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WESTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 NCAA APPEARANCES • 4 WNIT APPEARANCES • 2 MAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 9 ALL-AMERICANS • 43 ALL-MAC SELECTIONS • 27 1,000-POINT SCORERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE WESTERN MICHIGAN BRONCOS (15-10, 8-6MAC) Fri. Nov. 8 at Michigan L, 76-55 VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS (21-4, 14-0 MAC) FEB. 26, 2020 • 7 P.M. • MOUNT PLEASANT MICH. THURS. NOV. 14 KENTUCKY STATE W, 80-41 WED. NOV. 20 DETROIT MERCY W, 82-67 LAST TIME OUT Location: Mount Pleasant, Mich. SUN. NOV. 24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC L, 80-79 The Broncos completed a season sweep of the Rockets with Site: McGuirk Arena (5,412) a 70-58 victory on Wednesday for their fourth straight win. Sat. Nov. 29 vs. UTEP # L, 76-46 Twitter: @wmu_wbb Sat. Nov. 30 vs. New Mexico State # W, 79-76 The four-game win streak is a first for the Brown & Gold Watch Live: ESPN3 Sun. Dec. 8 at Illinois-Chicago W, 80-52 in conference play since January of 2015, and the team’s Live Stats: wmustats.com first win inside Toledo’s Savage Arena in six years. Western SAT. DEC. 14 CHICAGO STATE W, 90-69 Michigan’s 2020 sweep of Toledo was their first against the Listen: 1660 AM The Fan Sat. Dec. 21 vs. Denver % W, 79-70 Rockets since 2014. SID: Emily Jodway, (517) 643-0461 Sun. Dec. 22 vs. Stony Brook % L, 47-50 Today’s effort was led by redshirt sophomore Jordan Walk- QUICK COMPARISON Mon. Dec. 30 at Loyola-Chicago W, 70-60 er with 21 points, five steals and four rebounds. The Bronco bench poured in a season-high 33 points, helped along by WMU CMU SAT. JAN. 4 TOLEDO* W, 84-72 Reilly Jacobson and Sydney Shafer. Shafer notched a ca- 70.7 .................... PPG ............... 80.3 Wed. Jan. 8 at Akron* W, 56-51 reer-high 17 points and added three rebounds and two as- 66.8 ...............Opp. PPG............76.2 sists. She shot 3-of-4 from the arc with 6-of-7 made at the 39.2 .................... RPG .................37.2 Sat. Jan. 11 at Kent State* L, 75-63 charity stripe. Jacobson added 14 points, making a pair of +1.5...Rebounding Margin....-0.3 WED. JAN. 15 OHIO* W, 73-72 three-pointers of her own and scoring eight points in the 40.5 .................. FG % .. .............43.8 paint. Breanna Mobley led the defensive charge with 11 re- 40.2. ............Opp. FG % ........ ..45.8 SAT. JAN. 18 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* L, 80-70 bounds and seven points. 29.3 ................. 3-PT % ............ 33.0 Wed. Jan. 22 at Bowling Green* L, 72-63 69.8 ..................FT %.................73.4 14.4.........TO’S Per Game ........12.8 SAT. JAN. 25 AKRON* W, 79-71 SERIES HISTORY The Broncos are 50-56 all-time against the Chippewas with a Wed. Jan. 29 at Ball State* L, 68-65 24-25 slate in home contests. They will be looking to snap a Sat. Feb. 1 at Miami (Ohio)* L, 70-67 five-game losing streak to the in-state rival, their last win com- ing in March 2017 during the MAC tourney in Cleveland. Bre- SAT. FEB. 8 EASTERN MICHIGAN* L, 83-79 anna Mobley currently leads the MAC in rebounding with 11.0 2019-20 STANDINGS WED. FEB. 12 BUFFALO* W, 74-62 per game behind 15 double-doubles on the season, while CMU’s Micaela Kelly helms the scoring category with 21.7 points per Sat. Feb. 15 at Northern Illinois* W, 68-65 game. The Broncos took on the Chips last month inside Univer- WEST MAC OVERALL WED. FEB. 19 BOWLING GREEN* W, 69-55 sity Arena, falling 80-70 when Central came alive in the fourth Central Michigan 14-0 21-4 Sat. Feb. 22 at Toledo* W, 70-58 quarter to score 14 straight points and seal the win. Reilly Ja- Ball State 10-4 18-8 cobson had a career-high 20 points in the contest and was one Eastern Michigan 8-6 13-12 Wed. Feb. 26 at Central Michigan* 7 pm of five Broncos to score in the double-digits. Western Michigan 8-6 15-10 SAT. FEB. 29 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 2 PM Toledo 6-8 11-14 Date Home/Away/Neutral Result Wed. Mar. 4 at Eastern Michigan* 7 pm 2/27/2016 H L, 61-73 Northern Illinois 4-10 8-17 3/9/2016 N L, 62-66 EAST MAC OVERALL SAT. MAR. 10 BALL STATE* 2 PM 2/11/2017 A L, 83-94 3/1/2017 H L, 73-94 Ohio 10-4 17-8 3/8/2017 N W, 67-63 Kent State 8-6 15-10 1/27/2018 A L, 70-74 Akron 6-8 13-12 All times ET, and subject to change 2/24/2018 H L, 62-78 2/13/2019 H L, 53-87 Buffalo 5-9 14-11 All home contests aired on ESPN3 3/6/2019 A L, 57-88 Miami 4-10 11-15 1/18/2020 H L, 80-70 Home contests in BOLD CAPS Bowling Green 1-13 8-18 % - Puerto Rico Tournament 2019-20 PROBABLE BRONCOS STARTERS # - UTEP Thanksgiving Classic (El Paso, Texas) Pos. # Name Ht. Class PPG RPG APG Notes * Mid-American Conference contest G 5 Chelayne Bailey 5-6 G.S. 6.7 3.3 3.7 Is one assist away from 90 on the season heading into this contest $ - MAC Tournament - Cleveland, Ohio (Quicken Loans Arena) F 10 Breanna Mobley 6-1 RSr. 14.3 11.0 1.3 Tallied her 16th double-double of the season against Bowling Green G 11 Kamrin Reed 5-7 Sr. 8.1 1.4 0.8 Has started and scored at least three points in 21 contests G 23 Jordan Walker 5-8 RSo. 15.3 6.0 2.6 Leads the team in scoring, holds seventh place in the MAC F 24 Leighah-Amori Wool 6-0 Jr. 11.7 6.2 2.9 Surpassed 70 assists on the season against Northern Illinois on Sat. GAME NOTES SCOUTING THE CHIPPEWAS Central Michigan currently leads the MAC West with a 21-4 overall re- 2019-20 QUICK FACTS cord, undefeated in the conference at 14-0 after Wednesday’s 70-66 School ...........................Western Michigan University win over Northern Illinois. Central Michigan was picked to win the MAC Location ..................Kalamazoo, Mich. 49008-5406 West this year after last year’s 25-8 performance that saw them make Established ................................................................. 1903 an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive Enrollment ...............................................................21,470 year. Nickname .............................................................Broncos Colors..........................................................Brown & Gold Venue ....................................................University Arena SEASON STORYLINES Capacity .......................................................................5,421 Affiliation .............................................. NCAA Division I RECORD-BREAKING BRONCO Conference ...............................Mid-American (West) President .............................Dr. Edward Montgomery Breanna Mobley is dominating the rebounding category this season, Penn State, 1976 breaking multiple records in her senior season. Mobley surpassed Athletics Director ..........................Kathy Beauregard 1,000 rebounds against Ball State to become the second-ever Bronco Hope, 1979 to have scored 1,000 points and rebounds in her career. The record puts her alongside former WMU legend and coach Pat Charity, who TEAM INFORMATION 2018-19 Overall Record ........................................ 10-20 hit the milestone in the 1977-78 season. On Feb. 3 against Miami 2015-16 MAC Record.............. 4-14 / 5th MAC West (Ohio), Mobley moved up to 1,028 rebounds to tie the all-time re- Letterwinners Returning .............................................. 7 bounding record, also earned by Charity, and broke the record on Letterwinners Lost .........................................................4 Feb. 8 against Eastern Michigan to move to 1,038 rebounds in her Starters Returning .......................................................... 3 career. Mobley now holds the rebounding record for all of Bronco bas- Starters Lost ..................................................................... 3 Newcomers ....................................................................... 5 ketball. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF MOBLEY NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM Head Coach ................... Shane Clipfell (8th season) Fifth-year forward Breanna Mobley was named to the Preseason ...................................................Eastern Michigan, 2006 Career Record (8 seasons)............................... 121-126 All-MAC West Division Team for the second time in her career. Red- Western Michigan (7 seasons)........................108-115 shirted for the 2018-19 season, her return is much anticipated after a *Eastern Michigan (1 season, 2006-07) .......... 13-12 strong showing in 2017-18. Mobley led the Broncos that season with Overall MAC record (8 seasons) ......................69-75 averages of 16.3 ppg and 8.3 rpg, all while shooting 55.6 percent from MAC Record at WMU ...........................................58-70 the floor. She joined the 1,000-point club in the game against Miami MAC Record at EMU (1 season, 2006-07) ........11-5 *Acting head coach for final 24 games on Jan. 20, 2018, and finished the season ranked fourth in the MAC in field goal percentage (.556), eighth in blocked shots (0.8) per game, Asst. Coach.........Cetera Washington (6th season) and second in offensive rebounds (3.9) per game. Her name can be Michigan State, 2011 found all over the Bronco record book, with the fifth most points Asst. Coach.............Meredith Shipman (1st season) (538) in a single season, tied for the fifth-most rebounds (274), and Western Michigan, 2017 Asst. Coach........................... Russ Rose (3rd season) owning the fifth most free throws made (135) in program history. She Davenport, 2007 was named the Team MVP and to the MAC Honorable Mention Team Director of Ops. ...Lykendra Johnson (1st Season) at the conclusion of the season. Michigan State, 2011 Strength & Conditioning Coach ......Tim Herrmann WMU ADDS THREE TO INCOMING CLASS Athletic Trainer .................................. Theresa Chacon The Broncos announced on Wednesdy (Nov. 13) the signing of two WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY incoming freshmen for the 2020-21 season to NLI’s, including guard First varsity season ...........................................1967-68 Megan Wagner (Mason, OH / Mason High School) and guard Hannah All-time record/seasons ..........................