BYU Athletic Communications 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE 2006-07 Games #3 & #4 - No. 18 BYU (2-0) @ No. 16 Baylor (2-0), 11/15/06; BYU (2-0) @ Fresno State, 11/17/06 BYU 2006 -07 Schedule/Results No. 18 BYU In Final Four of Preseason WNIT At No.16 Baylor DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT With a 55-52 upset victory over No. 4 Stanford on Mon. 11/13, the No 18 N 10 Preseason NIT ranked BYU women’s basketball team(2-0) advances to the Final Four of vs. Idaho State W 73-50 the Preseason WNIT. The Cougars play at No. 16 Baylor (2-0) on Thurs., N 13 vs. No. 4Stanford W 55-52 Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. CT. N. 15 vs. No. 16 Baylor 7 p.m. N 17 @ Fresno State 7 p.m. N 22 vs. Santa Clara 7 p.m. Complete Broadcast Plans N 29 @ Harvard 7 p.m. On the internet - a live audio stream of all of the women’s basketball D 2 @ Hartford 2 p.m. games will be available on BYU Radio. Veteran broadcaster Jay Monsen D 6 @ New Mexico State 7 p.m. will call the action. To listen log on to: http://www.byuradio.org/streaming/ D 9 vs. CS Northridge 4 p.m. Live stats - fans can follow the game action via stats by clicking on: D 14 vs. Weber State 7 p.m. http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=112&YR=2006 D 16 @ UVSC 3 p.m. D 20 vs. UC Riverside 7 p.m. BYU Probable Starters D 30 @ Oregon 7 p.m. J 6 @ Air Force* 4 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht Yr PPG RPG J 10 @ New Mexico* 7 p.m. G/F 15 Jennie Keele 5-10 Sr 6.5 2.0 J 13 Wyoming * 2 p.m. G 30 Mallary Gillespie 5-10 Jr 11.0 4.5 J 18 Colorado St.* 7 p.m. G/F 35 Melinda Johnsen 5-10 Sr 4.0 2.5 J 20 UNLV* 2 p.m C 45 Dani Kubik Wright 6-3 Sr 6.0 7.5 J 25 @ San Diego St.* 7 p.m. G/F 32 Shawnee Slade 5-11 So 8.5 6.0 J 27 @ Utah* 1 p.m F 1 TCU* 7 p.m. Reserve Players F 8 Air Force* 7 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht Yr PPG RPG F 10 New Mexico* 2 p.m. F 52 Lauren Riley 6-3 Jr 7.0 5.0 F 15 @ Wyoming* 7 p.m. C 54 Cassie King 6-3 So 5.5 3.0 F 17 @ Colorado St.* 2 p.m. F 22 Brittany Faddis 6-0 So 0.0 4.0 F 21 @ UNLV* 7 p.m. F 24 San Diego St.* 2 p.m G 31 Rachel Aina 5-9 So 0.0 1.0 F 28 Utah* 8 p.m. F 05 Ashley Cheesman 6-0 Jr 2.0 2.5 M 3 @ TCU* 2 p.m. G 33 Haley Hall 5-4 Fr 11.5 1.0 M 6-10 MWC Champs. TBA G 24 Erica Eyestone 5-6 Fr 0.5 0.0 G 13 Jaime Judkins 5-6 Fr 3.0 0.0 *MWC Games All Times Local to Site BYU Athletic Communications Team Stats -- after two games Basketball Contact: Norma Collett Shooting from the field: (.415, 49-118) E-Mail: [email protected] Shooting from the free-throw line: (.417, 10-24) Office Phone: 801-422-4908 Shooting from three-point line: (.426, 20-47) Office Fax: 801-422-0633 Mobile Phone: 801-372-0989 Average points per game: 64.0 Press Row Phone: 801-422-3675 cougars.com Web Site: byu www.byucougars.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 2 BYU Quick Facts 2006 Run In Preseason WNIT Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) The No. 18 Cougar team is in the Final Four of this year’s Preseason Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ of WNIT with a 73-50 home victory over Idaho State on Nov. 10. They then Latter-day Saints traveled to No. 4 Stanford where they picked up the biggest win in the pro- Colors: Blue and White Nickname: Cougars gram’s history a 55-52 upset win over The Cardinal on Nov. 13. Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation: NCAA Division I Against Idaho State the team had a balanced scoring performance from Conference: Mountain West Arena: Marriott Center (22,400) junior Mallary Gillespie (10) points and five rebounds and from Shawnee President: Cecil O. Samuelson Slade who tallied her first career double double with 10 points and team Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe high 10 rebounds. Slade’s impressive game garnered her this week’s Basketball Information MWC Player of the Week honors, her first ever accolade.The Cougars shot Head Coach Jeff Judkins (Utah, 1978) 45 percent from the field and from behind the arc and were 6-15 from the Office Phone 801-422-8035 free throw line. They held ISU to 33 percent shooting from the field and 19 Best time to call 9-10:00 a.m. daily percent from three-point range. Record at BYU/Yrs. 105-52/5 Career Record: same Assistant Coach Alli Bills In the Stanford game, BYU had another impressive outing down by two at Office Phone 801-422- 1548 the break 28-26. In the second half, the Cougars were down by 13 with just Assistant Coach Jonas Chatterton over nine minutes left when they went on an 18-2 run to finally clinch the Office Phone 801-422 -8155 three-point 55-52 upset victory over The Cardinal. Freshman Haley Hall Assistant Coach Stacy Jensen came off the bench for a stellar night with a season-high 15 points includ- Office Phone 801-422-7682 ing four three pointers. Mallary Gillespie had her second straight double Team Facts figure night with 12 points and four rebounds. Dani Wright had a team and 2006-07 Record 2-0 game high nine rebounds in the game, playing a total of 35 minutes, the 2005-06 Overall Record 26-6, 13-3 most ever for the senior center. BYU finished the night shooting 37 percent 2005-06 Post Season 1-1 NCAA from the field, 41 percent from three-point range and 44 percent at the free Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 throw line. Stanford shot 38 percent from the field, 25 percent from three- Letterwinners Returning/Lost 5/3 point land and 54 percent at the line. Brooke Smith had 13 points and Newcomers 3 Cissy Pierce had 10 to lead Stanford. Roster Breakdown STARTERS RETURNING: (4) Mallary Gillespie: 5-10 Jr, G (10.3 ppg, 3.8) rpg Cougars Team Summary Melinda Johnsen: 5-10 Sr, G/F (4.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg) After compiling the best season record in school history (26- Jennie Keele: 5-10 Sr, G/F (4.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg) 6), making their seventh postseason NCAA Championships Dani Kubik: 6-3 Sr, C (10.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg) appearance and clinching the 2006 MWC Regular Season STARTERS LOST: (1) Champion crown, the BYU team looks to take that success and winning Ambrosia Anderson: 6-2 Sr, F (17.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg) attitude into the 2006-07 year. LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: (5) BYU returns a nucleus of four starters and five letterwinners that will make Rachel Aina: 5-9 So, G (0.4 ppg, 0.0 rpg) Brittany Faddis: 6-0 So, F (0.7 ppg, 0.4 rpg) this year’s squad tough to beat during its non-conference and league Cassie King: 6-3 So, C (1.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg) schedules. Shawnee Slade: 5-11 So, G/F (3.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg) Lauren Riley: 6-3 Jr, C (6.0 ppg 5.4 rpg) Once again the Cougars should finish at the top of the MWC standings, leading the way to an eighth appearance in the NCAA Championships and LETTERWINNERS LOST: (3) Nancy Seljaas: 3.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg advancing further in that national tournament. Laura Stratton: 1.3 ppg, 0.6 rpg Mary Martha Abell: Injury redshirt in 2006 N2005-06 Season Highlights Best record in school history 26-6 N NEWCOMERS: (3) Tallied an impressive 13-1 record on the road Ashley Cheesman: 6-0 Jr, Forward - Orem, UT/SDSU N MWC Regular Season Crown with a 13-3 record Haley Hall: 5-4 Fr, Guard - Syracuse,UT/Clearfield HS N Lauren Nichols: 6-0 Fr, Forward - Irvine, CA/Irvine HS The squad advanced to the MWC Championship game before losing to Utah, 60-84 www.byucougars.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 3 N 2006-07 USA Today/ESPN/DivI Top 25 Coaches Made seventh appearance in NCAA Championships, seeded sev- Poll -- 11/14/06 enth, the highest seed for the Cougar program. The team advanced to Rk. School Round of 32 with 67-62 victory over Iowa, then lost to Oklahoma 70- 1. Maryland (2-0) 86 N 2. North Carolina (2-0) Breaks into the national polls after going 15-1 to begin the season. 3. Oklahoma (1-0) Its first appearance came the week of Jan. 16 when both the AP 4. Tennessee (1-0) 5. Duke (1-0) Poll and the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Coaches Poll ranked the 6. Ohio State (1-0) team at the No. 23 spot.