2002-03 Women's Basketball Release, Nov. 18
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Wisconsin Sports Information 1440 Monroe Street Madison, WI 53711 Contact: Tam Flarup WISCONSIN Ph: 608-263-5502 Fax: 608-265-8051 2002-03 Women’s Basketball Release, Nov. 18 Email: [email protected] Web Site: UWBADGERS.COM QUICK FACTS UPCOMING EVENTS All Times Central Fri. Nov. 22 at Northern Illinois (Open Convocation Center) 7 p.m. 2002–03 Record: 0-0 SUN. NOV. 24 UW-GREEN BAY, Kohl Center 1:30 p.m. Big Ten Record: 0-0 National Rank: NA WISCONSIN OPENS SEASON AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS FRIDAY Wisconsin (0-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) concluded its exhibition season with a 1-1 record hav- Head Coach: Jane Albright ing defeated Lithuania 84-72 in its second game Thursday. UW opened its ninth season UW Record: 154-86/8th year under Jane Albright and its 29th season in school history on Nov. 10 with an 85-72 loss to Career Record: 342-196/18th year the Wisconsin AAU Select team in exhibition game at the Kohl Center. Assistant Coaches: Kate Peterson, Al Brown, The season opens this week with a return to Jane Albright’s old stomping ground at Erika Lang-Montgomery Northern Illinois University (0-0) in DeKalb. Albright became the winningest coach in NIU history with a 188-110 mark during her 10-year tenure prior to coming to Wisconsin.The STORYLINES Badgers will be the first ‘official’game in the new NIU Convocation Center. Sunday UW’s home season begins playing host to UW-Green Bay at 1:30 p.m. in the • The Badgers are 1-1 in exhbitions as they Kohl Center. The Phoenix are on the road at Illinois Friday before coming to Madison. open Jane Albright’s ninth season at her old stomping grounds at Northern Illinois Friday WISCONSIN’S PERSONNEL • Albright is the winningest women’s basketball The Badgers return two starters from last season’s 19-12 team that qualified for it’s sec- coach at UW and has directed the Badgers to ond-straight NCAA tournament.The top returning scorer is starting center Emily seven post-season apperarances in the last eight Ashbaugh who averaged 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.The other starter returning years. is senior Kristi Seeger with 3.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game average last season.Both players had double figure scoring in the opening exhibition,Ashbaugh with 17 points and • UW returns just two starters from last year’s nine boards,and Seeger with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Seeger had 14 points and nine team that established a school record 15-straight boards in the second exhibition. wins enroute to a 19-12 record and NCAA first Albright experimented with several combinations in exhibition play. Sophomore round appearance. guard Stephanie Rich (3.2 ppg) doubled at point and shooting guard.She had 16 points • The starting lineups are not yet set but one each in the exhibition games.Senior Leah Hefte (3.0 ppg) and sophomore Ebba Gebisa starter will likely be the leading returning scorer, (5.0 ppg,3.5 rpg) both started the opening games. E Gebisa led all scores in the second 6-5 junior center Emily Ashbaugh, who averaged exhibition with 20 points including making 10-of-12 foul shots. Four newcomers also had 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds last year. their debut including the tallest player to ever play for Wisconsin, 6-7 Lello Gebisa. The junior center came off the bench to score 16 points in both exhibition games • Lello Gebisa, a 6-7 junior transfer, will join and added 16 rebounds against Lithuania.She leads the team in scoring with Rich,both at the Badgers this season. When teamed with 16.0 points per game and averaged 12 rebounds in the two outings. Seeger also averaged a Asbbaugh and her 6-3 sister, Ebba, UW has the double-double with 12.0 points and 10 rebounds per game. tallest front line in the Big Ten. BADGER LINEUPS UW Returnees (2001–02 pts/rebs) 44–Emily Ashbaugh 6-5 Jr. C Woodinville, WA 6.8 4.9 1.3 blk 43–Kristi Seeger 6-0 Sr. F Stoughton, WI 3.8 3.9 11–Stephanie Rich 5-11 So. G Crawfordsville, IA 3.2 2.4 22–Leah Hefte 5-11 Sr. G McFarland, WI 3.2 1.0 .333 % 3pt 25–Ebba Gebisa 6-3 So. F West Lafayette, IN 4.9 3.4 40–Shawna Nicols 5-10 So. G Milwaukee, WI 0.6 0.5 UW Newcomers 14–Ashley Josephson 5-8 Fr. G Onalaska, WI 16.0 4.4 2.5 ast/3.5 stl. 20–Lello Gebisa 6-7 Sr/Jr. C West Lafayette, IN Transfer-0.9 pts., 1.1 rebs) 23–Jordan Wilson 6-1 Fr. F Naperville, IL 16.5 5.1 3.1 asst. 24–Erin Olson 5-9 Fr. G Waukesha, WI 13.8 4.3 34–Annie Nelson 6-1 Fr. F Hudson,WI 11.2 8.5 .530 fg% 35–Kjersten Bakke 5-11 Fr. F DeForest, WI 17.2 10.6 4.5 asst. LAST TIME OUT: VS. LITHUANIA Inspired play by junior center Lello Gebisa and critical foul shots by her sister, Ebba, con- QUICK FACTS tributed to a 16-6 late second half run that outdistanced the visiting Lithuanians, 84-72. Lello Gebisa came off the bench for 16 points and 16 rebounds,and Ebba led all scores with 20 ABOUT THE BADGERS points including 10-of-12 at the line. Guard Stephanie Rich had her second 16-point outing of Overall Record: . .19-12 the exhibition season while adding six assists. Kristi Seeger nearly collected her second- Big Ten Record: . .8-8 , T5th straight double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. Associated Press Media Poll . .NR USA Today Coaches Poll . .NR LAST TIME OUT: VS. WISCONSIN AAU TEAM BADGER STAFF The Wisconsin AAU Select squad including just-graduated Badger players Jessie Stomski and Head Coach . .Jane Albright Tamara Moore and former players Karie Cattanach and Dee Dee Pate, shot 81 percent from Alma Mater . .Appalachian State ‘76 beyond the arc burying nine-of-11 three pointers to lead 48-30 at the half.The team hit 15-25 Record at Wisconsin . .154-86 (8 years) treys for the game (60 percent). Wisconsin was down by as much as 30 in the second half,but Big Ten Record . .77-51 (8 years) came back to make it a game before losing 85-72.Anna DeForge led the all-stars with 21 Overall Record . .342-196 (18 years) points while Stomski had 13. Moore had eight points and six assists. All-Time UWRecord: 388-382 (.504) 28 years PRACTICE TIMES Al l - T ime Big Ten Record: 152-192 (.442) 20 years UW practices the first semester from 4:30-7 p.m.Monday-Friday at the Kohl Center main Al l - T ime Home Records: arena or practice pavilion. Practices are open to the media, however, all media members are 220-126 (.636) 28 years asked to contact Tam Flarup of the Wisconsin Sports Information Office in advance to arrange Kohl Center (since Jan. 98) . .52-14 (.787) interviews with the UW coaches and players.Monday and Tuesday are the designated inter- Albright’s Home Record: view days. 89-20 (.816 since 1994-95) WISCONSIN COACH JANE ALBRIGHT FUN FACTS Beginning her ninth season, Jane Albright earned her 150th victory at Wisconsin Jan. 13, 2002, and had one of her finest years last season as the winningest women’s basketball coach in BADGERS ARE CHAMPIONS Wisconsin history with a 154-86 (.642 percent) record. She has led UW to a school record eight consecutive winning seasons, seven post-season tournament bids and four 20-win seasons. High School Players of Year–3 Emily Ashbaugh Wisconsin has attended five NCAAtournaments and was the 2000 WNIT Champion and 1999 2000 Gatorade Washington Player of the WNIT runnerup champion. Year Shawna Nicols WISCONSIN CAPTAINS 2000 Gatorade Wisconsin State Player of the Seniors Kristi Seeger of Stoughton, Wis., and Leah Hefte of McFarland, Wis., and junior Year Emily Ashbaugh of Woodinville, Wash., were voted by the team as captains this season. Stephanie Rich Seeger and Ashbaugh are the two returning starters from last year’s 19-12 team. Hefte is 2001 Miss Iowa Basketball and was the the top returning three-point shooter and will challenge for the starting two-guard posi- Gatorade Iowa State Player of the Year tions this year. State Championship Teams–8 Leah Hefte - 1999 WIAADiv. 2, 26-0 Ebba and Lello Gebisa - 1998 Indiana Class BADGERS LAST SEASON 3Astate champion team Wisconsin (19-12) completed its season March 16 losing 73-70 to Arizona State (25-8) in the Shawna Nicols first round of the NCAA Midwest subregional at Nashville, Tenn.UW received a No. 8 seed in Led Pius XI team to three consecutive state its second, consecutive NCAA Tournament. It was the fifth appearance under current coach private school titles, 1998-2000 Jane Albright, and sixth NCAA bid in program history. Stephanie Rich The 2001-02 season was one of records and firsts. UW had its first appearance in the Three-straight Iowa State class 3A Championships semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament with wins over Northwestern,60-54,and over No. 17 Minnesota, 74-64,in the quarter-finals.That win moved UW past last year’s record of 18-10. ACADEMIC HONORS Wisconsin was 6-3 vs. top-25 teams this season.UW lost to runnerup champion Penn State in Nine players earned 3.0 or better last the Big Ten semifinals,76-62.