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UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: GREG S TEINER E-MAIL: [email protected] SPORTS INFORMATION WEBSITE: WWW.EMUEAGLES.COM

WOMEN’S B ASKETBALL RELEASE C URRENT AS OF J AN. 22, 2007 2006-07 EMU BASKETBALL 2006-2007 EAGLES BASKETBALL (10-7, 5-1 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS (10-7, 5-1 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOVEMBER January 24, 2007 • 7 p.m. • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. 17 NEW ORLEANS ! ...... W, 93-69 18 MOREHEAD STATE ! ...... W, 90-66 vs. the University at Buffalo (6-12, 1-5 MAC East) 22 OAKLAND ...... L, 62-68 2006-07 EMU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER DECEMBER Probable Starters 1 vs. Northern Arizona ^ ...... L, 69-89 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG 2 vs. Boston University ^ ...... L, 59-65 24 Sarah VanMetre F 6-0 Sr. Noblesville, Ind. 17.9 8.9 1.6 30 Emily Hanley F 6-1 Fr. Bloomington, Ill. 6.5 4.9 0.9 6 DETROIT ...... W, 71-55 1 Patrice McKinney G 5-9 Jr. Lansing, Mich. 13.9 8.1 2.9 9 at Wright State ...... W, 76-59 22 Alyssa Pittman G 5-8 Fr. Elkhart, Ind. 12.8 2.1 0.8 13 at Massachusetts ...... L, 80-83 32 Kendra Gallert G 5-6 So. Lowell, Mich. 2.1 2.4 4.1

17 at Illinois State ...... L, 55-68 Reserves 28 at Furman ...... W, 64-62 3 Amber Land F 6-2 So. Kulm, N.D. 1.2 1.4 0.0 30 at Western Carolina ...... L, 61-69 11 Kivilcim Yamanoglu G 5-8 Jr. Antalya, Turkey 3.8 1.8 1.5 12 Canea Williams G 5-6 Jr. Mansfield, Ohio 0.9 0.6 0.6 JANUARY 15 Brittany Tyson G 5-9 Jr. Ypsilanti, Mich. 3.6 1.2 2.2 3 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) ....W, 80-66 20 Amanda Compton G 5-9 So. Ypsilanti, Mich. 0.0 0.5 0.0 23 Carla Warren G 5-9 Fr. Lima, Ohio 0.0 1.0 0.0 6 at Toledo* ...... W, 58-53 33 Annie Malatinsky G 5-8 Sr. Holt, Mich. 2.3 0.8 0.2 10 at Western Michigan* ...... W, 79-58 35 Kelly Watts F 6-0 Fr. Gary, Ind. 3.9 3.5 0.2 13 BALL STATE* ...... L, 46-55 52 Colleen Russell C 6-5 Jr. Windsor, Ontario 3.1 2.7 0.2

17 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (Comcast TV) ... W, 77-62 Head Coach Suzy Merchant (Central Mich., `91) - 147-90 ninth season at EMU; 201-120 overall 20 at Kent State* ...... W, 69-64 Acting Head Coach: Shane Clipfell (Eastern Mich., `06) - ninth season at EMU; 7-6 (5-1 MAC) 24 BUFFALO*...... 7 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Abby Wiseman, Tianna Kirkland, Jill VanderEnde Director of Basketball Operations: Lisa Savoury 28 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) ...... 4:30 p.m. FEBRUARY TONIGHT’S M ATCHUP 3 at Akron* (MAC-TV) ...... 7 p.m. EAGLES RETURN HOME FOR THE FIRST OF TWO ON THE WEEK: The Eastern 7 at Miami* (ONN-TV) ...... 7 p.m. Michigan University women’s basketball team returns home to open a short two- game home stand against Mid-American Conference cross-divisional opponents. The 10 OHIO* ...... 7 p.m. University at Buffalo invades the Convocation Center first with a Wednesday evening, 14 at Northern Illinois* ...... 7:05 p.m. Jan. 24, game before nationally ranked Bowling Green State University comes to 17 TOLEDO* (DH) ...... 2 p.m. town Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28. The Eagles, the defending MAC West champions, 21 WESTERN MICHIGAN* ...... 7 p.m. enter the game with a record of 10-7 (5-1 MAC) while the Bulls are 6-12 (1-5 MAC). 24 at Ball State* ...... 1 p.m. 28 at Central Michigan* ...... 7 p.m. THE SERIES WITH BUFFALO: Wednesday night’s contest marks the 12th meeting between the Bulls and Eagles, who first met during the 1993-1994 season. EMU MARCH leads the series 7-4, including winning the last four meetings between the two schools 4 MAC Tournament First Round # ...... TBA by an average of 21 points per game (71.5 to 50.0). The teams met only once during 6 MAC Quarterfinals #...... TBA the 2005-06 regular season with EMU claiming a 56-41 decision in Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 9 MAC Semifinals # (MAC-TV) ...... TBA 28, 2006. 10 MAC Championship # (MAC-TV) ...... TBA A SNIPER FROM THE OUTSIDE: Freshman Alyssa Pittman has played a vital role 17-20 NCAA Tournament First Round ...... TBA in the Eagles’ success this season, and has shown why she should be considered one All times are local to site and subject to change. of the leading candidates for the Mid-American Conference’s Freshman of the Year % Sixth Annual Eagle Classic - Ypsilanti, Mich. award. The Elkhart, Ind. native leads the MAC in three-pointers made per game ^ at Wells Fargo Holiday Classic - Tempe, Ariz. * Mid-American Conference Game (2.94) and is seventh in three-point percentage (39.1%). Nationally she is listed sixth # Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio in three-pointers made per game and 45th in three-point percentage according to (DH) Denotes men’s/women’s doubleheader the most recent NCAA statistics as of Jan. 21, 2007. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 2

QUICK FACTS TALE OF THE TAPE UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE Location ...... Ypsilanti, Michigan Founded ...... 1849 EMU (10-7) UB (6-12) Enrollment ...... 24,500 137 ...... CollegeRPI.com Ranking ...... 274 Nickname ...... Eagles 69.9 ...... Scoring Offense ...... 60.4 Colors ...... Green (PMS 349) and White 65.4 ...... Scoring Defense ...... 64.6 Conference ...... Mid-American (MAC) +4.6 ...... Scoring Margin ...... -4.2 Home Court ...... Convocation Center .418 ...... Field Goal Percentage ...... 395 Capacity ...... 8,824 President ...... Dr. John A. Fallon, III .402 ...... Field Goal Percentage Defense ...... 411 Athletics Director ...... Dr. Derrick Gragg .346 ...... 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage ...... 324 Asst. AD/SWA Stephannnie Harvey-Vandenberg .345 ...... 3-Pt. Field Goal Percent. Def...... 349 Assoc. AD-Internal ...... Mike Malach 6.9 ...... 3-Point Field Goals Made ...... 5.2 Assoc. AD-External ...... TBA .637 ...... Free Throw Percentage ...... 596 Dir. of Compliance ..... Melody Reifel Werner 40.1 ...... Rebounding Offense ...... 39.3 Convocation Center Dir...... Mark Monahan 38.5 ...... Rebounding Defense ...... 35.2 Ticket Manager...... Ron Reid +1.6 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... +4.1 Ticket Phone Number ...... 734.487.2282 Athletics Website ...... www.emueagles.com 15.1 ...... Assists ...... 13.7 9.0 ...... Steals ...... 7.5 BASKETBALL HISTORY 2.6 ...... Blocked Shots ...... 2.4 First Year of Basketball ...... 1976-77 +0.8 ...... Turnover Margin ...... -3.4 All-time Record/Seasons ...... 369-424/30 0.9 ...... Assist/Turnover Ratio ...... 0.7 MAC Record/Seasons ...... 172-244/25 14.0 ...... Offensive Rebounds ...... 13.5 MAC Tournament Record ...... 11-13 26.1 ...... Defensive Rebounds ...... 25.8 No. Years in NCAA Tourney/Last .. 1/2004 NCAA Record ...... 0-1 WNIT Appearances/Last ...... 2/2006 SECOND BEST CONFERENCE START IN SCHOOL HISTORY: Eastern Michigan’s WNIT Record ...... 0-2 5-1 start in Mid-American Conference play is the second-best beginning to league play in school history. The 2005-06 Eagles set the standard with a 7-1 start en route BASKETBALL STAFF to a 15-1 finish to MAC play. Head Coach ...... Suzy Merchant Alma Mater, Year ...... Central Michigan, ’91 Office Phone Number ...... 734.487.0481 PITTMAN SELECTED POW: Freshman Alysaa Pittman was named the Mid- Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater, Year) American Conference West Division Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the ...... Shane Clipfell (Eastern Michigan, ’06) period ending Jan. 21. This marks the first time in her career that she has won the ...... Abby Wiseman (Eastern Michigan, ’04) weekly honor...... Tianna Kirkland (Ferris State, ’02) Dir. of Basketball Ops ...... Lisa Savoury Pittman turned in a solid week by averaging 24.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.5 ...... Brigham Young, ’92 assists steals as the Eagles won a home contest against Central Michigan (Jan. 17) Staff Athletic Trainer ...... Melissa Pohorence before rallying for a come-from-behind decision at Kent State (Jan. 20). For the week, she shot 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the floor and 55.0 percent (11-of-20) from TEAM INFORMATION beyond the arc along with 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from the free-throw line. 2005-06 Overall Record...... 22-8 MAC Finish/Record ...... 1st West/15-1 At KSU, Pittman connected on six three-pointers en route to 26 total points as EMU 2005-06 Final Ranking ...... N/A collected its first victory in Kent, Ohio since a 75-54 triumph, Jan. 6, 1990, and just 2005-06 Postseason ...... WNIT First Round the third in the program’s 31-year. Despite playing in foul trouble, Pittman was able Starters Returning/Lost...... 3/2 to stay on the floor and score 10 points in the final five minutes, including hitting the Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 11/3 go-ahead trey with 4:01 remaining to give EMU a 55-54 lead that it would never Newcomers ...... 4 relinquish. MEDIA INFORMATION Sports Info. Director ...... Jim Streeter MORE NUMBERS ON PITTMAN: A deadly shooter from three-point land, freshman Asst. SID/WBB Contact ...... Greg Steiner Alyssa Pittman has posted nine contests this season with three-or-more treys. Her Steiner’s Cellular Phone...... 734.845.1132 season best occurred at Massachusetts (Dec. 13) when she connected on seven EMU Sports Info. Phone ...... 734.487.0317 EMU Sports Info. Fax ...... 734.485.3840 three balls, one shy of the school-record set by Marion Crandall versus Ball State, Press Row Phone ...... 734.484.0612/0637 Feb. 21, 2004.

RADIO STATION INFORMATION EMU STOPS THE MADNESS AT THE M.A.C. CENTER: EMU out-scored Kent Radio Station ...... WEMU Radio 89.1 FM State, 20-11, over the final 7:10 of the second half to capture a 69-64 victory, Jan. Radio Contact Person ...... Clark Smith Phone ...... 734.487.2229 20, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, Ohio. The victory Play-by-Play Announcer..... John Fountain marked the Eagles’ first victory on the Golden Flashes’ home court since a 75-54 Analyst/Statistics ...... Brian Nemerovski triumph, Jan. 6, 1990. It also marked just the third win at the M.A.C. Center in the program’s 31-year history, as the Eagles are now 3-19 in the venerable building. 2005-06 MAC WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONS PAGE 3

Prior to Saturday’s victory, the last time Eastern Michigan defeated Kent State at the M.A.C. Center the year was 1990, the television show Seinfeld premiered, George H.W. Bush was in the White House and EMU freshmen Emily Hanley, Alyssa Pittman and Kelly Watts were just two years old.

OTHER FACTS ABOUT THE WIN AT KENT STATE: The Eagles’ 69-64 victory over Kent State (Jan. 20) was just the second loss the Golden Flashes have suffered in their last 26 games at the M.A.C. Center. It also snapped Kent State’s 10-game home winningstreak. THE SUZY MERCHANT FILE TOP-25 OPPOSITION AND THE EAGLES: For the first time this season, Eastern YEAR-BY-YEAR Michigan will square off with a team ranked in the ESPN/USA Today/WBCA coaches’ YEAR OVERALL MAC MAC PCT. poll when Bowling Green invades the “Nest”, Jan. 28. Last season the Eagles played 95-96 15-11 -- -- 96-97 19-11 -- -- a pair of top 25 opponents, holding close to No. 21 Utah, 72-67, at the Convocation 97-98 20-7 -- -- Center, Dec. 21, 2006, along with a tight game with No. 17 DePaul, 64-49, in the 98-99 14-13 8-8 .500 opening round of the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawai’i, Nov. 25, 2006. 99-00 16-14 8-8 .500 In the program’s 31 years, EMU has never knocked off a ranked opponent. 00-01 16-12 9-7 .563 01-02 18-11 10-6 .625 LUCKY NUMBER 13 VERSUS THE CHIPPEWAS: EMU won its 13th consecutive 02-03 13-16 9-7 .563 game against Central Michigan University, a 77-62 decision Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 03-04 22-8 12-4 .750 the Convocation Center. The EMU streak over the Maroon and Gold dates back to the 04-05 23-8 11-5 .688 2000-01 season when the Eagles captured a 78-89 decision, Jan. 3, 2001, at Rose 05-06 22-8 15-1 .938 Arena in Mount Pleasant, Mich. 06-07 3-1 0-0 .000

AT EMU MONTH-BY-MONTH NO BACK-TO-BACK LOSSES STREAK CONTINUES: Eastern Michigan has not YEAR NOV.DEC.JAN.FEB.MAR. dropped consecutive conference games since the 2003-04 season when EMU lost 98-99 1-3 5-2 5-3 3-5 0-0 at Toledo (L, 55-63), Jan. 13, 2003, and at home versus Western Michigan (L, 61- 99-00 1-3 5-2 4-6 5-2 1-1 66), Jan. 17, 2003. 00-01 4-2 3-2 4-4 5-3 0-1 01-02 4-0 3-4 4-4 6-2 1-1 POWER OUTAGE: The Eagles output of just 46 points versus Ball State, Jan. 13, 02-03 1-2 2-5 4-4 4-3 2-2 was the team’s lowest scoring total since a 42 point showing at Indiana, Dec. 18, 03-04 3-1 4-2 5-3 6-1 4-1 2004. It was also the least amount of scoring by an EMU squad in a MAC game since 04-05 4-0 5-1 5-3 7-1 2-3 the 1998-99 campaign when the Eagles managed just 42 points in a setback at 05-06 2-3 3-2 8-0 7-1 2-2 06-07 2-1 1-0 ------Toledo, Jan. 6, 1999.

BY THE DIVISION STREAK STOPPED AT 11: Ball State’s come-from-behind 55-46 decision, Jan. 13, YEAR EAST WEST MAC OVERALL snapped the Eagles’ 11-game Mid-American Conference winning streak that dated 98-99 6-4 2-4 8-8 back to Feb. 4, 2006. Prior to the Cardinal’s victory, the Falcons of Bowling Green 99-00 3-3 5-5 8-8 were the last team to upend the Eagles in league action, a 76-69 decision at Anderson 00-01 4-2 5-5 9-7 Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio, Feb. 2, 2006. 01-02 5-2 5-4 10-6 02-03 2-4 7-3 9-7 INTERESTING STATS ABOUT EMU: In its 10 victories this season, EMU is 03-04 4-2 8-2 12-4 averaging 75.7 points while the opposition is posting just 61.4 points. In those 04-05 4-2 7-3 11-5 05-06 5-1 10-0 15-1 games, opponents are shooting 37.6 percent from the field compared to 44.3 06-07 0-0 0-0 0-0 percent for the Eagles. In defeats, the Eagles are only scoring 61.7 points, while giving up 71.0. VERSUS THE MAC Another factor in the Eagles’ success has been the ability to control the glass. EMU TEAM RECORD STREAK is grabbing 43.1 rebounds to just 36.1 for the opponents in the wins, while in AKRON 7-1 W-6 setbacks EMU is being out-rebounded by more than six caroms (35.7 to 41.9). BALL STATE 10-6 W-7 BOWLING GREEN 8-5 L-2 BUFFALO 7-3 W-4 How Do You Say... CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13-3 W-12 KENT STATE 2-8 L-1 Kivilcim - ka-VIL-gem MIAMI 4-4 W-1 Yamanoglu - yah-MON-glue NORTHERN ILLINOIS 10-3 W-3 Malatinsky - mal-uh-TIN-skee OHIO 7-3 W-3 VanMetre - van-METER TOLEDO 7-9 W-2 VanderEnde - van-DUR-END-ee WESTERN MICHIGAN 10-6 W-3 STREAK OF HOME DOMINANCE: Ball State’s 55-46 victory EMU CAREER RECORDS WATCH PAGE 5 over Eastern Michigan, Jan. 13, ended the Eagles’ streak of 16 consecutive home Mid-American Conference wins dating back SCORING 1. 1,899 Laurie Byrd (99 games) 1978-82 to Jan. 22, 2005. Prior to BSU, the last time the Green and 2. 1,793 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 White dropped a conference home game occurred Jan. 8, 3. 1,511 Nikki Knapp (120 games) 2002-06 2005 when Northern Illinois guard Mary Basic hit a game- 4. 1,459 Sharon Brown (99 games) 1982-86 winning three pointer with 7.6 seconds left in the game as the 5. 1,454 Traci Parsons (103 games) 1993-97 6. 1,422 Kelly Hebler (106 games) 1986-90 Huskies upset Eastern Michigan, 55-53. 7. 1,401 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 Overall, the Eagles have won an impressive 25-of-27 MAC tilts 8. 1,321 JoAnn LeFevre (101 games) 1983-87 at the Convocation Center dating back to a 61-59 victory over 9. 1,296 LaTonya Watson (108 games) 1988-92 10. 1,228 Kristy Maska (107 games) 1997-01 Bowling Green, Jan. 27, 2004. In league action EMU is 1-1 this 11. 1,224 Abby Wiseman (115 games) 1999-03 year in the Nest, after going 8-0 in 2006, 7-1 in 2005 and 10- 12. 1,204 Sarah VanMetre (108 games) 2003-pres. 4 in 2004. 13. 1,158 Reeshema Wood (108 games) 1989-93 14. 1,049 Denise Allen (94 games) 1978-82 15. 968 Dru Bishop (114 games) 1999-03 FROM ROLE PLAYER TO ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST: 16. 937 Shani Charles (105 games) 1997-99,’00-02 The 2006-07 campaign has been a break-out season for senior 17. 912 Donna Travis (62 games) 1976-79 forward Sarah VanMetre. A solid contributor during her first 18. 894 Emily Steinmetz (103 games) 1995-99 19. 784 Patti Limb (99 games) 1979-83 three-years, the Noblesville, Ind. native has taken her game to 20. 782 Sheryl Mullice (85 games) 1976-80 a whole new level in her final season in Ypsilanti. VanMetre is averaging 17.7 points and 9.1 rebounds in 34.3 minutes per REBOUNDS game. She leads the league in rebounding and ranks third in 1. 802 Nikki Knapp (120 games) 2002-06 2. 785 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 scoring. Nationally she is listed 47th in scoring and 56th in 3. 756 Suzanne Huff (97 games) 1979-83 rebounding according to the most recent NCAA statistics as of 4. 747 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 Jan. 21, 2007. 5. 684 Sharon Rose (102 games) 1983-87 6. 683 Kristin Staples (107 games) 1988-92 Selected the Mid-American Conference’s 2003-04 Sixth Man 7. 680 Sarah VanMetre (108 games) 2003-pres. of the Year as a freshman, VanMetre averaged 11.2 points and 8. 679 Shani Charles (105 games) 1997-99,’00-02 7.1 rebounds per game. She followed it up with a sophomore 9. 674 Felicia Hines (68 games) 1982-85 season that saw her numbers drop to 7.4 points and 4.1 boards 10. 642 Emily Steinmetz (103 games) 1995-99 11. 598 Abby Wiseman (115 games) 1999-2003 per game when she switched to the guard position. In 2005-06 12. 582 Sheryl Mullice (85 games) 1976-80 VanMetre returned to her natural forward spot and saw her 13. 573 Denise Allen (94 games) 1978-82 numbers return to her freshman year levels of 11.1 points and FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (50 fgm per season) 6.3 caroms per contest. 1. .546 Felicia Hines (278-509) 1982-85 VanMetre has already secured a place in the EMU record 2. .527 Shani Charles (254-482) 1997-99,’00-02 books, becoming just the eighth player in the program’s history 3. .525 Eszter Biro (158-301) 1991-92 to score more than 1,000 points and grab more than 500 4. .511 Holly Mitchell (328-642) 1997-99 5. .509 Abby Wiseman (462-907) 1999-03 rebounds in a career. She is also on track to capture the EMU 6. .504 Nikki Knapp (543-1077) 2002-06 record for the most games played in an EMU uniform. FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1. .848 Kelly Hebler (279-329) 1986-90 CLIPFELL FILLING IN: With head coach Suzy Merchant on 2. .794 Kelly Moorman (251-316) 1992-96 maternity leave, assistant coach Shane Clipfell has filled in 3. .788 Ryan Coleman (315-400) 2002-06 admirably in her absence. Clipfell has guided the Eagles to a 4. .782 Bobby Morse (133-170) 1983-85 7-6 (5-1 MAC) record, including picking up his first Division I 5. .780 Jessica Henry (206-264) 1997-98, `99-00 victory at Wright State, Dec. 9. BLOCKS Clipfell is no stranger to the EMU program, having been on 1. 144 Sharon Rose (102 games) 1983-87 the Eagles’ sideline for the past eight seasons. Prior to his 2. 103 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 3. 74 Melis Ulker (120 games) 2002-06 stint at EMU, the Colon, Mich. native accumulated a 58-35 4. 65 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 record as the head coach at Glen Oaks Community College. 5. 60 Eszter Biro (28 games) 1991-92 His 1997 team finished with a No. 3 final ranking in the NJCAA after a 28-8 record and a fifth-place finish in the NJCAA ASSISTS 1. 577 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 Tournament. He was awarded the NJCAA Tournament 2. 534 Erika Ford (116 games) 2001-2004 Sportsmanship Award and was named the National District 3. 446 LaTonya Watson (108 games) 1988-92 Coach of the Year. Clipfell was selected the Michigan 4. 395 Laurie Byrd (99 games) 1978-82 5. 376 JoAnn LeFevre (101 games) 1983-87 Community College Athletic Association and Western 6. 376 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 Conference Coach of the Year in 1997. 7. 271 Traci Parsons (103 games) 1993-97

EMU RELIES HEAVILY ON FRESHMEN: The Eagles are very FREE-THROW ATTEMPTS 1. 626 Nikki Knapp (120 games) 2002-06 dependent on their freshman class. As a group, EMU’s frosh 2. 496 Abby Wiseman (115 games) 1999-03 are averaging 23.2 points per game, which accounts for 33 percent of the offense. Bold indicates players on the 2006-07 roster. 2005-06 MAC WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONS PAGE 5

HOME IS WHERE THE “W” IS: The Eagles’ victory over Central Michigan, Jan. 17, moved the team’s record to 5-2 at the Convocation Center this winter. Last year, EMU EMU SPORTS INFORMATION PRESS CREDENTIALS posted a record of 13-2 in the “Nest” and has won 56 of the last 70 home games Requests for working press space should be made dating to the 2001-02 campaign. EMU out-scored its opponents by 23.5 points per in writing at least one week before the date of the game at the Convo last season. This year, the Eagles have out-scored foes by an home contest to the Eastern Michigan Sports Information Office. The request should be made average of 11.1 points. by the sports director of the newspaper, magazine, radio or television outlet wishing to send a EMU VERSUS THE MAC: This is EMU’s 26th season competing in the Mid-American reporter(s) to the game. Outlets that have made proper credential requests are entitled to receive Conference. The Eagles hold a 177-245 record against current conference foes and copies of the final game statistics, play-by-play have posted six straight winning seasons in the MAC. EMU has had the most success and a scoring summary, as well as any press against Northern Illinois, going 19-7, and the least versus Miami, 10-33. Western information provided by the competing institutions. Confirmation of the request will be made by EMU Michigan has been the Green and White’s most frequent opponent with 60 meetings Sports Information personnel. Press credentials while Buffalo holds the distinction of the fewest conference games against the Eagles WILL NOT be issued to spouses, friends or children. The press row is a working area and with 11. cheering will be grounds for removal. PHOTOGRAPHERS VANMETRE NAMED MAC WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Senior forward Sarah Photographers are issued similar credentials to press row media. Photographers are allowed to shoot VanMetre was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Women’s from outside the court boundary line on each end Basketball Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 7, 2007. This marks the of the floor. second time in her career she has won the weekly honor. ENTERING THE CONVOCATION CENTER Press credentials can be picked up in the Eastern For the week, VanMetre averaged a double-double with 24.0 points and 12.0 re- Michigan Sports Information Office during the bounds while averaging 39.5 minutes of action. Against the Huskies, VanMetre week of a home contest. If credentials are posted a career-high 29 points with 13 rebounds while connecting on 11-of-17 requested and approved, they will only be mailed if the request is granted at least two weeks prior to shots from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point land. She followed up that perfor- game. Any credentials not picked up will be left at mance with a team-high 19 points and 11 caroms and was 7-for-7 from the free- Will Call at the Convocation Center. throw line including a pair of tosses that sealed the Eagles’ first back-to-back wins RADIO Selected Eastern Michigan Women’s Basketball can in Savage Hall since the 1986 and 1987 campaigns. be heard live on 89.1 FM, WEMU and on the Internet at www.EMUEagles.com. VISITING RADIO HITTING FROM LONG RANGE: EMU’s women’s basketball team has shown it can Visiting radio stations receive reciprocal phone lines hit from long range and has for quite a while now. Eastern has made at least one for their game broadcasts. The visiting radio area three pointer in the last 146 games, dating back to Jan. 31, 2002. The last time is on the press row side of the Convocation Center across from the visitor’s bench. Should more lines the Eagles did not make one was on Jan. 26, 2002 in a 52-43 road victory over be needed, please contact Greg Steiner for Central Michigan. arrangements. MEDIA INFORMATION The Eastern Michigan Sports Information staff will THE ROAD WARRIORS ARE BACK: The Eagles have been a good road team during provide flip cards, game notes and cumulative the Suzy Merchant era. In nine years under Merchant, EMU is 60-49 in road statistics for both teams to credentialed media prior contests and 15-17 in neutral site games. This trend continues in the MAC, as the to all games. Statistical summaries and play-by- play sheets will be distributed throughout the game Eagles are 39-28 in conference road games. and will be available at the conclusion of the contest. Two telephones are available to the media EMU women's basketball can be heard on WEMU, 89.1 FM this season, as well as on on a first-come, first-served basis. INTERVIEW POLICY (GAME DAY) the internet at www.wemu.org. The station will broadcast at least 15 games during Both head coaches will be available to the media the 2005-06 season, with John Fountain performing play-by-play duties and Brian after a 10-minute cooling-off period. Individual Nemerovski handling the stats and engineering. The upcoming schedule, with all players may be available for interviews at the conclusion of the game. Please see a member of times listed as Eastern Standard Time, is listed below: the athletic media relations/sports information staff Wed., Nov. 22 OAKLAND 6:50 p.m. from either EMU or the visiting institution about Fri., Dec. 1 vs. Northern Arizona 8:20 p.m. player interviews. Sat., Dec. 2 at Arizona State Tourn. TBA WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS Wed., Dec.6 DETROIT 6:50 p.m. For those with laptop computers that can automatically select an IP address, there is a wireless Wed., De c. 13 at Massachusetts 6:50 p.m. Internet connection available in the Convocation Sun., Dec. 17 at Illinois State 1:50 p.m. Center. Wed., Jan. 3 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 5:50 p.m. INTERVIEW POLICY (MID-WEEK) Wed., Jan. 10 at Western Michigan* 6:50 p.m. Head Coach Suzy Merchant is available to speak Wed., Jan. 17 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 6:50 p.m. to the media via phone Monday-Friday mornings. Sun., Jan. 28 BOWLING GREEN* 4:20 p.m. Individual players are available for interviews Sat., Feb. 17 TOLEDO* 1:50 p.m. Monday-Thursday. All player and coach interviews Wed., Feb. 21 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 6:50 p.m. must be cleared through the EMU Sports Sat., Feb. 24 at Ball State* 12:50 p.m. Information Office, so please call to the office to Tues., Feb. 28 at Central Michigan* 6:50 p.m arrange all interviews. One note to the media: Sun., Mar. 4 MAC Tournament TBA Home phone numbers for players and coaches Tues., Mar. 6 MAC Tournament TBA WILL NOT be given out by the Eastern Michigan Fri., Mar. 9 MAC Tournament TBA ** Indicates that WEMU will choose the “most compelling” game to Sports Information Office. broadcast since the men’s and women’s teams will be playing on the Sat., Mar. 10 MAC Championship TBA same day. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 6

VANMETRE GARNERS SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK EAGLES STRUGGLE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START: The ACCOLADES: Senior Sarah VanMetre was named the MAC first half of games plagued the Eagles during the non-confer- Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Week for the period ending ence portion of the 2006-07 schedule. Eastern was out-scored Jan. 4. This marks the second time in her career and the 364-380 during the opening stanza and led at the half in just fourth time in school history that a woman’s basketball player five of the 11 contests. The second half has been the Eagles’ has won the weekly honor. dominate frame, reversing the trend to out-score the opposi- The MAC Scholar Athlete Award is presented weekly to a MAC tion, 416-373. male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative GPA of This trend has accounted for EMU rallying from both a 17- 3.0 or better and performs well during the week’s competition. point deficit at Massachusetts, Dec. 13, and a 10-point hole The winners are selected by one of the conference’s faculty against Furman. Dec. 30. UMass was able to recapture the athletic representatives. advantage and go on to win the game, 83-80, while EMU has VanMetre, who boasts a 3.90 GPA with a major in journalism, able to upend Furman, 64-62, for the team’s first come-from- averaged 14 points and nine rebounds per game in the Eagles’ behind win of the year. two-game road swing through the Carolinas, Dec. 28-30. In Eastern’s come-from-behind 64-62 decision over Furman, MERCHANT GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY BOY: The Eastern VanMetre totaled 19 points and 12 rebounds in 36 minutes of Michigan University women’s basketball family grew by one work. Her pace slowed versus Western Carolina, tallying just over the holiday break. Head coach Suzy Merchant and her nine points and six caroms in 34 minutes. husband, Gary Rakan, became proud parents of Tyler Glen, Dec. 24, at 6 a.m. The baby boy was born a healthy six pounds, BACK-TO-BACK SAVAGE HALL VICTORIES – NO EASY 13 ounces, and 20 1/2 inches long. TASK: The Eagles defeated the University of Toledo, 58-53, After a brief maternity leave, Merchant is expected to resume Saturday, Jan. 6, at Savage Hall in Toledo, Ohio. The victory her full-time role sometime in the winter semester after marked the Eagles’ first back-to-back wins in Savage Hall since consulting with her physicians. In the meantime, assistant the 1986 and 1987 campaigns, when the Eagles posted a 61- coach Shane Clipfell has been serving as the team’s acting 60 victory, Feb. 19, 1986, and a 62-57 decision, Jan. 12, head coach since the Northern Arizona game, Dec. 1. 1987. Last year the Eagles dominated the Rockets on their home floor, rolling to a 74-49 win, Feb. 18, 2006. VANMETRE COLLECTS HER 600TH CAREER REBOUND: Historically, UT’s Savage Hall has been an arena that Eastern With 1:19 remaining in the second half of the UMass game, teams have struggled in. The Green and White have posted an Dec. 13, senior Sarah VanMetre grabbed her 600th career all-time record of 7-20 in the 31-year old building. Prior to last rebound to become just the ninth player in the program’s 31- season’s victory, the Eagles’ most recent EMU victory in Toledo year history to have reached that exclusive total. The Noblesville, occurred Feb. 21, 2000, when Eastern took home a 91-54 Ind. native entered the game needing 13 boards to reach 600, victory. ripping down that exact number en route to finishing with her fourth double-double of the season. For her career, VanMetre NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WAS NO CUPCAKE: The has averaged 6.2 caroms per game. Eagles will enter the Mid-American Conference section of the schedule battle tested as the Eagles have played some very THREE STRAIGHT 20-WIN CAMPAIGNS: The Eagles boast tough competition. Eastern’s non-conference opponents have a streak of three straight 20-win seasons dating back to the a combined 66-80 record. Five teams had winning records, 2003-04 campaign. EMU and Bowling Green are the only MAC including Massachusetts (10-4), Illinois State (9-4), Boston schools that have won at least 20 games each of the last University (8-5), Western Carolina (8-6) and Northern Arizona three seasons. (7-6) who are a combined 42-25 on the season. EMU RALLIES FROM 17 POINT DEFICIT, BUT STILL RACKING UP THE MILES: The Eagles’ wrapped up their five- FALLS SHORT AT UMASS: Freshman Alyssa Pittman game December road trip, logging more than 3,861 miles of scored 27 points and senior Sarah VanMetre collected her travel. Eastern traveled 390 miles round trip to Wright State, fourth double-double of the season, but it was not enough as 1,374 miles to play at Massachusetts, 710 miles to Illinois the EMU women’s basketball team fell to the University of State and 1,387 miles for the two-game trip versus Furman and Massachusetts, 83-80, Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Mullins Western Carolina. Center in Amherst, Mass. EMU overcame a 17-point first half Those travel miles do not even include the 4,076 round-trip deficit by taking a brief lead late in the second period, but in miles the Eagles had already accumulated from the Arizona the end it was the Minutewomen walking away with the non- State Classic, Dec. 1-2. conference victory. In a quick check of the EMU record books, the rally from 17- THE KIDS CAN PLAY: The average 2006-07 EMU women’s points down to take a two-point lead was the biggest deficit basketball player stands 5-feet-9 tall and is 19.9 years old. The EMU has overcome since an 18-point hole against No. 3 Boston youngest Eagle is Kelly Watts, who turned 18, Aug. 14, 2006. College in the first round of the 2004 NCAA Mideast Regional, Annie Malatinsky is the oldest Eagle having turned 22, March 20, 2004. In that famous contest, Boston College came March 23, 2006. 2005-06 MAC WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONS PAGE 7 out of the gate firing to take a 22-4 advantage. EMU would August 2006 and is reunited with former-Chippewas assistant regroup and battle back eventually taking its only lead of the Abby Wiseman on the bench. game at 54-53. However, much like the UMass game, BC VanderEnde was a standout guard in the Great Lakes managed to regain the lead and capture the 58-56 decision. Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, garnering four letters at Lake Superior State University. She earned All-GLIAC honors McKINNEY NAMED MAC WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: in her senior campaign and was recognized by LSSU with the Junior guard Patrice McKinney was named the Mid-American Deborah McPherson “Outstanding Female Athlete Award.” Conference West Division Women’s Basketball Player of the She graduated from LSSU with a bachelor’s degree in human Week for the period ending Dec. 10, 2006. This marks the services in 1999 and earned her master’s in business second time in her career she has won the weekly honor. administration in 2000 while coaching at the University of McKinney averaged 16.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in a pair Findlay. VanderEnde also was an instructor in the school of of victories over Horizon League foes Detroit and Wright State. business at Findlay. In these games, the Lansing native shot 53.8 percent from VanderEnde attended West Catholic High School in Grand the floor averaging 33 minutes of work. Rapids, Mich., and lettered in basketball, volleyball, and softball. In a 71-55 triumph over the Titans (Dec. 6), McKinney posted She captured all-state, all-area, and all-city honors in basketball, her 10th career double-double with 16 points and 15 boards and all-city accolades in volleyball. while dishing five assists and ripping four steals. She contin- ued her work in the 76-59 win over Wright State (Dec. 9) with MERCHANT REACHES 200 CAREER VICTORIES: Head 17 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals. coach Suzy Merchant picked up her 200th career victory in dominating fashion, as the Eastern Michigan University GRABBING THE BOARDS: Patrice McKinney has pulled women’s basketball team rolled over Morehead State University, down at least 10 rebounds in 12 games while wearing the 90-66, in the championship game of the Eagle Classic Saturday Green and White uniform. Before transferring from Michigan afternoon (Nov. 18) at the Convocation Center. State, her career best was nine rebounds against Notre Dame. Two weeks later against Detroit (Dec. 6), Merchant became Since joining EMU, McKinney has averaged 7.7 caroms per the winningest coach in EMU women’s basketball history, game, this season she has stepped it up even more by ripping surpassing Kathy Hart with 147 career wins. down 10 or more boards in seven of the 17 games. In 12 years as a collegiate head coach, Merchant is 201- 119, and at EMU she is 147-90. Merchant was the first female VANMETRE ON PACE TO SET THE RECORD FOR GAMES coach at EMU to win a Mid-American Conference title and was PLAYED: Senior Sarah VanMetre has played in 107 games selected the BCAM Coach of the Year in 2004. That same during her four-year career and is on pace to surpass Nikki season, the team had an RPI of 62 the highest in the history of Knapp and Melis Ulker for the all-time record for the most the program and 235 positions over where the program was games played in an EMU uniform. That duo holds the current when Merchant first arrived in 1998. record with 120 games played, a mark that was set just last season. NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS: The Eagles have recorded the most successful non-league stretch in school history. A GRAND ACCOMPLISHMENT: When Sarah VanMetre Since the beginning of the 2002-03 season, EMU has posted scored her 1,000th point against Detroit, she became just 37 victories in non-league games, the second-best of any MAC the 14th member of that exclusive club and the first to reach school. Bowling Green leads the conference in non-conference the grand mark since Ryan Coleman and Nikki Knapp both winning percentage at 70.0 (42-18), while the Eagles are did so during the 2004-05 campaign. second at 56.9 (37-28). The Noblesville, Ind. native is just the eighth player in the Eastern Michigan has been one of the most successful teams program’s history to score more than 1,000 points and grab in the Mid-American Conference over the last six years (2000- more than 500 rebounds in a career. The group includes former 06) winning 114 games. Ball State is third with 110 victories EMU greats Ryan Coleman (2002-06), Nikki Knapp (2002- while Kent State leads the way with 118 victories. 06), Abby Wiseman (1999-2003), Stephanie Smiley (1998- 2002), Traci Parsons (1993-1997), Kelly Hebler (1986- HANLEY COMES OF AGE IN ARIZONA: Freshman Emily 1990) and Denise Allen (1978-1982). Hanley posted a pair of terrific games at the Verizon Wireless/ ASU Classic, Dec. 1-2, in Tempe, Ariz. The Bloomington, Ill. JILL VANDERENDE ADDED AS AN INTERIM ASSISTANT native averaged 13.0 points and 8.0 rebounds while posting a COACH: With the coaching staff being short a person due to 50.0 field goal percentage (8-of-16). She was also a stellar Suzy Merchant’s maternity leave, the Eagles have added 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from the charity stripe and ripped away Jill VanderEnde as an interim assistant coach. a team best five steals. VanderEnde is a familiar face around the Mid-American In the opener versus Northern Arizona, Hanley turned in 15 Conference and the state of Michigan, having spent the past points, six rebounds and two steals in 28 minutes of work. In five seasons as the top assistant coach for Central Michigan the finale versus Boston University, she collected her first University. VanderEnde left CMU for personal reasons in career double-double with 11 points and 10 boards in 32 minutes of action. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 8

McKINNEY SHINES IN THE EAGLE CLASSIC: Junior Patrice MERCHANT MISSES THE ARIZONA TRIP: For the first time McKinney turned in a pair of dominating performances in the in nine years, EMU head coach Suzy Merchant was not on the Eagles’ pair of decisions en route to the championship of the Eagles’ sideline during the Verizon Wireless/ASU Classic, Sixth Annual Eagle Classic at the Convocation Center, Nov. 17- Dec. 1-2. In her absence, longtime assistant coach Shane 18. For her efforts, the Lansing, Mich. native garnered the Most Clipfell coached the team. Merchant, who had her first child Valuable Player of the Tournament honors by averaging 21.5 in late December, did not travel with the team under advisement points, 12.0 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 3.5 assists per game. from her physicians. Merchant is expected to resume her full- In the opener versus New Orleans, McKinney turned in 18 time role sometime in the winter semester. points and 11 rebounds to go along with five assists, five steals and two blocks. Against Morehead State in the championship EAGLES CLOSE OUT A RECORD-SETTING 2005-06 SEA- game she was even better, scoring a career-high 25 points SON: The Eastern Michigan University made its third consecu- while ripping down 13 caroms. McKinney also chipped in four tive national postseason tournament appearance Thursday, steals and four assists in 29 minutes of action. The back-to- March 16, when it traveled to the Indiana State University for the back double-doubles were McKinney’s seventh and eighth of first round of the 2006 Postseason Women’s National Invitation her career. Tournament (WNIT). EMU posted a 22-7 overall record and 15-1 mark in Mid- CRUISING AT 90: Eastern’s 90 points versus Morehead American Conference play. The Green and White’s 22 wins are State (Nov. 18) marked the second consecutive day that the tied for the second most in program history and marked EMU’s Green and White reached the 90-point plateau. The last time the third consecutive 20-win season. The Eagles were the second- Eagles had done that was during the 2003 Eagle Classic, Nov. most dominant team in the Mid-American Conference this 21-22, 2003, when they posted a 90-46 victory over Lamar and season, leading the West Division from wire-to-wire in the a 92-40 decision over Mercer. league regular season, capturing the division title by four games. After struggling to a 2-3 start and playing without THE BEST IN MICHIGAN: From 2002-2006 the EMU women’s Kodak/WBCA honorable mention All-American Ryan Coleman, team posted the best conference mark of the 14 Division I the Eagles turned the tables to post one of the nation’s best program’s – men’s or women’s – in the state of Michigan. records, going 18-3 mark over the last 21 games. During the past four years EMU has combined for 47 league wins and just 17 setbacks. That is one more conference win EAGLES TABBED TO WIN MAC WEST DIVISION: For the than the Western Michigan University men, two more than the third consecutive season the EMU women’s basketball team Michigan State University women and four more than Tom Izzo’s has been picked to capture the Mid-American Conference’s Michigan State men. West Division championship by the voting members of the MAC News Media Association. The announcement was made Team Conf. Rec. Winning % in Cleveland, Oct. 24, 2006, as part of the conference’s Eastern Michigan Women 47-17 .734 Women’s Basketball Media Day. Western Michigan Men 46-26 .639 The Green and White received 21 of 41 first-place votes in Michigan State Women 45-19 .677 garnering 214 total points. Western Michigan University was Michigan State Men 43-21 .672 picked to finish second with 188. Rounding out the West Division Western Michigan Women 39-25 .609 were Ball State University (157 points), Northern Illinois Detroit Men 36-27 .571 University (142), the University of Toledo (94) and Central Oakland Women 37-25 .598 Michigan University (66). Bowling Green State University was Michigan Men 30-33 .455 tabbed as the preseason favorite in the East with 245 points. Oakland Men 29-33 .468 The selection marks the third consecutive year that the Eagles Detroit Women 29-35 .453 have been tabbed as the preseason favorite to capture the Eastern Michigan Men 23-49 .319 West Division crown. With the honor Eastern becomes just Central Michigan Men 21-51 .292 the second team since the league switched to the divisional Central Michigan Women 17-47 .266 format in 1997-98 to be named the West Division favorite in Michigan Women 10-54 .156 three straight seasons. The University of Toledo did so from 1997-98 to 1999-2000, while Kent State holds the league EMU WINS MICHIGAN MAC TITLE: The Eagles won the record for most consecutive preseason nods with seven from inaugural Michigan Mid-American Conference Women’s title 1997-98 to 2003-04. Wednesday, Feb. 22, by defeating rival Western Michigan by a This comes off a 2005-06 season that saw the Eagles post score of 64-57. The award, sponsored by the Michigan Sports a 22-8 overall record and a school-record 15-1 MAC mark. Hall of Fame, is awarded annually to the team that wins the The Green and White’s 22 wins were the second most in season series among EMU, WMU, and Central Michigan. EMU program history and marked EMU’s third straight 20-win won the trophy with a 4-0 record while WMU finished 2-2 and season. The Eagles also made their third consecutive national CMU 0-4. postseason tournament appearance, with a berth in the 2006 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). MAC STANDINGS: (as of Jan. 22, 2007) East Division West Division MAC Overall MAC Overall School W-L Pct W-L Pct School W-L Pct W-L Pct Bowling Green 6-0 1.000 16-2 .889 Ball State 6-0 1.000 15-2 .882 Kent State 4-2 .667 8-9 .471 Eastern Michigan 5-1 .833 10-7 .588 Miami 3-3 .500 9-10 .474 Northern Illinois 4-2 .667 12-5 .706 Ohio 2-4 .333 9-9 .500 Toledo 3-3 .500 7-11 .389 Buffalo 1-5 .167 6-12 .333 Central Michigan 1-5 .167 9-10 .474 Akron 0-6 .000 7-11 .389 Western Michigan 1-5 .167 8-12 .400

RANKING IN THE MAC: Below is a list of the 2006-07 MAC rankings of the squad, Upcoming Events/Results (as of Jan. 22, 2007) through Jan. 22, 2007. Tuesday, Jan. 16 MAC EMU Team Rankings Rank Avg. Ohio 66, at Akron 55 Scoring Offense 7th 69.9 #17/18 Bowling Green 64, at Miami 55 Scoring Defense 6th 65.4 Scoring Margin 4th +4.6 Wednesday, Jan. 17 Field Goal Percentage 5th .418 at Eastern Michigan 77, Central Michigan 62 Field Goal Percentage Defense 4th .402 Toledo 76, at Western Michigan 72 Free Throw Percentage 11th .637 at Ball State 81, Northern Illinois 72 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 4th .346 Kent State 72, at Buffalo 69 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage Defense 6th .345 3-Point Field Goals Made 3rd 6.94 Saturday, Jan. 20 Rebounding Offense 1st 40.1 at Bowling Green 70, Central Michigan 50 Rebounding Defense 8th 38.5 at Northern Illinois 81, Akron 70 Rebounding Margin 5th +1.5 at Toledo 85, Buffalo 77 - overtime Blocked Shots 8th 2.44 Eastern Michigan 69, at Kent State 64 Assists 4th 15.06 Western Michigan 71, at Ohio 55 Steals 6th 9.00 at Ball State 90, Miami 52 Turnover Margin 6th +0.76 Assist/Turnover Ratio 4th 0.93 Tuesday, Jan. 23 Offensive Rebounds 3rd 14.00 Northern Illinois at Ohio 7 p.m. Defensive Rebounds 2nd 26.06 Kent State at Central Michigan 7 p.m. Ball State at Akron 7 p.m. Individual MAC Rankings (EMU only) Scoring 3. Sarah VanMetre 17.9 Wednesday, Jan. 24 11. Patrice McKinney 13.9 Toledo at Miami 7 p.m. 15. Alyssa Pittman 12.8 Buffalo at Eastern Michigan 7 p.m. Rebounds per game 1. Sarah VanMetre 8.9 Bowling Green at Western Michigan 7 p.m. 6. Patrice McKinney 8.1 Field Goal Percentage 14. Sarah VanMetre .470 Saturday, Jan. 27 Assists 9. Kendra Gallert 4.06 Central Michigan at Miami Noon Free Throw Percentage 11. Sarah VanMetre .735 Ohio at Ball State 1 p.m. Steals 4. Patrice McKinney 2.41 Akron at Western Michigan 2 p.m. Three-Point Percentage 4. Sarah VanMetre .438 Northern Illinois at Buffalo 2 p.m. 7. Alyssa Pittman .391 Kent State at Toledo 4:30 p.m. Three-Pointers Made 1. Alyssa Pittman 2.94 7. Sarah VanMetre 1.88 Sunday, Jan. 28 Blocks 10. Patrice McKinney 0.82 Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan 4:30 p.m. Assist/Turnover Ratio 1. Kendra Gallert 2.16 Offensive Rebounds 10. Sarah VanMetre 2.56 Monday, Jan. 30 13. Emily Hanley 2.41 Bowling Green at Chicago State 7 p.m. 13. Patrice McKinney 2.41 Defensive Rebounds 1. Sarah VanMetre 6.35 Saturday, Feb. 3 3. Patrice McKinney 5.71 Eastern Michigan at Akron 7 p.m. MAC PRESEASON POLL: All 12 schools and members of the MAC News Media Association got together Oct. Ball State at Buffalo TBA 26, 2006, in Cleveland, Ohio to preview the 2006-07 women's basketball race. The predictions are listed Central Michigan at Ohio 2 p.m. below, with first-place votes in parenthesis. Miami at Northern Illinois TBA Western Michigan at Kent State 2 p.m. East Division 1. Bowling Green (40) ...... 245 2. Kent State (1) ...... 193 Sunday, Feb. 4 3. Miami ...... 136 Toledo at Bowling Green TBA 4. Ohio ...... 115 5. Buffalo ...... 112 6. Akron ...... 60 Wednesday, Feb. 7 Ball State at Bowling Green TBA West Division Akron at Central Michigan 7 p.m. 1. Eastern Michigan (21) ...... 214 Eastern Michigan at Miami 7 p.m. 2. Western Michigan (8) ...... 188 5. Ball State (6) ...... 157 Western Michigan at Buffalo TBA 5. Northern Illinois (6) ...... 142 Northern Illinois at Kent State 7 p.m. 4. Toledo ...... 94 6. Central Michigan ...... 66 Thursday, Feb. 8 Tournament Winner Ohio at Toledo 7 p.m. Bowling Green 35, Kent State 2, Western Michigan 1, Toledo 1 All times local to site EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 10

20+ POINT G AMES T HIS SEASON CAREER Player Pts. Game Result GAMES P LAYED/ Sarah VanMetre 29 vs. Northern Illinois W, 80-66 Sarah VanMetre 27 at Western Michigan W, 78-58 GAMES S TARTED Alyssa Pittman 27 at Massachusetts L, 80-83 Player GP GS Alyssa Pittman 26 at Kent State W, 69-64 Sarah VanMetre 108 63 Patrice McKinney 25 vs. Morehead State W, 90-66 Annie Malatinsky 89 1 Patrice McKinney 24 vs. Northern Illinois W, 80-66 Patrice McKinney 77 56 Patrice McKinney 24 vs. Boston University L, 59-65 Kivilcim Yamanoglu 60 5 Sarah VanMetre 22 at Illinois State L, 55-68 Brittany Tyson 55 29 Sarah VanMetre 22 vs. Northern Arizona L, 69-89 Canea Williams 52 8 Sarah VanMetre 21 vs. Central Michigan W, 77-62 Colleen Russell 50 2 Sarah VanMetre 21 vs. New Orleans W, 93-69 Kendra Gallert 47 38 Sarah VanMetre 20 vs. Detroit W, 71-55 Amber Land 25 0 Amanda Compton 16 0 Emily Hanley 17 17 Alyssa Pittman 17 12 Kelly Watts 17 0 Carla Warren 1 0 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player Pts. Reb. Ast. Game Result DOUBLE F IGURE Sarah VanMetre 21 12 vs. Central Michigan W, 77-62 CORING AMES Patrice McKinney 10 12 vs. Ball State L, 46-55 S G Sarah VanMetre 19 11 at Toledo W, 58-53 Patrice McKinney 15 12 at Toledo W, 58-53 Player Career Season Sarah VanMetre 29 13 vs. Northern Illinois W, 80-66 Sarah VanMetre 61 15 Sarah VanMetre 19 12 at Furman W, 64-62 Patrice McKinney 29 13 Sarah VanMetre 17 13 at Massachusetts L, 80-83 Alyssa Pittman 11 11 Sarah VanMetre 16 10 at Wright State W, 76-59 Canea Williams 10 -- Patrice McKinney 16 15 vs. Detroit W, 71-55 Annie Malatinsky 6 1 Sarah VanMetre 20 12 vs. Detroit W, 71-55 Kendra Gallert 4 1 Patrice McKinney 24 16 vs. Boston University L, 59-65 Emily Hanley 3 3 Emily Hanley 11 10 vs. Boston University L, 59-65 Colleen Russell 3 1 Patrice McKinney 25 13 vs. Morehead State W, 90-66 Kivilcim Yamanoglu 2 1 Sarah VanMetre 12 10 vs. Morehead State W, 90-66 Brittany Tyson 2 2 Patrice McKinney 18 11 vs. New Orleans W, 93-69 Kelly Watts 1 1 Amanda Compton -- -- Amber Land -- -- Carla Warren -- --

STARTING C OMBINATIONS Staters Record Hanley-VanMetre-Gallert-Pittman-McKinney 5-1 Hanley-VanMetre-Tyson-Pittman-McKinney 3-3 Hanley-VanMetre-Yamanoglu-Gallert-McKinney 2-2 Hanley-VanMetre-Tyson-Gallert-McKinney 0-1 2005-06 MAC WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONS PAGE 11

Eastern Michigan’s Record When ... Eagles Approaching Milestones Overall Mid-American Milestone Who/How Close? When the Eagles lead at halftime ...... 6-2 ...... 2-1 200 victories ...... Head Coach Suzy Merchant When the Eagles trail at halftime ...... 3-5 ...... 2-0 reached Nov. 18, 2006 When the Eagles are tied at halftime ...... 1-0 ...... 1-0 School-record 147 wins ...... HC Suzy Mechant reached Dec. 6, 2006

Leading with 5 minutes left in the game ...... 7-1 ...... 3-0 School-record 785 rebounds. Sarah VanMetre Trailing with 5 minutes left in the game...... 3-5 ...... 3-0 needs 105 more Tied with 5 minutes left in the game ...... 0-1 ...... 0-0 1,000 career points ...... Sarah VanMetre reached Nov. 18, 2006 Scoring 70 points or more ...... 7-1 ...... 3-0 Scoring less than 70 points ...... 3-6 ...... 2-1 500 career points ...... Patrice McKinney reached Dec. 17, 2006

Holding opponents to less than 70 points ...... 10-5 ...... 5-1 300 points ...... Annie Malatinsky Opponents scoring 70 points or more ...... 0-2 ...... 0-0 needs 33 more 100 career points ...... Colleen Russell When the Eagles shoot 45%+ from the field ...... 4-0 ...... 2-0 reached Nov. 17, 2006 When the Eagles shoot below 45% from the field ...... 6-7 ...... 3-1 600 career rebounds ...... Sarah VanMetre reached Dec. 13, 2006 When the opponents shoot 45%+ from the field ...... 1-2 ...... 1-0 When the opponents shoot below 45% from the field ...... 9-5 ...... 4-1 100 games played ...... Sarah VanMetre reached Dec. 17, 2006

Having better field goal percentage than opponents ...... 8-0 ...... 4-0 100 games played ...... Annie Malatinsky Having worse field goal percentage than opponents ...... 2-7 ...... 1-1 needs 11 more Having the same field goal percentage than opponents...... 0-0 ...... 0-0 100 career three- pointers ..... Sarah VanMetre reached Dec. 17, 2006 When the Eagles shoot 70%+ from the free throw line ...... 4-2 ...... 2-0 100 career three- pointers ..... Annie Malatisnky When the Eagles shoot below 70% from the free throw line .. 6-5 ...... 3-1 needs 27 more

Shooting more free throws ...... 4-2 ...... 2-0 100 career assists ...... Kendra Gallert Shooting fewer free throws ...... 5-5 ...... 2-1 reached Dec. 28, 2006 Shooting same number of free throws ...... 1-0 ...... 1-0

When the Eagles outrebound the opponent ...... 8-2 ...... 4-0 2005-06 CollegeRPI.com Rankings When the Eagles are outrebounded ...... 1-4 ...... 0-1 Rank Record Same number of rebounds ...... 1-1 ...... 1-0 Eastern Michigan 70 22-7 New Orleans 311 3-25 When the Eagles commit less than 15 turnovers ...... 4-2 ...... 2-0 Grambling State 286 10-15 When the Eagles commit 15 or more turnovers ...... 6-5 ...... 3-1 Morehead State 205 14-13 When the Eagles force 15 or more turnovers ...... 8-5 ...... 3-1 Oakland 137 15-15 Northern Arizona 102 21-10 When the Eagles force less than 15 turnovers ...... 2-2 ...... 2-0 Arizona State 15 24-6 Boston University 77 18-12 Detroit 197 11-17 Double-Digit Scoring Games: EMU 49, Opponents 49 Wright State 225 12-16 (VanMetre 15, McKinney 13, Pittman 11, Hanley 3, Tyson 2, Russell 1, Yamanoglu 1, Massachusetts 178 11-17 Malatinsky 1, Watts 1, Gallert) Illinois State 182 12-16 Furman 281 9-20 Double-Doubles (Pts/Rebs): EMU 15, Opponents 6 Western Carolina 240 9-20 (VanMetre 8, McKinney 6, Hanley 1) Northern Illinois 165 12-17 Toledo 204 11-18 Double-Doubles (Pts/Asts): EMU 0, Opponents 1 Western Michigan 147 14-14 Ball State 120 17-12 Central Michigan 188 16-12 Kent State 92 21-9 Buffalo 251 10-18 Bowling Green 34 28-2 Akron 300 5-23 Miami (Ohio) 292 8-20 Ohio 264 9-20 CollegeRPI.com through games of Monday, March 13 THE LAST TIME... MAC TELEVISION SCHEDULE ...the Eagles scored 90 points ...an Eagle player posted a triple-double Nov. 18, 2006 - vs. Morehead State (W, 90-66) Ryan Coleman, vs. Western Michigan, Feb. 12, 2005 (21 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) Friday, November 18 ...the Eagles scored 100 points Ball State at Michigan, 7 p.m. Jan. 21, 2004 - at Ball State (W, 100-83) ...the Eagles played an overtime game (Comcast Local) Jan. 28, 2003 - at Miami (L, 79-83) Monday, December 18 ...an EMU opponent scored 100 points Dartmouth at Central Michigan, 7 p.m. Jan. 27, 2001 - vs. Ball State (L, 66-100) ...the Eagles played a double-overtime game (Comcast Local) March 3, 2000 - vs. Kent State ...the Eagles won a game by 20 points or more (MAC Tournament Semifinals -- L - 2ot, 94-96) Wednesday, January 17 Jan. 10, 2007 - at Western Michigan (W, 79-58) Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. ...the Eagles won 20 games in a season (Comcast Local) ...the Eagles won a game by 30 points or more 2005-06 - 22 wins 8 losses March 5, 2005 - vs. Buffalo (W, 79-46) Saturday, January 28 Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan, 4:30 p.m. ...the Eagles had a five-game winning streak (Comcast Local) ...the Eagles lost a game by more than 20 points 9 games, Akron (2-4-06) to Ohio (3-8-06) Dec. 1, 2006 - vs. Northern Arizona (L, 69-89) Saturday, February 3 ...the Eagles had a 10-game losing streak Eastern Michigan at Akron, 7 p.m. ...an Eagle player scored 30 points in a game 21 games, UAB (12-10-93) to St. John’s (11-25-94) (MAC TV Game of the Week) Feb. 2, 2005 - Ryan Coleman at Kentucky, 30 ...the Eagles went to a postseason tournament Sunday, February 4 ...an Eagle player scored 40 points in a game 2006 Postseason WNIT Toledo at Bowling Green, 4 p.m. Never (most is 36 by LaTonya Watson) lost in the First Round, 57-79, at Indiana State (MAC TV Game of the Week) Saturday, February 10 ...an Eagle averaged 20 points in a season ...the Eagles played in the WNIT or the NCAA Tour- Bowling Green at Northern Illinois, 3 p.m. Sharon Brown, 1985-86, 20.8 ppg naments (MAC TV Game of the Week) 2006 Postseason WNIT ...an Eagle freshman averaged in double figures lost in the First Round, 57-79, at Indiana State Saturday, February 17 Sarah VanMetre, 2003-2004, 11.2 ppg Ball State at Western Michigan, TBA ...the Eagles had a player voted First-Team All-MAC (Comcast Local) ...an Eagle freshman led the team in scoring 2005-06, Ryan Coleman Holly Mitchell, 1997-1998, 393 points Saturday, February 24 Kent State at Miami, Noon ....the Eagles had a player voted Second-Team (MAC TV Game of the Week) ...an Eagle player had 10 assists in a game All-MAC Erika Ford, 10, vs. Marshall, Feb. 26, 2005 2005-06, Nikki Knapp and Patrice McKinney Sunday, February 25 Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, Noon ...an Eagle had 15 or more rebounds in a game ....the Eagles had a player voted Third-Team All- (MAC TV Game of the Week) Patrice McKinney, 15, vs. Detroit, Dec. 6, 2006 MAC 2004-05, Nikki Knapp and Erika Ford Friday, March 9 ...an Eagle had five or more blocks in a game Tournament Semifinal #1 (FSN Ohio) Melis Ulker, 5, vs. Michigan State, Nov. 28, 2003 ..the Eagles had a player voted MAC Freshman of Tournament Semifinal #2 (FSN Ohio) the Year Saturday, March 10 ...an Eagle had five or more steals in a game 1998-1999, Stephanie Smiley Tournament Championship Game (FSN Ohio) Emily Hanley, 5, at Western Carolina (12-30-06) ...the Eagles had a player voted to the MAC All- The Mid-American Conference game of the week ...an Eagle had five three-pointers in a game Freshman team has planned clearances on FSN Ohio, Comcast Alyssa Pittman, 6, at Kent State, Jan. 20, 2007 2003-04, Sarah VanMetre Local, CSN Chicago, and Time Warner in Western New York. 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The Comcast Local games are available in 2006-07 Eastern Michigan approximately two million households throughout Women’s Basketball Honors/Awards the state of Michigan along with the markets of Muncie, Ind., Indianapolis, Ind. and Fort Wayne, Team Sarah VanMetre Ind. • Preseason pick to be the MAC West Champions • MAC West Division Player of the Week (Jan. 8) • 2006 Eagle Classic Champions • Scholar Athlete of the Week (Jan. 4) ** These games are subject to change without • Back-to-back wins at Toledo for the first-time since • Selected to the All-Tournament team at the Eagle notice. the 1986 and 1987 seasons Classic • First win in Kent, Ohio since Jan. 6, 1990 • Scored her 1000th career point versus Detroit • Second-best start to MAC play in school history • Grabbed her 600th career reboundversus UMass

Head Coach Suzy Merchant Kivilcim Yamanoglu • Collected her 200th career victory against • Selected to the All-Tournament team at the Eagle Morehead State (Nov. 18) Classic • Become the program’s winningest coach with 147 wins versus Detroit (Dec. 6) Alyssa Pittman • MAC West Division Player of the Week (Jan. 22) Patrice McKinney • Named MVP of the Eagle Classic • MAC West Division Player of the Week (Dec. 11) Sarah VanMetre Annie Malatinsky 6-0 Senior-Senior 5-8 Senior-Senior Guard/Forward Guard

Noblesville, Ind.- Holt, Mich.- Noblesville Holt #24 #33 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 29, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Points ...... 13, at Youngstown State (12-11-04) Rebounds ...... 14, vs. Fl. International (12-5-03) Rebounds ...... 6, vs. Canisius (10-30-05) Assists ...... 6, at Youngstown State (12-11-04) Assists ...... 4, vs. Idaho State (11-27-05) Steals ...... 4, three times Steals ...... 3, vs. UPR-Mayaguez (12-22-03) Blocks ...... 4, vs. Bowling Green (1-27-04) Blocks ...... None Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 29, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Points ...... 12, vs. Oakland (11-22-06) Rebounds ...... 13, vs. N. Illinois (1-3-07); UMass (12-13-06) Rebounds ...... 2, vs. Ball State (1-13-07); at Toledo (1-6-07) Assists ...... 6, vs. Morehead State (11-18-06) Assists ...... 1, three times Steals ...... 3, at Kent State (1-20-07) Steals ...... N/A Blocks ...... 3, vs. Central Michigan (1-17-07) Blocks ...... N/A Minutes ...... 40, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Minutes ...... 16, vs. Northern Arizona (12-1-06)

Patrice McKinney Canea Williams 5-9 Senior-Junior 5-6 Senior-Junior Guard Guard

Lansing, Mich.- Mansfield, Ohio- Everett (Mich. State) Mansfield Senior #1 #12 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 25, vs. Morehead State (11-18-06) Points ...... 24, at Ohio (2-25-04) Rebounds ...... 17, at Ball State (1-18-06) Rebounds ...... 10, vs. Central Connecticut State (11-18-05) Assists ...... 7, vs. Toledo (1-10-06); vs. Kent State (3-10-06) Assists ...... 9, at Buffalo (2-18-04) Steals ...... 4, vs. WMU (1-14-06); at Toledo (2-18-06) Steals ...... 7, vs. DePaul (11-25-05) Blocks ...... 3, vs. Kent State (1-25-06) Blocks ...... 1, four times most recent vs. at Ball State (1-21-04) Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 25, vs. Morehead State (11-18-06) Points ...... 5, at Toledo (1-6-07) Rebounds ...... 16, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Rebounds ...... 1, seven times Assists ...... 6, at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Assists ...... 2, vs. N. Arizona (12-1-06); New Orleans (11-17-06) Steals ...... 5, vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Steals ...... 1, four times Blocks ...... 2, three times Blocks ...... N/A Minutes ...... 40, vs. N. Illinois (1-3-07); UMass (12-13-06) Minutes ...... 14, vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Colleen Russell Kivilcim Yamanoglu 6-5 Junior-Junior 5-8 Junior-Junior Center Guard

Windsor, Ontario- Antalya, Turkey- FJ Brennan Ozel Antalya #52 #11 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 14, vs. Idaho State (11-27-05) Points ...... 18, vs. Morehead State (11-18-06) Rebounds ...... 6, twice Rebounds ...... 4, vs. Morehead State (11-18-06) Assists ...... 1, four times Assists ...... 6, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Idaho State (11-27-05) Steals ...... 2, three times Blocks ...... 2, five times Blocks ...... 1,vs. Wayne State (11-19-04); vs. Ohio (1-22-05) Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 10, vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Points ...... 18, vs. Morehead State (11-18-06) Rebounds ...... 6, vs. Northern Arizona (12-1-06) Rebounds ...... 4, at Furman (12-26-06); Morehead St. (11-18-06) Assists ...... 1, twice Assists ...... 6, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Steals ...... 2, at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Steals ...... 2, three times Blocks ...... 1, four times Blocks ...... 1, at Wright St.(12-9-06); Boston U. (12-2-06) Minutes ...... 17, at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Minutes ...... 27, vs. Morehead State (11-18-06)

Brittany Tyson Kendra Gallert 5-6 Junior 5-6 Sophomore Guard Guard

Ypsilanti, Mich.- Lowell, Mich.-Lowell Huron (Western Michigan) #15 #32 EMU Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 13, vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Points ...... 14, at Toledo (2-18-06) Rebounds ...... 5, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Rebounds ...... 7, vs. Youngstown State (12-10-05) Assists ...... 5, at Furman (12-26-06) vs. Oakland (11-22-06) Assists ...... 9, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Oakland (11-22-06); at UMass (12-13-06) Steals ...... 4, vs. Canisius (10-30-05); at UMass (12-13-06) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, accomplished three times Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 13, vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Points ...... 11, vs. Central Michigan (1-17-07) Rebounds ...... 5, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Rebounds ...... 5, vs. CMU(1-17-07); at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Assists ...... 5, at Furman (12-26-06) vs. Oakland (11-22-06) Assists ...... 9, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Oakland (11-22-06); at UMass (12-13-06) Steals ...... 4, at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, at W. Carolina (12-30-06) vs. Boston (12-2-06); Minutes ...... 27, vs. Oakland (11-22-06) Minutes ...... 38, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Amber Land Amanda Compton 6-2 Sophomore 5-9 Sophomore Forward Guard

Kulm, N.D.-Kulm Ypsilanti, Mich.- Huron #3 #20 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 5, at WCU(12-30-06) ; New Orleans (11-17-06) Points ...... 3, three times Rebounds ...... 3, three times; most recent vs. N. Illinois (1-3-07) Rebounds ...... 6, at Indiana State (3-16-06) Assists ...... None Assists ...... 1, twice Steals ...... None Steals ...... 1, twice Blocks ...... 1, vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Blocks ...... None) Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 5, at W. Carolina (12-30-06) vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Points ...... N/A Rebounds ...... 3, vs. N. Illinois (1-3-07); at Illinois State (12-17-06) Rebounds ...... 1, at Wright State (12-9-06) Assists ...... N/A Assists ...... N/A Steals ...... N/A Steals ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, vs. New Orleans (11-17-06) Blocks ...... N/A Minutes ...... 9, at Toledo (1-6-07); vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Minutes ...... 1, at Wright State (12-9-06)

Emily Hanley Alyssa Pittman 6-1 Freshman 5-8 Freshman Forward Guard

Bloomington, Ill.- Elkhart, Ind.-Elkhart Normal Community Memorial #30 #22 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 15, vs. Northern Ariz. (12-1-06); at WMU (1-10-07) Points ...... 27, at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Rebounds ...... 10, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Rebounds ...... 5, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Assists ...... 3, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Assists ...... 2, four times Steals ...... 3, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Steals ...... 4, at Wright State (12-9-06) Blocks ...... 1, twice Blocks ...... 1, four times Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 15, vs. Northern Ariz. (12-1-06); at WMU (1-10-07) Points ...... 27, at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Rebounds ...... 10, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Rebounds ...... 5, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Assists ...... 3, vs. N. Illinois (1-3-07) ; at Wright St. (12-9-06) Assists ...... 2, four times Steals ...... 5, at Western Carolina (12-30-06) Steals ...... 4, at Wright State (12-9-06) Blocks ...... 1, five times Blocks ...... 1, four times Minutes ...... 32, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Minutes ...... 36, vs. Central Michigan (1-17-07 Carla Warren Kelly Watts 5-9 Freshman 6-0 Freshman Guard Guard/Forward

Lima, Ohio-Elida Gary, Ind.-East Chicago Central #23 #35 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... N/A Points ...... 11, at Western Carolina (12-28-06) Rebounds ...... 1, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Rebounds ...... 12, at Kent State (1-20-07) Assists ...... N/A Assists ...... 1, four times Steals ...... N/A Steals ...... 2, at Illinois State (12-17-06) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, at Illinois St. (12-17-06); vs. Detroit (12-6-06) Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... N/A Points ...... 11, at Western Carolina (12-28-06) Rebounds ...... 1, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Rebounds ...... 12, at Kent State (1-20-07) Assists ...... N/A Assists ...... 1, four times Steals ...... N/A Steals ...... 2, at Illinois State (12-17-06) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, at Illinois St. (12-17-06); vs. Detroit (12-6-06) Minutes ...... 1, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Minutes ...... 24, at Kent State (1-20-07)

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Eastern Michigan 93, New Orleans 69 Eastern Michigan 90, Morehead State 66 Oakland 68, Eastern Michigan 62 Nov. 17, 2006 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. Nov. 18, 2006 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. Nov. 22, 2006 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN VanMetre* 6-11 3-5 6-6 7 1 21 27 VanMetre* 5-10 1-2 1-2 10 6 12 35 VanMetre* 8-14 2-7 0-0 6 4 18 36 Hanley* 2-6 0-1 0-0 4 0 4 22 Hanley* 4-5 0-0 0-4 6 2 8 21 Hanley* 3-5 0-0 1-2 7 1 7 28 McKinney* 4-13 0-2 10-12 11 5 18 29 McKinney* 8-16 1-1 8-9 13 2 25 29 McKinney* 2-10 0-3 0-0 13 2 4 29 Yamanoglu* 3-6 0-2 0-0 2 2 6 13 Yamanoglu* 7-11 3-6 1-2 4 4 18 27 Yamanoglu* 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 14 Gallert* 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 4 3 23 Gallert* 1-5 0-3 2-2 2 7 4 25 Gallert* 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 2 0 19 Land 2-3 0-0 1-2 2 0 5 6 Land 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 4 Williams 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 5 Williams 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 14 Tyson 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 22 Tyson 5-8 0-1 0-0 1 5 10 27 Tyson 4-6 1-1 4-4 1 2 13 17 Pittman 4-11 3-10 1-2 2 1 12 15 Pittman 2-5 2-5 0-0 0 0 6 10 Pittman 4-9 3-8 2-4 3 0 13 16 Malatinsky 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 2 Malatinsky 4-6 4-5 0-0 1 0 12 15 Malatinsky 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 9 Watts 1-4 0-2 1-2 7 0 3 12 Watts 2-5 1-1 0-2 3 0 5 14 Watts 0-1 0-1 0-2 1 1 0 11 Russell 1-6 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 8 Russell 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Russell 5-7 0-0 0-0 5 0 10 13 Totals 33-73 9-25 15-25 51 25 90 200 Totals 26-61 9-27 1-6 40 16 62 200 Totals 31-68 8-24 23-30 40 18 93 200 MSU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN OU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN UNO FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Plante* 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 3 3 18 Piggott* 8-16 2-3 1-1 6 6 19 40- Young* 4-6 0-0 3-8 6 0 11 27 Bass* 3-9 0-1 3-3 2 0 9 25 Reising* 2-6 0-1 1-2 2 2 5 33 Perry* 4-9 0-0 0-0 7 2 8 23 Brown* 6-16 0-0 3-4 9 0 15 32 Pike* 8-18 1-3 6-10 7 2 23 32 Frazier* 1-7 1-3 0-0 3 1 3 23 Cornett* 0-5 0-3 3-4 3 1 3 23 Terava* 0-1 0-1 3-4 1 1 3 11 English* 2-10 2-4 1-2 4 3 7 19 Smith-Williams* 1-5 0-1 1-2 4 2 3 21 Baker* 0-4 0-0 0-0 7 4 0 30 Johnson* 1-5 1-1 5-6 4 0 8 20 Combs 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 10 Puryear 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 4 11 Kelly 4-8 2-4 0-0 1 2 10 24 Green 6-13 0-2 2-5 2 2 14 34 Jelteman 4-7 0-1 0-0 2 0 8 16 Gayler 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Williams 2-3 0-0 5-5 4 0 9 17 Sowers 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Alexander 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 12 Owens 2-3 1-1 5-5 4 0 10 9 Kidd 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 14 McGee 2-7 0-0 1-3 8 2 5 21 Rayburn 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 11 Bryer 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 6 Kassabian 1-1 0-0 1-3 4 0 3 13 Totals 21-59 2-12 22-28 36 8 66 200 Greer 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 5 Williams 3-5 0-0 6-8 5 0 12 17 Totals 27-62 3-9 11-17 34 16 68 200 Totals 23-61 6-12 17-32 47 25 69 200 Morehead State 43 23 — 66 Eastern Michigan 51 39 — 90 Oakland 28 40 — 68 New Orleans 30 39 — 69 Eastern Michigan 33 29 — 62 Eastern Michigan 39 54 — 93 Turnovers: EMU 12, MSU 15 Blocked Shots: EMU 1, MSU 3 Turnovers: EMU 22, OU 13 Turnovers: EMU 12, UNO 25 Steals: EMU 9, MSU 6 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, OU 1 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, UNO 3 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .452, MSU .356 Steals: EMU 7, OU 12 Steals: EMU 13, UNO 6 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .360, MSU .167 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .426, OU .435 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .456, UNO .377 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .600, MSU .786 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .333, OU .333 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .333, UNO.500 Officials: Gebhardt, Applegate, Del Duco Free Throw Pct.: EMU .167, OU .647 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .767, UNO .531 Attendance: 313 Officials: Dickerson, Enterline, Messing Officials: Gebhardt, Del Duco, Johnson Attendance: 632 Attendance: 339 EMU PICKS UP EAGLE CLASSIC TITLE, DEFEATING MSU: SECOND HALF RALLY BY OAKLAND, DOOMS EAGLES: EMU DOWNS UNO IN SEASON OPENER: Head coach Suzy Merchant picked up her 200th career The EMU women’s basketball team suffered its first setback Senior Sarah VanMetre led all scorers with 21, including victory in dominating fashion, as the Eastern Michigan of the season Wednesday night falling to the visiting Oakland five Eagles in double-figures, as the Eastern Michigan Univer- University women’s basketball team rolled over Morehead University Golden Grizzlies, 68-62, in non-conference action sity women’s basketball team rolled past the University of New State University, 90-66, in the championship game of the Eagle here at the Convocation Center. Oakland connected on 14- Orleans, 93-69, in the opening round of the Sixth Annual Eagle Classic Saturday afternoon here at the Convocation Center. of-28 shots in the second half to overcome a five-point halftime Classic, here in the Convocation Center. Junior Patrice Senior Sarah VanMetre and junior Patrice McKinney both deficit and snap the Eagles’ five-game winning streak over the McKinney posted her seventh career double-double, putting turned in double-doubles as the Eagles captured the tourna- Grizzlies dating back to the 1982 season. in 18 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, to open the 2006- ment crown for the fifth time in six tries. Despite the loss, the Eagles (2-1) received a strong, double- 07 season. McKinney, who was named the MVP of the tournament, digit scoring performance from three players. Sarah VanMetre With the win, the Eagles advance to the championship round posted a career-best 25 points to go along with her game- led EMU with 18 points, while Anne Malatinsky added 12 and of the tournament and will face Morehead State at 4 p.m., high 13 rebounds. VanMetre turned in a solid 12 point , 10 Brittany Tyson chimed in with 10. Patrice McKinney Nov. 16. MSU defeated Grambling State, 75-52 in the opening board and six assist performance while junior Kivilcim grabbed double-digits in rebounds (13) for her third consecu- round. The Tigers and UNO will square-off in the consolation Yamanoglu racked up a personal-best 18 points, on 7-of-11 tive game. game at 2 p.m. shooting, as the duo were selected to the All-Tournament Oakland went shot 43.5 percent (27-for-62) from the floor EMU led by as many as 32 points as the Eagles defense team. Also for the second straight day, freshman Alyssa and was led by Jessica Pike who scored 16 second half points swarmed the Privateers, forcing 25 turnovers. Reaching the Pittman reached double-figures in points with 12, connecting to give her 23 on the day to lead all scorers. 20-point plateau for the sixth-time in her career, VanMetre on a trio of three-point field goals. Through the first four minutes of the opening half, the Eagles scored a game-high 21 points, on 6-of-11 shooting from the Eastern opened the game on fire, cruising to a 15-4 lead held a slim 7-6 lead with the help of a three-pointer from field, including connecting on her first three three-point just four minutes into the contest. MSU was able to cut the VanMetre and four points in the paint by Emily Hanley. The attempts. The senior forward also grabbed seven rebounds. deficit to six, 17-11, via a 7-2 run but the host Eagles would Eagles led 22-19 at the 10:00 mark as Brittany Tyson held Freshman Alyssa Pittman and junior tranfer Brittany not falter as they expanded the edge to 15, 27-12, with a 10- a team-high six points, connecting on all three shots from the Tyson, each playing in their first game in a Green and White 1 run of their own. floor. uniform, registered 13 points for the EMU offense. Junior EMU’s biggest lead of the period came with 3:57 to go in The Eagles’ extended their lead to five by the end of the Colleen Russell put in 10 points and snagged five boards. the half, as Pittman drilled a triple to make it 42-25. Morehead first half, 33-28. Both teams struggled from downtown in the McKinney added five steals and five assists to accompany her would control the waning moments of the stanza, as Jessie first half, as EMU shot 4-for-16 while the Grizzlies were 0-for- 18 points and 11 rebounds as the Eagles scored more then Plante connected on a three-pointer of her own to send the 4 from beyond the arc. 90 points for the first time since a 93-73 decision over teams into the break with EMU holding a 51-43 advantage. Following the break, the Grizzlies took their first lead since Marshall, Feb. 26, 2005. Following the intermission, Morehead State cut the lead to just the opening moments in the game at 36-35 with 17:10 left in The Privateers made the first basket of the game, but would 53-50 with 17:49 left on the clock but the talented group from the stanza via a three-pointer from Piggott. The Eagles quickly never lead again as EMU pulled away to 24-14 advantage with Ypsilanti pushed the lead back to double-digits on buckets by jumped back ontop, 40-38, thanks to a shot from outside by 9:46 remaining in the first half. UNO would cut the margin to McKinney and VanMetre. Malatinsky. one after a 12-3 run to put the score at 27-26 with 4:17 on MSU would have one more run at the Eagles pulling within VanMetre extended the Eagles’ lead to seven, 53-46, with the clock. A 12-4 run by the Eagles would close out the first three once more, 67-64, with 8:40 left on two Suzie Owens’ two consecutive baskets from the paint, giving her 18 points half at 39-30. free throws. But that would be all the closer they could get, on the day. The Green and White scored the first 13 points of the second as Eastern Michigan would close the game on a 23-2 run over The Grizzlies would claw back with a 10-3 run and tie the half to pull ahead, 52-30. A stingy Eagle defense limited UNO the contest’s final eight minutes. game at 56-56 with 4:27 left. After an Eagle timeout, to just eight points over the first 11:15 of the second half, The defense came together for the defending Mid-American Malatinsky put her team back in the lead, 59-56, with her third pulling out to a 68-38 lead. EMU led by as many as 32, 71- Conference West Division Champions, as EMU held Morehead three-pointer of the contest. But Oakland would again reclaim 39, with 8:36 remaining, and cruised to its first victory of the State without a field goal for the last 9:04. MSU managed just the lead, 63-62 with under three minutes to play and held on season. a pair of Brittany Bass free throws with 6:04 remaining, as the for the 68-62 victory. Eagles cruised to the 90-66 decision. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 18

Northern Arizona 89, Eastern Michigan 69 Boston University 65, Eastern Michigan 59 Eastern Michigan 71, Detroit 55 Dec. 1, 2006 • Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, Ariz. Dec. 2, 2006 • Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, Ariz. Dec. 6, 2006 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN VanMetre* 8-16 2-3 4-8 6 1 22 37 VanMetre* 5-14 0-4 0-0 8 1 10 35 VanMetre* 7-14 1-1 5-6 12 2 20 37 Hanley* 6-9 0-0 3-5 6 1 15 28 Hanley* 2-7 0-1 7-8 10 0 11 32 Hanley* 4-6 0-0 0-3 7 2 8 26 McKinney* 2-5 0-0 3-4 1 1 7 17 McKinney* 11-30 0-4 2-5 16 4 24 35 McKinney* 8-16 0-1 0-4 15 5 16 36 Yamanoglu* 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 19 Tyson* 1-5 0-1 0-0 5 0 2 25 Tyson* 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 17 Gallert* 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 7 0 23 Gallert* 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 2 0 27 Pittman* 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 1 2 15 Land 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Yamanoglu 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 8 Yamanoglu 1-6 1-3 3-4 2 1 6 19 Williams 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 11 Pittman 2-10 2-8 0-0 2 2 6 19 Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Tyson 2-4 0-0 3-3 2 3 7 16 Malatinsky 0-1 0-1 0-1 1 1 0 8 Gallert 3-6 2-5 0-0 2 2 8 27 Pittman 2-6 1-2 0-1 1 1 5 20 Watts 0-1 0-1 0-1 2 0 0 1 Malatinsky 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 5 Malatinsky 2-3 2-3 0-0 1 0 6 16 Russell 3-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 6 10 Watts 2-4 1-1 0-0 3 0 5 9 Watts 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 4 Totals 24-76 2-23 9-15 53 11 59 200 Russell 2-4 0-0 0-1 2 0 4 7 Russell 0-4 0-0 0-2 6 1 0 7 Totals 29-65 5-14 8-18 49 15 71 200 Totals 25-56 5-9 14-25 31 17 69 200 BU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Kovach* 4-8 0-4 5-6 12 2 13 28 Detroit FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN NAU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Hinton* 5-9 2-2 2-3 6 3 14 31 Massey* 2-10 0-2 1-2 4 2 5 17 Dinkins* 4-8 0-0 1-1 11 0 9 28 Dini* 2-9 0-3 0-0 5 2 4 24 Hatter* 1-3 0-0 2-5 1 0 4 10 Porter* 4-8 0-0 1-2 5 3 9 23 Meinhardt* 3-6 2-2 3-6 3 3 11 30 Evans* 4-12 3-7 2-4 9 2 13 31 Wahl* 6-16 0-1 11-12 5 4 23 33 Raffo* 6-17 0-3 1-2 5 4 13 39 Davis* 3-8 0-1 0-2 3 2 6 19 Cunningham* 3-7 0-0 0-0 3 7 6 25 Devine 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 6 Brown* 3-7 0-1 0-0 5 0 6 33 Winkfield* 10-18 4-10 1-2 8 11 25 34 Jean 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 13 Carvin 1-2 0-0 3-4 2 2 5 23 Ingle 3-3 0-0 2-2 3 0 8 12 Kinneary 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 6 Mulroy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Blackman 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 3 4 UmezEronini 2-3 0-0 1-3 4 0 5 7 Hall 5-9 3-3 0-1 2 0 13 34 Matthews 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 11 Burks-Wiley 1-5 0-2 0-0 3 0 2 10 Dunlop 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 7 Schafer 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 13 Folk 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 6 Whittaker 0-1 0-0 1-2 5 2 1 23 Ben 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 4 Totals 24-63 4-16 13-22 49 14 65 200 Totals 20-53 6-14 9-20 33 10 55 200 Hardin 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 7 Boer 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 6 Eastern Michigan 20 39 — 59 Detroit 30 25 — 55 Totals 34-67 5-13 16-19 40 30 89 200 Boston University 27 38 — 65 Eastern Michigan 33 38 — 71

Eastern Michigan 33 36 — 69 Turnovers: EMU 14, BU 16 Turnovers: EMU 16, UDM 16 Northern Arizona 38 51 — 89 Blocked Shots: EMU 5, BU 4 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, UDM 1 Steals: EMU 8, BU 6 Steals: EMU 8, UDM 9 Turnovers: EMU 17, NAU 15 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .316, BU .381 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .446, UDM .377 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, NAU 4 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .087, BU .250 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .357, UDM .429 Steals: EMU 9, NAU 8 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .600, BU .591 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .444, UDM .450 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .446, NAU .507 Officials: Parrish, Banuelos, Bacon Officials: Bomengen, Mayer, Ratliff 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .556, NAU.385 Attendance: 2224 Attendance: 360 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .560, NAU .842 Officials: Stevens, Jones, Pardue Attendance: 2017 EMU FALLS TO BOSTON U. IN ASU CLASSIC FINALE: EASTERN GETS BACK ON TRACK VERSUS DETROIT: The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball The EMU women’s basketball team got back on track with EAGLES FALL TO NORTHERN ARIZONA AT ASU: team erased a 12 point deficit, but its come back bid fell a dominating second half performance to cruise to a 71-55 The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball just short as the Eagles dropped a 65-59 decision to victory over a visiting Detroit Mercy squad Wednesday night team dropped an 89-69, decision to Northern Arizona Boston University, Saturday evening in the consolation here at the Convocation Center. The Eagles out-scored the University Friday night in the opening round of the Verizon game of the Verizon Wireless/Arizona State Classic here Titans 38-25 in the second half after leading by only three at Wireless/Arizona State Classic here at the Wells Fargo the half. Sarah VanMetre poured in 20 points along with 12 at the Wells Fargo Arena. EMU was led by junior Patrice Arena. The Eagles will be in action again Saturday, Dec. boards to become the 14th player in EMU history to score McKinney who scored 24 points, including 18 in the 2, against Boston University in the tournament’s conso- 1,000 career points. second half. lation game starting at 4 p.m. MST The decision was also head coach Suzy Merchant’s 147 The Terriers pulled out to a 12 points advantage, 45-33, With the loss EMU falls to 2-2 on the season, while the victory at the helm of the Eagle program, surpassing Kathy with 13:50 in the game, but the Eagles responded with Lumberjacks improve to 5-3. Also, in opening round action Hart for the most wins as the head coach in the program’s of the ASU Classic, the host Sun Devils defeated BU, 75- a 19-6 run capped off by a fast break lay-up by McKinney, 31-year history at 146. 53 and will face NAU in the championship game. giving EMU a 52-52 lead with 7:51 to go. An ensuing 10- Both sides’ struggles to open the contest, as UDM held a Senior forward Sarah VanMetre led the Eagles with 3 Terrier run would give BU a six point lead it would not 7-6 edge with 15:54 to play in the half. The Eagles were cold 22 points, while freshman Emily Hanley scored a career- relinquish. from the field shooting just 25 percent (2-of-8), but on the high 15. NAU’s Kim Winkfield led all scores with 25, while With the loss EMU falls to 2-3 on the season, while the flipside, the Titans were plagued with a trio of turnovers to limit their scoring opportunities. dishing out 11 assists. Alyssa Wahl chipped in with 23. Terriers improve to 4-3. The pace picked up considerably but it still remained a The Lumberjacks opened the first half strong jumping McKinney registered her ninth career double-double single possession game as neither side was able to get its shot out to an early 11-6, including a 7-0 run with 13:40 left. adding 16 rebounds to her 24 points. Freshman Emily Hanley also recorded a double-double scoring 11 with 10 to consistently fall. The Eagles took its biggest lead of the NAU pulled ahead by eight, 20-12 with 9:36, with EMU half at 29-26 via a Hanley layup with 2:52 left before the break. rebounds. Senior Sarah VanMetre also chipped in with starters Patrice McKinney and Hanley getting an early EMU’s 9-2 run continued as VanMetre hit a jumper in the lane 10 points, while grabbing eight boards. foul trouble forcing them to the bench. The Eagles cut the at the 1:33 mark. lead to one, 29-28, with 3:37 to go via a three-pointer by For the second straight game, EMU head coach Suzy Detroit’s defense would clamp down not allowing an EMU Alyssa Pittman. The Lumberjacks connected on two Merchant was not on the Eagles’ sideline. In her field goal the rest of the period, while answering with back- free-throws with :00.6 second remaining to take a 38-33 absence, longtime assistant coach Shane Clipfell to-back scores of its own to make it a one-point game, 31- advantage into the locker room. coached the team. Merchant, who is expecting her first 30, in the waning moments. A pair of VanMetre tosses from Winkfield led all scores in the first half with 17, including child in late December, did not travel with the team after the charity stripe sent the Eagles into the locker room with the 10 over the final six minutes. VanMetre paced the EMU advisement from her physicians. three-point lead, 33-30. attack with 13 points. The Eagles had troubles from the The teams exchanged baskets to start the game, with Following the intermission, Detroit rolled off a 14-8 run over foul line, connecting on only 1-of-7 tries in the opening half. the Eagle leading 6-5 with 15:32 on the clock. The Terriers the opening six minutes to regain the lead at 44-42. But the NAU led the entire second frame, extending the lead to pulled ahead 17-6, after a 12-0 run over the next five host Eagles would respond with a 9-0 run of its own over the nine, 43-34, with 18:07 remaining. The Eagles battled minutes. EMU was able to cut the lead to four, 20-16, after next 3:34 capped off by a VanMetre fast break layup which back to make it a one possession game, trailing 53-50, a lay-up by VanMetre with 5:24 remaining. The Eagles forced Detroit to burn a timeout as EMU led 51-44. with 12:15 to go. However, a 13-5 Lumberjacks run help made just one field goal after the VanMetre bucket, and Detroit was able to break a four minute scoring drought as Dunlop made a jumper from the corner to end the run. UDM put the game out of reach at 66-55, with 8:08 on the clock. BU take a 27-20 lead into the half. was able to claw within a six, 57-51, on a jumper by Sandi Brown NAU extended the led by as many as 20, 89-69, with just Poor shooting plagued EMU in the first half as they made :59 seconds left in the contest. with 7:23 to play. The Titans also had opportunities for easy 8-of-32 shots from the field including an 0-of-9 clip from points from the free throw line but were unable to capitalize. behind the three-point arch. A tough Eagles’ defense was That would be all the closer Detroit would get as the Eagles able to keep them in the game. controlled the final four minutes, using a 13-4 run to seal the 71-55 victory. THREE CONSECUTIVE 20-OR-MORE VICTORY SEASONS PAGE 19

Eastern Michigan 76, Wright State 56 Massachusetts 83, Eastern Michigan 80 Illinois State 68, Eastern Michigan 55 Dec. 9, 2006 • Nutter Center • Dayton, Ohio Dec. 13, 2006 • Mullins Center • Amherst, Mass. Dec. 17, 2006 • Redbird Arena • Normal, Ill. EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN VanMetre* 5-13 1-3 5-8 10 0 16 28 VanMetre* 6-16 3-4 2-2 13 3 17 31 VanMetre* 6-12 2-6 8-11 9 0 22 38 Hanley* 1-2 0-0 0-2 6 3 2 24 Hanley* 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 15 Hanley* 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 19 McKinney* 6-10 1-2 4-8 6 3 17 30 McKinney* 8-19 0-0 3-5 2 6 19 40 McKinney* 6-18 0-0 2-6 5 1 14 27 Tyson* 1-3 0-0 4-4 0 4 6 19 Tyson* 1-3 0-1 0-1 0 1 2 18 Tyson* 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 4 17 Pittman* 7-14 4-8 0-1 2 0 18 22 Pittman* 9-21 7-18 2-2 1 0 27 32 Pittman* 3-8 2-5 0-0 2 0 8 21 Land 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 5 Yamanoglu 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 Land 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 4 Yamanoglu 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 9 Gallert 1-1 1-1 0-0 5 5 3 22 Yamanoglu 1-2 0-1 1-2 0 0 3 23 Williams 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 6 Malatinsky 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 3 6 Gallert 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 30 Compton 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 Watts 1-4 0-1 2-2 5 0 4 16 Malatinsky 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 Gallert 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 4 2 18 Russell 2-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 5 17 Watts 0-4 0-1 2-2 4 0 2 19 Malatinsky 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 12 Totals 29-73 12-29 10-14 35 16 80 200 Totals 19-56 4-15 13-21 31 4 55 200 Watts 2-5 1-1 3-4 5 1 8 14 Russell 1-4 0-0 0-0 5 0 2 12 UMASS FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN ISU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Totals 26-60 8-19 16-27 43 15 76 200 Rosanio* 4-8 1-2 2-2 6 5 11 35 Shelton* 8-11 0-0 4-7 10 0 20 35 Mills* 6-8 0-0 8-11 7 3 20 33 Johnson* 1-2 0-0 0-2 8 0 2 18 WSU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Tatham, T.* 7-11 0-0 2-3 9 6 1 38 Cirone* 5-13 0-2 5-5 4 8 15 35 Duncan* 3-8 0-0 1-2 3 2 7 33 Benton* 4-7 4-5 3-6 2 1 15 27 Hudson* 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 14 Hammock* 2-7 0-3 0-0 5 1 4 25 Tatham, A.* 3-7 1-2 2-2 1 3 9 25 Krick* 5-8 2-3 3-3 7 1 15 27 Crayton* 6-8 0-0 5-9 6 1 17 26 Young 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 1 2 12 Butler 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 3 5 Ward* 3-7 1-4 3-4 4 3 10 40 Gerardot 0-2 0-0 4-4 2 2 4 20 Banks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Comisar* 6-9 4-6 3-4 3 0 19 40 McDonald 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 10 Sandstead 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 3 Parrish 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 15 Totals 27-51 6-9 23-30 35 21 83 200 McCracken 1-11 1-7 0-0 7 1 3 27 Richardson 1-8 0-0 0-2 3 4 2 21 Stevenson 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 0 3 8 Totals 21-50 5-13 12-21 30 11 59 200 Eastern Michigan 33 47 — 80 Lewis 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 4 17 Massachusetts 48 35 — 83 Trumblee 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 9 Eastern Michigan 40 36 — 76 Totals 25-60 6-18 12-17 49 11 68 200 Wright State 33 26 — 59 Turnovers: EMU 13, UMASS 17 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, UMASS 3 Eastern Michigan 31 24 — 55 Turnovers: EMU 16, WSU 20 Steals: EMU 14, UMASS 9 Illinois State 38 30 — 68 Blocked Shots: EMU 1, WSU 2 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .397, UMASS .529 Steals: EMU 15, WSU 11 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .414, UMASS.667 Turnovers: EMU 17, ISU 23 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .433, WSU .420 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .714, UMASS .767 Blocked Shots: EMU 3, ISU 0 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .421, WSU.385 Officials: Aldrich, Smith, Schmidt Steals: EMU 11, ISU 6 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .593, WSU .571 Attendance: 457 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .339, ISU .417 Officials: Vastine, Bills, Feck 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .267, ISU.333 Attendance: 228 EASTERN DROPS A HEARTBREAKER AT UMASS, 83-80: Free Throw Pct.: EMU .619, ISU .706 Freshman Alyssa Pittman scored 27 points and senior Sarah Officials: Dressander, Herriman, Dillard VanMetre collected her fourth double-double of the season, but it was Attendance: 1091 EAGLES CONTINUE TO ROLL AT WRIGHT STATE: not enough as the EMU women’s basketball team fell to the University of The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team Massachusetts, 83-80, Wednesday night here at the Mullins Center. ILLINOIS STATE ROLLS PAST EASTERN MICHIGAN: cruised to a 76-59 over Wright State University Saturday Eastern overcame a 17-point first half deficit by taking a brief lead late The EMU women’s basketball team struggled for consis- afternoon here at the Nutter Center. After leading 40-33 at in the second period, but in the end it was the Minutewomen walking away tency Sunday afternoon in a 68-55 setback to Illinois State here the intermission, the Eagles used a 9-2 run to open the second with the non-conference victory. at Redbird Arena. The Eagles’ found themselves in an early hole and nearly overcame another double-digit deficit, but the half and effectively put the game out of reach. Pittman led all-scorers with a career-best 27 points, including the Redbirds were able to find a late spurt of offense to capture With the victory the Eagles improve to 4-3 on the campaign seven three-pointers which is one shy of the school-record. VanMetre the victory. while the Raiders fall to 1-7. finished with 17 points and 13 boards in 31 minutes of work. The first half was a period of runs by each school, and that Three Eagles reached double-figures in points led by Both teams shot well in the first half, but it was UMass who could not trend continued for the entire contest. Eastern struggled out freshman Alyssa Pittman with 19 on 7-of-14 shooting. Sarah miss. With the score tied at 12-12, UMass rolled off seven consecutive of the gate, missing on its first five shots from the floor until VanMetre continued her stellar play recording a double- points in the next two minutes to take a 19-12 lead. The host school followed it up with a 13-2 run over the next 3:13 to open up a 16-point McKinney drained a shot with 16:09 left. The Redbirds on the double with 16 points and 10 boards, as junior Patrice other side were getting everything to drop, as ISU made four McKinney poured in 17 points in the win. lead, 34-18, with 6:50 left in the period. The teams traded baskets for the remainder of the half, as the Minutewomen took a 48-33 lead into the of its first six shots to take the 8-4 edge. Eastern raced out of the gate on a 12-3 run via nine points locker room. Scoring picked up for both squads as the Eagles went on from VanMetre forcing the Raiders to burn a timeout with 16:47 Following the break, the Eagles came out of the gates quickly in the a quick 6-3 run, that was capped by VanMetre three-pointer to go in the period. The advantage grew to 10 points on two second half. Pittman drained a three-pointer and then a steal and layup with 13:34 remaining in the stanza to give Eastern its only lead separate occasions for the Eagles and EMU it looked as if the by junior Brittany Tyson cut the lead to 10 points, 48-38. However, at 12-11. However, the EMU offense went silent allowing ISU visitors might run away from the Raiders early on. UMass pushed its lead back to 15 points, 54-40. to roll off 12 of the next 14 points to take its biggest lead of But WSU would have other ideas, after trailing 19-9 at the Eastern would not quit, as the squad kept chipping away to get within the half, 24-14, with 9:26 left to play. 12:16 mark Cryaton single-handedly put the Raiders on her seven points, 60-53, via another Pittman trey forcing another UMass The Green and White would respond with an 8-0 run of its back, pouring in eight of WSU’s 19 points over a 10 minute timeout. Eastern Michigan remained on fire as VanMetre drained a triple own to pull within a pair at 28-26 via a lay-up by VanMetre. stretch to make it 31-27 with 3:12 left before the break. to pull the Eagles within a pair at 65-63 with just under eight minutes left. Once again it was the Eagles suffering through as scoring EMU responded to the challenge as it controlled the stanza’s Pittman tied the game at 69-69 with a three at the five-minute mark. drought as Illinois State went on a 7-2 run to take a seven point final two minutes to take a 40-33 lead into the locker room. Freshman Kelly Watts followed it up with a pair of free throws to give advantage with 3:01 remaining in the half. Luckily for the The Eagles limited WSU to just one field goal during the span EMU its first lead since it was 5-4 at the 17:45 mark of the first half. Eagles the defense was able to clamp down, holding the while rolling off six points. There were two ties and four lead changes in the next minute and a half Redbirds to just a late field goal as the teams headed to the After the intermission, the momentum continued in Eastern’s until the Minutewomen took a lead they would not relinquish on basket by locker with ISU leading 38-31. direction via a 6-0 run while holding Wright State scoreless for Rosanio at the 2:38 mark. The Minutewomen pushed their lead to three Following the intermission the streaky play continued as nearly four minutes. Dressing just seven players, WSU suffered points, 79-76, on a pair of free throws. Illinois State used a 10-2 run to expand its margin to 15, 48- a major loss as Crayton picked up her fourth foul of the contest Then the scoring went silent for both squads until McKinney went to 33, forcing the Eagles to burn a timeout with 17:14 to play. with 17:32 left in the period. the charity stripe with :27 seconds left. On the ensuing possession, EMU But like before the Eagles held the Redbirds scoreless for more With the game’s leading scorer on the bench, the EMU lead immediately fouled Benton who made both her free throws to put UMass than eight minutes while pulling within eight points, 50-42, via grew to 17, 55-38, off of seven points from McKinney. The up 81-77 with :26 seconds left. a 9-0 run of their own. deficit could have been more but the Green and White VanMetre connected on her third three-point field goal of the game with ISU was able to get back into the scorebook with 8:38 to struggled from the charity stripe making just three of 12 shots :14 seconds left to cut UMass’ lead to one, 81-80. Benton was fouled play as Shelton made consecutive lay-ups to end the drought. to open the half. again and this time she made just one leaving the door open for Eastern Eastern continued to step up the defense, cutting the deficit EMU kept firing on all cylinders as the defense clamped Michigan. to six, 59-53, on a McKinney lay-up with 2:45 to go. The margin down, as the EMU edge grew to as many as 17 points, 55- McKinney drove to the basket and laid up a shot that rimmed out, got even smaller when Kelly Watts grabbed a rebound and was 38, with 11:32 to play. However, Crayton returned to the floor UMass grabbed the carom and forced EMU to foul to stop the clock. fouled at the 2:29 mark, she was able to sink both free throws Tamara Tatham went to the line but was only able to make one, leaving with 10 minutes to play in the half, keying a 9-4 run that included to make it 59-55. EMU one last chance down three-points, 83-80, with five seconds left. back-to-back three-pointers from Steph Comisar to make it With the game in the balance, ISU’s Krick drilled a long- Pittman had a look, but her shot bounced off the back of the rim as 59-47. The margin would shirk to eight, 60-52, as Kanisha Ward distance three-pointer to make it 62-55 with 1:01 left to seal Massachusetts was able to hold on for the victory. sank a pair of free throw, but that would be all the closer they the victory. EMU would not score the rest of the way as the could get as EMU closed the game on a 16-7 run. ‘Birds converted on its free throw to take the 68-55 decision. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 20

Eastern Michigan 64, Furman 62 Western Carolina 69, Eastern Michigan 61 Eastern Michigan 80, Northern Illinois 66 Dec. 28, 2006 • Timmons Arena • Greenville, S.C. Dec. 30, 2006 • Ramsey Center • Cullowhee, N.C. Jan. 3, 2007 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN VanMetre* 8-14 0-1 3-4 12 1 19 36 VanMetre* 4-14 0-5 1-2 6 0 9 34 VanMetre* 11-17 4-8 3-4 13 3 29 40 Hanley* 2-5 0-0 5-7 4 1 9 19 Hanley* 0-4 0-0 6-8 4 1 6 28 Hanley* 3-5 0-0 22 4 3 8 29 McKinney* 0-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 22 McKinney* 6-11 0-1 2-4 5 2 14 35 McKinney* 11-19 0-1 2-4 8 1 24 40 Tyson* 1-3 0-0 5-6 2 5 7 18 Tyson* 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 14 Pittman* 3-6 1-3 4-4 4 2 11 28 Pittman* 6-14 5-10 1-2 2 1 18 30 Pittman* 3-6 2-5 2-2 2 2 10 30 Gallert* 1-3 1-3 0-1 4 9 3 38 Land 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Land 2-3 0-0 1-1 1 0 5 3 Land 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 9 Yamanoglu 1-4 1-4 0-0 3 4 3 18 Yamanoglu 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 4 16 Yamanoglu 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Williams 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 Williams 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 9 Gallert 0-2 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 22 Gallert 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 20 Tyson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Malatinsky 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 6 Malatinsky 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Watts 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Watts 3-7 0-0 2-3 5 0 8 21 Watts 3-4 1-1 4-4 2 0 11 14 Totals 31-58 7-17 11-15 38 19 80 200 Totals 21-58 6-19 16-22 39 17 64 200 Totals 21-51 3-14 16-21 27 9 61 200 NIU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN FURMAN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN WCU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Lowe* 4-9 1-4 0-0 2 0 9 27 McKimie* 6-13 0-0 0-0 8 0 12 25 Johnson, J.* 1-4 0-0 0-0 5 0 2 18 Wiener* 10-17 0-0 1-2 3 0 21 40 Lange* 1-6 0-0 4-4 5 2 6 27 Lamitie* 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 12 Wilcox* 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 23 Phelps* 3-8 0-0 6-6 9 8 12 33 Dawson* 3-9 0-2 4-7 0 4 10 19 Raymond* 7-13 3-6 0-0 6 9 17 40 Stephens* 5-10 1-5 0-0 4 1 11 35 Keith* 5-8 0-1 3-5 8 4 13 34 Basic* 3-10 2-4 0-0 3 7 8 31 Liebschwager* 3-9 1-2 0-0 1 4 7 32 Powell* 6-10 2-2 2-3 1 1 16 32 York 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 1 6 17 Baker 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 8 Swayne 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 7 Batteast 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 5 Holtfreter 1-1 1-1 1-2 2 1 4 7 Pellom 3-8 0-0 3-4 6 4 9 27 Michels 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 8 Gilmore 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 Johnson, B. 3-9 1-2 3-7 14 0 10 26 Smith 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 9 Johnson 5-8 0-0 0-0 3 1 10 22 Feemster 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Totals 28-62 9-21 1-2 26 19 66 200 Agin 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Eaton 4-8 0-0 1-6 5 0 9 23 Petersen 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Totals 25-59 3-8 16-32 49 13 69 200 Northern Illinois 32 34 — 66 Totals 24-58 3-8 11-12 34 17 62 200 Eastern Michigan 37 43 — 80 Eastern Michigan 26 35 — 61 Eastern Michigan 25 39 — 64 Western Carolina 36 33 — 69 Turnovers: EMU 15, NIU 15 Furman 29 33 — 62 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, NIU 2 Turnovers: EMU 20, WCU 24 Steals: EMU 8, NIU 8 Turnovers: EMU 16, FUR 16 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, WCU 4 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .534, NIU .452 Blocked Shots: EMU 0, FUR 5 Steals: EMU 12, WCU 8 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .412, NIU .429 Steals: EMU 9, FUR 4 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .412, WCU .424 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .733, NIU .500 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .362, FUR .414 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .214, WCU .375 Officials: Mayer, Bomeli, Del Duco 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .316, FUR .375 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .762, WCU .500 Attendance: 258 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .727, FUR .917 Officials: Lewis, Ball, Miller Officials: Sisk, Hardcastle, Fountain Attendance: 218 Attendance: 301

EAGLES RALLY FOR A HARD-FOUGHT 64-62 WIN AT FURMAN: EASTERN FALLS SHORT AT WESTERN CAROLINA: EMU OPENS MAC PLAY, DOWNING NIU 80-66: Senior forward Sarah VanMetre scored a game-high 19 points and The EMU women’s basketball team closed the non-confer- The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team grabbed 12 rebounds as the EMU women’s basketball team rallied from ence portion of the schedule on a down note, falling 69-61 to opened Mid-American Conference play with an 80-66 victory a double-digit deficit to claim a 64-62 victory Thursday night here at Western Carolina Saturday afternoon here at the Ramsey over Northern Illinois here Wednesday night in the Convocation Timmons Arena. Center. The Eagles again found themselves in a big hole late Center. Senior forward Sarah VanMetre led the Eagles (6- Furman, who led by as many as 10 points in the second half, held a in the first half and were able to close the gap in the second 6, 1-0 MAC) scoring a career-high 29 points with 13 rebounds 60-59 edge with 5:15 remaining in the game, Eastern responded as half, but the Catamounts were too much to overtake down the while connecting on 11-of-17 shots from the field and 4-of-8 freshman Alyssa Pittman connected on her fifth three-point field goal stretch. from three-point land. The win was also the first MAC victory of the night with just under four minutes left in the second half. After a lay- With the loss EMU falls to 5-6 while WCU improves to 8-5. for EMU’s interim head coach Shane Clipfell who is filling in up tied the contest at 62, freshman Kelly Watts ripped down an Junior Patrice McKinney led the Eagles with 14 points and for head coach Suzy Merchant currently on a maternity offensive rebound and was able to lay a shot off the glass with 1:16 left five rebounds while freshman Kelly Watts finished with 11 leave. on the clock to provide the game’s final margin. Furman had one final points. Freshman Alyssa Pittman was the only other EMU player Hot shooting by Eastern was the story of the game as the chance to either tie or win the game with :20 seconds remaining, but in double figures, as senior Sarah VanMetre was held below Eagles shot a blistering 53 percent from the field hitting 31- stellar EMU defense prevented FU from getting off a desperation shot as her 17 points-per-game average, posting just nine points in the of-58 shots while connecting on 9-of-21 from behind the three- time expired. loss. point arc. NIU made 28-of-62 shots at a 45 percent clip. As has been the story most of the year, VanMetre led the Eagles in Four Catamounts reached double-digits in points, including EMU had two other players in double figures as junior guard scoring and rebounding, collecting her fifth double-double of the cam- Brooke Johnson with 10 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Patrice McKinney just missed her career-high of 25 points paign. Pittman turned in 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting. The Eagles’ were Lauren Powell scored 16, Chevon Keith had 13 and Monique tallying 24 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field with eight able to rally for the victory despite junior Patrice McKinney struggling; Dawson posted 10. rebounds. Freshman guard Alyssa Pittman added 11 points, she finished with no points and just two caroms. Both sides were evenly matched out of the gate, with the four rebounds and three steals. The Paladins raced out of the gates, making their first five shots to take team’s tied at 8-8 after four minutes of play. McKinney poured The game was nip and tuck over the first seven minutes of a 10-5 edge with 17:12 left in the period. But a three-pointer and a fast- in four the Eagles points, while Chevon Keith combined for the second half with EMU holding a slim five point advantage, break lay-up by Pittman pulled EMU within a pair, 14-12, but then the scoring for the Eagles went silent. Furman would roll off 11 of the next seven of the Catamonts scores. Then WCU went on an 8-0 run 49-44. Canea Williams connected on a three-pointer and EMU 12 points to take its biggest advantage of the stanza at 12, 25-13, with as the Eagles suffered though a five minute scoring drought retained possession on a foul away from the basket. Amber 4:51 to play in the half. Eastern was able to end the nearly nine-minute until freshman Kelly Watts was able to corral an offensive Land made the most of the opportunity connecting on a layup long field goal drought at the 4:35 mark, as VanMetre laid one off the rebound and put the shot back up with 11:11 left. Pittman then to give the Eagles a 57-49 lead with nine minutes left in the glass to make it 25-15. Eastern was able to chip away at the deficit via connected on back-to-back three-pointers to knot the score game. EMU kept up the pressure, going on a 7-0 run to increase a 10-4 run, to trail by just five, 29-25, at the break. at 16-16 with just over ten minutes left in the half. its lead to 64-49. NIU would not go away as the Huskies cut Following the intermission, Eastern was able to cut the difference to The paced picked up as EMU three consecutive fast-break the margin to, 64-56, before VanMetre hit a deep three-pointer three, 29-26, thanks to a free throw by freshman Emily Hanley. A 10- lay-ups to take a 22-20 edge with 6:58 to play. However, that to beat the shot clock and put EMU up by 11, 67-56. EMU went 3 run by FU made with 39-26 with just over 16 minutes left, but and again would the Eagles’ last lead of the game as Western Carolina on to outscore NIU 13-10 down the stretch en route to the 80- it was time for the Eagles to respond with a run of their own. Over the next would close the half on a 16-4 run to take a 36-26 led into the 66 victory. four minutes Eastern out-scored Furman 13-to-7, cutting the difference locker room. EMU came out of the gate on a 13-4 run over the first five to a point, 46-45, on a Watts lay-up with 12:25 showing on the clock. Following the break the Eagles looked on a mission, posting minutes of the game. A VanMetre three extended the Eagles’ The momentum continued to roll in the favor of the Green and White as a 10-4 run over the opening five minutes of the half, cutting lead to 18-7 at the 13-minute mark. Kendra Gallert connected Pittman knocked down a trey at the 11:38 mark to give EMU its first lead the difference to just four, 40-36, with 14:44. But the ‘Cats on another three followed by a McKinney layup gave EMU a at 48-46. The Eastern edge would grow to five points, 59-54, with 6:22 would control the next two minutes, pushing the advantage commanding 23-7 lead. Northern Illinois responded with an 8- to go as VanMetre made an easy lay-up. back to double-figures on an Ashley Pellom fast-break lay-up. 2 run to cut the lead to 10 at 25-15 with 8:49 left in the half. Once more it would be the host squad using a 6-0 run over the next WCU’s lead grew to as many as 16 points, 61-45, as Brooke The Huskies kept chipping away with yet another run, minute to regain control of the lead at 60-59. Then the momentum Johnson made a pair of free-throws with 6:45 to go. Once again outscoring the Eagles 13-4 to pull within one, 29-28, at the 4:51 switched again in the favor of the Eagles, as the defense stepped up it was the pesky Eagles chipping away at the deficit, making mark. Kristen Wiener hit a turn-a-round jumper to give NIU the limiting the Paladins to just one field goal in their last seven offensive a fast and furious a 16-5 run over the next six minutes to pull led, 30-29. VanMetre and McKinney hit back-to-back layups possessions of the game. within five at 66-61. to give EMU a 33-30 advantage with 1:41 remaining. The However, that would be all the close the Green and White Eagles added two baskets to take a 37-32 lead into the would get as WCU made 3-of-4 free throws during the final :42 lockerroom at halftime. seconds to seal the eight-point decision, 69-61. THREE CONSECUTIVE 20-OR-MORE VICTORY SEASONS PAGE 21

Eastern Michigan 58, Toledo 53 Eastern Michigan 79, Western Michigan 58 Ball State 55, Eastern Michigan 46 Jan. 6, 2007 • John F. Savage Hall • Toledo, Ohio Jan. 10, 2007 • University Arena • Kalamazoo, Mich. Jan. 13, 2007 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN VanMetre* 5-12 2-4 7-7 11 0 19 39 VanMetre* 11-23 5-9 0-0 9 0 27 34 VanMetre* 1-7 1-2 2-2 4 0 5 27 Hanley* 0-5 0-0 3-4 3 0 3 23 Hanley* 7-9 0-0 1-2 7 1 15 26 Hanley* 3-6 0-0 2-4 1 0 8 31 McKinney* 6-10 0-0 3-6 12 3 15 30 McKinney* 2-9 0-0 0-0 5 3 4 21 McKinney* 4-8 0-1 2-6 12 3 10 37 Pittman* 0-6 0-5 0-0 0 0 0 12 Pittman* 8-17 3-8 0-0 5 0 19 29 Pittman* 5-12 4-11 0-0 3 1 14 30 Gallert* 0-4 0-4 0-0 2 1 0 19 Gallert* 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 6 0 32 Gallert* 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 3 0 23 Land 1-4 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 9 Land 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Land 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 5 Yamanoglu 2-5 0-1 0-0 3 1 4 12 Yamanoglu 2-5 1-2 1-1 2 6 6 17 Yamanoglu 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 4 Williams 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 0 5 13 Williams 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 6 Williams 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 Tyson 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 4 4 21 Tyson 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 7 Tyson 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 12 Malatinsky 2-4 2-4 0-0 2 0 6 13 Compton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Malatinsky 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 0 3 9 Watts 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 9 Warren 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 Watts 0-1 0-1 2-2 4 0 2 19 Totals 20-58 5-20 13-18 42 9 58 200 Malatinsky 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 6 Totals 16-47 6-21 8-14 33 9 46 200 Watts 3-7 0-0 0-0 3 1 6 15 UT FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Russell 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 BSU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Scotton* 6-12 0-0 3-4 8 0 15 33 Totals 34-76 9-20 2-3 46 20 79 200 McDonald* 3-7 2-5 2-2 3 3 10 37 Johnson* 0-4 0-0 2-2 3 2 2 15 Rusche* 3-9 0-0 0-0 8 0 6 20 Stocks* 2-5 1-3 0-1 2 3 5 31 WMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Green* 3-7 1-2 3-4 4 2 10 36 Clifton* 0-3 0-0 1-2 5 0 1 12 Brown* 2-6 0-0 0-2 7 1 4 24 Corbin* 6-11 0-1 0-2 1 6 12 36 Clark* 1-8 0-1 0-4 4 0 2 24 Parker* 1-7 0-3 2-2 1 0 4 13 DeMuth* 3-11 0-0 7-10 14 2 13 36 Bishop 3-6 1-2 1-1 3 1 8 20 DeLaHoussaye*3-10 0-1 2-2 7 5 8 36 Bolte 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 12 Zeller 0-5 0-5 0-0 2 3 0 22 Dreher* 1-7 0-0 2-2 3 0 4 21 Procter 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Reindl 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 20 Moore* 8-23 1-4 12-14 13 2 29 37 Bajorek 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 4 21 McNulty 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Ciba 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 8 Totals 20-51 3-11 12-18 37 13 55 200 Terry 3-4 1-2 3-4 2 1 10 11 Dwyer 1-4 0-0 1-1 3 0 3 20 Werner 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 6 9 Vest 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 13 Ball State 19 36 — 55 Totals 20-57 3-13 10-18 41 12 53 200 Thelen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Eastern Michigan 25 21 — 46 Watkins 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 5 Eastern Michigan 28 30 — 58 Smith 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 Turnovers: EMU 20, BSU 15 Toledo 30 23 — 53 Loney 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 15 Blocked Shots: EMU 1, BSU 2 Owens 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 Steals: EMU 6, BSU 13 Turnovers: EMU 11, UT 12 DeNooyer 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .340, BSU .392 Blocked Shots: EMU 0, UT 2 Totals 19-67 1-10 19-23 46 9 58 200 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .286, BSU .273 Steals: EMU 8, UT 4 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .571, BSU .667 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .345, UT .351 Eastern Michigan 33 46 — 79 Officials: Ratliff, Smith-McGee, Johnson 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .250, UT .231 Western Michigan 29 29 — 58 Attendance: 397 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .722, UT .556 Officials: Gebhardtm DeMinico, McMullen Turnovers: EMU 13, WMU 19 Attendance: 1,630 Blocked Shots: EMU 5, WMU 6 COLD SHOOTING DOOMS EASTERN VERSUS BALL STATE: Steals: EMU 8, WMU 5 Cold shooting and turnovers plagued the Eastern Michigan EAGLES SURVIVES A SCARE AT TOLEDO, 58-53: Field Goal Pct.: EMU .447, WMU .284 University women’s basketball team in a 55-46 setback to Ball Senior Patrice McKinney’s fast break lay-up with 3:34 to 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .450, WMU .100 State Saturday night here at the Convocation Center. The play sealed the EMU women’s basketball team’s 58-53 come- Eagles shot just 34 percent (16-of-47), along with committing from-behind victory over the University of Toledo Saturday Free Throw Pct.: EMU .667, WMU .826 20 turnovers as the Cardinals rallied from a six-point halftime night here at Savage Hall. The Eagles, who trailed 30-28 at Officials: Trammell, Stewarr, Applegate deficit. halftime, used stellar defense and clutch shooting by McKinney Attendance: 1,022 The loss drops EMU to 8-7 (3-1 MAC) and ends the Eagles and senior Sarah VanMetre to seal the team’s 10th consecu- EMU DOMINATES INSTATE RIVAL WMU, 79-58: 11-game conference winning streak and 16-game conference tive Mid-American Conference victory. Behind a solid defensive performance and quick first and home-court winning streak. On the other side of the floor, the As has been the story all season for Eastern, VanMetre second half starts, the EMU women’s basketball team (8-6) won Ball State improved to 13-2 and 4-0 in the MAC. turned in her seventh double-double of the year with 19 points their third straight Mid-American Conference game, 79-58 The Eagles were led by freshman Alyssa Pittman who and 11 rebounds. McKinney finished with 15 points, 12 boards, over the Western Michigan Broncos (7-10) here at University scored a team-high 14 points. Patrice McKinney recorded four steals and three assists as EMU shot just 34.5 percent Arena. her sixth double-double of the year, scoring 10 points and (20-of-58) for the game. In a battle of the of the MAC’s two most prolific scorers, grabbing 12 rebounds. Ball State was led by Julie Demuth who Both teams struggled out of the gates, as the squads EMU senior forward Sarah VanMetre, went 11-for-23 overall scored 13 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. combined for just 2-of-13 shooting during the first 4:30 as and 5-of-9 from behind the arc, finished with 27 points and nine EMU’s defense was able to control the tempo and slow down Toledo took an early 3-2 edge. rebounds on the night. On the other side of the court, WMU’s the Cardinals fast offense. The plan was effective as the The pace would pick up as Toledo would use a 4-0 run but Carrie Moore finished with a game-best 29 points and 13 Eagles limited the Cardinals to 55 points which was their lowest Eastern answered with a 6-0 run of its own to even the score rebounds. output of the season. However, EMU turned the ball over 20 at 11. Five consecutive points by VanMetre put the Eagles Two other Eagles reach double figures, with freshmen times, leading to a 23-7 advantage in turnover points for Ball ontop, 16-11, but Toledo would respond with a run of its own Alyssa Pittman scoring 19 and Emily Hanley pouring in 15 State. to tie the game at 16. The game would remained nip and tuck points on the night Ball State opened up the game with five quick points, before until with 3:17 to play the EMU offense went silent. The Eagles rolled out of the gates on fire, as VanMetre EMU responded with a 7-0 run including big three-pointers from Over the half’s final three minutes, the Rockets used a 10- scored eight quick points and with two minutes gone VanMetre Pittman and senior Sarah VanMetre. Both teams then settled 0 run to take its biggest lead of the stanza at 30-24. However, had outscored the Broncos 8-2. Things continued to roll in the down defensively. The Eagles only held a slight 13-10 edge the period’s final :16 seconds belonged to EMU, as VanMetre favor of the Green and White and the cushion grew 10, 14-4, after 13 minutes of play. A three-pointer from Annie Malatinsky had a lay-up followed by a Kivilcim Yamanoglu steal and lay- on a Hanley fast break lay-up with 15:27 left in the half. Stellar started a 9-3 run for EMU, which featured dominant post play up to cut the difference to a pair, 30-28, at the half. EMU defense limited Western to just two field goals in the from freshman Emily Hanley. The Cardinals were then able After the intermission, the Eagles used a pair of field goals opening eight minutes as the Eagles led the way 17-4. to pull within five points of the Eagles, before Pittman by McKinney and two free-throws by VanMetre to once again WMU’s Carrie Moore, the nation’s leading scorer, finally go connected again from behind the arc. Ball State closed out even the score at 34. Freshman Emily Hanely drained two into the action and gave Western some momentum with a lay- the half with a pair of free throws, sending EMU into the locker free-throws with 15:54 showing to give the Green and White up and free-throw at the 9:42 mark followed by a fast break room with a 25-19 lead. the two-point, 36-34, lead but that was short-lived as Toledo’s three-point shot seconds later that brought the score to 24- Ball State took the lead in the second half with a 14-7 run Danielle Bishop drilled a three-point field goal with 14:43 left 14 with 9:02 remaining in the half. over the first six minutes of play. The Cardinal’s 33-32 to give the Rockets a three-point cushion at 39-36. Eastern cooled off, while Western Michigan was starting to advantage did not last for long though. EMU scored five The Rocket offense stuttered impart to good Eagle get into a rhythm, using a 18-10 run over the next nine minutes straight points off of another Pittman three and free-throws defense, as Toledo went nearly four minutes without a field to cut the deficit to just four, 33-29, as the team’s headed from freshman Kelly Watts. Ball State responded with a 7-0 goal scoring just three points from the charity stripe. However to the break. run of their own, giving them a 40-37 lead with just over nine the EMU offense could not muster much scoring as the margin The Eagles started the second half much like they began minutes to play. remained three, 46-43, with 9:43 remaining. the game. Opening with a 11-4 run sparked by senior Patrice With only five minutes remaining, the scored remained tight Each side traded possessions and points until with 3:34 McKinney, the Eagles were able to build their lead back and with a 43-42 Cardinals advantage. Ball State went on another remaining McKinney stole a pass and drove the length of the found themselves up 11, 44-33, with 15:44 remaining. 7-0 run, before EMU responded with two straight baskets from court for an easy lay-up to make it 53-52. Eastern would never A three-pointer followed by a fast break lay-up by Pittman Hanley and McKinney. Turnovers proved to be too costly relinquish the lead, holding Toledo scoreless over the game’s put the game out of reach for the Broncos, 64-42, with 8:00 though for the Eagles, as Ball State was able to force three final 5:01. EMU was 4-of-5 from the charity stripe down the remaining in the game. The Eagles increased their lead to as Eagles turnovers in the final 53 seconds of the game to close stretch to give the Eagles to five-point, 58-53, decision. much as 25 points in the second half, pressuring the Broncos on every possession. out a 55-46 victory. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 22

Eastern Michigan 77, Central Michigan 62 Eastern Michigan 69, Kent State 64 Jan. 17, 2007 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. Jan. 20, 2007 • M.A.C. Center • Kent, Ohio EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN VanMetre* 9-14 3-3 0-0 12 2 21 38 VanMetre* 6-15 2-6 3-6 4 4 17 37 Hanley* 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 21 Hanley* 1-4 0-0 0-0 8 1 2 18 McKinney* 6-10 0-0 0-0 6 5 12 18 McKinney* 5-13 0-3 3-6 6 1 13 35 Pittman* 7-13 5-11 4-5 2 2 23 36 Pittman* 7-10 6-9 6-8 3 1 26 30 Gallert* 4-5 3-4 0-0 5 8 11 35 Gallert* 0-5 0-3 0-0 3 6 0 36 Land 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Yamanoglu 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 10 Yamanoglu 2-3 0-1 1-2 4 3 5 18 Tyson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Williams 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 3 Malatinsky 0-2 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 6 Tyson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 5 Watts 4-8 1-3 0-0 12 0 9 24 Malatinsky 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Totals 24-60 9-26 12-20 42 13 69 200 Watts 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 17 Russell 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 KSU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Totals 30-54 11-19 6-9 41 23 77 200 Stewart* 5-9 0-0 3-3 10 2 13 34 Griffith* 3-6 0-0 0-2 6 0 6 23 CMU FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Scull* 1-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 11 Houghton* 3-10 0-0 0-0 4 2 6 21 Peoples* 4-11 2-4 7-8 1 3 17 36 Skufca* 7-15 1-1 0-0 0 4 15 35 James* 1-4 1-1 0-2 4 2 3 29 Verhoff* 4-9 0-1 2-2 7 2 10 23 Harkinds 2-5 0-1 2-2 2 0 6 29 Wilson* 1-7 0-3 3-3 0 5 5 36 Humes 5-15 0-3 0-0 5 0 10 23 Hurd* 5-11 1-2 0-0 6 1 11 30 LaFleur 3-8 0-0 1-2 5 0 7 15 Luckett 1-7 1-1 0-0 6 0 3 18 Totals 24-63 3-9 13-19 38 7 64 200 Chan 1-4 0-1 3-4 0 0 5 17 Szunko 3-6 0-1 1-1 3 2 7 20 Eastern Michigan 27 42 — 69 Totals 25-69 3-10 9-10 30 16 62 200 Kent State 28 36 — 64

Central Michigan 32 30 — 62 Turnovers: EMU 24, KSU 721 Eastern Michigan 32 45 — 77 Blocked Shots: EMU 5, KSU 3 Steals: EMU 9, KSU 12 Turnovers: EMU 18, CMU 7 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .400, KSU .381 Blocked Shots: EMU 3, CMU 3 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .346, KSU .333 Steals: EMU 4, CMU 12 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .600, KSU .684 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .556, CMU .362 Officials: Enlund, Morris, Capasso 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .579, CMU .300 Attendance: 870 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .667, CMU .900 Officials: Courteau, Mattingly, Enterline EMU WINS AT KENT STATE FOR THE FIRST-TIME SINCE 1990: Attendance: 278 The EMU women’s basketball team outscored Kent State University 20-11 over the final 7:10 of the second half to capture a 69-64 victory Saturday afternoon here at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. The victory marked the Eagles’ first victory in Kent, Ohio since a 75-54 triumph, Jan. 6, EMU ROLLS PAST CMU FOR 13th STRAIGHT TIME: 1990, and just the third in the program’s 31-year history. The EMU women’s basketball team won its 13th consecutive With the victory EMU is 10-7 and 5-1 in the Mid-American Conference while Kent State drops to 8-9 (4-2 MAC). Saturday was just the second loss the game against Central Michigan University, a 77-62 decision Golden Flashes have suffered in their last 26 games at the M.A.C. Center, Wednesday night here at the Convocation Center. Hot along with snapping Kent State’s 10-game home winning streak. shooting is essentially what gave Eastern Michigan control of Freshman Alyssa Pittman was the star of the game for the Eagles, the game from the start. As a team, the Eagles shot 57.9 finishing with 26 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including six three-pointers. percent (11-of-19) from three point range and 55.6 percent Senior Sarah VanMetre finished with 17 points, four rebounds, four (30-of-54) from the field. assists, three steals and two blocks while junior Patrice McKinney turned EMU improves to 9-7 (4-1 MAC) and while CMU drops to 9- in 13 points. Freshman Kelly Watts grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds 9 (1-4 MAC). along with nine points. The Eagles were led by senior Sarah VanMetre, who Out of the gate both sides were evenly matched with the contest knotted at recorded her eighth double-double and seventh 20-point game 7-7 after four minutes of action. However, the place would slow considerably, of the year, scoring 21 points and grabbing 12 boards. neither side was able score. Eastern’s scoring troubles continued until Freshman Alyssa Pittman also went 5-11 from long distance VanMetre drained a long-distance three-pointer with 6:09 to once again tie at 17. VanMetre’s bucket started the momentum swing to the Eagles’ favor, on her way to 23 points. The Chippewas were led by senior holding the Flashes without a score for nearly three minutes while stringing Ann Skufca who tallied 15 points. together seven points of their own to make it 21-17 with 4:13 showing on the Both the Eagles and Chippewas came out of the gate with clock. KSU and EMU would exchange scores and turnovers with the Golden similar results, knotted up in a 4-4 tie after 4:03 minutes of Flashes taking a slim 28-27 lead into the locker room. play. Then EMU caught fire. After a three pointer from Pittman, Eastern would come out of the intermission firing, rolling off the first six freshman Emily Hanley quickly stole the ball back off the points of the stanza to take a 33-28 lead with two minutes gone. Kent State inbounds, dishing to VanMetre for an easy deuce. The ensuing would answer with five points of its own before the offense went silent as EMU Chippewas possession was cut short by a block from would roll off five consecutive points from Pittman to take its biggest lead of the VanMetre, who found Patrice McKinney for another easy game at five, 38-33, with 16:11 showing. basket for the Eagles. EMU was able to jump out to an 11- Kent State would respond to retake control at 41-40, but EMU would regain 4 lead off the 7-0 run. the lead off a long-range triple by VanMetre. KSU would come back with a 5- CMU was able to bring it back to within five at 13-8, before 0 run but that was promptly answered by back-to-back threes by Pittman forcing KSU to burn a timeout with 8:54 to go in the game. Adjustments during Eastern went on a 13-2 run. This gave the Eagles a 26-11 the huddle would key a 7-0 Golden Flash run over the next two minutes advantage with less than eight minutes to play in the half. allowing KSU to hold a four point margin, 53-49, with 7:11 left. The momentum shifted to Central Michigan’s favor, as the The Green and White would respond with a 8-1 run of their own capped by Chippewas responded with a 21-6 run over the stanza’s final an easy lay-up by McKinney. All of the Eagles’ points came without leading 7:17, to tie the game at 32 heading into the locker room. scoring VanMetre on the floor as she suffered an appearance hand injury at Both teams exploded offensively coming out of the gate in the 5:07 mark and didn’t return to the floor for more than two minutes. the second half. After seven minutes of play, the Eagles had Pittman’s sixth trey of the afternoon and a McKinney lay-up and free throw scored 24 points compared to 15 from the Chippewas. EMU gave the Eagles a seven point edge, 63-56, with 2:05 remaining. A pair of free primarily found their success from behind the three point line, throws by Stewart pulled the Flashes closer and then the fouling began to send as Pittman connected three times from long distance and EMU to the free throw line. VanMetre was able to make the front end of the one- VanMetre connected twice. Another three-pointer from Gallert and-one situation but missed the second which was rebounded by McKinney gave the Eagles a 59-49 lead heading into the final 10 minutes to keep the clock rolling. Another foul sent Pittman to the line who was able to make both before of play. Peoples was able to race down the floor for the contest jumper to make it 66- The Eagles’ lead hovered around double digits, with Eastern 60 with 33 seconds still to play. VanMetre was once again fouled and made leading 66-54 with six minutes left to play. The rest of the game both tosses to expand the margin back to eight, 68-60. Peoples sank two free found each team trading baskets and foul shots, as Eastern throws for Kent State, but Pittman made one-of-two to keep it a three possession Michigan nabbed an 11-8 advantage on their way to the 77- game. The Flashes added a late score but it would be too little as Eastern 62 win. captured the 69-64 victory. EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2006-07 WOMEN' S BASKETBALL RESULTS Record: 10-7; 5-1 MAC Date Opponent Result Halftime Att High Scorer High Rebounder Nov. 17 NEW ORLEANS W, 93-69 39-30 339 VanMetre 21 McKinney 11 Nov. 18 MOREHEAD STATE W, 90-66 51-43 313 McKinney 25 McKinney 13 Nov. 22 OAKLAND L, 62-68 33-28 632 VanMetre 18 McKinney 13 Dec. 1 vs. Northern Arizona L, 69-89 33-38 2017 VanMetre 22 VanMetre/Russell 6 Dec. 2 vs. Boston University L, 59-65 20-27 2224 McKinney 24 McKinney 16 Dec. 6 DETROIT W, 71-55 33-30 360 VanMetre 20 McKinney 15 Dec. 9 at Wright State W, 76-59 40-33 228 Pittman 18 VanMetre 10 Dec. 13 at Massachusetts L, 80-83 33-48 457 Pittman 27 VanMetre 13 Dec. 17 at Illinois State L, 55-68 31-38 1091 VanMetre 22 VanMetre 9 Dec. 28 at Furman W, 64-62 25-29 301 VanMetre 19 VanMetre 12 Dec. 30 at Western Carolina L, 61-69 26-36 218 McKinney 14 VanMetre 6 Jan. 3 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) W, 80-66 37-32 258 VanMetre 29 VanMetre 13 Jan. 6 at Toledo* W, 58-53 28-30 1,630 VanMetre 19 McKinney 12 Jan. 10 at Western Michigan* W, 79-58 33-29 1,022 VanMetre 27 VanMetre 9 Jan. 13 BALL STATE* L, 46-55 25-19 397 Pittman 14 McKinney 12 Jan. 17 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* W, 77-62 32-32 278 Pittman 23 VanMetre 12 Jan. 20 at Kent State* W, 69-64 27-28 870 Pittman 26 Watts 12 Jan. 24 BUFFALO* Jan. 28 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) Feb. 3 at Akron* Feb. 7 at Miami* Feb. 10 OHIO* Feb. 14 at Northern Illinois* Feb. 17 TOLEDO* (DH) Feb. 21 WESTERN MICHIGAN* Feb. 24 at Ball State Feb. 28 at Central Michigan* Mar. 4 MAC Tournament $ Mar. 6 MAC Tournament $ Mar. 9 MAC Tournament $ Mar. 10 MAC Tournament $ * Mid-American Conference Game • $ Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, Ohio • Home Games in ALL CAPS

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME POINTS-REBOUNDING-ASSISTS TOTALS Opponent McKinney Land Yamanoglu Williams Tyson Compton Pittman VanMetre Hanley Gallert Malatinsky Watts Russell NEW ORLEANS 18-11-5 5-2-0 6-2-2 0-0-2 13-1-2 DNP 13-3-0 21-7-1 4-4-0 3-2-4 0-0-1 0-1-0 10-5-0 MOREHEAD STATE 23-13-2 0-1-0 18-4-4 DNP 3-1-2 DNP 12-2-1 12-10-6 8-6-2 4-2-7 3-0-0 3-7-0 2-3-1 OAKLAND 4-13-2 DNP 0-2-1 0-1-1 10-1-5 DNP 6-0-0 18-6-4 7-7-1 0-2-2 12-1-0 5-3-0 0-0-0 vs. Northern Arizona 7-1-1 0-1-0 3-3-0 2-1-2 7-2-3 DNP 5-1-1 22-6-1 15-6-1 0-2-7 6-1-0 2-0-0 0-6-1 vs. Boston University 24-16-4 DNP 0-3-1 DNP 2-5-0 DNP 6-2-2 10-8-1 11-10-0 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-2-0 6-3-0 DETROIT 16-15-5 DNP 6-2-1 0-0-0 2-1-2 DNP 2-2-1 20-12-2 8-7-2 8-2-2 0-0-0 5-3-0 4-2-0 at Wright State 17-6-3 0-1-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 6-0-4 0-1-0 18-2-0 16-10-0 2-6-3 2-1-4 3-0-0 8-5-1 2-5-0 at Massachusetts 19-2-6 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 2-0-1 DNP 27-1-0 17-13-3 0-2-0 5-5-1 3-0-1 4-5-0 5-3-0 at Illinois State 14-5-1 0-3-0 3-0-0 DNP 4-1-2 DNP 8-2-0 22-9-0 2-2-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 2-4-0 DNP at Furman 0-2-3 0-0-0 3-3-4 0-1-0 7-2-5 DNP 18-2-1 19-12-1 9-4-1 0-2-2 0-1-0 8-5-0 DNP at Western Carolina 14-5-2 5-1-0 4-1-2 0-0-0 0-2-2 DNP 10-2-2 9-6-0 6-4-1 2-1-0 0-0-0 11-2-0 DNP NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) 24-8-1 2-3-0 0-0-0 3-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 11-4-2 29-13-3 8-4-3 3-4-9 DNP 0-0-0 DNP at Toledo* 5-12-3 2-2-0 4-3-1 5-1-0 4-1-4 DNP 0-0-0 19-11-0 3-3-0 0-2-1 6-2-0 0-2-0 DNP at Western Michigan* 4-5-3 0-1-0 6-2-6 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 19-5-0 27-9-0 15-7-1 0-4-6 0-1-0 6-3-1 2-0-0 BALL STATE* 10-12-3 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-2 DNP 14-3-1 5-4-0 8-1-0 0-2-3 3-2-0 2-4-0 DNP CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 12-6-5 0-1-0 5-4-3 0-1-0 0-0-2 DNP 23-2-2 21-12-2 2-3-0 11-5-8 0-0-0 2-1-1 0-0-0 at Kent State* 13-6-1 DP 2-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 26-3-1 17-4-4 2-8-1 0-3-6 0-3-0 9-12-0 DNP BUFFALO* BOWLING GREEN* at Akron* at Miami* OHIO* at Northern Illinois* TOLEDO* (DH) WESTERN MICHIGAN* at Ball State at Central Michigan* MAC Tournament $ MAC Tournament $ MAC Tournament $ MAC Tournament $ EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 24

2006-07 EAGLES MAC-ONLY STATISTICS

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (5-1) (2-1) (3-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (5-1) (2-1) (3-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------24 VANMETRE, Sarah.... 6-6 215 35.8 43-88 .489 17-32 .531 15-19 .789 13 40 53 8.8 9 0 9 14 7 5 118 19.7 22 PITTMAN, Alyssa.... 6-6 165 27.5 30-64 .469 19-47 .404 14-17 .824 1 16 17 2.8 12 0 6 6 2 9 93 15.5 01 MCKINNEY, Patrice.. 6-6 181 30.2 34-69 .493 0-5 .000 10-22 .455 15 34 49 8.2 20 0 16 28 5 11 78 13.0 30 HANLEY, Emily...... 6-6 148 24.7 15-31 .484 0-0 .000 8-12 .667 10 16 26 4.3 16 0 5 11 2 8 38 6.3 11 YAMANOGLU, Kivilcim 6-0 63 10.5 8-18 .444 1-4 .250 2-3 .667 3 6 9 1.5 9 0 10 6 0 2 19 3.2 35 WATTS, Kelly...... 6-0 86 14.3 8-20 .400 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 12 10 22 3.7 15 1 2 7 0 2 19 3.2 32 GALLERT, Kendra.... 6-6 183 30.5 5-21 .238 4-17 .235 0-1 .000 3 17 20 3.3 6 0 33 12 0 3 14 2.3 12 WILLIAMS, Canea.... 5-0 34 6.8 3-8 .375 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 1 3 4 0.8 1 0 2 1 0 2 9 1.8 33 MALATINSKY, Annie.. 5-0 38 7.6 3-8 .375 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 1 7 8 1.6 3 0 0 4 0 0 9 1.8 52 RUSSELL, Colleen... 2-0 4 2.0 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.0 15 TYSON, Brittany.... 6-0 52 8.7 3-15 .200 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 3 4 0.7 1 0 10 10 0 1 6 1.0 03 LAND, Amber...... 5-0 29 5.8 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4 4 8 1.6 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.8 20 COMPTON, Amanda.... 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 23 WARREN, Carla...... 1-0 1 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 9 12 21 3.5 0 0 ------Total...... 6 1200 155-353 .439 47-123 .382 52-79 .658 73 169 242 40.3 96 1 93 101 16 43 409 68.2 Opponents...... 6 1200 136-369 .369 22-74 .297 64-90 .711 79 139 218 36.3 79 1 76 89 18 54 358 59.7

TEAM STATISTICS EMU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 409 358 *01-03-07 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 80-66 258 Points per game...... 68.2 59.7 *01-06-07 at Toledo W 58-53 1630 Scoring margin...... +8.5 - *01-10-07 at Western Michigan W 79-58 1022 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 155-353 136-369 *01-13-07 BALL STATE L 46-55 397 Field goal pct...... 439 .369 *01-17-07 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W 77-62 278 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 47-123 22-74 *01-20-07 at Kent State W 69-64 870 3-point FG pct...... 382 .297 * = Mid-American Conference game 3-pt FG made per game.. 7.8 3.7 ! = Eagle Classic (Ypsilanti, Mich.) FREE THROWS-ATT...... 52-79 64-90 @ = Wells Fargo Holiday Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Free throw pct...... 658 .711 # = MAC Tournament (Cleveland, Ohio) REBOUNDS...... 242 218 Rebounds per game...... 40.3 36.3 Rebounding margin...... +4.0 - ASSISTS...... 93 76 Assists per game...... 15.5 12.7 TURNOVERS...... 101 89 Turnovers per game..... 16.8 14.8 Turnover margin...... -2.0 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.9 0.9 STEALS...... 43 54 Steals per game...... 7.2 9.0 BLOCKS...... 16 18 Blocks per game...... 2.7 3.0 WINNING STREAK...... 2 - Home win streak...... 1 - ATTENDANCE...... 933 3522 Home games-Avg/Game.... 3-311 3-1174 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Eastern Michigan...... 182 227 - 409 Opponents...... 170 188 - 358 2005-06 MAC WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONS PAGE 25

2006-07 EAGLES 17-GAME STATISTICS

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (10-7) (5-2) (5-3) (0-2) CONFERENCE...... (5-1) (2-1) (3-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (5-6) (3-1) (2-3) (0-2)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------24 VANMETRE, Sarah.... 17-17 589 34.6 111-236 .470 32-73 .438 50-68 .735 44 108 152 8.9 36 1 28 30 11 14 304 17.9 01 MCKINNEY, Patrice.. 17-17 510 30.0 95-223 .426 2-19 .105 44-79 .557 41 97 138 8.1 60 2 50 58 14 41 236 13.9 22 PITTMAN, Alyssa.... 17-12 395 23.2 73-172 .424 50-128 .391 22-31 .710 6 30 36 2.1 30 0 14 22 4 23 218 12.8 30 HANLEY, Emily...... 17-17 410 24.1 40-86 .465 0-2 .000 30-51 .588 41 43 84 4.9 49 2 16 33 5 24 110 6.5 35 WATTS, Kelly...... 17-0 221 13.0 23-61 .377 5-14 .357 16-24 .667 30 29 59 3.5 36 1 4 16 2 6 67 3.9 11 YAMANOGLU, Kivilcim 17-4 232 13.6 25-58 .431 6-22 .273 8-15 .533 8 23 31 1.8 28 0 25 25 2 11 64 3.8 15 TYSON, Brittany.... 17-7 262 15.4 22-61 .361 1-4 .250 17-21 .810 4 16 20 1.2 21 0 38 36 0 10 62 3.6 52 RUSSELL, Colleen... 10-0 81 8.1 15-37 .405 0-0 .000 1-5 .200 17 10 27 2.7 14 1 2 8 4 2 31 3.1 33 MALATINSKY, Annie.. 16-0 122 7.6 12-29 .414 12-27 .444 0-1 .000 2 10 12 0.8 8 0 3 7 0 0 36 2.3 32 GALLERT, Kendra.... 17-11 439 25.8 13-52 .250 8-41 .195 2-3 .667 8 33 41 2.4 21 0 69 32 2 18 36 2.1 03 LAND, Amber...... 12-0 57 4.8 6-15 .400 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 7 10 17 1.4 12 0 0 3 1 0 14 1.2 12 WILLIAMS, Canea.... 12-0 79 6.6 4-18 .222 2-10 .200 1-2 .500 3 4 7 0.6 2 0 7 5 0 4 11 0.9 20 COMPTON, Amanda.... 2-0 2 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 23 WARREN, Carla...... 1-0 1 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 26 29 55 3.2 0 0 ------Total...... 17 3400 439-1050 .418 118-341 .346 193-303 .637 238 443 681 40.1 317 7 256 276 45 153 1189 69.9 Opponents...... 17 3400 407-1012 .402 71-206 .345 226-340 .665 219 435 654 38.5 273 7 238 289 47 133 1111 65.4

TEAM STATISTICS EMU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1189 1111 !11-17-06 NEW ORLEANS W 93-69 339 Points per game...... 69.9 65.4 !11-18-06 MOREHEAD STATE W 90-66 313 Scoring margin...... +4.6 - 11-22-06 OAKLAND L 62-68 632 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 439-1050 407-1012 @12-01-06 vs Northern Arizona L 69-89 2017 Field goal pct...... 418 .402 @12-02-06 vs Boston University L 59-65 2224 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 118-341 71-206 12-06-06 DETROIT W 71-55 360 3-point FG pct...... 346 .345 12-09-06 at Wright State W 76-59 228 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.9 4.2 12-13-06 at Massachusetts L 80-83 457 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 193-303 226-340 12-17-06 at Illinois State L 55-68 1091 Free throw pct...... 637 .665 12-28-06 at Furman W 64-62 301 REBOUNDS...... 681 654 12-30-06 at Western Carolina L 61-69 218 Rebounds per game...... 40.1 38.5 *01-03-07 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 80-66 258 Rebounding margin...... +1.6 - *01-06-07 at Toledo W 58-53 1630 ASSISTS...... 256 238 *01-10-07 at Western Michigan W 79-58 1022 Assists per game...... 15.1 14.0 *01-13-07 BALL STATE L 46-55 397 TURNOVERS...... 276 289 *01-17-07 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W 77-62 278 Turnovers per game..... 16.2 17.0 *01-20-07 at Kent State W 69-64 870 Turnover margin...... +0.8 - * = Mid-American Conference game Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.9 0.8 ! = Eagle Classic (Ypsilanti, Mich.) STEALS...... 153 133 @ = Wells Fargo Holiday Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Steals per game...... 9.0 7.8 # = MAC Tournament (Cleveland, Ohio) BLOCKS...... 45 47 Blocks per game...... 2.6 2.8 WINNING STREAK...... 2 - Home win streak...... 1 - ATTENDANCE...... 2577 10058 Home games-Avg/Game.... 7-368 8-727 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-2120

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Eastern Michigan...... 546 643 - 1189 Opponents...... 550 561 - 1111