BYU Athletic Communications 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE 2006-07 Game#10- BYU (6-3) vs. Weber State (4-5), 12/14/06, 7 p.m. Game#11- BYU (6-3) @ UVSC (8-1), 12/16/06, 3 p.m. BYU 2006 -07 Schedule/Results Women Host Weber State, Then Travel to UVSC DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT With a 6-3 record, the BYU women’s basketball team is set to host Weber N 10 Preseason NIT State (4-5) on Thurs. Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. The Cougar team then travels a vs. Idaho State W 73-50 short distance to Orem to play at UVSC (8-1) on Sat., Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. N 13 vs. No. 4 Stanford W 55-52 N. 15 vs. No. 16 Baylor L 58-84 N 17 @ Fresno State L 51-61 Complete Broadcast Plans N 22 vs. Santa Clara W 77-63 On television - The BYU vs. Weber State game will air live on BYUTV N 29 @ Harvard W 66-51 and will also air tape delayed on the mtn., Log onto themtn.com for air D 2 @ Hartford L 43-60 times. Chris McGown and Kristin Koslowski will provide play-by-play and D 6 @ New Mexico State W 60-43 analysis of the game. D 9 vs. CS Northridge& W 55-48 On the internet - a live audio stream of all of the women’s basketball D 14 vs. Weber State 7 p.m. games will be available on BYU Radio. Veteran broadcaster Jay Monsen D 16 @ UVSC 3 p.m. will call the action. To listen log on to: http://www.byuradio.org/streaming/ D 20 vs. UC Riverside 7 p.m. Live stats - fans can follow the game action via stats by clicking on: D 30 @ Oregon 7 p.m. http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=112&YR=2006 J 6 @ Air Force* 4 p.m. J 10 @ New Mexico* 7 p.m. J 13 Wyoming * 2 p.m. BYU Probable Starters J 18 Colorado St.* 7 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht Yr PPG RPG J 20 UNLV* 2 p.m G/F 15 Jennie Keele 5-10 Sr 6.6 3.6 J 25 @ San Diego St.* 7 p.m. G 30 Mallary Gillespie 5-10 Jr 11.0 4.0 J 27 @ Utah* 1 p.m F 1 TCU* 7 p.m. G/F 35 Melinda Johnsen 5-10 Sr 5.1 3.2 F 8 Air Force* 7 p.m. C 45 Dani Kubik Wright 6-3 Sr 11.0 5.9 F 10 New Mexico* 2 p.m. F 52 Lauren Riley 6-3 Jr 4.0 4.7 F 15 @ Wyoming* 7 p.m. F 17 @ Colorado St.* 2 p.m. Reserve Players F 21 @ UNLV* 7 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht Yr PPG RPG F 24 San Diego St.* 2 p.m G/F 32 Shawnee Slade 5-11 So 8.7 6.2 F 28 Utah* 8 p.m. C 54 Cassie King 6-3 So 5.4 2.8 M 3 @ TCU* 2 p.m. F 22 Brittany Faddis 6-0 So 1.5 2.0 M 6-10 MWC Champs. TBA F 05 Ashley Cheesman 6-0 Jr 1.4 1.9 G 13 Jaime Judkins 5-6 Fr 0.5 1.0 &GAME PLAYED AT SMITH FIELDHOUSE *MWC Games G 31 Rachel Aina 5-9 So 0.4 0.2 All Times Local to Site BYU Athletic Communications Basketball Contact: Norma Collett E-Mail: [email protected] Team Stats -- Shooting from the field: (.405, 200-494) Office Phone: 801-422-4908 Shooting from the free-throw line: (.627, 89-142) Office Fax: 801-422-0633 Mobile Phone: 801-372-0989 Shooting from three-point line: (.325, 49-151) Press Row Phone: 801-422-3675 cougars.com Average points per game: 59.8 Web Site: byu www.byucougars.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 2 BYU Quick Facts 2006 Run In Preseason WNIT Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) The Cougar team ended their run in this year’s Preseason WNIT with a Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ of disappointing 58-84 loss to No. 16 Baylor on Thurs. Nov. 16. BYU had Latter-day Saints advanced to the Final Four after a 73-50 home victory over Idaho State on Colors: Blue and White Nickname: Cougars Nov. 10 and then a come from behind 55-52 upset victory over No. 4 Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Stanford. Dani Kubik Wright was named to the All-Tournament Team. Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mountain West Arena: Marriott Center (22,400) President: Cecil O. Samuelson Cougars Team Summary Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe After compiling the best season record in school history (26- Basketball Information 6), making their seventh postseason NCAA Championships Head Coach Jeff Judkins (Utah, 1978) appearance and clinching the 2006 MWC Regular Season Office Phone 801-422-8035 Champion crown, the BYU team looks to take that success Best time to call 9-10:00 a.m. daily and winning attitude into the 2006-07 year. Record at BYU/Yrs. 109-55/5 BYU returns a nucleus of four starters and five letterwinners that will make Career Record: same Assistant Coach Alli Bills this year’s squad tough to beat during its non-conference and league Office Phone 801-422- 1548 schedules. Assistant Coach Jonas Chatterton Once again the Cougars should finish at the top of the MWC standings, Office Phone 801-422 -8155 leading the way to an eighth appearance in the NCAA Championships and Assistant Coach Stacy Jensen advancing further in that national tournament. Office Phone 801-422-7682 Team Facts 2006-07 Highlights MWC Player of the Week - Shawnee Slade (Nov. 12, 2006) 2006-07 Record 6-3 2005-06 Overall Record 26-6, 13-3 Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team - Dani Kubik Wright 2005-06 Post Season 1-1 NCAA Team’s assist leader - Melinda Johnsen (220), as of 12/10/06 Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 In the game @ Stanford - Dani Wright played a total of 35 minutes, the Letterwinners Returning/Lost 5/3 most minutes played in her college career. Newcomers 3 In the game at home vs. Santa Clara University on 11/22/06, four differ- Roster Breakdown ent players scored in double figures, a first this season. In that same game STARTERS RETURNING: (4) the .839 (26-31) free throw percentage was the best for the team so far Mallary Gillespie: 5-10 Jr, G (10.3 ppg, 3.8) rpg this season. Melinda Johnsen: 5-10 Sr, G/F (4.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg) At Harvard on 11/29/06 - the Cougars picked up season bests in field Jennie Keele: 5-10 Sr, G/F (4.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg) goal percentage .481 (26-54) and 3-pt-field goal percentage .455 (5-11). In Dani Kubik: 6-3 Sr, C (10.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg) that same game, the 66 final points for BYU were the third best so far this STARTERS LOST: (1) season. Ambrosia Anderson: 6-2 Sr, F (17.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg) When outrebounding opponents, the Cougar team is 4-0 on the year, and is currently 3-0 when playing at home. LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: (5) The 55 total rebounds grabbed in the game vs. CSUN on 12/09/06 are a Rachel Aina: 5-9 So, G (0.4 ppg, 0.0 rpg) Brittany Faddis: 6-0 So, F (0.7 ppg, 0.4 rpg) new season high for the team. Cassie King: 6-3 So, C (1.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg) Shawnee Slade: 5-11 So, G/F (3.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg) Injury Update - Lauren Riley: 6-3 Jr, C (6.0 ppg 5.4 rpg) Freshman point guard Haley Hall is out for the rest of the season. She tore her ACL in her left knee at the New Mexico State game on 12/06/06. LETTERWINNERS LOST: (3) Nancy Seljaas: 3.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg Laura Stratton: 1.3 ppg, 0.6 rpg Mary Martha Abell: Injury redshirt in 2006 PREVIOUS GAME RECAP BYU vs. CS Northridge - BY-55; CSUN-48 NEWCOMERS: (3) BYU (6-3) held off a physical Cal Northridge (3-7) team to win 55-48. The Cougars Ashley Cheesman: 6-0 Jr, Forward - Orem, UT/SDSU Haley Hall: 5-4 Fr, Guard - Syracuse,UT/Clearfield HS ran hard and lead by as much as 13 in the second half and had their largest deficit Lauren Nichols: 6-0 Fr, Forward - Irvine, CA/Irvine HS at 2-0 after the first shot of the game. Though BYU lead most of the game and was in control most of the second half, it www.byucougars.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 3 USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll -- 12/12/06 wasn't the victory women's head coach Jeff Judkins wanted. Rk. School BYU came out in the first half with aggressive defense. Melinda Johnsen put 1. Maryland (12-0) some pressure on the Northridge guards, and hustle on the defensive boards 2. North Carolina (10-0) kept the Cougars on top early in the first half. Six of the first nine points were 3. Oklahoma (8-0) layups. Then both teams fell on a scoring drought of over five minutes. That 4. Duke (9-0) 5. Tennessee (8-1) was ended by Shawnee Slade who had a block and then came back to draw 6.