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NCAA Tournament: 2001, 2006 @MKE_WBB WNIT: 2016, 2018 @MKE_WBB WBI: 2017 Black & Gold Network Women’s Basketball Contact: Cody Bohl | [email protected] | 920-740-3936 2019-20 Schedule / Results GAME 16 | JANUARY 11, 2020 | MILWAUKEE AT OAKLAND Date Opponent TV Time AT October 30 VITERBO (EXH.) - W, 106-43 5-10 Overall 7-8 Overall 2-2 Horizon League 2-2 Horizon League November MILWAUKEE PANTHERS OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES 6 PARKSIDE W, 84-77 (OT) Tipoff: 2:00 pm CT | Arena: Athletics Center O’rena 10 at Purdue L, 55-68 Radio: MKEPanthers.com with Matt Menzl | TV: ESPN3 | Live Stats: MKEPanthers.com 14 at Minnesota L, 61-77 Social: @MKE_WBB 17 at Wisconsin L, 40-71 HEAD COACH Statistical Comparison HEAD COACH 19 ARKANSAS PINE-BLUFF W, 69-55 58.9 Points Scored 65.9 Kyle Rechlicz (8th season) Jeff Tungate (7th season) 26 at DePaul DePaul All-Access L, 65-94 .377 Field Goal Pct. .396 Career Record: 109-124 Career Record: 85-110 30 at Columbia L, 46-74 .301 3-Point Pct. .266 Record at MKE: 109-124 Record at Oakland: 85-110 .705 Free Throw Pct. .753 December 36.39 Rebounding Avg. 37.9 5 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W, 78-65 STAT LEADERS 12.7 Assists/game 14.1 STAT LEADERS 8 MARQUETTE L, 56-78 19.7 Turnovers/game 15.5 14 BOWLING GREEN L, 51-63 Points | #13 Brandi Bisping Points | #04 Jalisha Terry 128 PTS | 8.5 PPG 67.7 Points Allowed 67.4 175 PTS | 11.7 PPG 21 NORTH DAKOTA L, 58-66 .412 Field Goal Pct. Def. .399 28 WRIGHT STATE* W, 60-58 Rebounds | #45 Lizzie Odegard .322 3-Point Pct. Def. .287 Rebounds | #34 Chloe Guingrich 30 NORTHERN KENTUCKY* L, 49-61 102 REB | 6.8 PRG +1.9 Rebounding Margin -2.9 83 REB | 8.3 RPG -4.9 Turnover Margin +1.6 January Assists | #3 McKaela Schmelzer Assists | #04 Jalisha Terry 30 AST | 2.0 APG 7.3 Steals/game 8.3 47 ASTS | 3.1 APG 4 at Green Bay* L, 48-61 1.6 Blocks/game 2.3 9 at Detroit Mercy* W, 63-48 11 at Oakland* 2 pm PANTHER POINTS 17 UIC* 11 am 19 IUPUI* 2 pm The Panthers picked up their first road victory of the season, a 63-48 triumph over 24 at Cleveland State* 10 am Detroit Mercy on Thursday and now look to carry that success into Saturday’s game at 26 at Youngstown State* 12 pm Oakland. 30 at Northern Kentucky* 6 pm Milwaukee swept the season series a year ago, dominating the two matchups against the Golden Grizzlies. The Panthers topped Oakland by 30 at the Klotsche Center after February earning a 79-52 win in Rochester. A live video stream of Saturday’s contest will be carried 1 at Wright State* 1 pm on ESPN3. Live audio with Matt Menzl on the call along with live stats links can be found 8 GREEN BAY* 2 pm on MKEPanthers.com. 14 OAKLAND* 7 pm 16 DETROIT MERCY* 2 pm Following the road trip, Milwaukee returns to the Klotsche Center to face UIC and IUPUI 21 at IUPUI* 6 pm on January 17 and 19. The Panthers have won four games on their home court. 23 at UIC* 2 pm 27 YOUNGSTOWN STATE* 7 pm PROBABLE MILWAUKEE STARTERS 29 CLEVELAND STATE* 1 pm March Horizon League Tournament 3 Quarterfinals 5 Quarterfinals 9 Semifinals 10 Championship #3 #23 #24 #13 #45 *Horizon League Game McKaela Bre Sydney Brandi Lizzie All times Central | HOME GAMES IN BOLD Schmelzer Cera Levy Bisping Odegard R-Jr. | G | 5-7 R-Jr. | G | 5-10 So. | G | 5-8 Jr. | G | 5-11 Sr. | F | 6-0 MKEPANTHERS.COM 2019-20 Milwaukee Women’s Basketball | @MKE_WBB GAME 16 | General Information City/Zip Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 Founded 1885 Enrollment 24,836 Nickname Panthers Colors Black and Gold Arena/Capacity Klotsche Center/3,500 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Horizon League Chancellor Mark Mone Director of Athletics Amanda Braun Associate AD/SWA Kathy Litzau Athletics Phone 414-229-5151 Ticket Office Phone 414-229-5886 2019-20 Milwaukee Roster # Name Pos Height Year Hometown/High School/Last School History 0 Alyssa Moore G 5-4 R-So. Chicago, Ill./Kenwood Academy First Year of Basketball 1971-72 First Year in Division I 1990-91 1 Sydney Staver G 5-11 Jr. Mineral Point, Wis./Mineral Point All-Time Record 665-632 (.512) 3 McKaela Schmelzer G 5-7 R-Jr. Loves Park, Ill./Harlem NCAA Appearances/Last 2/2006 5 Grace Crowley F 5-11 Fr. Mequon, Wis./Homestead Last NCAA Appearance Michigan St./L, 65-46 10 Jamie Reit G 5-9 Sr. Stanley, Wis./Stanley-Boyd 11 Anaiah Moore G 5-5 So. Loves Park, Ill./Harlem Coaching Staff 12 Emma Wittmershaus F/C 6-3 R-Fr. Bangor, Wis./Bangor Head Coach Kyle Rechlicz Alma Mater/Year Wisconsin/2003 13 Brandi Bisping G 5-11 Jr. Morton, Ill./Morton Record at Milwaukee 109-124 (8th Season) 15 Tadri Heard G 5-7 Fr. Justice, Ill./Argo Community Career Record 109-124 (8th Season) 21 Alyssa Fischer G 5-9 R-Sr. Manitowoc, Wis./Lincoln Assistant Coach Anya Covington 22 Jaye Two Bears G 5-10 Sr. Cannon Ball, N.D./Shiloh Christian Assistant Coach Stacy Cantley 23 Bre Cera G 5-10 R-Jr. Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago/Iowa Assistant Coach DéRonté Polite 24 Sydney Levy G 5-8 So. Oshkosh, Wis./Appleton North Dir. of Operations Molly Hanson 33 Megan Walstad F 6-2 So. Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview Grad. Manager/Video Analyst Aaliyah Covington Athletic Trainer Kelly Clements 45 Lizzie Odegard F 6-0 Sr. Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka Coaching Staff Team Information 2018-19 Overall Record 15-15 Head Coach: Kyle Rechlicz (8th season) Home/Away/Neutral 8-6/6-9/1-0 Assistant Coach: Anya Covington League Record 10-8 Assistant Coach: Stacy Cantley League Finish 6th Assistant Coach: DéRonté Polite League Tournament 0-1, lost in quarterfinals Director of Basketball Operations: Molly Hanson Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 Graduate Manager/Video Analyst: Aaliyah Covington Letterwinners Returning/Lost 13/2 Athletic Trainer: Kelly Clements Media Relations Pronunciation Guide Associate Dir./WBB Contact Cody Bohl Cell Phone 920-740-3936 Kyle Rechlicz RECK-litz Anaiah Moore uh-NI-uh E-mail [email protected] Anya Covington ON-yay Lizzie Odegard OH-deh-gard Twitter @cody_bohl Brandi Bisping BIS-ping Jamie Reit RIGHT Assistant AD Communications Chris Zills Bre Cera SEER-uh McKaela Schmelzer SHMELTZ-er Content Creation & Strategy Ashley Steltenpohl Tadri Heard TAHD-ree Sydney Staver STAY-ver Multimedia Services Kolton Schlichting Sydney Levy LEV-ee Emma Wittmershaus WITT-mer-house Communications Fax 414-229-5749 Press Row Phone 414-229-6276 MKEPANTHERS.COM 2019-20 Milwaukee Women’s Basketball | @MKE_WBB GAME 16 | KYLE RECHLICZ HEAD COACH EIGHTH SEASON WISCONSIN (2003) Kyle Rechlicz enters her eighth season as the head coach of the Milwaukee turnaround. That earned Milwaukee a berth in the WNIT - the team’s first women’s basketball team in 2019-20. postseason appearance in a decade and just third overall, finishing with a 19- 13 overall record. Rechlicz has quickly led Milwaukee back to a place of prominence and seemingly completely rewritten the record book, headlined by trips to the For all of her efforts, Rechlicz was named Horizon League Coach of the Year postseason in three of the last four seasons. Rechlicz and the Panthers have in 2016, becoming just the second coach in program history to earn that racked up a combined 77 wins over that span - the most wins in a four year distinction. span in the program’s Division I history. Rechlicz’s players also earned plenty of praise over the past three seasons Rechlicz earned her 100th career victory at Milwaukee as the Panthers recorded at Milwaukee. Steph Kostowicz was named all-league in consecutive years their fifth straight double-digit win season with 15 victories in 2018-19. For the (2016-18), while Lizzie Odegard and Megan Walstad became the second and second straight year, Rechlicz coached a pair of players to postseason honors third MKE players named to the All-Freshman team in the last four years. Ryaen as Ryaen Johnson (All-Defensive) and Megan Walstad (All-Freshman) collected Johnson set multiple records for Milwaukee and was awarded with an All- Horizon League awards. Defensive team honor. The 2017-18 season was a memorable one for the Panthers. Rechlicz coached Looking back, the writing was on the wall for all this success for Rechlicz. In her team to 21 wins, the second-highest total in program history, marking the 2014-15, her team claimed Milwaukee’s first postseason victory in five years, first time since moving to Division-I with back-to-back 20-win seasons. The featured a first-team all-league selection for the first time since 2010-11, and team earned an at-large berth to the Postseason WNIT, opening things up with also had a member of the league’s all-freshman squad for the first time in four an impressive 81-67 road win. seasons. Rechlicz also coached a pair of players to postseason honors in 2017-18. Steph In her first season on the sidelines with the Panthers, Rechlicz helped the UWM Kostowicz and Jenny Lindner were both named to the All-Horizon League offense increase scoring by almost 15 percent from the previous year and teams, marking the first time since 2005-06 that Milwaukee earned a pair of included a record-setting three-point attack.