UIC FLAMES (6-8, 2-1) VS. LOYOLA RAMBLERS (1-14, 1-3) Saturday, January 14, 2006 * Chicago, Ill
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UIC FLAMES (6-8, 2-1) VS. LOYOLA RAMBLERS (1-14, 1-3) Saturday, January 14, 2006 * Chicago, Ill. * UIC Pavilion (8,000) * 3:00 pm 2005-06 UIC SETTING THE SCENE: * TV: Webcast UIC vs. Loyola Schedule and Results * Radio: Yes At a Glance 11/18 Bradley L, 78-73 * Quick Notes: Last Saturday, January 11/20 ALABAMA STATE W, 84-39 7th, the UIC women’s basketball team Stats UIC* Loyola* 11/22 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L, 67-62 upset Butler on the road, 83-64. Five UIC Points Per Game 68.2 57.8 players scored in double-digits and junior 11.26 NORTHWESTERN L, 81-78 Points Allowed Per Game 65.9 78.5 11/28 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 86-77 Jacquay Holmes matched a season-high 12/2 Northern Illinois L, 51-40 seven boards in the win. The Flames Field Goal % .406 .419 12/9 Northern Iowa L, 63-53 moved to 6-8 overall and 2-1 in Horizon Opponent Field Goal % .410 .453 12/11 Evansville L, 73-43 League action. UIC enters today’s game Three-Point % .343 .337 12/14 CHICAGO STATE W, 80-62 ranked third in the conference and will 12/18 Mo. State (Cancun, Mexico) L, 64-60 Opponent Three-Point% .320 .332 battle cross-town rival Loyola University. 12/19 Mount St. Mary’s (Cancun) W, 83-67 Free Throw % .721 .743 12/31 UW-GREEN BAY # L, 70-62 The Ramblers picked up their fi rst win 1/5 CLEVELAND STATE # W, 68-66 of the season versus Cleveland State on Opponent FT % .702 .683 1/7 Butler # W, 83-64 January 7th, but LU fell at Wright State 80- Rebounds Per Game (Avg.) 34.1 36.1 1/14 LOYOLA CHICAGO # 3 PM 55 on the 11th. Marquise Hanser led the Rebound Diff erential -7.4 +1.1 1/19 UW-Green Bay # 5 p.m. Ramblers with 20 points and Jenna Real 1/21 UW-Milwaukee # 2 p.m. chipped in 11 points and eight rebounds Assists Per Game (Avg.) 17.1 12.9 1/23 WRIGHT STATE # 7 PM versus the Raiders Steals Per Game (Avg.) 11.9 5.9 1/26 DETROIT # 7 PM 1/28 YOUNGSTOWN STATE # 6 PM Blocks Per Game (Avg.) 3.9 2.3 2/4 Loyola Chicago 1 p.m. Turnovers P/G (Avg.) 16.3 28.0 2/9 Cleveland State # 6 p.m. 2/11 Youngstown State # 1 p.m. 2/16 Wright State # 6 p.m. 2/18 BUTLER # 7 PM UIC FLAMES - ON THE SIDELINES 2/23 UW-MILWAUKEE # 7 PM 2/25 Detroit # 1 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown at Horizon League Tournament 10 Chrissy Dizon G 5-6 Sr. 13.1 5.9 Chicago, Ill/The Latin School 2/28 First Round TBA 22 LaShonda Grant G 5-6 Sr. 12.2 2.4 Chicago, Ill./Marshall 3/2 Quarterfi nals TBA 32 Kelly True G 5-11 Jr. 6.6 2.2 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville 3/5 Semifi nals TBA 42 Krystal Hugelier G 5-8 Jr. 13.2 3.3 Elmhurst, Ill./York 3/6 Championship TBA 54 Nicole Rinaldi C 6-3 So. 6.4 5.2 Palatine, Ill./Fremd OFF THE BENCH Home Games in ALL CAPS # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown # - Horizon League Game 00 Bobbie Zimny G 5-10 Fr. 0.8 0.2 Long Grove, Ill./Stevenson All Times Central 23 Jill Hushka F 6-1 Fr. 1.0 0.3 Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg 25 Megan Cummens G 5-10 So. 1.7 0.8 Lockport, Ill./Carl Sandburg 30 Nikki Grobbecker C 6-2 Fr. 1.2 3.1 Stratford, Ontario/St. Michael 33 Jackie Parker G 5-7 Jr. 3.5 1.2 St. Louis, Mo./Kirkwood/John A. Logan CC 34 Ashley Hluska F 6-1 Fr. 2.4 2.1 Lansing, Ill./Marian Catholic 44 Meghan Hutchens G 5-11 Fr. 1.7 0.8 Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfi eld 52 Nichole Muffoletto F 5-10 Sr. 0.2 1.0 Elgin, Ill./Larkin/Elgin CC 55 Jacquay Holmes F 5-7 Jr. 6.6 2.2 Chicago, Ill./Marshall Head Coach: Lisa Rychbosch Assistant Coaches: Kevin McManaman, Amanda Reese and Latasha White Trainer: Masayuki Fujihashi UIC BASKETBALL SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION: QUICK FACTS Loyola University 2005-06 Record: 1-14, 1-3 Location: Chicago, Ill. Affi liation: Horizon League Founded: 1896 Head Coach: Shannon Reidy (Lake Forest College, 1994) Enrollment: 24,541 Nickname: Flames Colors: Navy Blue and Fire Engine Red NOTES ON THE BULLDOGS: Arena (Capacity): UIC Pavilion (8,000) The Ramblers are coming off an 80-55 loss versus Wright State on the road Thursday, January Affi liation: NCAA Division I 11th. Loyola only trailed by nine points at the half, but WSU extended its lead the in the second Conference: Horizon League half to pick up the victory. Marquise Hanser led LUC with 20 points and Jenna Real added 11 Chancellor: Dr. Sylvia Manning points and eight rebounds. Prior to falling to Wright State, Loyola grabbed its fi rst win of the Director of Athletics: James W. Schmidt season at home against Cleveland State, 73-65. Head Coach: Lisa Rychbosch (Loyola/’84) Record at UIC/Years: 43/42-3 years SERIES HISTORY: Overall Record/Years: Same Loyola leads the series 27-21, but the Flames dropped LU in the last match-up, 64-50. Led by Assistant Coaches: LaShonda Grant with 21 points, this was UIC’s seventh win in an eight-game winning streak Kevin McManaman (Saint Mary’s that the Flames rallied together late last season. (MN)/’92) Amanda Reese (Northern Illinois/’00) PROBABLE RAMBLERS STARTERS: Latasha White (DePaul/03) # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG 2004-05 Overall Record: 15-14 33 Danielle Lonie F/C 6-1 Sr. 8.6 5.8 2003-04 Horizon League Record/Finsh: 10-6/4th 45 Jenna Real F 6-0 Jr. 9.9 5.9 Women’s Basketball SID: Beth Usewicz 10 Marquise Hanser G 5-9 Jr. 18.5 4.3 SID Phone (offi ce): 312-996-5881 13 Mandy Mennella G 5-7 Sr. 8.9 2.7 SID Phone (cell): 314-283-8369 55 Emily Ponder C 6-2 Jr. 4.3 3.8 Athletics Web Site: www.uicfl ames.com PROBABLE UIC STARTERS: UIC MEDIA SERVICES # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG 10 Chrissy Dizon G 5-6 Sr. 13.1 5.9 The Schedule UIC will be on the road Thurday, November 22 LaShonda Grant G 5-6 Sr. 12.1 2.4 17th-Friday, November 18th, playing Brad- 32 Kelly True G 5-11 Jr. 7.2 3.5 ley University on the road. The Flames have 42 Krystal Hugelier G 5-8 Jr. 13.2 3.3 Saturday, November 19th off before hosting 54 Nicole Rinaldi C 6-3 So. 6.0 5.2 Alabama State at home on Sunday, Novem- ber 20th. Please contact Beth Usewicz (312- TOP IN THE NATION: 996-5881 to set up an interview. With 167 steals on the season, the UIC women’s basketball ranks 17th in the nation and 23rd with 239 assists. Flames senior Chrissy Dizon is inching her way into the Top 25 in steals, rank- On The Internet Media covering UIC basketball this season ing 29th with 41 in 14 games. should frequent the Flames’ website - uic- fl ames.com - for updated game notes, bios WATCH GAME LIVE ON THE WEB: and statistics. Men’s and women’s Horizon League basketball games are now offered live on the web E-Mail through CSTV.com. The partnership between the league and CSTV provides free live video Releases, game notes, advisories and stats web casts for all men’s and women’s conference basketball games that are not scheduled on can be e-mailed to media that cover the other television outlets. Please go to www.horizonleague.org and click on the All-Access link to Flames on a regular basis. Media wishing watch today’s game between UIC and Butler. to be added to the basketball e-mail list should contact Beth Usewicz at bethu@uic. edu THE COACHES: How To Contact Us UIC’s Lisa Rychbosch enters today’s game with a 48-50 record in her fourth season at the helm Sports Information Director of Flames women’s basketball. Although UIC was plagued by injuries last season, UIC hit an (Women’s Basketball Contact): eight-game winning streak late in the year to fi nish fourth in the league. Beth Usewicz Offi ce: 312-9965881 The 2005-06 season marks Shannon Reidy’s fi rst year with the Ramblers. Hired in May 2005, Cell: 314-2838369 Reidy comes to LU after serving as the head coach for Marian Catholic High School in Chicago. Fax: 312-996-5882 E-Mail: [email protected] DENIED: UIC Junior Nicole Rinaldi leads the Flames in blocked shots, posting 21 so far this season. In four different games, the center has picked up four total blocks. Rinaldi is 24 away from hold- ing a ranking in the single-season UIC records book. UIC’S RECORD WHEN..... The Flames are 5-0 when they score over 80 points a game and 4-2 when UIC shoots over 40 percent from the fi eld. The Flames are also 6-1 when leading at the half and 6-0 when leading with 5:00 remaining in regulation. UIC is 1-2 on Saturday contests and 5-4 in white uniforms.