2017-18 Michigan Women's Basketball Michigan Combined Team Statistics (As of Dec 31, 2017) All Games
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2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1000 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Basketball Contact: Sarah VanMetre • [email protected] • Direct (734) 604-4606 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS #22 MICHIGAN COMPLETES ROAD SWING AT WISCONSIN PRESEASON Nov. 2 Grand Valley State (exh.) W, 65-43 #22 MICHIGAN AT WISCONSIN JANUARY 4 -- KOHL CENTER (MADISON, WIS.), 7 P.M. CT REGULAR SEASON Television: Big Ten Network -- Lisa Byington (play-by-play), Vera Jones (color) NOV. 10 GEORGE MASON W, 75-61 Radio: WTKA (1050 AM) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) NOV. 12 LIBERTY W, 74-50 Michigan Wolverines Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com Wisconsin Badgers NOV. 16 #5 Louisville L, 74-49 (12-3, 1-1 B1G) (7-8, 0-2 B1G) NOV. 22 OAKLAND W, 78-69 Nov. 25 Ohio W, 74-61 Series History NOV. 29 #3 NOTRE DAME L, 83-63 TOP STORYLINES Wisconsin Dec. 2 LIU Brooklyn W, 86-49 ► Michigan completes a two-game road swing at Wisconsin, tak- Wisconsin leads 40-26 Dec. 4 Detroit Mercy W, 86-50 ing on the Badgers for the only time this season. U-M has won six Streak: Michigan has won three DEC. 7 MARQUETTE W, 82-76 of the last seven against UW. Home: Wisconsin leads 17-15 DEC. 10 KENT STATE W, 54-41 Away: Wisconsin leads 22-9 Neutral: Michigan leads 2-1 DEC. 12 NORTH FLORIDA W, 79-34 ► The Wolverines have equaled their longest streak in the Asso- DEC. 16 FORT WAYNE W, 77-45 ciated Press poll, coming in at No. 22 this week. U-M has been in Last 10 meetings DEC. 21 DELAWARE STATE W, 105-36 the poll since the preseason, marking nine straight appearances. 1/16/11 H W, 75-59 Michigan also had nine straight appearances during the 2001-02 2/19/11 A W, 68-66 DEC. 28 PENN STATE* W, 89-69 season. 1/30/12 A L, 66-60 Dec. 31 #23 Iowa* L, 82-72 1/13/13 H W, 54-43 Jan. 4 Wisconsin* 7 p.m. CT 1/9/14 H W, 70-62 ► Michigan is second in the Big Ten in scoring defense (58.7) as 1/26/14 A W, 60-44 JAN. 7 OHIO STATE* Noon one of two teams to hold opponents under 60 points. U-M is also 12/28/14 A L, 63-53 JAN. 10 INDIANA* 7 P.M. second in field goal percentage (.479) and field goal percentage 2/11/16 H W, 82-65 Jan. 13 Nebraska* 7 p.m. CT defense (.355). 1/1/17 A W, 73-56 2/12/17 H W, 75-66 Jan. 16 Ohio State* 7 p.m. ► Head coach Kim Barnes Arico is tied with former U-M coach JAN. 20 ILLINOIS* 6 P.M. Sue Guevara for the most wins in school history at 123. JAN. 23 MICHIGAN STATE* 7 P.M. Jan. 28 Northwestern* 2 p.m. CT ► Senior Katelynn Flaherty is now Michigan’s career leading scor- FEB. 1 PURDUE* 8 P.M. er with 2,361 points in her illustrious career - second-most among Feb. 4 Rutgers* 2 p.m. active NCAA Division I players. She is eighth all-time in Big Ten histo- FEB. 8 NORTHWESTERN* 7 P.M. ry in scoring and fifth in three-pointers made (341). She was named Feb. 11 Michigan State* Noon to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll this week. Feb. 14 Minnesota* 7 p.m. CT ► Michigan features a trio of double-figure scorers in Katelynn on facebook ... FEB. 22 MARYLAND* 6 P.M. Flaherty (22.8 ppg), Hallie Thome (16.0 ppg) and Nicole Munger “MICHIGAN Women’s BIG TEN TOURNAMENT (10.1 ppg). Flaherty ranks fifth nationally in scoring while Thome Basketball” Feb. 28 First Round TBA comes in at No. 8 in field goal percentage (.644). March 1 Second Round TBA on twitter ... @umichwbball March 2 Quarterfinals TBA March 3 Semifinals TBA POSSIBLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) March 4 Championship TBA # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING * Big Ten games 11 F Sr. Jillian Dunston 3.7 9.9 .385 Nine games with at least 10 rebounds 3 G Sr. Katelynn Flaherty 22.8 2.4 .457 19 three-pointers in last three games All times are site times 10 G Jr. Nicole Munger 10.1 3.7 .429 34 triples on 42 percent shooting Home games in BOLD CAPS 30 C Jr. Hallie Thome 16.0 7.1 .644 Scored in double figures in 13 games 15 F Fr. Hailey Brown 7.3 5.4 .402 Started all 15 games OFF THE BENCH # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 5 F So. Kayla Robbins 4.2 2.0 .531 Averaging 10.3 ppg over last three games 22 F So. KeAsja Peace 2.3 0.9 .600 Scored 9 points against Delaware State (12/21) 14 G So. Akienreh Johnson 2.2 2.6 .412 Appeared in 14 games 21 F Jr. Samantha Trammel 0.0 0.2 .000 Played in six games off the bench 20 G Fr. Deja Church 7.9 2.5 .484 Scored in double figures six times 2 G Fr. Priscilla Smeenge 1.4 1.3 .444 Appeared in seven games TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG Michigan 15 426-890 .479 97-266 .365 194-267 .727 184-424 608 40.5 243 6 222 14.8 237 65 102 1143 76.2 Wisconsin 15 358-885 .405 73-255 .286 160-241 .664 185-406 591 39.4 245 6 205 13.7 238 45 90 949 63.3 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 4 - AT WISCONSIN 2017-18 WOLVERINES Priscilla Smeenge Katelynn Flaherty Kayla Robbins Nicole Munger Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. So./So. Jr./Jr. 2 G 3 G 5 F 10 G Jillian Dunston Akienreh Johnson Hailey Brown Deja Church Sr./Sr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. 11 F/G 14 G 15 F 20 G Samantha Trammel KeAsja Peace Hallie Thome Kim Barnes Arico Jr./Jr. So./So. Jr./Jr. Head Coach 21 F 22 F 30 C HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School 2 Priscilla Smeenge G 6-0 Fr./Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Celebration Roster Breakdown 3 Katelynn Flaherty G 5-7 Sr./Sr. Point Pleasant, N.J./Metuchen 5 Kayla Robbins G/F 6-1 So./So. Mitchellville, Md./St. John Academy By Class Seniors (2): Dunston, Flaherty 10 Nicole Munger G 5-11 Jr./Jr. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West Juniors (3) Munger, Thome, Trammel 11 Jillian Dunston F 5-11 Sr./Sr. Silver Spring, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross Sophomores (3): Johnson, Peace, 14 Akienreh Johnson G 6-0 So./So. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers Robbins 15 Hailey Brown F 6-1 Fr./Fr. Hamilton, Ont./The RISE Centre Academy Freshmen (3): Brown, Church, Smeenge 20 Deja Church G 5-10 Fr./Fr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield A&T 21 Samantha Trammel F 6-0 Jr./Jr. Minnetonka, Minn./Eastview 22 KeAsja Peace F 6-3 So./So. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers 30 Hallie Thome F/C 6-5 Jr./Jr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (6th season) Assistant Coaches: Melanie Moore, Joy McCorvey, Wesley Brooks Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Video Coordinator: Emma Golen Graduate Assistant: Danielle Williams Pronunciation Athletic Trainer: Melissa Pohorence Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jamie Preiss Katelynn Flaherty -- FLAIR-eh-tee Hallie Thome -- THOAM Athletic Communications: Sarah VanMetre Akienreh Johnson -- Uh-KEN-ray KeAsja Peace -- key-AY-juh Priscilla Smeenge -- SMEEN-gee (hard g) PAGE 2 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 4 - AT WISCONSIN 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 4 - AT WISCONSIN PLAYER & TEAM NOTES Last Time Out Staying in the Poll THE NATIONAL POLLS The No. 21-ranked Wolverines got within two points Michigan received its first preseason ranking in the AP Poll with 3:41 remaining, but No. 23-ranked Iowa ripped Associated Press poll since 2001, coming in at No. 24 Rank, Team Record Pts off eight straight points en route to an 82-72 win over to begin the season. U-M has stayed in the poll since 1 Connecticut (32) 11-0 800 the Wolverines on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 31) inside then, earning a No. 22 ranking this week (Jan. 1). Mich- 2 Notre Dame 13-1 750 Carver-Hawkeye Arena. igan’s nine-week run in the poll ties its longest streak 3 Louisville 16-0 736 in school history. Michigan made nine straight appear- 4 South Carolina 12-1 680 Senior Katelynn Flaherty led the way for the Maize ances from Nov. 6, 2001 through Jan. 7, 2002. U-M is 5 Mississippi State 15-0 677 and Blue, turning in 24 points. Freshman Deja Church one of four Big Ten schools ranked in the AP poll, join- 6 Baylor 12-1 634 joined her in double figures with 11 points, two assists, ing Ohio State, Maryland and Iowa in the top 25. Mich- 7 Tennessee 13-0 619 two rebounds and three steals. Sophomore Kayla igan is also in at No. 20 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll 8 Texas 11-1 600 Robbins continued her strong play of late, going for this week. Rutgers enters the coaches poll at No.