2011-12 Iona Gaels Basketball
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2011-12 Iona Gaels Basketball Athletic Communications • 715 North Avenue • New Rochelle, NY 10801 • 914-633-2310 • Fax: 914-633-2072 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES WBB Contact: John Higgins, Assistant Sports Information Director (e-mail: [email protected]) February 23, 2012 WATCH LIVE - ESPN3 - Dean Darling and Mika Ryan QUICK FACTS LISTEN LIVE - www.IonaInsider.com - Nick Guerriero, Jon Stanko Location ........................................................ New Rochelle, NY President ........................................................ Dr. Joseph E. Nyre Athletics Director .............................................Eugene Marshall Gaels And Red Foxes Square Off In ESPN 3 Tilt Head Coach ..................................................Anthony Bozzella The Iona College women’s basketball team (11-16, 7-9 MAAC), coming off a losing streak-ending win over Record at Iona .........................................130-172/10th Season Loyola on Sunday, looks to keep the momentum going when they take on first place Marist College (20-7, Overall Record .........................................284-303/20th Season 15-1 MAAC) in conference play at the McCann Center. Website .........................................................www.ICGaels.com COMPARING NUMBERS (2011-12) IONA VS. MARIST - SERIES HISTORY Category ION MAR 2011-12 SCHEDULE Tonight marks the 38th meeting all-time between the Overall Record 11-16 20-7 Overall: 11-16 H: 8-4 A: 3-12 N: 0-0 MAAC: 7-9 Red Foxes and Gaels. Marist leads the all-time series Conference Record 7-9 15-1 Date Opponent Time/Result 28-9. The Red Foxes have won the past 25 meetings Points Per Game 63.2 63.8 Nov. 11 NORTH CAROLINA A&T (Iona Tip-Off Tournament) W, 85-69 going back to the 2000-01 season. Earlier this season, Opp. Points Per Game 68.8 55.4 Nov. 12 VILLANOVA (Iona Tip-Off Tournament) L, 47-76 Marist pulled out a 73-61 victory over the Gaels on Jan. Rebounds Per Game 37.1 34.4 Nov. 15 at Bryant W, 66-53 27 at the Hynes Center. Rebounding Margin -3.4 -4.6 Field Goal Pct. .375 .419 Nov. 18 STONY BROOK W, 52-48 Opp. Field Goal Pct. .418 .353 Nov. 22 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi L, 68-77 SCOUTING MARIST 3-Point FG Pct. .298 .315 Nov. 26 LONG BEACH STATE W, 78-73 Loyola is 20-7 overall this season and 15-1 in MAAC play. Winners of five straight and 15 of their last 16, the Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. .337 .330 Dec. 1 at Toledo L, 42-54 Free Throw Pct. .731 .735 Dec. 2 at Miami (Oh.) L, 77-92 Red Foxes are led offensively by senior guard Corielle Personal Fouls Per Game 16.7 12.9 Dec. 10 at Marquette L, 44-93 Yarde who is averaging a team best 14.3 ppg and Assists Per Game 13.1 15.0 Dec. 18 at No. 11 Rutgers L, 29-62 leads the team in rebounding (6.5 rpg), assists (4.2 apg) Turnovers Per Game 16.1 14.2 Dec. 29 at Colgate L, 50-75 and blocks (1.0 bpg). Senior forward Brandy Gang Turnover Margin +0.6 +3.1 Jan. 2 at Fairfield* L, 58-62 is averaging 11.9 ppg as well as 3.5 rpg. Sophomore Blocks Per Game 3.4 4.0 Jan. 4 SIENA * W, 87-71 guard Leanne Ockenden is just off the double digit cusp, Steals Per Game 8.6 9.7 Jan. 7 at Niagara* W, 71-61 averaging 9.1 ppg. Jan. 9 at Canisius* L, 74-85 (OT) Jan. 13 RIDER * W, 64-50 LAST TIME OUT Jan. 15 MANHATTAN * W, 65-60 The Iona College women’s basketball team snapped its seven game losing streak Sunday afternoon Jan. 20 at Saint Peter’s* W, 71-54 with a 72-65 victory over Loyola University Maryland at the Hynes Center. Jan. 22 CANISIUS * W, 77-67 Points were hard to come by to start the game, as a pair of free throws by sophomore guard Shonice Jan. 27 MARIST * L, 61-73 Hawkins gave Iona a 10-9 lead with 7:58 remaining in the first half. Jan. 29 FAIRFIELD * L, 64-78 Feb. 4 at Siena* L, 59-83 With the Gaels trailing 15-14 with 4:39 remaining, Iona ended the half on a 13-4 run, with senior Feb. 10 at Loyola (Md.) * (ESPN3) L, 60-66 forward Kristina Ford and freshman guard Aleesha Powell contributing five points each to give Iona Feb. 12 NIAGARA * L, 55-68 a 27-19 halftime lead. The Gaels held Loyola to just 36% shooting from the field in the half, including Feb. 15 at Manhattan * L, 54-59 0-6 from the three-point line while Iona shot just 32%, but knocked down two trifectas. Feb. 17 at Rider * L, 76-80 Feb. 19 LOYOLA (MD.) * W, 72-65 With Iona up 31-24 with 17:43 left, a three-pointer by freshman guard Damika Martinez started a Feb. 23 at Marist * (ESPN3) 6:00 pm 13-0 run to stretch the Gael lead to 20, 44-24, with 14:51 left in the game. Loyola would respond Feb. 26 SAINT PETER’S * 2:00 pm two minutes later, with a 9-0 run led by five points from guard Katie Sheahin, to cut the Iona lead to just ten at 48-38 with 9:46 remaining. Home events in CAPS and BOLD A three-point field goal by Loyola guard Miriam McKenzie cut the Iona lead to single digits, 55-48, MAAC Games noted by an asterisk 2011-12 Gaels at a Glance Probable Starters No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG Of Note 0 Tomica Bacic Sr. F 6-0 8.9 6.9 Team quad-captain... Season-high 18 points vs. Rider (1/13)... Five dbl-dbls this season. 3 Sabrina Jeridore So. C 6-3 3.4 3.6 Averaging 1.5 blocks per game... Career-high 11 boards vs. Rider (1/13). 5 Haley D’Angelo Jr. G 5-6 1.2 0.8 Team quad-captain... Averaging 1.6 assists per game... Career high eight points vs. Siena (1/4) 14 Damika Martinez Fr. G 5-7 16.5 5.0 Averaging 19.4 pts per game in MAAC play... 4x MAAC RoW... 34 pts at Rider (2/17). 23 Kristina Ford Sr. F 6-1 14.4 7.2 MAAC Player of the Week (11/14)...Team quad-captain.... Career high 34 pts vs. NC A&T (11/11). Off the Bench No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG Of Note 1 Milica Paligoric Sr. C 6-3 2.4 1.6 Season high 13 points and 19 minutes played vs. Manhattan (1/15). 10 Suzi Fregosi Sr. G 5-6 5.1 1.8 Team quad-captain... Averaging 4.7 assists per game... Season-high 16 pts vs. Bryant (11/15). 11 Aleesha Powell Fr. G 5-6 6.9 3.2 MAAC Rookie of the Week (1/9, 1/23)... Season-high 20 pts. vs. Siena (1/4)... 35 mins. in first career start at Fairfield (1/2). 15 Jackie Marshall So. G 5-8 3.4 0.6 Shooting 34.2% from behind the arc... Season-high 11 points at Niagara (1/7) 20 Diana Hubbard Jr. G 5-7 4.8 2.3 Made first start of season at Rutgers (12/18)... Tied career high with 15 pts at Fairfield (1/2). 25 Kara Kochanek Sr. F 6-2 0.5 0.3 Second career start at Marquette (12/10). 31 Jiya Dorcas-Eya Jr. F 6-2 1.7 1.8 Season-high eight pts. / seven rebounds at Toledo (12/1). 32 Briana Graham Fr. F 6-0 0.2 0.4 Season-high seven minutes played at Marquette (12/10)...First career points vs. Rider (1/13). 33 Shonice Hawkins So. G 5-6 1.1 0.7 Season high six points vs. Loyola (2/19). 34 Sarah Schoof Sr. C 6-3 0.4 0.5 Season high nine minutes at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (11/22). 2 Jessica Scannell Sr. G 5-8 -- -- Expected to redshirt this season. 2011-12 IONA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES at Marist - Feb. 23, 2012 - Page 2 Head Coach Anthony BOZZELLA With head coach Anthony Bozzella at the helm, the Iona College women’s basketball program is in good hands. Having recently completed his ninth season at Iona and 19th season as a college head coach, Bozzella has achieved a tremendous amount of success throughout his career. Over the past nine years, Bozzella has brought Iona women’s basketball to unprecedented heights, transforming the program from cellar dweller to championship contender. When Coach Bozzella arrived at Iona in 2002, he inherited a program that had struggled through 20 consecutive losing seasons. During that stretch, accomplishments such as winning 20 games in a season or qualifying for the postseason were unheard of for this program. Now, however, such achievements are regular occurrences. The Maroon & Gold have twice won at least 20 games and have reached the postseason WNIT in three of the past five seasons. The Bozzella Era at Iona has featured numerous highlights so far. The numbers speak for themselves: • 105-86 overall record over the past six years (2006-2011) • 67-41 MAAC record over the past six years (2006-2011) - second best in the league • Two 20-win seasons (2006-2007 and 2007-2008) • Two berths in the MAAC championship game (2007 and 2008) • Three semi-final berths in the MAAC tournament (2006, 2009, 2010) THE BOZZELLA FILE • Seven postseason MAAC victories (2006-2011) Year at Iona: Tenth Season • Three postseason appearances (2007, 2008, 2010) • Two victories in the WNIT (one in 2007 and one in 2008) Birth Date: November 21, 1965 • One MAAC Player of the Year (Martina Weber, 2007) • Two MAAC Rookies of the Year (Toni Horvath, 2004; Kristina Ford, 2009) Age: 46 • 17 All-MAAC players (2006-2011) • 58 MAAC All-Academic honorees (Most by any team) Hometown: Glen Cove, N.Y.