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2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1000 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Basketball Contact: Sarah VanMetre • [email protected] • Direct (734) 604-4606 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS MICHIGAN OPENS 2020-21 WITH PAIR OF IN-STATE OPPONENTS NOV. 25 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 12:30 P.M. Nov. 27 at Oakland 6 p.m. MICHIGAN VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN Dec. 19 at Illinois* TBA NOVEMBER 25 -- ANN ARBOR, MICH. (CRISLER CENTER), 12:30 P.M. DEC. 23 PENN STATE* TBA Video: Big Ten Network + DEC. 31 WISCONSIN* TBA Radio: WTKA (1050) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) Jan. 3 at Northwestern* TBA #25 Michigan Wolverines Central Michigan Chippewas JAN. 7 NEBRASKA* TBA (0-0) Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com (0-0) JAN. 10 ILLINOIS* TBA Jan. 14 at Wisconsin* TBA JAN. 18 MICHIGAN STATE* TBA MICHIGAN AT OAKLAND Jan. 21 at Ohio State* TBA NOVEMBER 27 -- ROCHESTER, MICH. (O'RENA), 6 P.M. JAN. 24 PURDUE* TBA Video: ESPN+ Jan. 28 at Michigan State* TBA Radio: WLBY (1290) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) Feb. 1 at Rutgers* TBA #25 Michigan Wolverines Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com Oakland Golden Grizzlies FEB. 4 MINNESOTA* TBA (0-0) (0-0) FEB. 7 MARYLAND* TBA Feb. 11 at Purdue* TBA Feb. 18 at Indiana* TBA TOP STORYLINES Series History FEB. 21 OHIO STATE* TBA Feb. 25 at Iowa* TBA ► No. 25 Michigan begins the 2020-21 season with a pair of in-state Central Michigan Feb. 28 at Minnesota* TBA opponents, hosting Central Michigan on opening day (Nov. 25) be- Michigan leads 15-9 MARCH 5/6 NORTHWESTERN* TBA fore heading to Oakland to face the Golden Grizzlies on Friday (Nov. Streak: Michigan has won one Home: Tied 4-4 27). Away: Michigan leads 8-3 Neutral: Michigan leads 3-2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT ► Michigan returns four regular starters from last season's 21-11 March 9 First Round TBA squad in Naz Hillmon (17.4 ppg, 8.7 rpg), Amy Dilk (11.6 ppg, 4.5 Last 5 meetings March 10 Second Round TBA 12/3/97 N W, 78-66 March 11 Quarterfinals TBA apg), Akienreh Johnson (10.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg) and Hailey Brown (8.9 12/4/98 H W, 103-40 March 12 Semifinals TBA ppg). 12/19/99 A W, 83-71 March 13 Championship 11/30/05 H L, 79-57 ► Junior Naz Hillmon was named the Preseason Big Ten Co-Player 11/28/06 A W, 52-47 * Big Ten games of the Year by the league coaches, while earning a spot on the presea- All times are site times son team by both the coaches and media. She is also on watch lists Oakland Home games in BOLD CAPS for the Wade Trophy, Naismith Trophy and Katrina McClain Award. Michigan leads 9-5 Streak: Michigan has won four ► Michigan came in at No. 25 in the preseason edition of the Asso- Home: Michigan leads 5-4 ciated Press poll, while ranking No. 24 in the USA Today coaches poll. Away: Michigan leads 2-1 Neutral: Michigan leads 2-0 U-M was picked to finish third in the Big Ten by the league coaches and fourth by the media. Last 5 meetings 12/28/04 H L, 74-68 ► Central Michigan is coached by Michigan alumna Heather Oester- 11/11/16 H W, 101-63 le, who played for the Wolverines from 1999-2002. 11/22/17 H W, 78-69 12/9/18 A W, 85-59 12/8/19 H W, 79-64 2020-21 WOLVERINES (2019-20 STATS LISTED) # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 00 F Jr. Naz Hillmon 17.4 8.7 .567 Named Preseason Big Ten Co-Player of the Year 1 G Jr. Amy Dilk 11.6 4.8 .418 Named to Lieberman Award Watch List 3 G So. Maddie Nolan 3.5 2.4 .434 Started final 11 games of the 2019-20 season on instagram ... 13 G Fr. Meghan Fiso - - - Joins U-M from Seattle, Washington @umichwbball 14 G Gr. Akienreh Johnson 10.3 6.5 .416 Received another year of eligibility 15 F Sr. Hailey Brown 8.9 3.3 .369 Led U-M with 56 triples last season on facebook ... 23 G Jr. Danielle Rauch 1.4 1.0 .387 Appeared in 24 games last year w/3 starts “MICHIGAN Women’s 24 G So. Michelle Sidor 3.6 0.9 .342 Was second on the team with 22 triples Basketball” 25 F Fr. Whitney Sollom - - - Joins from Hartland, Michigan 30 G/F Fr. Elise Stuck - - - Joins from Charlevoix, Michigan 32 G/F Jr. Leigha Brown 14.4 3.4 .436 Immediately eligible after transferring from Neb. on twitter ... 33 F Jr. Emily Kiser 3.0 1.3 .493 Appeared in 29 games off the bench @umichwbball 34 F/C So. Izabel Varejão 5.4 3.7 .479 Appeared in all 32 games, starting once 44 F Fr. Cameron Williams - - - Joins from Chicago, Illinois TALE OF THE TAPE (2019-20 STATS) TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG Michigan 32 841-1880 .447 155-472 .328 429-630 .681 433-812 1245 38.9 512 11 466 14.6 510 111 222 2266 70.8 Central Michigan 29 811-1792 .453 284-797 .356 314-415 .757 286-839 1125 38.8 490 8 420 14.5 454 87 184 2220 76.6 Oakland 30 732-1850 .396 161-557 .289 348-464 .750 317-747 1064 35.5 565 6 424 14.1 456 66 241 1973 65.8 2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOV. 25, 27 -- CENTRAL MICHIGAN, OAKLAND 2020-21 WOLVERINES Naz Hillmon Amy Dilk Maddie Nolan Meghan Fiso Akienreh Johnson Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. 5th year 00 F 1 G 3 G 13 G 14 G Hailey Brown Danielle Rauch Michelle Sidor Whitney Sollom Elise Stuck Sr./Sr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. 15 F 23 G 24 G 25 F 30 G/F Leigha Brown Emily Kiser Izabel Varejao Cameron Williams Kim Barnes Arico Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Head Coach 32 G/F 33 F 34 F/C 44 F HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 00 Naz Hillmon F 6-2 Jr./Jr. Cleveland, Ohio/Gilmour Academy Roster Breakdown 1 Amy Dilk G 6-0 Jr./Jr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel 3 Maddie Nolan G 5-9 So./So. Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville By Class Graduate: Johnson 13 Meghan Fiso G 5-10 Fr./Fr. Seattle, Wash./Garfield Senior (1): H. Brown 14 Akienreh Johnson G 6-0 5th yr. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers Juniors (5): L. Brown, Dilk, Hillmon, Kiser, 15 Hailey Brown F 6-1 Sr./Sr. Hamilton, Ont./The RISE Centre Academy Rauch 23 Danielle Rauch G 5-8 Jr./Jr. Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden Sophomores (3): Nolan, Sidor, Varejão 24 Michelle Sidor G 5-8 So./So. Upper Saddle River, N.J./Saddle River Day Freshmen (4): Fiso, Sollom, Stuck, 25 Whitney Sollom F 6-4 Fr./Fr. Hartland, Mich./Hartland Williams 30 Elise Stuck G/F 6-1 Fr./Fr. Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix 32 Leigha Brown G/F 6-1 Jr./Jr. Auburn, Ind./DeKalb (Nebraska) 33 Emily Kiser F 6-3 Jr./Jr. Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville 34 Izabel Varejão F/C 6-4 So./So. Vitoria-Espirito Santo, Brazil/Neuse Christian Acad- emy (Raleigh, N.C.) 44 Cameron Williams F 6-3 Fr./Fr. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (9th season) Assistant Coaches: Toyelle Wilson, Yvonne Sanchez, Wesley Brooks Pronunciation Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Akienreh Johnson -- Uh-KEN-ray Director of Player Personnel: Danielle Edwards Naz Hillmon - NAHZ Video Coordinator: Dan Dardarian Michelle Sidor - SEE-door Graduate Manager: Harry Rafferty Meghan Fiso - FEE-zo Athletic Trainer: Christina Fanning Whitney Sollom - SOE-lum Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jamie Preiss Izabel Varejao - VAIR-uh-zhow PAGE 2 2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOV. 25, 27 -- CENTRAL MICHIGAN, OAKLAND PLAYER & TEAM NOTES THE NATIONAL POLLS 2020-21, Here We Go! injury. Johnson, who graduated from Michigan with AP Poll The Wolverines begin the 2020-21 season with a pair a degree in general studies in May, is currently pursu- Rank, Team Record Points Pr. of games against in-state opponents in Central Mich- ing a Master's of Social Work degree. She started all 1 S. Carolina (29) 0-0 749 1 igan (Nov. 25 at home) and Oakland (Nov. 27 on the 32 games last season, going for 10.3 points and 6.5 re- 2 Stanford (1) 0-0 698 7 road). Michigan brings back four regular starters from bounds in 31.8 minutes per game. She scored in double 3 Connecticut 0-0 695 5 last season's 21-11 squad in Naz Hillmon (17.4 ppg, figures 14 times with four 20-point games and a trio of 4 Baylor 0-0 663 3 8.7 rpg), Amy Dilk (11.6 ppg, 4.5 apg), Akienreh John- double-doubles last season. 5 Louisville 0-0 597 6 son (10.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg) and Hailey Brown (8.9 ppg). In 6 Mississippi State 0-0 589 9 addition, Maddie Nolan (3.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg) started the Dilk Named to Lieberman Watch List 7 Arizona 0-0 575 12 final 11 games of the season, with Danielle Rauch (1.4 Junior Amy Dilk was named to the Nancy Lieberman 8 NC State 0-0 556 8 ppg, 1.0 rpg) starting three times.