2017-18 Michigan Women's Basketball Michigan Combined Team Statistics (As of Mar 05, 2018) All Games
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2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1000 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Basketball Contact: Sarah VanMetre • [email protected] • Direct (734) 604-4606 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS WOLVERINES BACK IN NCAA TOURNEY AS A NO. 7 SEED PRESEASON MICHIGAN AT NCAA FIRST AND Nov. 2 Grand Valley State (exh.) W, 65-43 SECOND ROUNDS REGULAR SEASON MARCH 16-18-- WACO, TEXAS (FERRELL CENTER) NOV. 10 GEORGE MASON W, 75-61 NOV. 12 LIBERTY W, 74-50 NOV. 16 #5 Louisville L, 74-49 MICHIGAN VS. NORTHERN COLORADO MARCH 16 -- WACO, TEXAS(FERRELL CENTER), 4 P.M. CDT NOV. 22 OAKLAND W, 78-69 TV: ESPN2 - Eric Frede (play-by-play), Christy Thomaskutty (color) Nov. 25 Ohio W, 74-61 Radio: WTKA (1050) -- Matt Park (play-by-play), Jenny Ryan (color) NOV. 29 #3 NOTRE DAME L, 83-63 Michigan Wolverines Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com (22-9) Northern Colorado Bears Dec. 2 LIU Brooklyn W, 86-49 (26-6) Dec. 4 Detroit Mercy W, 86-50 DEC. 7 MARQUETTE W, 82-76 TOP STORYLINES DEC. 10 KENT STATE W, 54-41 Season History DEC. 12 NORTH FLORIDA W, 79-34 ► Michigan is making its seventh NCAA Tournament appearance DEC. 16 FORT WAYNE W, 77-45 in program history and the first since the 2012-13 season. Northern Colorado DEC. 21 DELAWARE STATE W, 105-36 First Meeting DEC. 28 PENN STATE* W, 89-69 ► The Wolverines will face Northern Colorado, the champion of Dec. 31 #23 Iowa* L, 82-72 the Big Sky Conference, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Waco, Texas. Jan. 4 Wisconsin* W, 80-57 JAN. 7 #10 OHIO STATE* L, 78-71 (OT) ► U-M received a No. 7 seed for the NCAA Tournament, the high- JAN. 10 INDIANA* W, 84-79 est seed in program history. Jan. 13 Nebraska* W, 69-64 (OT) Jan. 16 #8 Ohio State* W, 84-75 ► It is the first NCAA Tournament appearance for every player on JAN. 20 ILLINOIS* W, 86-42 Michigan’s roster. JAN. 23 MICHIGAN STATE* W, 74-48 ► Senior Katelynn Flaherty is now Michigan’s career leading scor- Jan. 28 Northwestern* W, 80-59 er with 2,738 points in her illustrious career - second-most among FEB. 1 PURDUE* L, 81-79 (OT) active NCAA Division I players. Flaherty is one of two players in Feb. 4 Rutgers* L, 63-56 NCAA Division I women’s basketball history to hit 400 three-point- FEB. 8 NORTHWESTERN* W, 84-63 ers in a career (402). She has 110 triples this season, tying Michigan’s Feb. 11 Michigan State* L, 66-61 single-season record. Feb. 14 Minnesota* L, 93-87 on facebook ... FEB. 22 #13 MARYLAND* W, 71-65 ► Senior Katelynn Flaherty (23.2 ppg) and junior Hallie Thome “MICHIGAN Women’s (17.0 ppg) lead the Wolverines in scoring, ranking third and 10th, BIG TEN TOURNAMENT (INDIANAPOLIS, IND.) Basketball” respectively, in the Big Ten. March 1 Penn State W, 77-48 March 2 Nebraska L, 61-54 on twitter ... @umichwbball NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS (WACO, TEXAS) March 16 Northern Colorado 5 p.m. CDT POSSIBLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) March 18 Baylor or Grambling TBA # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING * Big Ten games 11 F Sr. Jillian Dunston 3.3 9.1 .365 Five rebounds away from 2nd all-time at U-M 3 G Sr. Katelynn Flaherty 23.2 2.7 .448 29th all-time in DIWBB scoring (2,738) All times are site times 10 G Jr. Nicole Munger 9.4 4.3 .422 59 three-pointers on 41.0 percent shooting Home games in BOLD CAPS 30 C Jr. Hallie Thome 17.0 7.2 .615 Two straight 20-point games 20 G Fr. Deja Church 7.0 2.7 .433 Started last four games OFF THE BENCH # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 5 F So. Kayla Robbins 3.4 2.3 .453 Appeared in all 31 games off the bench 22 F So. KeAsja Peace 1.4 0.8 .440 Seen action in 19 games 14 G So. Akienreh Johnson 3.7 2.4 .506 Averaging 14.3 ppg over last four games 21 F Jr. Samantha Trammel 0.2 0.2 .000 Made two free throws against Illinois (1/20) 15 F Fr. Hailey Brown 9.0 4.4 .460 Suffered a leg injury on Feb. 11 2 G Fr. Priscilla Smeenge 1.1 1.1 .444 Seen action in nine games off the bench TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG Michigan 31 862-1865 .472 208-518 .402 408-532 .767 380-852 1232 39.7 479 9 475 15.3 506 112 209 2340 75.5 Northern Colorado 32 806-1802 .447 244-684 .357 400-501 .798 256-758 1014 31.7 478 7 489 15.3 437 106 270 2256 70.5 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 16 - NCAA 1ST ROUND/NORTHERN COLORADO 2017-18 WOLVERINES Priscilla Smeenge Katelynn Flaherty Kayla Robbins Nicole Munger Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. So./So. Jr./Jr. 2 G 3 G 5 F 10 G Jillian Dunston Akienreh Johnson Hailey Brown Deja Church Sr./Sr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. 11 F/G 14 G 15 F 20 G Samantha Trammel KeAsja Peace Hallie Thome Kim Barnes Arico Jr./Jr. So./So. Jr./Jr. Head Coach 21 F 22 F 30 C HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School 2 Priscilla Smeenge G 6-0 Fr./Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Celebration Roster Breakdown 3 Katelynn Flaherty G 5-7 Sr./Sr. Point Pleasant, N.J./Metuchen 5 Kayla Robbins G/F 6-1 So./So. Mitchellville, Md./St. John Academy By Class Seniors (2): Dunston, Flaherty 10 Nicole Munger G 5-11 Jr./Jr. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West Juniors (3) Munger, Thome, Trammel 11 Jillian Dunston F 5-11 Sr./Sr. Silver Spring, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross Sophomores (3): Johnson, Peace, 14 Akienreh Johnson G 6-0 So./So. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers Robbins 15 Hailey Brown F 6-1 Fr./Fr. Hamilton, Ont./The RISE Centre Academy Freshmen (3): Brown, Church, Smeenge 20 Deja Church G 5-10 Fr./Fr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield A&T 21 Samantha Trammel F 6-0 Jr./Jr. Minnetonka, Minn./Eastview 22 KeAsja Peace F 6-3 So./So. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers 30 Hallie Thome F/C 6-5 Jr./Jr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (6th season) Assistant Coaches: Melanie Moore, Joy McCorvey, Wesley Brooks Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Video Coordinator: Emma Golen Graduate Assistant: Danielle Williams Pronunciation Athletic Trainer: Melissa Pohorence Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jamie Preiss Katelynn Flaherty -- FLAIR-eh-tee Hallie Thome -- THOAM Athletic Communications: Sarah VanMetre Akienreh Johnson -- Uh-KEN-ray KeAsja Peace -- key-AY-juh Priscilla Smeenge -- SMEEN-gee (hard g) PAGE 2 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 16 - NCAA 1ST ROUND/NORTHERN COLORADO 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 16 - NCAA 1ST ROUND/NORTHERN COLORADO PLAYER & TEAM NOTES Back in the NCAA Tournament THE NATIONAL POLLS For the first time since the 2012-13 season, U-M Getting to 20 AP Poll has punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Michigan is up to 22 wins on the season, marking the Rank, Team Record Pts U-M is making its seventh appearance in the NCAA seventh straight 20-win campaign and 10th overall for 1 UConn (32) 32-0 800 Tournament in this year’s event. U-M is 3-6 all-time the Wolverines. U-M’s current streak of seven straight 2 Baylor 31-1 743 in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the second 20-win seasons - six coming under head coach Kim 3 Louisville 32-2 736 round in 1990, 2001 and 2013. Michigan’s No. 7 seed is Barnes Arico - is the longest in school history. Prior to 4 Mississippi State 32-1 720 the best seed in program history after receiving a No. this current run that started in 2011-12, Michigan had 5 Notre Dame 29-3 656 8 seed three times. Michigan’s complete NCAA history just three 20-win seasons in program history. The se- 6 Oregon 30-4 640 and records can be found on page seven. nior class of Jillian Dunston and Katelynn Flaherty is 7 South Carolina 26-6 616 now the winningest class in program history with 91 8 Texas 26-6 588 KBA in the NCAA Tournament wins. Michigan’s 22 wins is the second-best single-sea- 9 UCLA 24-7 509 Head coach Kim Barnes Arico is making her sixth son total in program history, tying the 1999-2000 and 10 Ohio State 27-6 482 appearance in the NCAA Tournament, with the first 2012-13 squads. 11 Florida State 25-6 463 four berths coming at St. John’s. Barnes Arico is 6-5 12 Tennessee 24-7 426 in the NCAA Tournament, with her teams winning at Scouting Northern Colorado 13 Oregon State 23-7 419 least one game in all five of her prior appearances. The Bears (26-6) have won 13 straight entering the 14 Texas A&M 24-9 353 She is 1-1 as the Michigan head coach in the NCAA NCAA Tournament, winning the Big Sky championship 15 Stanford 22-10 347 Tournament as Michigan knocked off No.