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2011-12 Eastern Illinois Women’s Basketball Week 16 Assistant SID Greg Lautzenheiser // 2240 Lantz Arena // Office: (217) 581-7020 // Cell: (419) 605-8512 // Email: [email protected] 2011-12 Schedule/Results Game 29 // Eastern Kentucky February 25 // 3 p.m. CST 21-7 // 12-3 Ohio Valley McBrayer Arena (6,500) // Richmond, Ky. Radio: Hit Mix 88.9 FM // Play-by-play, Ryan Piers NOVEMBER 11 ........Oakland City....................W, 93-32 15 ........at Bradley ......................... W, 59-58 PANTHERS END REGULAR-SEASON AT EASTERN KENTUCKY 21 ........Illinois State ....................W, 83-69 GAME 29 PANTHERS FALL AT MOREHEAD STATE 23 ........at San Jose State ............... W, 93-71 The Panther women’s basketball program EIU dropped its second consecutive game of the 26 ........at Sacramento State ...........L, 85-89 concludes regular-season action at Eastern year on Thursday, Feb. 23, falling to Morehead Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. CST. State 59-57. Sydney Mitchell and Mariah King both scored 12 points to pace the Panthers while DECEMBER EIU is 21-7 (12-3 OVC) and EKU is 12-14 (7-8 OVC). Chantelle Pressley added 10 points and a team- 5 .........Western Illinois ...............W, 88-55 high eight rebounds. 7 ..........at Missouri .........................L, 56-54 EIU-EKU SERIES 10 ........Indiana State ...................W, 75-60 EIU leads the all-time series with EKU, 15-14. COACHING MATCHUP 17 ........at IUPUI ............................ W, 64-49 Panther head coach Brady Sallee is 12-2 all-time EIU - Brady Sallee, 8th season against the Lady Colonels, including a 4-2 mark in Record at EIU: 135-108 20 ........at Valparaiso .......................L, 50-53 games played in Richmond, Ky. Overall: Same 22 ........at UIC ..................................L, 50-66 29 ........Northern Illinois ..............W, 72-62 EIU has won the last seven meetings between the EKU- Chrissy Roberts two teams and have not lost in Richmond since Record at EKU: 37-72, 4th JANUARY the 2006-07 campaign. Overall: Same 2 .........Murray State* .................W, 76-51 4 ..........at Xavier ........................... W, 60-54 9 ..........at SIU Edwardsville* ......... W, 73-70 14 ........at Southeast Missouri* .... W, 73-46 16 ........UT Martin* ......................W, 70-63 The Starting Five 21 ........Austin Peay* ...................W, 80-46 NO. NAME POS. GP-GS PPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG A B S MPG 23 ........Tennessee State* .............W, 88-73 04 Kelsey Wyss G 28-27 7.6 .402 .379 .750 2.6 49 6 32 28.3 28 ........at Jacksonville State* ....... W, 71-55 15 Ta’Kenya Nixon G 28-28 15.3 .525 .231 .822 5.8 128 3 74 31.6 30 ........at Murray State* .............. W, 80-63 33 Sydney Mitchell F 27-19 11.6 .471 .320 .773 5.9 32 4 19 25.0 44 Chantelle Pressley F 28-27 7.2 .404 .250 .765 6.9 52 33 43 26.5 FEBRUARY 51 Mariah King F 28-28 12.6 .454 .158 .578 7.3 11 18 24 27.3 1 .........Southeast Missouri* ........W, 74-48 4 .........Morehead State* ............W, 78-58 *starters are based on last game 6 .........Eastern Kentucky* ...........W, 64-51 11 ........at UT Martin* .............L, 94-86 (OT) Panther Roster 13 ........at Tennessee Tech* .......... W, 52-51 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 18 ........SIU Edwardsville* ............. L, 59-54 3 Katlyn Payne G 5-11 R-Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Florida Gulf Coast) 23 ........at Morehead State* ...........L, 59-57 4 Kelsey Wyss G 5-10 Jr. Hoagland, Ind. (Bishop Luers) 25 ........at Eastern Kentucky* ............ 3 p.m. 10 Sabina Oroszova F 6-2 Fr. Bratislava, Slovakia (Gymnazium M.R.S Samorin) 15 Ta’Kenya Nixon G 5-8 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. (Michigan City) MARCH 21 Hillary Held F 6-2 Sr. Highland, Ill. (John Wood C.C.) 2 ..........OVC Semifinals ^ ...................... TBA 22 Jordyne Crunk G 5-10 So. Belleville, Ill. (Althoff Catholic) 3 ..........OVC Championship ................... TBA 23 Jessica Parker G 6-0 So. Bloomington, Ind. (Bloomington South) 24 Morgan Palombizio F 6-0 R-So. Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton) * Ohio Valley Conference game 32 Jackie Herman G 5-10 R-Fr. Twin Lakes, Wis. (Wilmot Union) All Times Central and subject to change 33 Sydney Mitchell F 6-1 Jr. Columbus, Ind. (Columbus North) 40 Taryn Olson F 6-2 So. Madison, Wis. (Madison Memorial) Home games listed in Bold 44 Chantelle Pressley F 6-1 Sr. Lexington, Ky. (Dunbar) ^ Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, Tenn.) 51 Mariah King F 6-2 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young) 54 DeAnna Willis F 6-3 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Brooks College Preparatory) Head Coach: Brady Sallee (Thomas More College [Ky.], 1993), 8th season Associate Head Coach: Lee Buchanan (Murray State, 1983), 5th season Assistant Coach: Quacy Timmons (Indiana, 1998), 6th season Assistant Coach: Rachel Galligan (Eastern Illinois, 2009), 2nd season Page 2 Game 29 • EIU at EKU • February 25, 2012 Quick Facts Inside the Numbers GENERAL Name of School .........................Eastern Illinois University City/Zip ............................................. Charleston, IL 61920 Founded ....................................................................1895 Enrollment ..............................................................11,630 Nickname ............................................................Panthers School Colors ...............................................Blue and Gray Home Court/Capacity .........................Lantz Arena (5,300) EKU Points Per Game ............................. 63.8 EIU Points Per Game .............................. 71.3 Affiliation .................................................. NCAA Division I Opponents Points Per Game ................. 64.0 Opponents Points Per Game ................. 59.3 Conference ......................................................Ohio Valley Scoring Margin ...................................... -0.3 Scoring Margin ...................................... 12.2 President ................................................Dr. William Perry Field Goal Percentage ............................ .390 Field Goal Percentage ............................ .428 Faculty Athletics Representative ...................Dr. Jim Davis 3-Point Field Goal Percentage ................296 3-Point Field Goal Percentage ................306 Athletics Director ........................................ Barbara Burke Free Throw Percentage ......................... .733 Free Throw Percentage ......................... .717 Senior Woman Administrator ......................Mary Wallace Rebounds Per Game .............................. 39.8 Rebounds Per Game .............................. 43.4 Athletic Department Phone Number ......................................... (217) 581-6408 Rebound Margin .................................... +0.2 Rebound Margin .................................... +8.9 Ticket Office Phone ................................... (217) 581-2106 Assists Per Game ................................... 11.9 Assists Per Game ................................... 14.3 Turnovers Per Game .............................. 17.7 Turnovers Per Game .............................. 15.9 TEAM INFORMATION Steals Per Game ...................................... 6.5 Steals Per Game ...................................... 8.6 Overall record last year (total/home/away/neutral) Blocks Per Game ...................................... 3.5 Blocks Per Game ...................................... 3.5 ...................................................... 18-13 / 10-5 / 7-6 / 1-2 Field Goal Percentage Defense ...............372 Field Goal Percentage Defense ...............365 Conference record/finish .................................13-5 (t-3rd) Final ranking last year .................................................. n/a Lettermen returning/lost (Starters) .................. 10/2 (5/0) Game Notes HISTORY 2012 OVC TOURNAMENT First year of basketball .........................................1973-74 The Panthers have locked up the No. 2 seed in the OVC Tournament to be held at Municipal Auditorium (1982-83 first season of NCAA Division I) on Feb. 29 – March 2 in Nashville, Tenn. EIU earned a double-bye in the tournament and will face the Overall all-time record .........................530-540 (38 years) winner of the No. 3 seed vs No. 6/7 seed game on Friday, March 2 at 2 p.m. The official tournament Overall all-time record Division I .........400-460 (29 years) bracket will be available late Saturday night after the conclusion of the day’s games. No. years in NCAA/last .........................................1 (1988) Lost to Colorado 78-72 in Midwest Region No. OVC Tournament titles/last ................................ None LAST TIME OUT AGAINST EKU No. OVC Regular-Season titles/last.......................1 (2010) Juniors Sydney Mitchell and Ta’Kenya Nixon combined to score 41 points to lead the Panther women’s basketball team to a 64-51 win over Eastern Kentucky on Monday, Feb. 6 in Charleston. COACHING STAFF Head Coach ................................................... Brady Sallee Mitchell scored a game-high 23 points to lead EIU while Nixon added 18 points. Nixon also dished out Alma Mater/Year ...........Thomas More College (Ky.)/1993 four assists and went 10-for-11 from the charity stripe. Sophomore Jordyne Crunk added eight points and Record at School/Years ................................135-108 (8th) senior Chantelle Pressley chipped in seven. Career Record/Years ................................................. Same Associate Head Coach ................................ Lee Buchanan NIXON MAKES CASE FOR OVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS Assistant Coach