Women's Basketball GAME-BY-GAME Comparisonevansville Team Game-By-Game Comparison (As of Jan 31, 2012) All Games
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UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WBB SID: Lizzie Barlow / [email protected] / (C) 812-484-2762 / (O) 812-488-1152 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE PURPLE ACES (4-16, 1-8 MVC) AT BRADLEY UNIVERSITY BRAVES (11-10, 2-7 MVC) Thursday, February 2, 2012 • 7:00 PM CT • Peoria, ill. (renaissanCe ColiseuM) 2011-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE TONIGHT’S GAME The University of Evansville women’s basketball team looks to capture a series SAT. OCT. 29 OAKLAND CITY (EXH) 78-41, W sweep over Bradley Thursday night after overcoming the Braves, 71-59, at the Fri. Nov. 11 at Murray State 76-61, L Ford Center Jan. 8th. The last time UE beat Bradley in both regular season Fri. Nov. 18 at Cincinnati 64-34, L meetings was in the 2007-08 season; the same year the Aces captured the MVC Sun. Nov. 20 at Bowling Green 71-54, L regular-season championship. Bradley leads the all-time series 21-16. MAINE TOURNAMENT - DEAD RIVER COMPANY CLASSIC EVANSVILLE (4-16, 1-8 MVC) – The Aces come off a 74-60 loss to travel Fri. Nov. 25 Evansville vs. Brown 55-47, L partner Southern Illinois in last week’s lone game. Evansville hopes to put an end Sat. Nov. 26 Evansville vs. Troy 59-49, W to their five-game losing streak and capture its first road victory of the season. TUES. NOV. 29 BALL STATE 55-50, L Leading the way for UE offensively is junior forward Samantha Heck and senior guard Briyana Blair. Heck averages 13.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, while ACES WINTER CLASSIC Blair nearly averages a double-double with 10.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per FRI. DEC. 2 EVANSVILLE VS. E. KENTUCKY 63-56, W game. Juniors Meagan Collins (8.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg) and Taylor Ware (6.7 ppg, 3.4 SAT. DEC. 3 EVANSVILLE VS. MARSHALL 60-48, L rpg) have also been steady contributors on the scoring end. SAT. DEC. 10 MURRAY STATE 78-48, W BRADLEY (11-10, 2-7 MVC) – The Braves are also looking to snap a losing Fri. Dec. 16 at UT Martin 78-69, L streak, falling in their last three contests. Bradley comes off last week’s losses Mon. Dec. 19 at Missouri 74-51, L at Drake (77-62) and Creighton (72-68). Senior Leah Kassing leads the team Fri. Dec. 30 at Indiana State* 73-54, L averaging 14.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Katie Yohn, who is shooting Sun. Jan. 1 at Illinois State* 62-49, L .434 percent from three-point range, making 46 on the year, is also averaging double figures with 13.1 points per game. THUR. JAN. 5 NORTHERN IOWA* 61-51, L SUN. JAN. 8 BRADLEY* 71-59, W THE COACHES Thur. Jan. 12 at Creighton* 65-33, L OTIES EPPS, (Wisconsin-Stout, ’02) 1st season at UE, 4-16 record Sat. Jan. 14 at Drake* 67-53, L Epps is in his first season as Evansville’s head coach. Epps spent the last three seasons at the University of Wisconsin where he helped lead the Badgers to a THUR. JAN. 19 WICHITA STATE* 57-51, L 56-31 record and three postseason appearances. Wisconsin played in the WNIT in SAT. JAN. 21 MISSOURI STATE* 74-49, L 2009 and 2011, and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 for the first SUN. JAN. 29 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS* 74-60, L time since 2002. Thur. Feb. 2 at Bradley* 7 p.m. PAULA BUSCHER, (Missouri State, ‘86), 12th season at Bradley, 160-182 record Sat. Feb. 4 at Northern Iowa* 7 p.m. The longest tenured coach in program history, Buscher’s Braves have had five THUR. FEB. 9 CREIGHTON* 11 A.M. or more league wins in 11 consecutive seasons, marking the first time that has SUN. FEB. 12 DRAKE* 1 P.M. been accomplished and the team’s 30 league victories over the last three seasons Friday Feb. 17 at Missouri State* 7:05 p.m. are the most in a three-year stretch since the early 1990’s. Buscher’s squads have finished seventh or better in seven of the last 10 seasons and posted a 79-101 Sun. Feb. 19 at Wichita State* 2:05 p.m. (.439) record in Valley play during that span after posting a 23-67 (.256) record in Sun. Feb. 26 at Southern Illinois* 2:05 p.m. conference play in the five seasons prior to her arrival. THUR. MARCH 1 ILLINOIS STATE* 7 P.M. SAT. MARCH 3 INDIANA STATE* 1 P.M. STATE FARM MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PROBABLE STARTERS (based on last game) MARCH 8-11 ST. CHARLES, MO. TBA TONIGHT’S MEDIA CENTER #14 #24 #15 #21 #25 RADIO: 91.5 F.M. - WUEV (MIKE RADOMSKI, PLAY-BY-PLAY) G G G F F/C INTERNET - AUDIO: WUEV.EVANSVILLE.EDU Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Staci Taylor Briyana Meagan Samantha Gillum Ware Blair Collins Heck ROSTER NUMERICAL CLASS SENIORS (3) NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Khristian Hart G 5-8 So. Evansville, Ind./Harrison Briyana Blair 2 Kat Taylor G 5-6 Fr. Akron, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy Chelsea Falkenstein 3 Chelsea Falkenstein F 6-0 Sr. Evansville, Ind./Memorial Staci Gillum 11 Jordan Lewis G 5-8 Jr. Greenfield, Ind./Greenfield Central JUNIORS (4) 14 Staci Gillum G 5-7 Sr. West Des Moines, Iowa/Waukee Meagan Collins 15 Briyana Blair G/F 5-11 Sr. Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone Samantha Heck 21 Meagan Collins F 6-0 Jr. Boonville, Ind./Boonville Jordan Lewis 22 Miranda Liles F/C 6-3 So. Killen, Ala./Brooks Taylor Ware 23 Katie Ellerson G/F 5-11 So. Muskego, Wis./Muskego SOPHOMORES (4) 24 Taylor Ware G/F 5-9 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills Katie Ellerson 25 Samantha Heck F/C 6-2 Jr. Auxvasse, Mo./North Callaway Khristian Hart 32 Hannah Weedman C 6-4 So. Knoxville, Ill./Knoxville Miranda Liles 33 Juliann Miller G 5-8 Fr. Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy Hannah Weedman 54 Mallory Ladd F 6-1 Fr. Evansville, Ind./Memorial FRESHMEN (3) Mallory Ladd ALPHABETICAL Juliann Miller Kat Taylor NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 15 Briyana Blair G/F 5-11 Sr. Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone 21 Meagan Collins F 6-0 Jr. Boonville, Ind./Boonville 23 Katie Ellerson G/F 5-11 So. Muskego, Wis./Muskego 3 Chelsea Falkenstein F 6-0 Sr. Evansville, Ind./Memorial STATE 14 Staci Gillum G 5-7 Sr. West Des Moines, Iowa/Waukee ALABAMA (1) 1 Khristian Hart G 5-8 So. Evansville, Ind./Harrison Miranda Liles 25 Samantha Heck F/C 6-2 Jr. Auxvasse, Mo./North Callaway FLORIDA (1) 54 Mallory Ladd F 6-1 Fr. Evansville, Ind./Memorial Briyana Blair 11 Jordan Lewis G 5-8 Jr. Greenfield, Ind./Greenfield Central ILLINOIS (1) 22 Miranda Liles F/C 6-3 So. Killen, Ala./Brooks Hannah Weedman 33 Juliann Miller G 5-8 Fr. Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy INDIANA (5) 2 Kat Taylor G 5-6 Fr. Akron, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy Meagan Collins 24 Taylor Ware G/F 5-9 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills Chelsea Falkenstein 32 Hannah Weedman C 6-4 So. Knoxville, Ill./Knoxville Khristian Hart Mallory Ladd HEAD COACH: Oties Epps, 1st, (Wisconsin-Stout ‘02) Jordan Lewis ASSISTANT COACH: Meredith Baugher, 1st, (Valparaiso ‘05) IOWA (1) ASSISTANT COACH: Nicki Motto, 4th, (Miami ‘05) Staci Gillum ASSISTANT COACH: Matt Ruffing, 1st, (Dayton ‘07) KENTUCKY (1) DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: FahKara Malone (Purdue ‘10) Juliann Miller MISSOURI (1) Samantha Heck PRONUNCIATIONS OHIO (2) PLAYERS... KAT TAYLOR COACHES... Briyana Blair: bree-ON-uh Oties Epps: O-teese Taylor Ware Chelsea Falkenstein: FALK-en-stine Meredith Baugher: BALK-er WISCONSIN (1) Staci Gillum: GIL-um Matt Ruffing: RUFF-ing Katie Ellerson FahKara Malone: fuh-CAR-uh PLAYER’S HOMETOWNS:... Auxvasse (Samantha Heck): uh-VOSS Muskego (Katie Ellerson): mus-KEE-go 2011-12 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 NOTES CAREER RECORDS A WIN OVER BU WOULD… 29 games. However, the streak has come to an end at 14 for Points Make UE 5-16 on the season … Make UE 2-8 in the MVC Heck, after Missouri State (1/21) held her to four points. 1. Shelly Brand-Adlard (1981-85) ...1,713 … Make UE 17-21 vs. BU all-time … Make UE 446-565 all-time. HOOPS FOR THE CURE SET FOR FEB. 12 2. Shyla Puelston (1997-2002) ........1,626 What has become a tradition of the last decade, the 3. Rebekah Parker (2004-08) ............1,480 A LOSS TO BU WOULD… University of Evansville women’s basketball team will host 4. Barb Dykstra (1982-86) ...............1,430 Make UE 4-17 on the season … Make UE 1-9 in the MVC the 10th annual Hoops For The Cure game Sunday February 5. Amy Lefever (1989-94) ................1,362 … Make UE 16-22 vs. BU all-time … Make UE 445-566 12th, when the Purple Aces host Drake University. Tipoff 6. Jamie Gray (2000-04) ...................1,335 all-time. at the Ford Center is set for 1:00 p.m. CT. Hoops For The 7. Christy Greis (1989-93) ...............1,328 Cure is a collaborative partnership between the UE athletics 8. Tricia Deffendoll (1991-95) ........1,232 BUILDING BLOCKS department, UE women’s basketball program, and the 9. Rhonda Smith (1979-83) .............1,227 In her third season of play, Samantha Heck is climbing up Greater Evansville Affiliate of Susan G.