2003-04 West Virginia University Women's Basketball
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Sports Communications Office PO Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877 Phone: (304) 293-2821 Fax: (304) 293-4105 Website: MSNsportsNET.com 2003-04 West Virginia University Women’s Basketball WestVirginia(4-1)atWrightState(1-3) December 4, 2003 - Ervin J. Nutter Center (11,019) - Dayton, Ohio - Series: WVU Leads 3-2 Radio: WAJR 1440 AM; WWVU 91.7 FM (U-92) - Internet: Yahoo! Broadcast via www.MSNsportsNET.com The Basics West Virginia’s women’s basketball team travels to Day- 2003-04 Women’s Basketball Schedule ton, Ohio, to take on Wright State in a non-conference matchup, Day Date Opponent Time/Result Fri Nov.21 BUCKNELL......................................W/77-57 Thursday, December 4, at 7:00 p.m., at the Ervin J. Nutter Sun. Nov.23 EAST CAROLINA............................W/82-61 Center (11,019). Thu Nov. 27 vs. Southwest Missouri State# ............... L/64-82 Fri Nov. 28 vs. Georgia Tech# ................................. W/75-61 The Series Sat Nov. 29 vs. James Madison# ............................. W/89-63 West Virginia leads the all-time series with Wright State Thu Dec. 4 at Wright State ..................................... 7:00 p.m. Sat Dec. 6 ROBERT MORRIS ........................ 4:00 p.m. by a 3-2 count. This years marks the fourth consecutive that Sun Dec. 14 at Delaware State ................................. 1:00 p.m. the Mountaineers and Raiders will meet. WVU has won the Tue Dec. 16 at Northwestern ................................... 1:00 p.m. last two contests. Sat Dec. 20 at Duquesne ........................................ 6:35 p.m. Tue Dec. 30 UMKC (DH).................................. 5:30 p.m. Wright State (3-2) Sat Jan. 3 PITT .............................................. 4:00 p.m. 1997, away, Wright State, 68-60 Wed Jan. 7 CONNECTICUT ............................ 7:00 p.m. 1998, home, West Virginia, 69-51 Sat Jan. 10 at Seton Hall ........................................ 2:00 p.m. 2001, home, Wright State, 69-65 Tue Jan. 13 at St. John’s ........................................ 7:00 p.m. Sat Jan. 17 NOTRE DAME .............................. 4:00 p.m. 2002, away, West Virginia, 90-53 Wed Jan. 21 vs. Marshall+ ...................................... 5:30 p.m. 2003, home, West Virginia, 71-53 Wed Jan. 28 GEORGETOWN............................. 7:00 p.m. Sat Jan. 31 at Pitt .................................................. 2:00 p.m. Wright State’s Probable Starting Lineup Wed Feb. 4 at Providence ...................................... 7:30 p.m. No. Name Cl. Ht. PPG RPG APG Sat Feb. 7 SYRACUSE ................................... 7:00 p.m. Tue Feb. 10 VIRGINIA TECH........................... 7:00 p.m. 44 Catherin Portyrata (F) Fr. 5-11 7.8 4.8 0.0 Sat Feb. 14 BOSTON COLLEGE (DH)............ 3:00 p.m. 53 Iesha Gray (F) Sr. 5-11 8.3 3.5 2.5 Tue Feb. 17 at Villanova .......................................... 7:30 p.m. 50 Angie Ott (F) Jr. 6-0 12.0 4.3 0.5 Tue Feb. 24 RUTGERS ..................................... 7:00 p.m. 14 Brittney Whiteside (G) Fr. 5-9 10.0 5.3 3.3 Sat Feb. 28 at Miami (Fla.) ..................................... 7:00 p.m. 15 Rhea Mays (G) So. 5-5 7.0 1.5 3.5 Tue Mar. 2 at Connecticut .................................... 7:30 p.m. Mar. 6-9 at BIG EAST Tournament .............................. TBA All Times Eastern Standard WVU’s Probable Starting Lineup (DH) Double-Header with WVU men No. Name Cl. Ht. PPG RPG APG # Paradise Jam, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 12 Yolanda Paige (G) Jr. 5-6 12.0 4.4 5.6 + Toyota Capital Classic, Charleston, W.Va. 14 Sherell Sowho (G) Sr. 5-8 18.2 3.2 2.0 42 Kate Bulger (G) Sr. 5-11 18.0 4.2 1.4 5 Michelle Carter (F) Sr. 6-2 12.0 5.2 0.6 34 Janell Dunlap (F) Sr. 5-10 8.8 6.2 1.8 Head Coach Mike Carey West Virginia head coach Mike Carey is in his third season at the helm of The Carey File: the Mountaineer women’s basketball Date of Birth: July 4, 1958 program and his 16th as a head coach. In his first two seasons at WVU he has posted Hometown: Clarksburg, W.Va. a 33-28 (.541) overall record with two consecutive BIG EAST tournament Alma Mater: Salem, 1980 appearnces. Carey’s overall coaching record is 321-130 (.712). Year at WVU: Third Carey became West Virginia University’s sixth women’s basketball coach in March, 2001, Coaching Career: Salem International/Teikyo, 1988-2001, after 13 seasons as head men’s coach at Salem International men’s head coach; Salem, 1987-88, assistant coach; University. Flemington and Clarksburg Liberty High Schools, 1980-87, Given the task of resurrecting the women’s program, women’s head coach Carey was no stranger to rebuilding programs and making them a winner. Playing Career: Four-year letterman at Salem (77-80), So it was to no one’s surprise the magic that Carey 1978 WVIAC scoring champion, 1979 Salem MVP,1979 worked with holdovers from a 5-22 campaign and only a few WVIAC all-tournament team, scored more than 2,000 points newcomers in his first year. in career. He took the program one step further last season as he guided WVU to its first winning season since 1996-97 with a Carey’s Overall Coaching Record 15-13 mark and back to the BIG EAST tournament for the School Season Overall Conference second consecutive season. Carey also directed Kate Salem ................ 1988-89 .............. 14-13 ............. 9-10 (9th) Salem ................ 1989-90 .............. 19-12 ............. 11-9 (7th) Bulger, Sherell Sowho and Yolanda Paige to all-BIG EAST Salem ................ 1990-91 ............... 22-9 .............. 14-6 (4th) honors, the first time in school history the Mountaineers had Salem ................ 1991-92 ............... 9-17 ............. 7-13 (11th) three players receive all-conference recognition. Salem ................ 1992-93 ............... 25-7 .............. 18-3 (1st) Bulger was also a third team BIG EAST performer in Salem ................ 1993-94 ............... 24-4 .............. 17-2 (1st) Salem ................ 1994-95 .............. 17-10 ............. 13-5 (2nd) 2002-03. Salem ................ 1995-96 ............... 20-9 .............. 12-7 (4th) But his efforts didn’t stop there. Carey’s second recruit- Salem ................ 1996-97 ............... 28-3 .............. 19-0 (1st) ing class was ranked 16th nationally by All-Star Girl’s Salem ................ 1997-98 ............... 28-3 .............. 18-1 (1st) Report, the nation’s leading scouting service. Salem ................ 1998-99 ............... 28-4 .............. 18-1 (1st) Salem ................ 1999-00 ............... 28-4 ............. 16-3 (3rd) His third recruiting class that consisted of Yelena Salem ................ 2000-01 ............... 26-7 ............. 14-4 (3rd) Leuchanka and Meg Bulger was rated the fourth-best class WVU .................. 2001-02 .............. 14-14 ........... 6-10 (10th) in the nation for a class of two or less by All-Star. WVU .................. 2002-03 .............. 15-13 .......... 4-12 (t-11th) WVU .................. 2003-04 ................ 4-1 Totals 321-130 .712 WVU’s Career Coaches’ Records Totals 321-130 .712 Coach Seasons Years Record Pct. Kittie Blakemore ..... 1974-92 ............. 19 ............. 301-214 .......584 Scott Harrelson ...... 1987-94 .............. 9 .............. 142-118 .......546 Bill Fiske .................. 1984-86 .............. 3 ................ 44-37 .........543 Susan Walvius ........ 1995-97 .............. 2 ................ 31-27 ........ .535 Alexis Basil .............. 1997-01 .............. 4 ................ 33-77 .........300 Mike Carey ............. 2001-03 .............. 3 ................ 33-28 .........541 Totals 30 426-401 .515 GameNotes 4-1 Starts Parade Time West Virginia has opened the season 4-1 for the third For just the second time in Moun- time in school history. WVU last opened a campaign at 4-1 taineer women’s basketball history a Parade in 1987-88 when the Mountaineers went on to a 14-14 All-American will wear the Old Gold and Blue. record. Freshman Meg Bulger was named a fourth WVU also went 20-10 in 1984-85 after a 4-1 start. team Parade All-American last season at Oak- land Catholic in Pittsburgh. BIG EAST Preseason Poll WVU’s first was Judy Eaton in 1985. West Virginia was picked to finish eighth in the talent- Eaton, a Parkersburg, W.Va., native went on laden BIG EAST conference in the preseason coaches poll for to letter for four years (1986-89) and finished th the second consecutive year. her career with 1,380 points, 10 all-time on Connecticut, the two-time defending national champion, WVU’s scoring list. received 13 of the possible 14 first place votes. Rutgers was picked second with one first place vote. Number One All-American The nation’s No. 1 junior college player Pts. comes to West Virginia University this sea- 1. Connecticut (13) 169 son and brings with her WBCA/Kodak Junior 2. Rutgers (1) 156 College All-America accolades. 3. Notre Dame 139 Yelena Leuchanka, a Gomel, Belarus, 4. Virginia Tech 124 native, averaged 18.1 points and 12.8 re- 5. Boston College 120 bounds per game for No. 5 Wabash Valley 6. Miami 115 Junior College and guided the Lady Warriors 7. Villanova 103 to a 33-3 record. She also garnered NJCAA 8. West Virginia 80 third team All-America honors and was named 9. Georgetown 66 to the all-Region 24 team, all-region 24 tournament team, all- 10. Seton Hall 65 NJCAA national tournament team and the all-Great Rivers Ath- 11. Syracuse 61 letic Conference squad. 12. Pitt 30 13. St. John’s 28 Newcomers to Schedule 14. Providence 18 This season West Virginia will play Southwest Missouri State for the first time in school history in the Paradise Jam In The BIG EAST women’s basketball tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands This year will mark the ninth season of BIG EAST action over Thanksgiving. for the Mountaineers. WVU’s preseason pick of eighth ties The Mountaineers will also renew acquaintances with for the highest selection the Mountaineers have garnered East Carolina, Georgia Tech and Northwestern, all teams the since entering the league in 1995-96.