2010-11 Women's Basketball Game Notes
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BRADLEY 2010-11 Women’s Basketball Game Notes Jim Rea, Associate Director of Communications • O: (309) 677-3869 • C: (309) 256-4379 • F: (309) 677-2626 • E-Mail: [email protected] • www.BradleyBraves.com Bradley University Quick Facts This Week In Bradley Women’s Basketball General Information Game #10 Location Peoria, Ill. Bradley Braves (6-3 overall) Founded 1897 vs. Northern Illinois Huskies (5-5 overall) Enrollment 5,801 Renaissance Coliseum (4,200) • Peoria, Ill. Type Co-educational, private Saturday, December 18, 2010 • 7:05 p.m. Affiliation NCAA Division I-AAA Television: None vs. Conference Missouri Valley Radio: 1290 AM WIRL Athletics Nickname Braves Internet: Live video & audio streams at http://www.bradleybraves.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400 Colors Red (PMS 186) and White Live Stats: http://www.bubraves.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=3400 President Joanne K. Glasser, Esq. Series History: NIU leads 7-4 Director of Athletics Michael Cross, PhD Last Meeting: NIU won 86-73 in DeKalb, Ill., on Nov. 13, 2009 Executive Associate A.D./SWA Virnette House-Browning For Starters three starters from last year’s squad which finished 10-19 Bradley (6-3 overall) plays its first game after finals at home overall and was fifth in the West Division of the Mid-American Basketball Information Saturday against Northern Illinois before kicking off a three- Conference (4-12). Bradley and NIU have one common opponent Home Arena Renaissance Coliseum game road swing next week. The Braves bring a three-game to date in Western Illinois, with both teams picking up road Capacity 4,200 win streak into the contest with the Huskies and have won five wins in Macomb against the Leathernecks. Saturday’s game is Press Row Phone (309) 677-3300 of the last six overall. Northern Illinois’ seventh game against a team from the state of 2009-10 Record 17-14 (.548) BU is playing the second of four consecutive games against Illinois this season. MVC Record/Place 12-6 (.667)/T3rd teams from the state of Illinois and Saturday’s contest is the Senior guard Marke Freeman is NIU’s leading scorer at 16.5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9/3 final non-conference home game on the slate for Bradley. points per game and is shooting a blistering 51.4 percent from Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 NIU (5-5 overall) is wrapping up a season-long, five-game three-point range. Senior center Ebony Ellis is the Huskies road swing Saturday. The Huskies have played eight road leading rebounder (7.8 rpg) and is scoring 10.9 points per game, History games and a total of nine games away from home to open the while sophomore transfer Kim Davis is scoring 8.6 points per First Year of Basketball 1975-76 season. Northern Illinois has lost back-to-back games and outing and grabbing 5.7 boards per game. Junior Courtney All-Time Record 439-499 (.468) dropped three of four heading into Saturday’s contest. Shelton dishes out 3.7 assists per game and is shooting 45.8 Last Postseason Opponent College of Charleston percent from beyond the three-point arc. Result L, 66-76 (Second round of 2010 WBI) About Northern Illinois Northern Illinois (5-5 overall) wraps up a season-long, About The Braves Sports Information five-game road swing and concludes a season-opening stretch in Bradley (6-3 overall) returned nine of 12 letterwinners, Associate Dir. of Communications/WBB Contact Jim Rea which the Huskies will have played 10 off 11 games to open the including three starters from last year’s team which tied the Rea’s Office Phone (309) 677-3869 season away from home. NIU is 3-5 in road games this season school records for conference wins and best league finish in Rea’s Cell Phone (309) 256-4379 and 4-5 away from home, including a 66-60 neutral site victory addition to making the first postseason appearance in program against George Washington. history. The Huskies returned seven of 10 letterwinners, including The Braves have their top two scorers back from the 2009-10 2010-11 Bradley Women’s Basketball Game #10 vs. Northern Illinois (12-18-10) squad which finished with a 17-14 overall record and advanced Nebraska-Omaha, Buscher coached Minnesota St.-Mankato dur- 2010-11 Schedule to the second round of the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invi- ing the 1997-98 season and returned to UNO as head coach for Date Opponent . .Time/Result tational. Bradley’s lone senior Raisa Taylor is averaging 14.0 the 1998-99 and 1999-00 seasons, before coming to The Hilltop. 11/1 QUINCY (Exh.) . W, 90-80 11/6 WASHINGTON [Mo.] (Exh.) . W, 66-53 points per game and is shooting 58.6 percent from the field. Kathi Bennett (Wisconsin-Green Bay ‘86) is in her Taylor has scored in double figures in 12 of her last 14 games first season as head coach at Northern Illinois after spending 11/13 BUTLER^ . W, 77-63 dating back to last season. the previous two years as an assistant coach at Wisconsin. The 11/16 at #22 Iowa^ . .L, 53-91 Sophomore guard Katie Yohn returned to the court Nov. 26 former head coach at Evansville (1996-2000) and Indiana (2000- 11/19 ILLINOIS (WMBD) (WTVP) . L, 51-73 after missing two games due to a concussion and earned all- 05), Bennett is 5-5 as head coach at NIU and owns a 301-183 11/22 at Eastern Illinois . W, 77-72 tournament honors at the Cancun Thanksgiving Classic. (.622) career coaching record in 18 years as a collegiate head Bradley’s leading scorer as a freshman in 2009-10 with a 10.2 coach. Cancun Thanksgiving Classic (Cancun, Mexico) points per game average, Yohn is scoring 13.6 points per outing 11/26 vs. William & Mary . W, 65-62 this season and has reached double figures in nine of her last Series History 11/27 vs. Arizona . .L, 59-82 10 outings. Bradley returns to the court after having a week and a half Junior forward Latasha Hollingshed leads The Valley in off for finals Saturday when the Braves welcome Northern 12/1 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee^ . .W, 72-70 (OT) rebounding at 10.4 boards per game and is adding 8.9 points Illinois to Renaissance Coliseum in the final non-conference 12/4 SAINT LOUIS . W, 81-64 per tilt. home game of the season. NIU holds a 7-4 lead in the all-time 12/7 at Western Illinois^ . W, 62-55 series after posting an 86-73 win against Bradley last year in 12/18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS^ . 7:05 p.m. The Coaches the season opener in DeKalb, Ill., and the Huskies have won 12/21 at Illinois-Chicago^ . .7:05 p.m. The dean of Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball three of the last four meetings overall. The series is tied 3-3 in 12/30 *at Illinois State^ (WTVP) . .7:05 p.m. coaches, Paula Buscher (Missouri State, ‘86) is in her 11th games played in Peoria with Bradley winning three of its four year at Bradley and has a record of 140-159 (.468) at BU. The last home games in the series. The Braves are 2-4 vs. Northern 1/1 *at Indiana State^ . 1:05 p.m. 2008-09 Rawlings Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Illinois under head coach Paula Buscher, with both victories 1/6 *WICHITA STATE . 7:05 p.m. Buscher owns a 183-197 (.482) career record and is in her 14th coming in home contests. 1/8 *MISSOURI STATE^ . 7:05 p.m. year as a collegiate head coach. She is the all-time wins leader 1/13 *at Drake^ . 7:05 p.m. in program history with her 140 victories at BU and is 11th Last Time Out 1/15 *at Creighton . 2:05 p.m. all-time in Missouri Valley Conference history in victories. Over Senior Raisa Taylor matched a season-high with 22 points 1/21 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS^ (MVC-TV) 7:05 p.m. 1/23 *EVANSVILLE^ . 2:05 p.m. the last two years she has led the team to a 23-13 (.639) confer- to help power Bradley to a 62-55 win against Western Illinois in 1/29 *at Northern Iowa^ . .3:05 p.m. ence record, marking the most conference wins in consecutive the team’s final game before finals. The Braves led by as many years for BU in program history. A longtime assistant coach at as nine points in the first half before the Leathernecks pulled 2/4 *at Missouri State^ . .7:05 p.m. 2010-11 Bradley Braves Numerical Roster 2/6 *at Wichita State^ . 2:05 p.m. No. Name Cl. Elig. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School/Last School) 2/10 *DRAKE . 7:05 p.m. 3 Kelsey Budd Fr. Fr. G 5-9 Prairie du Sac, Wis. (Sauk Prairie) 2/12 *CREIGHTON^ . 2:05 p.m. 4 Olivia Allen* So. So. G 5-6 Kildeer, Ill. (Lake Zurich) 2/17 *at Evansville^ . .7:05 p.m. 5 Hanna Muegge** Jr. Jr. G 5-8 Hopkins, Minn. (Hopkins) 2/19 *at Southern Illinois . TBA 10 Katie Yohn* So. So. G 5-11 Elgin, Ill. (St. Edward) 2/27 *NORTHERN IOWA . 2:05 p.m. 12 Catie O’Leary So. So. G 5-10 Janesville, Wis. (Parker) 21 Leah Kassing** Jr. Jr. C 6-3 Mt. Sterling, Ill. (Brown County) 3/3 *ILLINOIS STATE^ (WTVP) . 7:05 p.m. 22 Brooke Bisping* So.