Lawrence University (0-20, 0-15 MWC) Vs. Beloit College (7-13, 5-10 MWC) Tuesday, Feb
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Lawrence University (0-20, 0-15 MWC) vs. Beloit College (7-13, 5-10 MWC) Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Alexander Gymnasium, Appleton, Wis. 2015-16 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE PROBABLE STARTERS Lawrence Date Opponent Time/Res. Forward Patsy Kealey Sr. 5-10 11/17 at Marian L, 57-28 Forward Andrea Wilkinson Sr. 6-0 Guard Olivia Hoesley So. 5-8 11/21 at Ripon L, 74-57 Guard Aubrey Scott Jr. 5-9 11/25 Lake Forest L, 60-36 Guard Natalie Kramer So. 5-7 12/2 at Beloit L, 93-73 Beloit 12/5 Illinois College L, 56-41 Forward Lana Wieseman Sr. 6-1 Forward Nora Polaski Jr. 5-11 12/15 Concordia Chicago L, 68-57 Guard Megan McCabe Sr. 5-7 12/18-19 Post Exam Jam Tournament Guard Shelby Kline Fr. 5-6 Guard Laura Panicali Jr. 5-9 12/18 at Hope L, 91-43 12/19 vs. Alma L, 76-30 SCHEDULE THE SERIES 12/30 St. Mary’s (Minn.) L, 73-49 }The Vikings host Beloit in a Midwest }Beloit holds a 35-28 advantage in a Conference game on Tuesday at Al- series that started in the 1977-78 sea- 1/2 Grinnell L, 50-37 exander Gymnasium. Tip-off is set for son. Beloit has won the last 15 meet- 1/6 at St. Norbert L, 85-29 7:30 p.m. ings against Lawrence. Prior to that, the Vikings had won six in a row. 1/9 Monmouth L, 68-49 VIDEO WEBCAST }The games feature a free video LAST GAME 1/12 at Carroll L, 56-30 webcast available at: http://portal. Illinois College turned away a 1/16 at Cornell L, 68-54 stretchinternet.com/lawrence/. Dick strong challenge from Lawrence this Knapinski and Anthony Totoraitis are past Saturday and posted a 58-44 1/20 Ripon L, 54-39 on the call for Lawrence home games. Midwest Conference victory at Sher- A link for the webcast is available on man Gymnasium. 1/23 Knox L, 73-66 the Lawrence women’s basketball Brielle Greenleaf and Sydney Lett 1/26 at Lake Forest L, 91-50 page. scored 12 points apiece to pace Il- 1/30 at Knox L, 86-62 THE COACHES linois College, and 2/3 St. Norbert L, 81-49 }Ashley Wellman Shannen Quehl (Alma 2008) is in her grabbed a game- 2/6 at Illinois College L, 58-44 third season at Law- high 13 rebounds. rence and has a re- Liz Arco posted 2/9 Beloit 7:30 pm cord of 4-62 (.061). a double-double for 2/17 Carroll 7:00 pm }Jennifer McCor- the Vikings with 13 Elizabeth Arco mick (Elmhurst points and 11 re- 2/20 at Monmouth 3:00 pm 2004) is in her fifthAshley Wellman bounds. Patsy Kealey had 11 points 2/26-27 MWC Tournament TBA season at Beloit and for Lawrence, and Olivia Hoesley has a record of 31-81 came off the bench to add 10 points. Home games in bold (.277). The Lady Blues had a four-point edge at the half, but Lawrence trimmed the margin to 30-28 fol- }The Vikings are 11th in the Midwest lowing Arco’s layup and Hoesley’s Conference in scoring at 46.3 points 3-pointer near the end of the third per game. Lawrence is eighth in scor- quarter. The Lady Blues scored the fi- ing defense at 70.9. nal four points of the period to push the lead back to 24-28. }Lawrence is shooting 32.5 percent Illinois College led by seven early MWC Standings from the floor, which ranks 11th in the in the fourth quarter, but Hoesley hit conference. The Vikings rank seventh MWC Overall another 3-pointer and Kealey added a in field goal percentage defense at W L W L jumper to help cut the margin to 37- 41.1. 33 with 7:47 left. St. Norbert 15 0 16 4 Illinois College responded with Cornell 12 2 15 4 }The Vikings are shooting 23.9 per- a 9-4 run, capped by Greenleaf’s Grinnell 11 4 14 6 cent from beyond the 3-point line, 3-pointer, to finally take control. The Lake Forest 9 5 11 8 and that ranks 11th in the conference. 14-point margin of victory was the Ripon 7 8 11 9 Lawrence ranks 10th in defending the largest lead of the game for the Lady Illinois College 7 8 10 10 3-pointer at 32.3 percent. Blues. Knox 6 8 11 8 Carroll 5 9 6 13 }Lawrence ranks 11th in the confer- VIKINGS UPDATE Beloit 5 10 7 13 ence in free-throw shooting at 59.3 }Sophomore forward Monmouth 3 11 4 15 percent, but that number has been Liz Arco (Bartlett, Ill./ Lawrence 0 15 0 20 steadily rising since mid-December. Bartlett) posted her sec- Since the Dec. 19 game vs. Alma, Law- ond career double-dou- rence is shooting a respectable 64.3 Games Tuesday ble and set a career high percent (108-168) from the foul line. for rebounds at Illinois Beloit at Lawrence College. Arco scored 13 points and Monmouth at Cornell }The Vikings are 11th in the league in grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds Knox at Carroll rebounding maring at minus-9.7. vs. the Lady Blues. Arco’s previous St. Norbert at Lake Forest career high was 10 rebounds, which Games Saturday SCOUTING BELOIT she had done three times. Arco leads Lake Forest at Grinnell }Beloit saw its two- the team in scoring at 8.5 points per Knox at St. Norbert game win streak game and is third on the team at 4.8 Illinois College at Ripon snapped with a 95-59 rebounds per game. Beloit at Monmouth loss at first-place St. Cornell at Carroll Norbert this past Saturday. The Bucs }Arco picked up three more blocks had posted an overtime win at Carroll at Illinois College and now has 35 on and a two-point victory over Illinois the season. She ranks first in the Mid- career-high 12 rebounds vs. Knox and College prior to the loss to the Green west Conference at 2.1 blocks per had a season-high 21 points in that Knights. game. The 35 blocks is the fifth-high- contest. On the season, Kealey ranks est season total in Lawrence history. 13th in the Midwest Conference at 6.3 }Senior forward Lana Wieseman leads She needs two more to catch Quinn rebounds per game. She also is up to the Midwest Conference in scoring at Bohman, who had 37 in 1999-2000. 7.3 points per game. 21.0 points per game while shooting 53.4 percent from the floor. Wieseman }Senior Patsy Ke- }Sophomore guard also ranks eighth in the league in re- aley (New Rochelle, Olivia Hoesley (Eau bounding at 7.1 per game. N.Y./Ursuline) has Claire, Wis./North) been a monster on collected her third }Guard Laura Panicali is the other half the glass over the double-figure scor- of Beloit’s 1-2 scoring punch. She is av- past six games. Ke- ing game of the sea- eraging 15.5 points per game. Panicali aley has averaged son when she posted and Shelby Kline are among the top 7.8 rebounds per Patsy Kealey 10 points at Illinois Olivia Hoesley 3-point shooters in the league. Kline game over the last College. Hoesley hit leads the conference at 41.7 percent six contests, dating a pair of 3-pointers against the Lady from beyond the arc, and Panicali is back to the Jan. 20 game with Ripon. Blues and has a team-high 18 triples hitting at 34.4 percent clip. In that stretch, Kealey pulled down a on the season. }The Bucs are scoring 68.2 points per game, and that ranks third in the Mid- Lawrence University Basketball Facts west Conference. Beloit ranks ninth in the league in scoring defense at 71.9 Location Appleton, Wis. points per game. Founded 1847 Enrollment 1,500 }Beloit ranks second in the league in President Mark Burstein shooting at 41.8 percent. The Bucs are 10th in field goal percentage defense Affiliation NCAA Division III at 43.9 percent. Conference Midwest Conference Nickname Vikings }Beloit is one of the top free-throw School Colors Blue and White shooting teams in the conference. Home Arena Alexander Gymnasium The Bucs are second at 69.3 percent. (1929, capacity 1,100) Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski }Beloit ranks second in the Midwest First season of basketball 1975-76 Conference in 3-point shooting at Seasons of basketball 39 33.4 percent. The Bucs are ninth in 3-point defense at 30.0 percent. All-time record 355-504 (.413) Midwest Conference titles 2 }Beloit is sixth in the league in re- 1989-90, 1998-99 bounding margin at plus-0.7. Lake Michigan Conference titles 1 1988-89 PLAYING FOR PATRICK NCAA tournament appearances 1 }The Vikings will “Play for Patrick” on 1999 Tuesday. The Vikings are attempt- ing to raise money and awareness for 21-year-old Patrick Fridland, a De Pere native. Fridland was diagnosed CAREER SCORING LEADERS in September 2015 with osteosar- 1. 1,487 – Claire Getzoff, 2002-06 coma, a form of bone cancer. Osteo- 2. 1,225 – Sarah O’Neil, 1988-92 sarcoma occurs mostly in children 3. 1,186 – Felice Porrata, 2001-05 and young adults and attacks bones 4. 1,105 – Jackie Huss, 1993-97 that are growing quickly.