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ILLINOIS STATE - MARCH 15, 2007 (WNIT) OWLS BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Glen McMicken, Assistant SID/Women’s Basketball Contact 6100 Main, MS 548 RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, Texas 77005 O: (713) 348-5776|C: (972) 814-4034| F: (713) 348-6019 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL [email protected]|www.RiceOwls.com 2006-07 SCHEDULE Rice (19-13) at Illinois State (21-10) 19-13, 10-6 C-USA Nov. 4 (Sat.) Lake Truck (Exhib.) L, 71-64 OWLS TRAVEL TO NORMAL FOR THIRD WNIT BID Nov. 10 (Fri.) @ Monmouth W, 76-45 Nov. 12 (Sun.) @ Rider W, 92-57 IN FOUR YEARS, WILL FACE ILLINOIS STATE Nov. 17 (Fri.) Mississippi W, 92-91 2OT For the third time in four seasons and the sixth time in history, Rice earned a bid to the Nov. 20 (Mon.) @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 54-46 Women’s National Invitation Tournament, and the Owls will play at Illinois State in Nor- Nov. 25 (Sat.) @ TCU L, 81-67 mal, Ill., Thursday at 7:05 pm. Rice lost in the championship game of the Conference USA Nov. 27 (Mon.) Sam Houston State W, 91-48 tournament, dropping a 79-70 decision to East Carolina, which nabbed its first NCAA tourney berth in 25 years. Against ECU, Krystal Frazier shot the lights out with a career- high 27 points, including six three-pointers, and Lauren Neaves recorded her 51st career Dec. 1 (Fri.) #10 Texas A&M W, 79-66 double-double, but the Owls couldn’t hold off a late lady Pirate challenge. Illinois State Dec. 3 (Sun.) Marquette L, 78-62 fell to Creighton in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, after Gene Hackerman Rice Invitational finishing second in the MVC regular-season race. Dec. 8 (Fri.) Alcorn State W, 72-51 Dec. 9 (Sat.) Idaho State (Ch. Game) W, 88-69 Today’s Game at a Glance - Final of C-USA Tournament Game 33: Rice Owls (19-13) at Illinois State (21-10), at Redbird Arena, 7:05 pm CST Radio: KTRU (91.7 FM, Houston) with Clifton Morris and Don Knodel Dec. 21 (Thurs.) @ Louisiana Tech L, 86-58 Television: none @ Florida International Fun & Sun Internet: www.ktru.org Dec. 29 (Fri.) Kansas State L, 83-54 Series/Last Meeting: The series is tied at 1-1; Rice-h 66, ISU 51 - Nov. 19, 1999 Dec. 30 (Sat.) George Mason L, 68-58 RICE SPOTLIGHT Jan. 2 (Tues.) @ *Houston L, 91-86 OT Jan. 5 (Fri.) @ *UTEP L, 65-52 Jan. 7 (Sun.) @ *Tulane [CSTV] W, 61-52 Jan. 11 (Thurs.) *Marshall W, 83-79 PROBABLE STARTERS 12 Samantha Stovall, F Jan. 14 (Sun.) @ *ECU L, 74-60 6-0, Sr., Jenks, Okla. Jan. 21 (Sun.) *Houston [ESPN2] W, 70-56 13 Lauren Neaves, F 6-2, Sr., Cooper City, Fla. LAUREN13 Jan. 25 (Thurs.) *SMU W, 80-69 45 Tiffany Loggins, F NEAVES Jan. 27 (Sat.) *Tulsa W, 83-65 6-0, Jr., Houston 4 Kadie Riverin, G 5-9, Jr., Ottawa, Canada Feb. 1 (Thurs.) *UTEP W, 84-31 23 Krystal Frazier, G 5-8, Sr., Houston Feb. 3 (Sat.) *Tulane L, 71-68 Feb. 9 (Fri.) @ *Southern Miss W, 65-44 Feb. 11 (Sun.) @ *UCF W, 75-57 Feb. 15 (Thurs.) @ *SMU L, 64-50 Feb. 17 (Sat.) @ *Tulsa W, 50-45 For the fourth straight year, Neaves earned all-confer- ence honors, being named to the all-C-USA first team Feb. 22 (Thurs.) *UAB L, 79-66 PROBABLE STARTERS Tuesday. Neaves became the Owls’ all-time leading Feb. 24 (Sat.) *Memphis W, 79-46 31 Nicolle Lewis, F rebounder, male or female, with her 10th rebound at C-USA Tournament @ Tulsa 6-5, So., Wind Lake, Wisc. SMU, passing up previous leader Michael Harris, who 42 Lashawn Johnson, F had 1,111 career boards. Neaves recorded her 51st March 2 UTEP W, 56-46 6-2, Jr., Chicago, Ill. career double-double in the C-USA tournament final. March 3 Tulane W, 64-52 10 Kristi Cirone, G The 6-2 senior forward also sits fourth on the all-time March 4 ECU L, 79-70 5-8, So., Chicago, Ill. 15 Megan McCracken, G women’s scoring list with 1,702 points, and she needs 5-8, Sr., Rock Island, Ill. two more to move into the top three. Neaves holds Home games in bold * Conference USA game 32 Maggie Krick, G the Rice record for blocks with 288. 5-11, Fr., Washington, Ill. MAGIC NUMBERS Krystal Frazier became the 13th member of the 1,000 Straight years in the 13th career point club with her 8th point against Tulane postseason for this year’s senior class 1,172 The Owls’ record when Career rebounds by Lauren Neaves, 16-0Rice’s record this year when Lauren Neaves has a who also has more than 1,700 pts. outshooting opponents. 40-11 double-double 4 ILLINOIS STATE - MARCH 15, 2007 (WNIT) OWLS BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF the FIBA Americas under-18 championships The Owls won 10 of their last 12 games to against Team USA. In the past, Riverin won Name of School: Rice University close out the 2005-06 season, and four start- bronze at the FIBA Americas world under-18 LocationLocation: Houston, Texas 77005 ers from that streak return. After a 6-11 start, championships. Enrollmentollment: 4,785 Foundedounded: 1891 (First classes in 1912) Rice was 12-2 until a season-ending loss in Nickname/Mascott: Owls/”Sammy the Owl” the second round of the WNIT at Indiana. Big WRIGHT CALLS IT A CAREER Colorss: Blue and Gray wins in that stretch included back-to-back Due to medical problems that affected her Conferenceerence: Conference USA home victories over SMU and Tulsa, and a pair ability to practice and play, sophomore guard Home Court (Capacity)(Capacity): Autry Court (4,800) of wins against Houston and SMU in the Con- Tiondra Wright chose to end her career pre- ference USA tournament. maturely this fall. The Miami, Fla., native PresidentPresident: David W. Leebron played in 17 games for the Owls last year, av- Faculty Representativee: James Castañeda C-USA PRESEASON FAVES eraging almost five minutes an outing. She had Director of Athleticstics: Chris Del Conte Senior Associate ADAD: David Sayler For the second year in a row, Rice was tabbed a career-high four points and eight rebounds Associate AD (development)elopment): Paul Sutera by league coaches as the Conference USA against UTEP on Jan. 27. Associate AD (finance)inance): Jerry Lewis preseason favorite. Head coach Greg Williams Senior Women’s Administratoror: Chris Huston looked at the selection as a mixed blessing, ON THE MEND Associate AD (marketing and media relations)relations): knowing that the honor puts a target on his Rice suffered more than its fair share of freak- Russ Dean team’s backs in a tough league. ish injuries last year, costing the Owls the ser- vices of four guards for most or all of the sea- Head Coach:Coach Greg Williams NEWSFLASH: NEAVES IS GOOD son, but the good news is that recovery is on Alma Materer: Rice (1970) Career Record: 238-166 (13 seasons) OK, so it comes as little surprise to knowing or ahead of schedule for Krystal Frazier, Rice Record: 37-27 (second season) observers, but senior forward Lauren Neaves Maudess Fulton, Catherine Flores and Whitney was named to the preseason all-Conference McCauley. Frazier went down with an Achilles Associate Head Coach:Coach Misty Murphy USA first team by opposing coaches. The 6-2 tendon injury at SMU in the team’s 17th game, Colorado State (1995), second season Floridian was a postseason first-team honoree but has fought back to be ready to start the Assistant CoachCoach: Kim Austin last season, and also earned all-tournament season. The other three are coming along well Colorado State (1998), second season honors after averaging 26 points in three C- and should all be back in full swing by the time Assistant CoachCoach: Carlos Quintero USA tourney games. Neaves was one of only the Conference USA campaign gets under way Rice (1998), fifth season Director of OperationsOperations: Rebecca Kates 25 players nationally to average a double- in January. Mississippi State (2005), second season double, and she was among the national lead- ers in rebounds and blocked shots. NEW LOOK UNIFORMS Basketball Office PhonePhone: (713) 348-5677 Changes aplenty swept through the Rice ath- ZUT ALORS! DEUX CANADIENNES letic department over the summer, with a new Letterwinners Returning/Lostturning/Lost: 11/4 Hailing from the nation that brings you back athletic director, assistant AD and marketing Starters Returning/Lostturning/Lost: 4/1 bacon, hockey night and the inimitable Celine director, and one of the early initiatives was to Newcomerss: 3 Dion, Rice’s dynamic duo from the north -- jun- establish a more solid Rice “branding” across 2005-06 Recordd: 18-14 (11-5 C-USA; 2nd) Postseasonostseason: WNIT second round ior guard Kadie Riverin and freshman guard the board, The new-look uniforms sported by Tara Watts -- bring valuable international ex- the women’s basketball team are one of the Assistant AD/Media Relationselations: Chuck Pool perience after playing on their national youth first public displays of the changes under way, Office PhonePhone: (713) 348-5775 teams. Watts was a star for Canada over the with Old English script type on the front. E-mailE-mail: [email protected] summer, helping her squad to the finals of Assistant SID-women’s hoops contact: Glen McMicken 2006-07 NUMERICAL ROSTER Office Phone: (713) 348-5776 Cell Phone: (972) 814-4034 E-mail: [email protected] # Name Pos.