Gustavus Adolphus College 2016-17 Women's Basketball
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Gustavus Adolphus College 2016-17 Women’s Basketball game notes GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS CARLETON 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS COLLEGE COLLEGE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Golden Gusties Knights 11/15 MARTIN LUTHER COLLEGE W 82-50 23-1 Overall, 16-1 MIAC 8-16 Overall, 6-11 MIAC 11/18 COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA W 79-38 11/19 VITERBO UNIVERSITY W 67-30 Game 25 11/22 UW-La Crosse W 67-47 11/26 BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY W 83-71 Game Information 11/30 CONCORDIA COLLEGE* W 88-52 DATE: February 18, 2017 12/3 Macalester College* W 81-60 TIME: 7:00 p.m. 12/7 ST. OLAF COLLEGE* W 79-61 12/10 Saint Mary’s Universtiy* W 49-45 SITE: St. Peter, Minn. 12/13 UW-Stout W 69-58 VENUE: Gus Young Court 12/29 UW-River Falls W 60-56 LIVE STATS: https://gustavus.edu/athletics/wbb/LIVE/xlive.htm 1/4 Augsburg College* W 73-51 WATCH LIVE: : https://portal.stretchinternet.com/gac/ 1/7 COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT* W 71-50 SETTING THE SCENE 1/11 Bethel University* W 62-58 The No. 13/20-ranked Gustavus Adolphus College women’s basketball team closes out the regular season Saturday afternoon, hosting Carleton College on 1/14 Carleton College* W 99-45 senior at Gus Young Court. The Gusties most recently defeated St. Catherine 1/18 ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSTIY* W 83-76 Wednesday evening by a score of 84-65, led by a double-double performance of 18 rebounds and 19 points from team captain Hannah Howard (Sr., St. Paul, 1/21 MACALESTER COLLEGE* W 103-70 Minn.). The win stood as the 23rd of the season, standing as the second most 1/25 Concordia College* W 61-59 wins in a season in program history. 1/28 SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY* W 71-44 THE SERIES Saturday’s contest marks the 74th all-time meeting between Gustavus and 2/1 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS* L 69-75 Carleton with the Gusties holding a 51-22 record over the Knights. The teams 2/4 HAMLINE UNIVERSITY* W 106-63 previously met Jan. 14 in Northfield, Minn. with Gustavus prevailing by a score of 2/8 St. Olaf College* W 81-47 99-45. 2/11 College of Saint Benedict* W 61-56 SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS Carleton is currently on a two-game losing skid, most recently falling against St. 2/15 St. Catherine University* W 84-65 Olaf by a score of 72-46. After falling to Gustavus mid-January, the Knights went 2/18 CARLETON COLLEGE* 1 P.M. on a five-game winning streak to post a record of 6-3 in the month of January. Since then, Carleton has gone 1-4 and has averaged 54.4 points per game in February. First-year Samantha Cooke leads the Knights in scoring, averaging 11.7 points per game. Sophomore Cece Leone ranks just below Cooke with 11.6 HOME GAMES IN BOLD/CAPS points per game while leading Carleton with an average of 30.4 minutes played *=MIAC Game per game. GUSTAVUS QUICK FACTS GUSTAVUS PROJECTED STARTERS # Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3PT% FT% MIN. Location: St. Peter, Minnesota 5 Brooke Lemke G So. 5-6 Delano, Minn. 5.7 1.6 43.4 35.6 69.7 18.0 Address: 800 West College Ave. 20 Justine Lee G So. 5-7 Dawson, Minn. 7.6 2.6 47.5 38.1 73.5 27.0 St. Peter, MN 56082 10 Mikayla Miller G Jr. 5-8 Goodhue, Minn. 17.4 4.1 42.7 37.3 86.2 27.6 Founded: 1862 32 Hannah Howard F Sr. 5-9 St. Paul, Minn. 9.8 6.2 54.0 33.3 81.9 23.4 Enrollment: 2,456 43 Miranda Rice F Jr. 5-11 Forest Lake, Minn. 16.6 5.5 59.1 14.3 77.2 23.4 Nickname: Golden Gusties CARLETON PROJECTED STARTERS School Colors: Black and Gold # Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3PT% FT% MIN. Home Venue: Gus Young Court 10 Sarah Paller G Jr. 5-5 Brooklyn, N.Y. 9.0 5.8 38.9 15.8 83.9 27.5 Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 20 Sarah Waldfogel F Jr. 5-10 Minneapolis, Minn. 9.0 5.8 38.9 15.8 83.9 27.5 NCAA Affiliation: NCAA Division III 34 Samantha Cooke P Fy. 6-1 Chesterfield, Mo. 10.9 4.3 42.4 00.0 79.7 19.8 President: Rebecca M. Bergman 35 Anne Hamilton F Jr. 6-1 Chanhassen, Minn. 6.0 4.2 37.5 25.0 62.5 18.0 Athletic Director: Tom Brown 52 Erica Ellefson P Fy. 6-0 Hutchinson, Minn. 7.8 3.5 26.6 21.7 65.0 27.8 Assistant Athletic Director: Jared Phillips Athletic Trainer: Troy Banse TWITTER FACEBOOK SNAP CHAT Equipment Manager: Jed Friedrich @GustieAthletics facebook.com/GustieAthletics gusties Sports Information Director: CJ Siewert Sports Information Graduate Assistant: Trent Jackson YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM FLICKR youtube.com/gustavusathletics @GustieAthletics flickr.com/photos/gogusties 2016-17 Gustavus Adolphus Women’s Basketball Game Notes GAME 25: GUSTAVUS VS. CARLETON | FEBRUARY 18, 2017 A STRONG TRADITION The Gustavus women’s basketball team has compiled an all-time record of 665-448 making for a .597 winning percentage. The Gusties have won two MIAC titles, made five NCAA Tournament appearances, and have qualified for the conference playoffs each year since the initiation of the six-team MIAC STATISTICAL COMPARISON Tournament in the 2000-01 season. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN The 2016-17 Gustavus women’s basketball team is captained by senior forward GUSTAVUS vs. CARLETON Hannah Howard (St. Paul, Minn.), a co-captain from last year’s squad. 76.2 (1st) Points Per Game 55.8 (12th) HOME GROWN TALENT 55.3 (2nd) Opponent PPG 69.3 (11th) Of the 16 players on this season’s roster, 15 are natives of Minnesota. The lone player from outside the Land of 10,000 Lakes is first-year Agnes Ekman, who is 46.5 (1st) Field Goal % 36.7 (10th) a native of Uppsala, Sweden. 34.9 (3rd) 3-PT Field Goal % 22.6 (12th) SCORERS RETURN, ROOKIES INITIATED 78.5 (1st) Free Throw % 73.1 (4th) With a strong core of returners, Gustavus returns 76 percent of its scoring, including 11 returners and five incoming first-years. That core also includes 38.3 (5th) Rebounds Per Game 36.8 (9th) the Gustie’s leading scorer from the two past seasons and two-time MIAC 12.0 (1st) Steals Per Game 6.2 (12th) All-Conference recipient in Mikayla Miller (Jr., Goodhue, Minn.), last season’s co-captain, Hannah Howard (Sr., St. Paul, Minn.) and All-Conference Honorable 17.8 (1st) Assists Per Game 9.3 (11th) Mention honoree, Miranda Rice (Jr., Forest Lake, Minn.). 16.0 (3rd) Turnovers Per Game 17.6 (10th) IN THE POLLS The Gusties moved up in the most recent Division III National rankings. In the D3hoops.com poll, Gustavus moved up from No. 16 to No. 13, and moved from 2016-17 season averages with MIAC ranks (12 teams) No. 21 to No. 20 in the WBCA Coaches Poll. In regional ranking, the Gusties remaining ranked as No. 3 in the West. AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS Out of 440 teams in NCAA Division III women’s basketball, Gustavus sits near GUSTAVUS RECORD WHEN... the top in multiple statistical rankings. The 78-5 free throw percentage is second best in the nation, the 46.5 field goal percentage ranks third, the 95.8 winning At home... 11-1 percentage is tied for sixth best, and the 428 assists ranks ninth best. Miranda Rice (Jr., Forest Lake, Minn.) ranks eighth-best in the nation with a 59.1 field goal On the road... 12-0 percentage. Mikayla Miller (Jr., Goodhue, Minn.) ranks among the top-50 in the A neutral site... 0-0 country in assists, steals, and free throw percentage. In MIAC games... 16-1 GUSTAVUS NOTABLES In non-conference games... 7-0 - Mikayla Miller continues to lead the Gusties, averaging 17.4 points per game - which ranks second highest in the MIAC. Miller leads the league with an 86.2 When leading after first half... 20-0 free throw percentage and 76 steals, 3.2 per game. When tied after first half... 0-0 - Miranda Rice ranks third behind Miller in the MIAC, averaging 16.6 points per When trailing after first half... 3-1 game. Rice also ranks second in the MIAC with in field goal percentage. In overtime... 0-0 - Gustavus ranks first in the MIAC in points per game (76.2), field goal GAC has more rebounds... 20-1 percentage (46.5), free throw percentage (78.5), assists per game (17.8), and Opponent has more rebounds... 2-0 steals per game (12.0). Rebounds equal... 1-0 - On Wednesday at St. Kate’s, Hannah Howard tied a career-high with 19 points GAC has more assists... 21-1 and registered a season-high 18 rebounds to record her fourth double-double this season. She also accumulated a career-high nine free throws made, going Opponent has more assists... 2-0 9-for-10 from the charity stripe. Assists equal... 0-0 - The Gusties are two wins away from tying a program record with 25 wins in a GAC commits more fouls... 15-1 season. Opponent commits more fouls... 8-0 Fouls equal... 1-0 GAC commits more turnovers... 5-0 MIAC Standings/Schedule Opponent commits more turnovers..