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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 Facebook.com/LaSalleAthletics Twitter.com/GoExplorers_com YouTube.com/LaSalleAthletics La Salle (8-20, 4-9) @ St. Bonaventure (9-19, 2-11) 2012-13 Schedule Reilly Center • St. Bonaventure, N.Y. Sun., March 3, 2013 • 1 p.m. November Sun. 11 LOYOLA-CHICAGO L, 56-50 Twitter: @ExplorerGameDay Thu. 15 NORTHEASTERN L, 76-45 Sat. 17 DREXEL L, 56-53 The Series Tue. 20 @ Lehigh W, 49-48 • Sunday marks the 22nd meeting of La Salle and St. Bonaventure. Sat. 24 @ North Carolina L, 85-55 • The Bonnies own a slim 11-10 lead in the series that dates back to 1991. Wed. 28 @ Georgetown L, 69-61 • St. Bonaventure won last year, 75-57, at Tom Gola Arena behind 28 Jessica Jenkins points. Fri. 30 @ Penn5 L, 65-56 • Sunday is a rematch of last year’s Atlantic 10 Championship quarterfi nal. La Salle Notes December • Jordan Mosley led all scorers in a 54-46 loss to Duquesne on Wednesday. Sun. 2 @ Villanova5 L, 49-44 • The Explorers rallied from down 18 to get within six against the Dukes. Wed. 5 ALBANY L, 75-36 • Shanel Harrison has scored in double fi gures in 11 straight games, averaging 16.2 in that span. Sun. 16 FLORIDA L, 74-50 • Harrison ranks seventh in the A-10 in scoring against conference opponents (14.8 ppg). She Wed. 19 @ Central Conn. St. W, 70-46 also ranks in the top 15 in offensive, defensive and overall rebounding as well as steals. • Jones averages 10.7 ppg and ranks third in the A-10 by going 83.3% at the free throw line in Sat. 22 @ Fairfi eld W, 60-50 A-10 play this season. Sat. 29 SAINT PETER’S W, 72-55 • Brittany Wilson (18.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg) is out indefi nitely due to injury. The Opponent January • St. Bonaventure is coming off of a 62-50 loss to Fordham; Katie Healy led with 11 points. Wed. 2 @ Rutgers L, 54-50 • The Bonnies look to snap a nine-game losing streak, which included a winless February. Mon. 7 @ Richmond^ L, 67-62 • The Bonnies will not qualify for the A-10 Tournament this year, one season removed from their Sat. 12 RHODE ISLAND*(DH) W, 72-46 run to the Sweet 16. Wed. 16 @ Dayton* L, 95-47 • Doris Ortega leads the squad with 11.9 ppg and adds 5.7 rpg. Sun. 20 BUTLER* (CBS-SN) L, 59-42 • Alaina Walker leads with 5.8 rpg and chips in 9.1 ppg. Sun. 27 @ Temple*5 W, 71-55 Wed. 30 @ Massachusetts* W, 68-57 Probable Starters # Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School PPG RPG February 02 Siobhan Beslow R-Fr. F 6-0 Chantilly, Va./Westfi eld 3.2 3.8 Sun. 3 GEO. WASHINGTON* L, 74-57 10 Jordan Mosley So. G 5-9 Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek 6.1 3.3 Wed. 6 FORDHAM* L, 69-49 13 Indigo Dickens So. F 6-3 Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake 1.4 1.8 Sun. 10 @ Xavier* L, 58-53 14 Ebonee Jones Sr. G 5-10 Odenton, Md./Arundel 10.7 4.8 Wed. 13 SAINT LOUIS* W, 49-46 33 Shanel Harrison Sr. G 6-0 Washington, D.C./Virginia Tech 12.3 6.9 Sun. 17 @ VCU* L, 69-50 Off the Bench Wed. 20 @ Saint Joseph’s*5 L, 68-31 01 Brittany Wilson R-Sr. G 5-10 Pawtucket, R.I./Northeastern 18.3 6.5 Sun. 24 CHARLOTTE* L, 73-56 03 Michea Bryant Jr. G 5-5 Cheltenham, Md./Bishop McNamara 4.1 2.0 Wed. 27 DUQUESNE* L, 54-46 04 Nikki Ortiz Sr. G 5-5 Manchester, Conn./Manchester 0.6 0.4 March 05 Arielle Ward Fr. F 5-11 Springfi eld, Mass./E. Longmeadow 1.0 1.6 Sun. 3 @ St. Bonaventure* 1:00 PM 12 Alicia Cropper R-Jr* G 5-8 Brooklyn, N.Y./Providence 8.1# 2.8# Fri.-Sun. 15 Karynda DuPree Fr. F 6-4 Milwaukee, Wis./Wis. Lutheran 2.7 4.2 8-10 Atlantic 10 First Three Rounds 31 Jess Koci Jr. G 5-11 Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan 1.0 2.6 (Hagan Arena • Saint Joseph’s University) 42 Leeza Burdgess R-Jr. F/C 6-5 Miami, Fla./Pittsburgh 6.3# 7.2# Sat. 16 Atlantic 10 Championship Head Coach: Jeff Williams (Howard ’87, Third season) (Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y.) Associate Head Coach: Ervin Monier (St. Mary’s (Texas) ’85, Third season) Assistant Coach: Erin Dickerson (Northwestern ’09/Third season) * Atlantic 10 game; 5 Big 5 game; Assistant Coach: Shayla Scott (Pittsburgh ’11, Second season) (DH) - Doubleheader with men’s team Director of WBB Operations: Morra Gill (Dillard ’02, First season) *Sitting out due to NCAA transfer | # - Average from last season played at previous school Media Information 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 fi rst 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 fi rst 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 fi rst year of Williams’ tenure, the Explorers went 6-8 in the conference and qualifi ed 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 fi ve 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 8-18 4-7 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 32-55 17-22 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 fi rst 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 fi rst NCAA Tour- nament appearance in program history. The success rewarded Pittsburgh with its fi rst 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 fi rst NCAA Sweet Sixteen and tying the school record with 24 wins. The team also defeated a top 10 opponent for the fi rst 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 fi nal AP ranking, its highest in program history. Zellous was named an AP All- American and was the school's fi rst WNBA draft pick, going #11 overall to the Detroit Shock. In his fi nal season at Pitt, the Panthers reached the WNIT, making it a program-record fi ve straight postseason appearances. Williams fi rst worked with Berenato at Georgia Tech.