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ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | Women's Basektball Contact: Alessandro Carusone BASKETBALL Office: (716) 645-6871 | Cell: (585) 698-4069 | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @UBWomensHoops 2018 NCAA Sweet 16 Appearance 2018-19 UB Women's Basketball Game Notes Date: Tue., Dec. 18, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm, EST BUFFALO BULLS (6-2) Location: Hanover, NH at GAME #9 Venue: Leede Arena (2,100) TV: ESPN+ DARTMOUTH (5-4) Online: ESPN+ Talent: TBD BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP Radio: ESPN 1520 AM Talent: Matt Mattia (PxP) BULLS BIG GREEN Online: TuneIn 6-2 (0-0 MAC) Record 5-4 (0-0 IVY) Live Stats: UBBulls.com Felisha Legette-Jack Head Coach Belle Koclanes Twitter: @UBwomenshoops 125-78 (7th season) Record at School 59-89 (6th season) 266-241 (26th season) Career Record 59-89 (6th season) THE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Cierra Dillard (25.8 PPG) Top Scorer Isalys Quinones (14.6 PPG) Cierra Dillard (5.8 RPG) Top Rebounder Isalys Quinones (7.0 RPG) Cierra Dillard (5.0 APG) Top Assists Annie McKenna (4.2 APG) OVERALL RECORD: 6-2 MAC: 0-0 | Non-Conference: 7-1 Home: 1-0 | Away: 3-2 | Neutral: 2-0 INSIDE THE SERIES TODAY'S STORYLINES • The University at Buffalo women's basketball team will head to Ha- NOVEMBER Overall: 0-0 nover, NH for a non-conference showdown against the Dartmouth Big THU. 1 BLOOMSBURG ! W, 94-53 In Buffalo: 0-0 Green. This will be the SEVENTH consecutive game away from home for Sun. 11 at UMES W, 69-63 In Hanover: 0-0 Last Meeting: First Meeting the Bulls. The contest also marks the first ever meeting between the WED. 14 NIAGARA W, 88-61 Legette-Jack vs. Dartmouth: 0-0 two programs. Sun. 18 at #3 Oregon L, 102-82 • Buffalo is coming off of a 72-59 loss to the hands of Dayton last Friday Fri. 23 vs. Georgetown & W, 73-64 night despite a career-high 20 point effort from junior guard Theresa THE STATS Sat. 24 vs. So. Dakota St. & W, 61-55 Onwuka. DECEMBER UB Category DART • Senior guard Cierra Dillard saw the honors continue to roll in as 74.8 Scoring Offense 56.5 she earned MAC East Player of the Week honors last week after her Sat. 1 at Central Conn. St. W, 82-69 69.0 Scoring Defense 50.4 25-point, 10 assist double-double performance against cross-town Tue. 4 at Canisius W, 84-66 +5.8 Scoring Margin +6.8 rival Canisius on Dec. 3rd. This marks the third time this season Dillard Fri. 7 at Dayton L, 72-59 39.9% FG % 42.2% has been honored with this recognigion, as she won back-to-back MAC Tue. 18 at Dartmouth 7:00pm 42.8% FG % Defense 39.8% POTW honors in November. Dillard was also placed on the Wade Trophy FRI. 21 STANFORD 12:00PM 31.5% 3PT FG % 33.5% watch list, marking the first UB player in school history to earn a spot on 34.8% 3PT FG % Defense 31.0% the prestigious list that named the top 35 players in the NCAA. Earlier SUN. 23 ST. BONAVENTURE 2:30PM 7.1 3-Pointers/Game 7.1 this season she earned a spot on the Naismith Award watch list. JANUARY 79.2% Free Throw % 69.7% • Dating back to last season, Cierra Dillard has scored 20+ points in 12 SAT. 5 OHIO * 2:00PM 35.6 Rebounds/Game 35.0 straight games and is averaging 26.6 points, 5.3 assists, 5.3 rebounds Wed. 9 at Eastern Mich.* 7:00pm -0.4 Rebound Margin +2.3 and 3.5 steals across that stretch. Dillard currently LEADS THE NATION Sat. 12 at Miami (OH)* 2:00pm 12.8 Assists/Game 14.1 in scoring, averaging 25.8 points per game this season through eight 15.9 Turnovers/Game 16.3 WED. 16 BALL STATE* 7:00PM +6.9 Turnover Margin +1.7 games. She has led the Bulls in scoring in every contest this season. Sat. 19 at Western Mich.* 2:00pm • As a team, the Buffalo offense has produced seven 80+ point scoring 11.6 Steals/Game 8.0 efforts across their last 13 games dating back to last season. WED. 23 AKRON* 7:00PM 0.9 Blocks/Game 2.4 SAT. 26 NORTHERN ILL.* 2:00PM Wed. 30 at Ball State* 7:00pm THE LINEUP (Projected starters) FEBRUARY Sat. 2 at Central Mich.* 1:00pm WED. 6 TOLEDO* 7:00PM SAT. 9 KENT STATE* 1:00PM Wed. 13 at Bowling Green* 7:00pm SAT. 16 CENTRAL MICH.* 2:00PM Sat. 23 at Akron* 5:00pm 10 | Hanna Hall 24 | Cierra Dillard 11 | Theresa Onwuka 12 | Courtney Wilkins 32 | Brittany Morrison Wed. 27 at Ohio* 7:00pm PPG 5.4 PPG 25.8 PPG 10.8 PPG 14.5 PPG 7.4 MARCH RPG 2.5 APG 5.0 RPG 4.3 RPG 4.0 RPG 5.4 SAT. 2 MIAMI (OH)* 2:00PM APG 2.6 RPG 5.8 SPG 1.6 FG% 52.8% APG 0.8 WED. 6 BOWLING GREEN* 7:00PM FG% 35.9% SPG 3.5 FG% 56.1% 3PT% 48.1% FG% 52.2% Sat. 9 Kent State* 2:00pm FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ! - Exhibition Game @UBwomenshoops @UBwomenshoops @UBwomenshoops & - Game played in Las Vegas, NV @UBAthletics @UBAthletics @UBAthletics @UBCoachJack @UBCoachJack @UBCoachJack * - Mid-American Conference Game 2018-19 WOMEN‘S BASKETBALL Game Notes GAME 9 | Dartmouth 2018-19 UB Women's Basketball Roster Numerical No. Name Pos. Class Height Hometown / High School (Previous) 0 Summer Hemphill F So. 6-1 Buffalo, NY / Cardinal O’Hara 2 Finess Dickson G R-Fr. 5-6 South Holland, IL / Homewood-Flossmoor (Memphis) 4 Aireal Dickson G Fr. 5-10 South Holland, IL / Homewood-Flossmoor 5 Zena Elias C Fr. 6-2 Clearwater, FL / Countryside 10 Hanna Hall G So. 5-3 Hamilton, ON, Canada / Lincoln Prep 11 Theresa Onwuka G Jr. 5-10 Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria / Lake Forest Academy 12 Courtney Wilkins F Sr. 6-1 Melbourne, VIC, Australia / Haileybury College 13 Autumn Jones G Sr. 5-8 Indianapolis, IN / Lawrence North (Pensecola St.) 15 Oceane Kounkou G Fr. 6-0 Gatineau, QC, Canada / Dawson College 22 Ayoleka Sodade G Sr. 5-9 Windsor, ON, Canada / Holy Names Catholic 23 Keowa Walters F Fr. 6-3 Toronto, ON, Canada / The Rock 24 Cierra Dillard G Sr. 5-9 Rochester, NY / Gates Chili (UMass) 25 Adebola Adeyeye F Fr. 6-2 Brampton, ON, Canada / The Rock 30 Marissa Hamilton F So. 5-11 Great Valley, NY / Ellicottville Central 32 Brittany Morrison F Sr. 5-9 North Ridgeville, OH / St. Joseph Academy 33 Alexis Adams F Fr. 6-0 Monmouth Junction, NJ / South Brunswick Coaching Staff Pronunciation Guide Head Coach: Felisha Legette-Jack (7th season) #0 Summer Hemphill Hemp-Hill #5 Zena Elias Zen-Ah Ah-Lee-Iss Associate HC: Cherie Cordoba (5th season) #11 Theresa Onwuka On-Woo-Kah Assistant Coach: Kristen Sharkey (4th season) #15 Oceane Kounkou Ocean Cone-Koo #22 Ayoleka Sodade Eye-Oh-Leka Show-Dah-Day Assistant Coach: Khyreed Carter (2nd season) #23 Keowa Walters Key-Oh-Wah Director of Operations: Katie Kolinski (1st season) #24 Cierra Dillard See-Air-Ah Dill-Erd Athletic Trainer: Meghann Lassi (1st season) #25 Adebola Adeyeye Add-E-Bowl-Ah Add-E-Yay-Yay HC Felisha Legette-Jack Le-Ghet Strength Coach: Annette Stutzman (2nd season) AHC Cherie Cordoba Sha-Ree Bulls At A Glance UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO INFORMATION UB WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INFORMATION Location ...........................................................................Buffalo, NY 14260 Home Court ..............................................Alumni Arena (6,100 capacity) Founded .....................................................................................................1846 Date Opened ...........................................................................................2004 Enrollment ............................................................................................29,850 Head Coach ....................................... Felisha Legette-Jack (7th season) Nickname ..................................................................................................Bulls Alma Mater ............................................................................ Syracuse 89' Career Record ................................................................................262-239 Colors .........................................................................Royal Blue and White Record at Buffalo ..............................................................................121-76 Affiliation .............................................................................. NCAA Division I Associate Head Coach ............................ Cherie Cordoba (5th season) Conference .............................................................................Mid-American Assistant Coach ........................................Kristen Sharkey (4th season) President ............................................................................Satish K. Tripathi Assistant Coach ........................................Khyreed Carter (2nd season) Athletics Director .......................................................................Mark Alnutt Director of Operations .................................. Katie Kolinski (1st season) Senior Woman Administrator .................................................Kathy Twist Athletic Trainer ............................................ Meghann Lassi (1st season) Athletic Department Phone ................................................. 716-645-3141 Strength and Conditioning...............Annette Stutzman (2nd season) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION 2017-18 SEASON RECAP Address ............................................21 Alumni Arena, Buffalo, NY 14260 Overall Record .........................................................................................29-6 Office Fax ................................................................................716-645-6840 Home ........................................................................................................12-0 Asst. Athletic Communications Director ..........Alessandro Carusone Away .........................................................................................................10-4 Cell Phone.......................................................................... 585-698-4069