the day she signed scholarship papers with Colvin and CU Assistant Miranda Denney.

"It's very rare to find someone as talented as she is and not be signed yet," said Colvin. "She fits our style because of her versatility and that will help her with playing time. We play a lot of people."

This summer was supposed to be spent as a summer mission trip to the Dominican Republic for Campbellsville University softball player Jordan Cornett and former women's basketball player Kristi Ensminger. However when an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti in mid-January, plans changed.

Lady Tiger Basketball Coach Ginger Colvin has added a D-1 transfer to her 2010-11 roster. Courtney Clifton, a shooting guard who played her high school ball at Lexington Christian Academy, signed scholarship papers Thursday in the Powell Athletic Center.

The 5'11" sophomore-to-be was a spot player at Western Kentucky University as a freshman. She played in 19 games for the 21-11 Lady Hilltoppers, scoring 22 points in her first collegiate game - hitting 6 of nine 3-point shots. She averaged 13 minutes a game, averaging 4.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. Her field goal shooting suffered a little in college, hitting 23 percent of her field goals, 27 percent from the 3-point line, but 84 percent of her free throws.

Kristi Ensminger, a 2009-2010 senior Lady Tiger basketball player, was named Miss Campbellsville at the end of the school year, an honor presented to a Campbellsville University graduating senior who best exemplifies the university's typical student - based on scholarship, leadership, character and potential for success.

Ensminger is the fourth Lady Tiger player to receive the honor over the years, joining other former CU women's basketball leaders Andrea Deaton, Jenny Norton and Miranda Ray Denney.