2014-15 Michigan Women's Basketball Michigan Combined Team Statistics (As of Dec 28, 2014) All Games
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2014-15 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1100 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Basketball Contact: Sarah VanMetre • [email protected] • Direct (734) 647-4209 2014-15 SCHEDULE/Results MICHIGAN hosts PENN state ON new yEAR’S day Overall: 8-4 HOME: 6-1 away: 0-3 BIG TEN: 0-1 HOME: 0-0 away: 0-1 MICHIGAN vs. PENN state november Thursday, JAN. 1 -- CRISLER CENTER (ANN ARBOR, MICH.), 1 P.M. 2 .............DAVENPORT (EXH.) ........................W, 74-39 Radio: WTKA (AM 1050) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) 14 ...........DETROIT ..........................................W, 76-57 Michigan Wolverines Internet: MGoBlue.com -- live audio and statistics Penn State Lady Lions 16 ...........BUCKNELL .......................................W, 68-61 (8-4, 0-1 Big Ten) Video: BTN Plus via BTN2Go (3-9, 0-1 Big Ten) 20 ............... at Pittsburgh .................................................L, 85-64 23 ...........WESTERN MICHIGAN .....................W, 74-47 29 ............... vs. Washington State# .............................W, 76-64 SERIES information 30 ............... vs. San Diego State# ................................W, 70-50 TOP StoryLINES Penn State DECEMBER ► Michigan returns to Crisler Center for today’s Big Ten home 3 .............WAKE FOREST$ ..............................W, 83-69 opener against Penn State. Penn State leads 31-9 9 .............PRINCETON .....................................L, 85-55 Streak: Penn State has won seven 13 ............... at No. 5 Notre Dame ..................................L, 70-50 ► Today’s game is the first NCAA women’s basketball game being Home: Penn State leads 14-5 19 ...........CANISIUS .........................................W, 79-43 played in 2015. Away: Penn State leads 16-2 22 ...........EASTERN MICHIGAN ......................W, 81-52 Neutral: Michigan leads 2-1 28 ............... at Wisconsin* ................................................L, 63-53 ► It is just the third time in program history that the Wolverines are playing on New Year’s Day. U-M also played on Jan. 1, 2006 and Last 10 meetings January 1/4/09 A L, 76-58 1 .............PENN STATE .........................................1 P.M. Jan. 1, 2004. 2/9/09 H L, 64-56 4 .............MICHIGAN STATE* ...............................2 P.M. 1/31/10 H W, 66-62 7 ................. at Rutgers* .......................................................7 p.m. ► The Wolverines are looking for their first win over Penn State 2/18/10 A L, 71-65 (OT) 11 ...........OHIO STATE* ........................................2 P.M. since a 66-62 victory at home on Jan. 31, 2010. PSU leads the all- 2/3/11 H L, 81-63 17 ............... at Northwestern* ...........................................5 p.m. 1/17/12 A L, 78-63 22 ............... at Iowa* .............................................................8 p.m. time series against U-M, 31-9. 26 ...........ILLINOIS* ..............................................7 P.M. 1/26/12 H L, 77-56 29 ...........MARyLAND* ........................................7 P.M. ► The Wolverines are averaging 73.7 points on 46.0 percent 1/21/13 H L, 59-49 2/24/13 A L, 68-57 shooting at home this season, while their opponents are scoring 3/1/14 A L, 77-62 February 59.1 points on 41.1 percent shooting at Crisler Center. Michigan is 1 ................. at Nebraska* ....................................................2 p.m. 6-1 in Ann Arbor. 5 ................. at Michigan State* .........................................7 p.m. 8 .............RUTGERS* ............................................2 P.M. 10 ............... at Ohio State* ..................................................7 p.m. ► Senior Cyesha Goree has recorded a double-double in her 14 ...........NORTHWESTERN* ...............................2 P.M. last four games, pushing her season total to eight. She is third in 18 ...........INDIANA* .............................................7 P.M. the Big Ten in double-doubles and fifth in rebounding at 10.3 re- 21 ............... at Minnesota* ..................................................... TBA bounds per game. 24 ...........PURDUE* ..............................................7 P.M. on facebook ... 28 ............... at Illinois* ........................................................11 a.m. ► Michigan has four players scoring in double figures in Katelynn “MICHIGAN Women’s Basketball” march Flaherty (13.8 ppg), Cyesha Goree (13.1 ppg), Shannon Smith BIG TEN TOURNAMENT (11.9 ppg) and Siera Thompson (10.5 ppg). 4-8 ............. Big Ten Tournament^ ....................................... TBA on twitter ... NCAA TOURNAMENT @umichwbball 20-23 ........ First and Second Rounds ................................TBA 27-30 ........ Regional Rounds ................................................ TBA Probable starters (based ON LAST GAME) APRIL 5 ................. Final Four .............................................................. TBA # POS YR PLAyER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 7 ................. Championship .................................................... TBA 14 G/F Sr. Nicole Elmblad 7.3 5.9 .447 Scored in double figures four times 2 G So. Siera Thompson 10.5 2.5 .345 Hit 24 three-pointers on 40.7 % shooting Home games in BOLD CAPS 5 G Sr. Shannon Smith 11.9 4.8 .438 Led U-M in scoring five times * denotes Big Ten Conference game 22 F Sr. Cyesha Goree 13.1 10.3 .540 5th in B1G in rebounds, 2nd in double-doubles # denotes San Juan Shootout (San Juan, P.R.) 20 G So. Danielle Williams 1.5 1.8 .545 Started last three games $ denotes Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ^ games played in Hoffman Estates, Ill. OFF THE BENCH All times are site times # POS YR PLAyER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 3 G Fr. Katelynn Flaherty 13.8 1.3 .420 Scored in double figures 10 times 1 G Jr. Madison Ristovski 6.3 1.8 .380 Has 17 three-pointers on 38.6 % shooting 15 G So. Paige Rakers 0.0 0.3 .000 Appeared in four games 32 F Jr. Kelsey Mitchell 1.1 1.3 .417 Had two blocks vs. EMU (12/22) 11 F Fr. Jillian Dunston 2.6 3.3 .565 Career-best six rebounds vs. EMU (12/22) 23 G Fr. Maria Backman 0.9 1.3 .200 Appeared in 10 games 12 C Fr. Terra Stapleton 1.0 0.0 1.000 Scored in three games 24 F Fr. Emoni Jackson 0.8 1.0 .667 Played in five games off the bench TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG Michigan 12 317-732 .433 74-192 .385 121-158 .766 169-279 448 37.3 190 3 185 15.4 188 24 106 829 69.1 Penn State 12 294-729 .403 32-128 .250 168-264 .636 163-345 508 42.3 257 9 162 13.5 212 64 99 788 65.7 2014-15 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 1 -- PENN STATE 2014-15 Wolverines Madison Ristovski Siera Thompson Katelynn Flaherty Halle Wangler Shannon Smith Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Sr./Jr. Sr./Sr. 1 G 2 G 3 F 4 G 5 G Jillian Dunston Terra Stapleton Nicole Elmblad Paige Rakers Danielle Williams Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. So./So. So./So. 11 G/F 12 F/C 14 G/F 15 G 20 G Cyesha Goree Maria Backman Emoni Jackson Kelsey Mitchell Kim Barnes Arico Sr./Sr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. Head Coach 22 F 23 G 24 F 32 F HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School (Last College) Roster Breakdown 1 Madison Ristovski G 5-10 Jr./Jr. Sterling Heights, Mich./University Liggett 2 Siera Thompson G 5-7 So./So. Gardena, Calif./Serra By Class 3 Katelynn Flaherty G 5-7 Fr./Fr. Point Pleasant, N.J./Metuchen Seniors (3): Smith, Elmblad, Goree 4 Halle Wangler G 5-9 Sr./Jr. Royal Oak, Mich./Shrine Catholic (Oakland) Juniors (3): Wangler, Ristovski, Mitchell 5 Shannon Smith G 5-7 Sr./Sr. Gastonia, N.C./Forestview (Trinity Valley CC) Sophomores (3): Rakers, Thompson, 11 Jillian Dunston G/F 5-11 Fr./Fr. Silver Spring, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross Williams 12 Terra Stapleton C 6-4 Fr./Fr. Proctorville, Ohio/Fairland Freshmen (5): Flaherty, Dunston, Back- 14 Nicole Elmblad G/F 5-11 Sr./Sr. St. Ignace, Mich./LaSalle man, Stapleton, Jackson 15 Paige Rakers G 5-11 So./So. Carlyle, Ill./Carlyle 20 Danielle Williams G 5-9 So./So. Phoenix, Ariz./St. Mary’s 22 Cyesha Goree F 6-3 Sr./Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich./Wyoming Park By Position 23 Maria Backman G 6-1 Fr./Fr. Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman Guards (8): Ristovski, Smith, Thompson, 24 Emoni Jackson F 6-1 Fr./Fr. Los Angeles, Calif./Long Beach Polytechnic Rakers, Wangler, Williams, Flaherty, 32 Kelsey Mitchell F 6-0 Jr./Jr. Detroit, Mich./Inkster Backman Forwards (6): Elmblad, Goree, Mitchell, Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico Dunston, Jackson, Stapleton Assistant Coaches: Melanie Moore, Megan Duffy, Joy McCorvey Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Assistant Director of Basketball Operations: Phil Stock Pronunciation Graduate Assistant: Emma Golen Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Cyesha Goree -- sigh-EE-sha gore-EE Paige Rakers -- ROCK-ers Emoni Jackson -- E-mah-nee Terra Stapleton -- TAIR-a PAGE 2 2014-15 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 1 -- PENN STATE 2014-15 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 1 -- PENN STATE PLAyER & TEAM NOTES Last Time Out First Game of 2015 THE NATIONAL POLLS The University of Michigan women’s basketball team Michigan and Penn State are playing in the first NCAA fell, 63-53, at Wisconsin Sunday afternoon (Dec. 28) women’s basketball game of 2015. There are 19 games AP Poll inside the Kohl Center to open Big Ten Conference play. scheduled for Jan. 1. Rank, Team Record Pts The Wolverines cut Wisconsin’s lead to 37-35 midway 1 S. Carolina (24) 12-0 864 through the second half, but the Badgers answered with Goree Keeps Double Dipping 2 Connecticut (7) 9-1 835 a pair of three-point field goals and the Wolverines were Senior Cyesha Goree has recorded eight double-dou- 3 Texas (4) 10-0 814 never closer than six points the rest of the way. bles after going for 10 points and 14 rebounds against 4 Notre Dame 12-1 757 Wisconsin (Dec. 28).