HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE (2-3, 0-0 CAA) at University at Buffalo Bulls (4-3, 0-0 MAC) Saturday, December 6, 2008 – 1 P.M
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2008-09 HOFSTRA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE (2-3, 0-0 CAA) at University at Buffalo Bulls (4-3, 0-0 MAC) Saturday, December 6, 2008 – 1 p.m. Alumni Arena (6,100) – Buffalo, New York ***2005-06 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament Participant*** ***2006-07 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament - Quarterfinalist*** 2008-09 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Contact: Stephen A. Gorchov WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (2-3, 0-0 CAA) (516) 463-4933 – Work (516) 523-5252 – Cell E-mail – [email protected] NOVEMBER 14 Fri. at Iona L 57-61 Radio: WRHU (88.7 FM) – 20 Thu. at Boston College L 60-71 Check www.wrhu.org for broadcast schedule 25 Tue. MANHATTAN W 81-61 JUNKANOO JAM (Freeport, Bahamas) HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS 28 Fri. vs. #21/#19 Arizona State L 54-80 29 Sat. vs. Southern Illinois W 71-67 Head Coach: Krista Kilburn-Steveskey (NC State, 1990) DECEMBER (Third Season; 33-36 Career Record) 6 Sat. at Buffalo 1 p.m. 9 Tue. MAINE 7 p.m. #-Pos Name CL PPG RPG APG 19 Fri. RICE 7 p.m. 22 Mon. ST. FRANCIS (NY) 2 p.m. 10-G Candice Bellocchio So. 9.6 3.8 3.4 SAINT PETER’S COLLEGE HOLIDAY CLASSIC 29 Mon. vs. NJIT 5 p.m. 13-G Sam Brigham Jr. 8.0 2.2 2.2 30 Tue. at Saint Peter’s 7:30 p.m. 4-G Natty Fripp Sr. 6.6 3.2 2.2 JANUARY 4 Sun. NORTHEASTERN 2 p.m. 8 Thu. at Delaware 7 p.m. 42-F Ashley Wilcots So. 2.8 3.2 0.4 11 Sun. at Drexel (MSG +) 12 p.m. 15 Thu. TOWSON 7 p.m. 43-C Jess Fuller Jr. 10.4 4.4 0.2 18 Sun. WILLIAM & MARY 2 p.m. 22 Thu. at Virginia Commonwealth 7 p.m. OFF THE BENCH 25 Sun. at Georgia State 2 p.m. 3-G Asia Jenkins Fr. DNP (transfer elig. 12/22) 29 Thu. DREXEL 7 p.m. 12-G Aamira Terry So. 6.6 2.6 1.0 FEBRUARY 1 Sun. JAMES MADISON 2 p.m. 5 Thu. DELAWARE 7 p.m. 14-F/C Joelle Connolly Fr. 11.6 7.6 1.6 8 Sun. at Towson 2 p.m. 12 Thu. at James Madison 7 p.m. 22-G Nicole Capurso Fr. 8.6 1.4 1.6 15 Sun. at UNC Wilmington 1 p.m. 19 Thu. OLD DOMINION 12 p.m. 23-F/C Kristina Campbell Sr. 0.0 0.2 0.4 22 Sun. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 2 p.m. 26 Thu. at George Mason 7 p.m. 34-G Niki Williams Sr. 0.7 1.7 1.7 MARCH 50-F Isoken Uzamere So. 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 Sun. UNC WILMINGTON 1 p.m. 4 Wed. at Northeastern 7 p.m. CAA CHAMPIONSHIP (Harrisonburg, VA) The Game: After defeating Southern Illinois in its final 13 Thu. First Round TBA game at the Junkanoo Jam, the Hofstra Women’s 14 Fri. Quarterfinals TBA Basketball team returns to action on Saturday when they 15 Sat. Semifinals TBA travel to the University at Buffalo for a 1 p.m. contest. 16 Sun. Championship Game 3:30 p.m. This game will mark the end of a season-opening string for the Pride that will have seen them play five of their Home games in BOLD CAPS first six games away from the Mack Sports Complex. * - Denotes Colonial Athletic Association game Following Saturday’s tilt Hofstra will start a three-game homestand on December 9 when they host Maine at 7 p.m. Streaks, Trends and Notes: LED OR TIED FOR THE TEAM LEAD IN POINTS - Hofstra has made a three-pointer in 283 of its last 288 Joelle Connelly – 2 times games. The current streak is 46 games in a row. Jess Fuller – 2 times Candice Bellocchio – 1 time - The Pride is 42-4 in its last 46 games when they hold their Aamira Terry – 1 time opponent under 60 points (5-3 last season, 20-1 in 2006-07, LED OR TIED FOR THE TEAM LEAD IN REBOUNDS 11-0 in 2005-06 and 5-0 in 2004-05). Joelle Connelly – 3 times Jess Fuller – 1 time - Since becoming a Division I program in the 1982-83 season, Aamira Terry – 1 time Hofstra is 43-9 all-time when scoring 80 or more points in a LED OR TIED FOR THE TEAM LEAD IN ASSISTS game (have won 12 straight when scoring 80 or more). Candice Bellocchio – 3 times Aamira Terry – 1 time HOFSTRA - BY THE NUMBERS Nicole Capurso – 1 time HOFSTRA OPPONENT Joelle Connelly – 1 time 64.6 Points Per Game 68.0 Niki Williams – 1 time 34.4 Rebounds Per Game 37.8 LED OR TIED FOR THE TEAM LEAD IN BLOCKS 14.0 Assists Per Game 12.6 Joelle Connelly – 5 times 7.6 Steals Per Game 11.2 Sam Brigham – 1 time 23.0 Turnovers Per Game 18.2 Kristina Campbell – 1 time 5.6 Blocked Shots Per Game 4.4 LED OR TIED FOR THE TEAM LEAD IN STEALS 46.2 Field Goal Percentage 38.7 Natty Fripp – 4 times 29.5 Three-Point Field Goal Percentage 32.1 Nicole Capurso – 2 times 63.6 Free Throw Percentage 65.8 Candice Bellocchio – 1 time Sam Brigham – 1 time TEAM LEADERS - PER GAME Aamira Terry – 1 time Connelly (11.6) Points Joelle Connelly – 1 time Connelly (7.6) Rebounds Niki Williams – 1 time Bellocchio (3.4) Assists LED OR TIED FOR THE TEAM LEAD IN MINUTES PLAYED Fripp (2.0) Steals Candice Bellocchio – 4 times Connelly (2.8) Blocks Natty Fripp – 1 time Bellocchio (35.2) Minutes DOUBLE FIGURE POINTS Joelle Connelly – 3 times Candice Bellocchio – 3 times Congrats Coach: Second-year Head Coach Krista Kilburn- Nicole Capuso – 2 times Steveskey, who has a career mark of 33-36, picked up career Jess Fuller – 2 times victory number one when the Pride defeated Wichita State, 79- 72, on November 10, 2006. Coach Kilburn-Steveskey’s first Sam Brigham – 2 times year winning percentage of .765 ranks as the best among the Aamira Terry – 1 time DOUBLE FIGURE REBOUNDS 12 head coaches in the history of women’s basketball at Joelle Connelly – 2 times Hofstra. The next best was Leslie Schlegel-Danowski’s .518 20+ POINT SCORING GAMES winning percentage (14-13) in 1993-94. None Tough Slate: Five opponents that qualified for postseason Rookie of the Week: Freshman forward Joelle Connelly was play in 2006-07 are on the 2007-08 schedule for the Pride. named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Rookie of the Week on November 17, it was announced by the conference Iona (WNIT – Second Round) office. Connelly picks up the accolade in the first week of Boston College (WNIT – Second Round) honors from the CAA. Connelly shined in her NCAA debut as Arizona State (NCAA – Second Round) the rookie poured in a team-high 17 points and added a team- Florida (WNIT – Third Round) best 10 rebounds for a double-double in her first-ever Old Dominion (NCAA – Sweet 16) appearance in a Pride uniform. The heralded first-year player James Madison (WNIT – Third Round) shot a spectacular 7-10 from the field and added three free Virginia Commonwealth (WNIT – Second Round) throws for her 17 points while pulling down three offensive and seven defensive rebounds in 30 minutes of action off the Early Season Schedule: All three of Hofstra’s losses this bench. She also added a block and a steal to Hofstra’s efforts, season thus far are to teams that advanced to postseason play which ultimately fell short. in 2007-08. Soon Enough: Freshman guard Asia Jenkins will have to wait It’s All Over: Due to injury, Hofstra’s ironwomen, senior guard a few more weeks to make her Hofstra debut as the midyear Niki Williams saw her streak of 51 straight starts and 95 transfer from Cincinnati will be eligible for the St. Francis (NY) consecutive games played come to an end in the Pride’s contest on December 22 after sitting out the last two semesters season opener at Iona on November 14. Next on the list in due to the NCAA transfer rule. terms of consecutive games played is senior guard Natty Fripp with 52 in a row, while junior guard Sam Brigham has started a Nice Debut: Freshman forward Joelle Connelly’s 17-point, 10- team-high 32 games in a row at the moment. rebound effort at Iona on November 14 was the most points scored by a Hofstra freshman in their debut since Cigi McCollin VISIT THE BOUNCING BLOG @ www.hofstra.edu/Athletics/Wbasketball/ath_wbb_thebouncingblog.cfm poured in 23 in an 88-62 Pride victory over St. Francis (NY) on November 23, 2002. In addition, it is the first-ever double- double by a Hofstra rookie in their debut in the program’s Division I history (since 1982-83). Hofstra in the Colonial Athletic Association Rankings - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Team – 11/30/08 Points Scoring Offense – Fifth – 64.6 Scoring Margin – Ninth – (-) 3.4 19 by Jess Fuller vs. Manhattan (11/25/08) FG Percentage – First - .462 Field Goals Made 3-PT FG Percentage – Seventh - .295 9 by Jess Fuller vs. Manhattan (11/25/08) 3-PT FG Made – Sixth – 3.6 Field Goals Attempted Scoring Defense – Ninth – 68.0 12, twice, most recently by Nicole Capurso vs. Manhattan FT Percentage – Seventh - .636 (11/25/08) FG Percentage Defense – Eighth - .321 Field Goal Percentage (minimum five made) 3-PT FG Percentage Defense – Fourth - .259 .900 (9-10) by Jess Fuller vs.