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UC Riverside Contact Lauren Kane [email protected] 2013-14 Women’s Basketball 951.827.4571 (o) 951.827.3569 (f) Game Notes 916.761.1339 (c) Volume 13, No. 4 2013-14 Women’s Basketball Schedule Game 7, Home Game 1 UC Riverside (3-3) vs. Bakersfield (2-3) Date Opponent Time/Result November Tuesday, December 3, 7:00 pm PST Saturday 2 Cal Baptist (Exhibition) W, 91-56 Series Record: 5-2 Streak: W 1 Hawkeye Challenge (Iowa City, IA) Last Meeting: UCR 75, CSUB 63 on Nov. 18, 2012 Friday 8 @ Iowa L, 56-70 Saturday 9 vs. Dayton (#14) L, 54-89 QUICK TIPS Friday 15 @ San Jose State W, 105-74 Sunday 17 @ Santa Clara W OT, 90-80 The UC Riverside Women’s Basketball Team returns to the SRC Arena from a Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, AK) six-game road swing for its 2013-14 home opener against Bakersfield onTuesday, Tuesday 26 @ Alaska Anchorage L 2OT, 75-83 December 3 at 7 pm PT. Wednesday 27 vs. Nicholls W, 74-64 The Highlanders earned third-place honors at the Great Alaska Shootout last December Tuesday 3 Bakersfield 7:00 pm week following a 1-1 performance. Guard Simone DeCoud was named to the All- Friday 6 Pepperdine 7:00 pm Tournament Team after leading the Highlanders with 20.5 points per game while Monday 16 @ Gonzaga 6:00 pm hitting 56.0 percent from the field including a 50.0 percent clip from long range. Wednesday 18 vs. Washington State 4:00 pm DeCoud is now UC Riverside’s second-leading scorer at 14.2 points per game Saturday 21 @ Arizona 5:00 pm San Diego Surf & Slam Tournament (San Diego, CA) behind sophomore Brittany Crain, who is pacing the league with 19.0 ppg. Saturday 28 @ San Diego State 2:00 pm The Highlanders are 3-3 this season averaging a league-best 75.7 points per game Monday 30 vs. K-State/NC State TBA while also pacing the conference in blocks per game and assists per game. January Bakersfield is coming off of a four-point win against Omaha this past Saturday Thursday 9 Cal State Fullerton * 7:00 pm Saturday 11 @ UC Irvine * 4:00 pm that improved its record to 2-3. The Runners also boast four players in double- Thursday 16 UC Davis * 7:00 pm figure scoring led by Tyonna Outland’s 21.4 ppg. Saturday 18 Hawai’i * 5:00 pm As a team, Bakersfield is averaging just 2.3 points per game less than the Thursday 23 @ UC Santa Barbara * 7:00 pm Highlanders at 73.4. UC Riverside owns the all-time series record against the Saturday 25 @ Cal Poly * 4:00 pm Thursday 30 Cal State Northridge * 7:00 pm Roadrunners, 5-2, including a 75-63 victory at Bakersfield on November 18, 2012. February Thursday 6 @ Cal State Fullerton * 7:00 pm 2013-14 Big West Saturday 8 @ Long Beach State * 4:00 pm Thursday 13 @ Hawai’i * 9:00 pm Women’s Basketball Standings Saturday 15 UC Irvine * 5:00 pm Thru Dec. 2 Thursday 20 UC Santa Barbara * 7:00 pm Saturday 22 Cal Poly * 7:00 pm |----Big West---| |---------------------All Games------------------| March W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Saturday 1 @ Cal State Northridge * 4:00 pm Long Beach State 0 0 .000 4 2 .667 3-0 1-2 0-0 Thursday 6 @ UC Davis * 7:00 pm Hawaii 0 0 .000 5 3 .625 5-1 1-1 0-0 Saturday 8 Long Beach State * 7:00 pm UC Irvine 0 0 .000 4 3 .571 1-0 3-2 0-1 Tuesday 11 # Big West First Round TBA Cal Poly 0 0 .000 4 4 .500 4-0 0-2 0-2 Wednesday 12 # Big West Quarterfinals TBA UC Riverside 0 0 .000 3 3 .500 0-0 2-2 1-1 Friday 14 ! Big West Semifinals TBA UC Santa Barbara 0 0 .000 3 3 .500 2-2 1-1 0-0 Saturday 15 ! Big West Championship TBA UC Davis 0 0 .000 2 4 .333 1-1 0-2 1-1 Cal State Northridge 0 0 .000 2 5 .286 0-3 2-2 0-0 All Times Pacific * - Big West Conference Games Cal State Fullerton 0 0 .000 1 5 .167 0-2 1-1 0-2 # - Games played at the Pyramid In Long Beach ! - Games played at the Honda Center in Anaheim 2013-14 Big West Preseason 2013-14 Big West Preseason Media Poll All-Conference Team No. School Pts. Name, School Yr. 1. Cal Poly (17) 177 Brittany Crain, UC Riverside So. 2. Hawai’i (3) 159 Sydnee Fipps, UC Davis Jr. 3. Cal State Northridge 121 Ashlee Guay, Cal State Northridge Jr. 4. Long Beach State 120 Kamilah Jackson, Hawai’i Sr. 5. UC Santa Barbara 100 Alex Sanchez, Long Beach State Jr. 6. UC Davis 72 Molly Schlemer, Cal Poly Sr. 7. Cal State Fullerton 59 8. UC Irvine 54 9. UC Riverside 38 ( ) First-place votes gohighlanders.com QUICK FACTS UC Riverside Women’s Basketball University Information Team Information Full Name ............. University of California, Riverside Head Coach.........................................John Margaritis Preferred Abbreviations ............ UC Riverside, UCR Alma Mater ..................... Northeastern Illinois (1982) Nickname ................................................. Highlanders Record at UCR (Years) ............... 141-141 (10th year) Location ............................................... Riverside, CA Career Record ............................ 251-221 (16th year) Founded .............................................................. 1954 Assistant Coaches ....................................Carter Shaw, NCAA Afiliation ......................................... Division I ........................ Seyram Gbewonyo, Giuliana Mendiola Conference .................................................... Big West 2012-13 Overall Record .....................................11-18 Colors ................................................... Blue and Gold 2012-13 Conference Record ............4-14 (10th of 10) Enrollment ....................................................... 20,500 2012-13 Postseason .................................................NA Chancellor ............................................... Kim Wilcox Starters Returning / Lost .....................................3 / 2 Interim Director of Athletics .............. Jim Wooldrige Letter Winners Returning / Lost ........................8 / 4 Exec. Assoc. AD/SWA .............................. Janet Lucas Arena ............................................. SRC Arena (2,750) Team Physicians .....Drs. Aaron Rubin, Lauren Simon ...........................................Stan Setiawan, Kim Fodran Athletic Trainer, WBK ................................ Jen Guiry WBK Contact ......................................... Lauren Kane YOO-SEE-R pro-NUN-see-A-shun GUYD 1 Kiara Harewood key-ARE-uh HAIR-wood 2 Akilah uh-KEY-luh 3 Annelise Ito ANN-uh-LEES EE-toh 10 Tahvia TAH-vee-uh 14 DeCoud duh-COOD 21 Dre’Mel DRAY-mel 30 Jamila juh-MEE-luh 31 Natasha Hadley nuh-TAH-shuh HAD-lee 44 Inara Nyingifu eh-NAR-uh NYING-uh-fuh HC Margaritis mar-guh-REE-tees AC Seyram Gbewonyo SAY-rum buh-WAHN-yo AC Giuliana JEWL-ee-AH-nuh WE ARE ... * Please refer to our teams as one of the following names: UC Riverside, UCR, or Highlanders. * Please do not call us Cal-Riverside, Riverside, U.C.R, Lady Highlanders or any variation of the above. gohighlanders.com Game Notes Vol. 13, No. 4 JOHN MARGARITIS Head Women’s Basketball Coach Head Coach John Margaritis has taken the Highland- Margaritis is no stranger to the Inland ers women’s basketball team to new heights in his nine Empire, however, having spent 1993- seasons in Riverside. Margaritis continues to rewrite 97 at Cal State San Bernardino. After the UCR record books averaging 15.3 wins per season two years as the Coyotes’ assistant, and making the postseason in five of eight years (three Margaritis was named interim head NCAA Tournament appearances and two WNIT ap- coach for the 1995-96 season. pearances). He started his coaching career at The Highlanders have won three Big West Tourna- Northeastern Illinois University, where ment titles and one Big West Conference regular sea- he led the NAIA program to a record son title during Margaritis’ UC Riverside tenure, and he of 83-53 in his four years there. was named Big West Coach of the Year in 2007. Margaritis moved on to coach one During his time in the Inland Empire, Margaritis season at National-Louis University helped develop Kemie Nkele into a four-time First- in Illinois. Team All-Big West Conference award winner, two- He holds a degree in secondary time Big West Player of the Year and one-time Defen- physical education from North- sive Player of the Year. Nkele and former Highlanders eastern Illinois, and has two sons, Seyram Gbewonyo and Katerina Glyniadaki continued Peter and Chris. their basketball careers at the professional level playing in Greece. In 2004-05 Margaritis was hired as just the seventh women’s basketball head coach in UCR history and just the second at the Division I level. He inherited a Margaritis’ Career Head Coaching Capsule team that was 7-21 the year prior to his hiring and led them to a 16-13 record, the program’s first winning Year School Division Record Postseason/Notes season since 2001-02. 1981-82 Northeastern Illinois NAIA 10-22 One year later, Margaritis and the Highlanders 1982-83 Northeastern Illinois NAIA 19-15 1983-84 Northeastern Illinois NAIA 29-4 #6 national NAIA ranking stunned 10-time defending champion UC Santa Bar- 1984-85 Northeastern Illinois NAIA 25-12 NAIA Elite Eight bara 59-58 in the Big West Conference Tournament 1988-89 National-Louis (IL) NAIA 15-12 Championship game punching their first-ever ticket to 1995-96 CSU San Bernardino II 12-15 the Big Dance since transitioning to NCAA Division I. 2004-05 UC Riverside I 16-13 BW Tourn. Quarterfinals The 2006-07 season saw the Highlanders run off a 2005-06 UC Riverside I 16-15 BW Tourn. Champions 12-2 mark in conference play to claim the programs NCAA First Round first regular season title. Margaritis was named Big 2006-07 UC Riverside I 21-11 BW Regular Season West Coach of the Year as UCR again defeated UCSB Tournament Champs in the championship game to earn their second con- NCAA First Round 2007-08 UC Riverside I 14-16 BW Tourn.