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PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Director IG OUTH ONFERENCE [email protected] B S C Nic Bowman, Assistant Director [email protected] Women’s Basketball Report 7233 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Suite 100 Charlotte, N.C. 28226 Monday, January 16, 2006 Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 NO. 7 BIGSOUTHSPORTS.COM CONTACT: NIC BOWMAN BIG SOUTH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS CHOICE HOTELS Big South Overall PLAYER OF THE WEEK Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Road Neu L10 Streak Megan Frazee • Freshman High Point 1 0 1.000 10 4 .714 7-0 3-2 0-2 7-3 W1 Forward • Liberty Liberty 1 0 1.000 9 4 .692 6-0 1-4 2-0 7-3 W4 Xenia, Ohio Radford 1 0 1.000 8 6 .571 5-2 3-4 0-0 6-4 W4 Frazee earns her second Winthrop 1 0 1.000 7 7 .500 5-2 2-5 0-0 7-3 W4 Player of the Week honor this sea- Coastal Carolina 0 1 .000 9 3 .750 7-0 1-3 1-0 7-3 L1 son as she averaged 23.0 points UNC Asheville 0 1 .000 9 5 .643 6-2 2-3 1-0 6-4 L2 and 9.5 rebounds per game in the Birmingham-Southern 0 1 .000 5 8 .385 1-3 1-4 3-1 4-6 L1 Flames' two wins last week. She Charleston Southern 0 1 .000 4 8 .333 4-2 0-5 0-1 3-7 L2 shot 63 percent from the floor and 67 percent from downtown, while grabbing 19 rebounds. She also added four assists and three blocks THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS during the two-game span. Frazee Monday, Jan. 16 Monday, Jan. 9 is averaging 19.2 points and 9.9 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at RADFORD *........................7:00pm at WINTHROP 60, Tennessee State 55 rebounds per game this season to COASTAL CAROLINA at LIBERTY * ................................7:00pm rank 37th and 25th in the nation, HIGH POINT at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * ....................8:00pm Tuesday, Jan. 10 respectively. at LIBERTY 70, Loyola 63 Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Longwood 77, UNC ASHEVILLE 71 UNC ASHEVILLE at WINTHROP *..................................7:00pm Thursday, Jan. 12 Saturday, Jan. 21 at COASTAL CAROLINA 94, Morris 44 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * ....2:00pm at RADFORD 82, Southern Virginia 51 WINTHROP at LIBERTY * ..........................................2:00pm UNC ASHEVILLE at COASTAL CAROLINA * ......................2:00pm Saturday, Jan. 14 RADFORD at HIGH POINT *........................................3:00pm HIGH POINT 73, at UNC ASHEVILLE 70 * NEW BALANCE WINTHROP 69, at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 59 * RESHMAN OF THE EEK at RADFORD 66, COASTAL CAROLINA 46 * F W at LIBERTY 78, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 41 * Johnette Walker * - Big South Game Guard • Radford Big South School in ALL CAPS Columbia, S.C. All times EST and subject to change * - Big South Game Big South School in ALL CAPS Walker averaged 13.0 points per game as Radford picked up two wins on the week, including a win over League foe Coastal Carolina. Walker shot 54 percent from the floor, 50 percent from three-point land and 71 percent at the charity stripe during the week. She also collected 16 rebounds while dishing out 11 assists and recording eight steals. Walker currently leads the Big South with 42 steals, averaging 3.0 per game. BIG SOUTH WEEKLY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • JAN. 16, 2006 2005-06 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 7 PLAYER NOMINEES Week Choice Hotels Player of the Week LESLIE COOK, F, HIGH POINT Nov. 28 G Kristal Hood, UNC Asheville 17.0 PTS, 35 FG%, 2 RBS and 2 AST vs. UNCA 16.0 PTS, 48 FG %, 86 FT %, 4.0 RBS, 6 AST and 6 STL SARAH STEPHENS, C, RADFORD Dec. 5 G/F Megan Frazee, Liberty AVG 17.5 PPG, 57 FG%, 75 FT%, 15 RBS, 3 AST, 2 BLK 26.5 PPG, 50 FG %, 80 3PT %, 78 FT %, 7.5 RPG, 6 AST; NCSU Tourney MVP and 2 STL Dec. 12 G Candyce Sellars, High Point AMANDA ELDER, F, UNC ASHEVILLE 21.5 PPG, 62 FG %, 63 3PT %, 10 RBS, 9 AST and 3 STL AVG 19.0 PPG, 50 FG%, 93 FT%, 15 RBS, 2 AST, 2 BLK and 2 STL Dec. 19 G Ashton Barton, UNC Asheville 16.0 PPG, 67 FG %, 66 FT %, 9 RBS, 2 AST and 1 STL ASHLEY FANN, F, WINTHROP Jan. 2 F Kim Turner, Coastal Carolina AVG 11.5 PPG, 50 FG%, 33 3PT%, 33 FT%, 23 RBS 14.5 PPG, 48 FG %, 1.000 FT%, 13 RBS, 1 BLK and 1 STL (11.5 per game), 6 AST AND 5 STL G Katie Ralls, High Point 12.0 PPG, 58 FG %, 83 FT %, 12 RBS, 10 AST, 8 STL and 1 BLK Jan. 9 F Corrie Fertitta, Radford 16.5 PPG, 50 FG%, 75 FT%, 17 RBS, 5 BLK, 4 AST, 2 STL; 19-foot buzzer-beater for OT win. Jan. 16 F Megan Frazee, Liberty 23.0 PPG, 63 FG%, 67 3PT%, 19 RBS, 4 AST and 3 STL Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 Mar. 5 2005-06 BIG SOUTH FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 7 FRESHMAN NOMINEES Week New Balance Freshman of the Week MEGAN FRAZEE, F, LIBERTY Nov. 28 G/F Megan Frazee, Liberty See Player of the Week 17.3 PTS, 39 FG %, 66 3 PT %, 84 FT %, 12.3 RBS, and 10 AST TIFFANY RODD, G, WINTHROP Dec. 5 F Moriah Frazee, Liberty 16.6 PPG, 42 FG%, 38 3PT%, 67 FT%, 5 RBS, 4 AST, 9 PPG, 41 FG %, 70 FT %, 1-1 3PT FG, 6 RPG, 5 AST, 4 STL and 1 BLK 3 STL and 1 BLK G Ashley Fann, Winthrop 14 PPG, 55 FG %, 50 3 PT %, 3.5 RPG, 6 STL, 1 AST and 1 BLK Dec. 12 G Ashley Fann, Winthrop Career-high 24 PTS vs. Norfolk State; Set school record with 8 treys in the game. 19.5 PPG, 56 FG %, 58 3PT %, 5 AST, 4 STL and 2 BLK Dec. 19 F Megan Frazee, Liberty 25 PTS, 62 FG %, 50 3 PT %, 58 FT %, 11 RBS, 4 AST, 2 STL and 1 BLK vs. SMU Jan. 2 G Ashley Fann, Winthrop 15.3 PPG, 48 FG %, 47 3 PT%, 69, FT %, 25 RBS, 7 AST, 4 STL and 3 BLK Jan. 9 G Pam Tolbert, Charleston Southern 13.5 PPG, 31 FG%, 57 FT%, 14 RBS, 9 AST, 5 STL and 2 BLK Jan. 16 G Johnette Walker, Radford 13.0 PPG, 54 FG%, 50 3PT%, 71 FT%, 16 RBS, 11 AST, 8 STL and 1 BLK Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 Mar. 5 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • JAN. 16, 2006 SCORING FRAZEE Liberty freshman MEGAN FRAZEE is averaging a League-leading 19.2 points per game, and is 37th in BIG SOUTH MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS the country. She has also posted a League-high nine double-doubles on the year. In the post, it has GAMES WITH 20-OR-MORE POINTS been all Frazee as she leads the League and is 25th nationally with 9.9 boards per contest. Player 20-24 25-29 30+ Total Megan Frazee, LU 5 2 7 Katie O’Dell, HPU 4 1 5 LEAGUE PLAY, UNDER WAY Pam Thornborrow, BSC 3 3 Kristal Hood, UNCA 3 3 The Big South opened up League play this past weekend. High Point and Winthrop picked up wins on Candyce Sellars, HPU 1 1 2 the road, while Radford and Liberty notched wins at home. It will be a full schedule of Big South Ashley Fann, WU 1 1 2 Keena Wicker, CSU 1 1 2 hoops during the week as UNC Asheville travels to Winthrop on Jan. 18 with every team in action on Sarah Stephens, RU 2 2 Jan. 21. Tiffany Rodd, WU 1 1 Alisha Dill, CCU 1 1 Ashton Barton, UNCA 1 1 Corrie Fertitta, RU 1 1 BIG SOUTH ON THE EDGE Shavon Earp, RU 1 1 On Jan. 14 the Big South Conference began filming for the upcoming Women’s Basketball magazine Amber Rose, CCU 1 1 TV show, “Big South on the Edge.” More information will be announced once it is finalized. Amanda Elder, UNCA 1 1 GAMES WITH 10-OR-MORE REBOUNDS Player 10-14 15-19 Total SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT Megan Frazee, LU 8 1 9 Winthrop’s Big South win on Saturday is already one better than last year. With a bevy of new faces Karoli Piotrkiewicz, LU 6 6 Reba Ross, BSC 5 5 in Rock Hill, S.C., the Eagles are starting to get things back on track. This season Winthrop is 7-7, 1- Stacy Shepard, UNCA 3 1 4 0 in the Big South and has won its last four games. ASHLEY FANN leads the Eagles in scoring with Katie O’Dell, HPU 4 4 Keena Wicker, CSU 4 4 12.4 points per game. Corrie Fertitta, RU 4 4 Jolandra Crump, WU 4 4 Amanda Elder, UNCA 3 3 HIGH POINTS Ashley Fann, WU 1 1 2 The Panthers pulled out the 73-70 win over UNC Asheville on Saturday. LESLIE COOK tossed up a Calisha Yates, CCU 1 1 Pam Thornborrow, BSC 1 1 seaon-high 17 points, while teammate CANDYCE SELLARS drained a last second trey to steal the win Britni Ballard, BSC 1 1 Caitlin Thys, HPU 1 1 from the Bulldogs. Erica McCoy, CSU 1 1 Pam Tolbert, CSU 1 1 Leslie Young, UNCA 1 1 GUN’N FOR THAT NO.