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WOMEN’SBASKETBALL The Summit League Communications 340 W. Butterfi eld Rd., Suite 3D David Brauer, Director Elmhurst, IL 60126 Greg Mette, Associate Director (WBB Contact) Ph: 630.516.0661 Stephanie Sabaduquia, Assistant Fax: 630.516.0673 Release #12 | Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 Contact: Greg Mette, Associate Director of Communications ([email protected]) STANDINGS FROM THE SUMMIT SUMMIT LEAGUE OVERALL WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW W L Pct. H A Stk W L Pct. H A N Last 10 Stk This week's games mark the beginning of the second Oral Roberts 9 0 1.000 5-0 4-0 W9 13 7 .650 8-2 5-3 0-2 8-2 W8 half of league play. Oral Roberts went unblemished at IPFW 7 2 .778 4-1 3-1 W6 13 5 .722 8-2 5-3 0-0 8-2 W6 9-0 through the fi rst part of the league schedule. The Oakland 7 2 .778 4-0 3-2 W2 13 7 .650 8-1 5-6 0-0 7-3 W2 Golden Eagles are looking to claim the No. 1 seed in Southern Utah 5 4 .556 3-1 2-3 L1 11 9 .550 8-2 3-7 0-0 6-4 L1 The Summit League Tournament for the second straight UMKC 4 5 .444 3-2 1-3 W3 9 11 .450 5-4 2-6 2-1 6-4 W3 season. North Dakota State 4 5 .444 1-3 3-2 L2 8 11 .421 4-3 3-7 1-1 3-7 L2 South Dakota State 4 5 .444 1-4 3-1 L2 8 12 .400 4-6 4-6 0-0 4-6 L2 With Oral Roberts' win over Centenary on Jan. 22, ORU head coach Jerry Finkbeiner became the league's Western Illinois 4 5 .444 2-2 2-3 W1 6 13 .316 4-4 2-9 0-0 4-6 W1 all-time leader in overall victories. Finkbeiner surpassed IUPUI 1 8 .111 1-4 0-4 L7 3 16 .158 3-6 0-8 0-2 0-10 L10 Valparaiso's Keith Freeman for the top spot and also holds Centenary 0 9 .000 0-4 0-5 L9 0 16 .000 0-7 0-9 0-0 0-10 L16 the No. 1 position for overall and league games coached. SCOREBOARD North Dakota State’s Katie Birkel and Oral Roberts’ LAST WEEK’S RESULTS THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Jaci Bigham have both been named to The Nancy Lieberman Award watch list, honoring the nation’s top SATURDAY, JAN. 22 SATURDAY, JAN. 29 point guard. The Summit League is one of only three mid- * ORAL ROBERTS 92, CENTENARY 55 * CENTENARY at OAKLAND ............................3:30 p.m. major conferences to have more than one player up for the award. * UMKC 58, WESTERN ILLINOIS 51 * IUPUI at WESTERN ILLINOIS .........4:30 p.m. [WIU-TV] * IPFW 70, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 67 (OT) * ORAL ROBERTS at IPFW ..............................4:30 p.m. The Summit League sits in 20th place in the Sagarin * SOUTHERN UTAH 84, IUPUI 72 * UMKC at NORTH DAKOTA STATE ....................5 p.m. ratings and Oakland is placed No. 118, the highest of any * OAKLAND 60, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 48 * SOUTHERN UTAH at SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ..5 p.m. league school. The Summit League is ranked 26th in the Jan. 23 RPIratings.com rankings. MONDAY, JAN. 24 MONDAY, JAN. 31 Three different players and three teams are ranked * IPFW 68, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 55 * ORAL ROBERTS at OAKLAND.......................6:30 p.m. in the top-10 nationally according to the latest NCAA * UMKC 73, IUPUI 55 * CENTENARY at IPFW.........................................7 p.m. statistics. Oral Roberts is ranked second in steals per game (15.6), second in scoring offense (83.2) and 10th * OAKLAND 57, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 56 (OT) * UMKC at SOUTH DAKOTA STATE.....................7 p.m. in three-point fi eld goals per game (7.9), while IPFW is * WESTERN ILLINOIS 77, SOUTHERN UTAH 62 * SOUTHERN UTAH at NORTH DAKOTA STATE ..7 p.m. fi fth in three-point fi eld goals per game (8.3) and Oakland is fi fth in personal fouls (13.0). Meanwhile, ORU’s Kevi Luper is ranked fi rst in steals per game (3.9) and fourth in KEY All times are local to site scoring (23.4). IPFW teammates Jordan Zuppe and Anne * Summit League game Boese are third and eighth in free throw percentage (92.0) KEY and three-point fi eld goals per game (3.1), respectively. * Summit League game IPFW’s Stephanie Rosado and Southern Utah’s Challis Pascucci both rank among the league’s top-fi ve in scoring and rebounding on the year. Rosado is averaging 17.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per contest, while Pascucci WHO IS THE SUMMIT LEAGUE? averages 17.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. In The Summit League is in its 29th season as an NCAA Division I athletics league. Formerly known as the Mid- league games, North Dakota State’s Abby Plucker is Continent Conference, the league has produced several All-Americans, Olympians, professional athletes, individual tops in scoring (22.6) and second in rebounding (9.3) per national champions and scholar-athletes through its history. Last season, the league saw IUPUI’s Chen Ni become game. its fi rst female national champion with a title in the women’s platform dive and Oakland’s Keith Benson earn the fi rst national individual award for basketball performance as the Lou Henson Award winner (Mid-Major Player of DID YOU KNOW? the Year). Since its inception in 1982, The Summit League has had several transcendent moments on the national The Summit League features the NCAA’s most unique stage including a pair of NCAA Men’s Basketball “Sweet 16” runs by Cleveland State (1986) and Valparaiso collection of one-of-a-kind nicknames among its member (1998) and four NCAA track champions, most recently Oral Roberts’ Andretti Bain in 2008. Two of the league’s institutions. Within U.S. college athletics, fi ve names most notable professional athletes were a pair of two-time All-Stars in Kevin Duckworth (NBA) and Kevin Seitzer are exclusively held by Summit League schools: Gents (MLB). Learn more about the league and its history at www.thesummitleague.org. (Centenary), Golden Grizzlies (Oakland), Jackrabbits (South Dakota State), Fighting Leathernecks (Western 22011011 BBASKETBALLASKETBALL CCHAMPIONSHIPSHAMPIONSHIPS Illinois) and Mastodons (IPFW). In addition, the names The Summit League Basketball Championships return to Sioux Falls, S.D., marking the third consecutive year in South Dakota’s largest city. For more information on this year’s Kangaroos (UMKC) and Thunderbirds (Southern Utah) tournament, set for March 5-8 at Sioux Falls Arena, visit the 2011 Summit League Basketball are unique to NCAA Division I athletics. Learn more Championships page on the league’s offi cial website www.thesummitleague.org. Media about the league and “What’s in a Name?” at www. may request credentials through the meediadia ccredentialredential aapplicationpplication llinkink aandnd aarere eencouragedncouraged ttoo thesummitleague.org. ddoo ssoo aass ssoonoon aass ppossible.ossible. TThehe ddeadlineeadline fforor ccredentialredential rrequestsequests iiss FFeb.eb. 115,5, 22011.011. www.thesummitleague.org | Twitter @summithoops WOMEN’SBASKETBALL www.thesummitleague.org | Twitter @summithoops PLAYER OF THE WEEK NCAA LEADERS SUMMIT LEAGUE ON TV KAYLA DRAKE, IPFW INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM RANKINGS REGIONAL/NATIONAL GAMES Kayla Drake, IPFW Thru games of Jan. 23, 2011 | Top 50 listed Nov. 13/3 p.m. IPFW at Michigan State BTN.com/ESPNFC 5-4 | So. | G INDIVIDUAL Nov. 16/7 p.m. Northern Illinois at Western Illinois WIU-TV Kokomo, Ind./Eastern Kentucky Univ. POINTS PER GAME Nov. 19/7 p.m. Western Illinois at Oklahoma ESPNFC Name, School Rank Total Nov. 20/4 p.m. UT-Arlington at UMKC KSMO Drake collects her fi rst career honor after recording a Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts ........................................4th ...........23.4 career week for IPFW. In a win at South Dakota State, Bethany Watterworth, Oakland ............................26th ...........18.6 Dec. 2/6 p.m. Oral Roberts at Western Illinois WIU-TV the sophomore set a new Mastodon single-game school Challis Pascucci, Southern Utah ...........................50th ...........17.4 Dec. 18/5 p.m. Iowa at South Dakota State ESPNFC Dec. 28/7 p.m. Western Illinois at Purdue BTN.com record with 10 steals, which is also tied for the most REBOUNDS PER GAME Abby Plucker, North Dakota State ...................... 32nd .............9.8 Jan. 3/6 p.m. Southern Utah at Gonzaga ESPNFC steals in the NCAA this season. Drake followed that up Jan. 4/7 p.m. North Dakota State at Iowa State ESPNFC with a six-steal performance in a win at North Dakota ASSISTS PER GAME Jan. 8/4 p.m. Southern Utah at UMKC KSMO Jaci Bigham, Oral Roberts ....................................23rd .............5.6 State. She also scored an IPFW career-high with 27 Jan. 22/4 p.m. Western Illinois at UMKC KSMO points and grabbed eight rebounds, nearly recording a BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME Jan. 29/4:30 p.m. IUPUI at Western Illinois WIU-TV Brittany Carnago, Oakland ...................................15th .............2.8 Feb. 5/4:30 p.m. IPFW at Western Illinois WIU-TV triple-double, against the Jackrabbits. For the week, Ashli Hill, UMKC ..................................................16th .............2.8 Drake averaged 19 points, eight steals, 5.5 rebounds and Janae Burich, North Dakota State .......................32nd .............2.3 Feb. 12/4 p.m. Centenary at UMKC KSMO 1.5 assists. She shot 47 percent (9-of-19) from the fi eld, Feb. 19/4:30 p.m. Southern Utah at Western Illinois WIU-TV STEALS PER GAME Feb.