402-699-4011 2014-15 Season [email protected] Northwestern College (6-4) @ Midland University (5-6) Midland Event Center Fremont, Neb. December 13th, 2014 2:00 P.M. Great Plains Athletic Conference - 13th Season - NAIA Division II - 10th Winningest Program since 1970 Last Game: After dropping a tough overtime 2014-15 GPAC Basketball Standings bout to Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday, the GPAC Overall GB Lady Warriors got back on track Tuesday with (1) Morningside 5-0 11-0 - a 62-44 win over Dakota State. Midland previ- (3) Concordia 5-1 10-1 0.5 aled in a tough defensive game where neither (21)Doane 5-2 7-6 1.0 team shot over 40 percent from the field. Mid- Briar Cliff 3-2 5-4 2.0 land got a big performance from Jaylan Spen- (23) Hastings 3-3 6-5 2.5 cer, who led all scorers with 16 points on 7-15 Dakota Wesleyan 2-2 7-4 2.5 shooting. The Warriors held Dakota State to Northwestern 2-3 6-4 3.0 a staggering 2-17 from downtown and 14-45 Mount Marty 2-4 7-4 3.5 from the field, and the Trojans couldn’t even Midland 2-4 5-6 3.5 manage 20 points in the first half. Midland was Nebraska Wesleyan 0-3 1-6 4.0 able to remain consistant from the first half to Dordt 0-5 6-6 5.0 the second, scoring 30 and 32 respectively. The Warriors got a 10 performance from Dani Anderson and a combined 18 from Joelle Warriors at a Glance Anderson and Taylor Shepard. GPAC Non-Conf Overall Slipping Leads: Midland has done a great Home 1-1 0-1 1-2 job front running in games, outscoring op- Road 1-3 3-1 4-4 ponents 417 to 356 in the first half of games. Last 10 2-4 3-2 5-6 However, in the second half oppnents are out- Points Forced 71.2 75.7 81.2 scoring them 401-388. The Warriors are also Points Allowed 68.8 75.0 71.6 just 4-3 when going into halftime with a lead Point Differential +2.4 +6.2 +4.1 , Leading at Half 2-2 2-1 4-3 including 0-2 in conference play. Down at Half 0-2 1-1 1-3 Differential Difference: differen- tial is the difference between a team’s offen- Upcoming Schedule sive rating and a team’s . The 12/18 vs. Baker 1/18 @ Mount Marty chart below shows the regular stats and the 12/29 @ (14) Menlo College 1/21 vs. (21) Doane advanced stats. 12/30 @ Cal-State Maritime 1/24 vs. Dakota Wesleyan Midland NWC 1/3 @ (9) Friends 1/28 @ Nebraska Wesleyan Offensive PPP: 75.1 79.1 1/7 @ (3) Concordia 1/31 @ Northwestern College Defensive PPP: 71.6 67.9 1/10 vs. RV Briar Cliff 2/3 vs. Peru State Differential: +4.1 +11.2 1/14 vs. (23) Hastings 2/7 vs. (1) Morningside : 98.4 105.2 Defensive Rating: 92.3 90.3 Differential: +6.1 +14.9 2014-15 Midland Leaders Player to watch this Week

Points per Game Taylor Shepard/C/Sr. Jaylan Spencer - 14.3 Midland has had Rebounds per Game strong play in the Taylor Shepard - 6.1 Rebounds Per Game post all year, and it’s Assists per Game been spurred by se- Jamilah Johnson - 3.9 Assists Per Game nior Taylor Shepard. Shepard has been the Percentage Joelle Anderson - 58.1% (43-74 Shooting) Warriors leading re- bounder since game 3-Point Percentage one with 6.1 boards a Dani Anderson - 38.0% (27-71 Shooting) game. Shepard has score double digit points Blocks per Game in five of Midland’s nine games this season. Taylor Shepard - 0.7 Blocks Per Game Shepard also had a double-double against Steals per Game Peru State back on November 6th, where she Sammi Licari - 4.2 Steals Per Game scored 15 points and grabbed 10 boards.

2014-15 Probable Depth Chart

5 - Taylor Shepard/Sr. 4 - Joelle Anderson/Sr. Norfolk, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Jaylan Spencer/Sr. Joelle Overcamp/Fr. Millard, Neb. Papillion, Neb.

2 - Jamilah Johnson/Sr. 1 -Sammi Licari/So. 3 - Dani Anderson/Sr. Omaha, Neb. Columbus, Neb. Hazel Crest, Ill. Olga Mwenentanda/So. Megan Kucks/Fr. Rachael Stara/Sr. Lincoln, Neb. Omaha, Neb. David City, Neb.

2014-15 Player Efficiency Ratings NAIA Womens’s D-II Top 25 (Preseason) (Based on the PER ratings created by John Hollinger) 1) Morningside (14) 13) Siena Heights Midland Top 3 2) Davenport 14) Menlo Joelle Anderson - Forward 21.8 3) Concordia (Neb.) 15) Southern Oregon Jaylan Spencer - Center 20.6 4) Saint Xavier 16) Hunington Joelle Overcamp - Forward 15.3 5) Indiana Wesleyan 17) Tennessee Wesleyan NWC Top 3 6) Cardinal Stritch 18) St. Ambrose Karen Ettleman - Guard 27.1 7) College of Saint Mary 19) College of the Ozarks Arianne Gesell - Center 23.2 8) Saint Francis 20) Oklahoma Wesleyan Paige O’Neal - Guard 12.8 9) Friends 21) Doane (Neb.) 10) Jamestown 22) Point Park (For scale, the 2013-14 D-II NAIA National Player of the 11) Purdue Calumet 23) Hastings (Neb.) Year’s PER was 23.7) 12) Marian (Ind.) 24) Concordia (Ore.) 25) Mayville State