2005-06 Hofstra University Women's Basketball Roster
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2005-06 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Junior guard Junior center Cigi McCollin Vanessa Gidden Second Team All-CAA First Team All-CAA HOFSTRA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON GUIDE 2006 WOMEN’S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT (WNIT) FIRST ROUND Saturday, March 18, 2006 – 7 p.m. The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, Pennsylvania 2005-06 HOFSTRA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE (19-11, 12-6 CAA) vs. Villanova University Wildcats (19-10, 9-7 Big East) Saturday, March 18, 2006 – 7 p.m. The Pavilion (6,500) – Villanova, Pennsylvania ***FIRST-EVER POSTSEASON APPEARANCE IN SCHOOL HISTORY (Division I only)*** WOMEN’S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT (WNIT) 2005-06 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Contact: Stephen A. Gorchov WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (19-11, 12-6 CAA) (516) 463-4933 – Work Phone (516) 523-5252 – Cell Phone NOVEMBER E-mail – [email protected] 18 Fri. FORDHAM L 53-63 22 Tue. SACRED HEART W 83-50 Radio: WRHU (88.7 FM) (Chris Babos and Evan Wilner) PEPPERDINE THANKSGIVING CLASSIC (Malibu, CA) www.wrhu.org 25 Fri. at Pepperdine W 75-59 26 Sat. vs. Kentucky (Championship Game) L 54-67 Hofstra Athletic Homepage: The Hofstra athletic DECEMBER homepage can be found at www.hofstra.edu/Sports 1 Thu. at Massachusetts W 59-58 4 Sun. at Central Connecticut State W 77-48 HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS 11 Sun. ST. JOHN’S (Fox Sports-NY) L 65-71 #-Pos Name CL PPG RPG APG 22 Thu. at #8 Connecticut (CPTV) L 49-86 28 Wed. at Harvard W 82-68 12-G Jeanell Hughes Jr. 1.6 1.4 2.9 10-G Cigi McCollin Jr. 14.4 3.4 1.9 JANUARY 2 Mon. at Northeastern* W 79-76 15-F Lizanne Murphy Jr. 10.4 7.7 2.7 6 Fri. at Towson* W 71-63 8 Sun. DREXEL* W 65-52 33-F Amaka Agugua Sr. 10.2 5.6 0.9 13 Fri. at Old Dominion* L 57-71 43-C Vanessa Gidden Jr. 15.5 9.6 0.7 15 Sun. JAMES MADISON* W 65-53 20 Fri. UNC WILMINGTON* W 71-53 OFF THE BENCH 22 Sun. at Georgia State* W 74-49 27 Fri. OLD DOMINION* L 65-70 3-G Claudia McDowell Fr. 0.4 0.0 0.0 29 Sun. GEORGE MASON* L 65-67 (OT) 4-G Natty Fripp Fr. 0.5 0.2 0.0 FEBRUARY 14-F Emily Medders Fr. 0.0 0.8 0.4 3 Fri. at William & Mary* L 62-69 5 Sun. at UNC Wilmington* W 91-76 21-G Jenna McSpadden So. 2.5 0.6 0.3 10 Fri. GEORGIA STATE* W 84-68 23-F Kristina Campbell Fr. 1.0 1.4 0.1 12 Sun. DELAWARE* W 91-85 (OT) 17 Fri. at Virginia Commonwealth* W 58-43 32-G India Ali So. 3.5 2.5 3.7 19 Sun. NORTHEASTERN* W 64-57 24 Fri. TOWSON* W 71-53 34-G Niki Williams Fr. 2.6 1.4 1.8 26 Sun. at Drexel* (MSG Network) L 46-69 35-F Lana Harshaw Jr. 6.2 3.4 0.7 MARCH 51-C Christina Biedny Fr. 1.2 0.8 0.1 2 Thu. at Delaware* L 58-77 52-F Linn Quamme So. 1.5 1.2 0.3 CAA CHAMPIONSHIP (Fairfax, Virginia) 9 Thu. Georgia State - Quarterfinals W 86-77 10 Fri. Old Dominion - Semifinals L 73-94 WOMEN’S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT 15 Wed. Stony Brook (Preliminary Round) W 92-65 18 Sat. at Villanova (First Round) 7 p.m. TBD TBD Xavier or South Carolina (if HU advances) The Game: After rolling past Stony Brook in its first-ever postseason game, the Hofstra Women’s Basketball team Home games in BOLD CAPS Times local to site heads to Villanova on Saturday in a WNIT first round * - Denotes Colonial Athletic Association game contest. The winner will face either South Carolina or Xavier, with details to be determined. Streaks, Trends and Notes: MOST OVERALL WINS SINCE - Before dropping its last two games to end the regular season, Hofstra BECOMING DIVISION I IN 1982-83 had won six straight games, tying the school record. Previously, Hofstra had a six-game win streak in both the 1982-83 and 1983-84 seasons. The Pride has now won 11 of its last 17, 15 of its last 22, 17 1. 1982-83 21 of its last 26 and 19 of its last 29 games this season. 2. 2005-06 19 3. 1983-84 18 - Hofstra is now 9-5 on the road this season. The nine road wins ties t-4. 2003-04 14 the school-record for road wins in a single season. Previously, the 1983-84 squad also had nine road victories. t-4. 1993-94 14 - In the Pride’s second game of the Pepperdine tournament, Hofstra HOFSTRA/VILLANOVA BY THE NUMBERS: faced the first of five teams on its schedule that advanced to Hofstra VU postseason play in 2004-05. Kentucky advanced to the WNIT final four last year before falling in double overtime to West Virginia. 69.5 Points Per Game 62.0 Hofstra will also face St. John’s (WNIT – 2nd), Connecticut (NCAA – 65.2 Opponents Points Per Game 57.3 16), Old Dominion (NCAA – 1st) and Delaware (WNIT – 1st). 43.0 Rebounds Per Game 32.3 39.1 Opponents Rebounds Per Game 36.0 - Hofstra has won 23 of its last 36 games at home in Hofstra Arena, including three straight prior to the loss to Old Dominion and five 16.0 Assists Per Game 16.2 straight since. 11.0 Steals Per Game 6.0 19.2 Turnovers Per Game 10.2 - Hofstra has out-rebounded 49 of its last 72 opponents, including 19 of 3.7 Blocked Shots Per Game 2.2 29 last season and 18 of 30 this year. 39.9 Field Goal Percentage 41.4 - With her 10 points against George Mason on January 29, junior 31.6 Three-Point Field Goal Percentage 35.4 guard Cigi McCollin became just the 17th member of the 1,000-Point 65.9 Free Throw Percentage 71.2 Club at Hofstra. With 1,179 points through 91 career games, McCollin 19-11 (12-6) Won-Loss Record (Conference) 19-10 (9-7) ranks 11th on the all-time scoring list is averaging 13.0 points per game in her career. TEAM LEADERS - PER GAME Gidden (15.3) Points Suez-Karni (14.8) - With 10 rebounds against James Madison on January 15, junior Gidden (9.4) Rebounds Adamshick (6.5) forward Lizanne Murphy moved into tenth place all-time in career Ali (3.8) Assists McManus (3.7) rebounds at Hofstra. Murphy now has 681 rebounds in her nearly three seasons, and is alone in sixth place on the all-time list. McCollin (1.8) Steals Dessart Mager (1.3) Gidden (1.7) Blocks Suez-Karni (0.9) - Through nearly three seasons of her collegiate career, junior center Murphy (32.3) Minutes Adamshick (32.0) Vanessa Gidden has already surpassed 100 career blocks. With one blocked shot vs. Stony Brook on March 15, Gidden now has 132 career blocks and is just the fifth player in Hofstra Basketball history to About the Wildcats: A 1978 graduate of Lycoming, reach the century mark. She is now only two blocks short of tying Harry Perretta is in his 28th season at the helm of the Diane Leonard (1978-82) for the school record for blocked shots. Villanova Women’s Basketball program. During his - Hofstra has made a three-pointer in 217 of its last 219 games. The tenure, Perretta has guided the Wildcats to a record of last time the Pride didn’t make a three-pointer in a game was on 526-291. January 26, 2003 in a 99-69 road loss to Old Dominion. The current streak is 94 games in a row with a made three-pointer. Quick Facts – Villanova Wildcats (19-10, 9-7 Big East) Location: Villanova, Pennsylvania - Speaking of three-pointers…Hofstra tied a school-record for three- pointers in a game with 12 against Harvard on December 28. The Founded: 1842 dozen made shots from beyond the arc tied the record originally set on Enrollment: 6,295 December 22, 1991 in a 94-93 loss to Stetson in the Lady Hatter Nickname: Wildcats Classic. Colors: Blue & White - The Pride is 37-4 in its last 41 games when they hold their opponent Conference: Big East under 60 points (5-0 last season, 11-0 this season). Home Court: The Pavilion (6,500) President: Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A. - Since becoming a Division I program starting with the 1982-83 Athletics Director: Vince Nicastro season, Hofstra is 39-9 all-time when scoring 80 or more points in a game. In games that didn’t go to overtime, that number is 39-7, as the Pride lost both overtime games when they scored 80 or more points. Series Meetings with Villanova: Saturday’s game mars the first-ever meeting between Hofstra and Villanova on - The 26 combined wins in the last two regular season for the Pride are the hardwood, although the Pride has faced two other the most in back-to-back seasons for Hofstra since the program's first two seasons of Division I basketball (21 wins in 1982-83 and 18 wins in Big East teams this season in St. John’s and 1983-84). Connecticut. MEETINGS WITH VILLANOVA - Three of the Pride’s returning players and Head Coach Felisha FIRST MEETING Legette-Jack competed in various state and international competitions this past summer.