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2012-13 La Salle Explorers Women’s Basketball La Salle Athletic Communications • Phone: 215-951-1637 • Fax: 215-951-1694 Women’s Basketball Contact: Michelle Serabian • [email protected] GoExplorers.com n Facebook.com/LaSalleAthletics n Twitter.com/GoExplorers_com n YouTube.com/LaSalleAthletics La Salle Explorers (1-4) at Georgetown Hoyas (4-2) 2012-13 Schedule McDonough Arena • Washington, D.C. November Wed., Nov. 28, 2012 • 8:00 PM Sun. 11 LOYOLA-CHICAGO L, 56-50 In-Game Updates @ExplorerGameDay Thu. 15 NORTHEASTERN L, 76-45 Sat. 17 DREXEL L, 56-53 The Series Tue. 20 @ Lehigh W, 49-48 • La Salle and Georgetown are 4-4 all-time against each other. Sat. 24 @ North Carolina L, 85-55 • The Hoyas edged the Explorers, 50-46, in their last meeting two years ago at McDonough. Wed. 28 @ Georgetown 8:00 PM • La Salle’s last win over Georgetown was a 79-67 decision in 2004. Fri. 30 @ Penn5 7:00 PM La Salle Notes • The Explorers led No. 25 North Carolina at the half behind hot shooting (62.5% through the December first 10 minutes) before falling 85-55 in Chapel Hill. Sun. 2 @ Villanova5 2:00 PM • Shanel Harrison posted her first double-double as an Explorer (18 pts, 10 reb) against North Wed. 5 ALBANY 7:00 PM Carolina, more than doubling her previous career high of eight points against the Tar Heels as Sun. 16 FLORIDA 1:00 PM a member of the Virginia Tech squad. Wed. 19 @ Central Conn. St. 7:00 PM • Brittany Wilson (20.6 ppg) leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring, having posted 20+ point games in Sat. 22 @ Fairfield 2:00 PM four of the five contests this year. Her season high is 26 against Drexel, and all five games have been in double figures. She adds a team-best 6.2 rebounds per game. Sat. 29 SAINT PETER’S 1:00 PM • Wilson is ranked in the top 20 in the Atlantic 10 in five categories (see page 3). • The squad is picked to finish ninth in the 16-team Atlantic 10 this season. January The Opponent Wed. 2 @ Rutgers 7:30 PM • Georgetown looks to bounce back after a 72-59 setback to No. 11/11 Cal in the Cal Classic. Mon. 7 @ Richmond^ 7:00 PM • Sugar Rodgers leads the squad with 23.0 ppg and 7.2 rpg. Sat. 12 RHODE ISLAND*(DH) 4:30 PM • Andrea White adds 11.2 ppg and 4.7 rpg. Wed. 16 @ Dayton* 7:00 PM • The Hoyas have forced opponents into 140 turnovers in four games. Sun. 20 BUTLER* (CBS-SN) 2:00 PM Sun. 27 @ Temple*5 2:00 PM Wed. 30 @ Massachusetts* 11:45 AM Probable Starters (Based on Last Game) # Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School PPG RPG February 01 Brittany Wilson R-Sr. G 5-10 Pawtucket, R.I./Northeastern 20.6 6.2 Sun. 3 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1:00 PM 05 Arielle Ward Fr. F 5-11 Springfield, Mass./E. Longmeadow 2.2 3.2 Wed. 6 FORDHAM* 7:00 PM 10 Jordan Mosley So. G 5-9 Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek 8.2 2.8 Sun. 10 @ Xavier* 2:00 PM 24 Brittany Jenkins-Murray Fr. F 6-3 Falls Church, Va./Riverdale Baptist 1.0 1.8 Wed. 13 SAINT LOUIS* 12:00 PM 33 Shanel Harrison Sr. G 6-0 Washington, D.C./Virginia Tech 8.0 5.2 Sun. 17 @ VCU* 1:00 PM Off the Bench Wed. 20 @ Saint Joseph’s*5 7:00 PM 02 Siobhan Beslow R-Fr. F 6-0 Chantilly, Va./Westfield 1.0 2.0 Sun. 24 CHARLOTTE* 1:00 PM 03 Michea Bryant Jr. G 5-5 Cheltenham, Md./Bishop McNamara 1.4 2.2 Wed. 27 DUQUESNE* 7:00 PM 04 Nikki Ortiz Sr. G 5-5 Manchester, Conn./Manchester 1.0 0.5 March 12 Alicia Cropper R-Jr* G 5-8 Brooklyn, N.Y./Providence 8.1# 2.8# Sun. 3 @ St. Bonaventure* 1:00 PM 13 Indigo Dickens So. F 6-3 Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake 0.0 0.7 Fri.-Sun. 14 Ebonee Jones Sr. G 5-10 Odenton, Md./Arundel 7.2 4.8 8-10 Atlantic 10 First Three Rounds 15 Karynda DuPree Fr. F 6-4 Milwaukee, Wis./Wis. Lutheran 1.3 3.3 (Hagan Arena • Saint Joseph’s University) 31 Jess Koci Jr. G 5-11 Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan 0.4 3.6 Sat. 16 Atlantic 10 Championship 42 Leeza Burdgess R-Jr. F/C 6-5 Miami, Fla./Pittsburgh 6.3# 7.2# (Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y.) Head Coach: Jeff Williams (Howard ’87, Third season) Associate Head Coach: Ervin Monier (St. Mary’s (Texas) ’85, Third season) * Atlantic 10 game; 5 Big 5 game; Assistant Coach: Erin Dickerson (Northwestern ’09/Third season) (DH) - Doubleheader with men’s team Assistant Coach: Shayla Scott (Pittsburgh ’11, Second season) Director of WBB Operations: Morra Gill (Dillard ’02, First season) Media Information *Sitting out due to NCAA transfer | # - Average from last season played at previous school Please direct all questions and interview and credential requests Siobhan: shih-VON Alicia: a-LEESH-a Koci: COACH-ee (24 hours in advance) to: Michea: muh-SHAY Karynda: kuh-RIN-duh Shanel: shuh-NELL Michelle Serabian Monier: mone-YAY [email protected] 1 2012-13 La Salle Women’s Basketball Jeff Williams enters his third season at the helm of the La Salle women's basketball program in 2012- 13. He brought the Explorers to back-to-back Atlantic 10 Tournament berths, advancing to the second round in 2012. His 2011-12 squad went .500 in A-10 play, knocking off Xavier for the first time in eight years and then toppling the Musketeers again in the A-10 tournament. The Explorers put together a six-game win streak, the best since 2005-06, and started league play 3-0 for the first time since 1996-97. Under his tutelage, Brittany Wilson picked up All-Big 5 First Team and Atlantic 10 Third Team honors and Jada Payne was named Atlantic 10 All-Rookie. In the first year of Williams’ tenure, the Explorers went 6-8 in the conference and qualified for the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Individual accomplishments included senior Ashley Gale being named to the Atlantic 10 Second Team and All-Defensive Team, while earning the league's 'Most Improved Player' award, and also earned All-Big 5 First Team honors. Jess Koci earned Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team honors after being one of the league's top rebounders as a freshman. Williams spent the prior seven seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, including the last four as the Jeff Williams Associate Head Coach. Williams helped guide the Panthers to postseason appearances in the past five sea- sons, including three straight NCAA Tournament trips with Sweet Sixteen showings in 2008 and 2009. He was Howard ’87 • 3rd Season formally introduced at a press conference on Wednesday, March 23, 2010 and became the program's eighth head coach. Year Overall A-10 Williams has over 20 years of college coaching experience, including 16 as a women's basketball 2010-11 10-20 6-8 coach at Howard (1995-2000), Georgia Tech (2001-03) and Pittsburgh (2003-10). He recruited or coached six 2011-12 14-17 7-7 players who reached the WNBA, including Pitt All-American Shavonte Zellous, who was named to the WNBA 2012-13 1-4 0-0 all-rookie team in 2009. Three of his recruiting classes have been ranked in the top 15 nationally and his teams have reached seven NCAA and three WNIT Tournaments. TOTAL 25-41 13-15 Under the tutelage of head coach Agnus Berenato, Williams helped Pittsburgh to unprecedented suc- cess during his seven-year tenure. Williams recruited and signed a pair of players--Zellous and Philadelphia's Atlantic 10 Tournament/Seed Marcedes Walker (University City HS)--who would provide the most successful run in the program's history. 2010-11 1st Round/#9 Two years after a six-win first season, the staff led the Panthers to a then school-record 22 wins and WNIT ap- 2011-12 2nd Round/#8 pearance in 2005-06. In 2006-07, the Panthers broke the school record for wins (24) and advanced to their first NCAA Tour- nament appearance in program history. The success rewarded Pittsburgh with its first national ranking in the Associated Press poll in nearly 20 years. Walker earned All-Region honors for the second straight year in 2007-08, leading Pitt to its first NCAA Sweet Sixteen and tying the school record with 24 wins. The team also defeated a top 10 opponent for the first time in program history and captured four wins over top 15 teams that season. Walker, who Williams worked with directly when he coached the post players, became the second player in program history to accumulate over 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. One season later, the Panthers returned to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and won 25 games, marking the fourth straight year the team had tied or broken the school record. Pitt was ranked #14 in the final AP ranking, its highest in program history. Zellous was named an AP All- American and was the school's first WNBA draft pick, going #11 overall to the Detroit Shock. In his final season at Pitt, the Panthers reached the WNIT, making it a program-record five straight postseason appearances. Williams first worked with Berenato at Georgia Tech. There he helped lead the Yellow Jackets to their second-ever NCAA trip in 2003 after a WNIT appear- ance in 2002.