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2016-17 Crusader Women’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2016-2017 Schedule and Results Youngstown State (7-14, 3-7 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result at Valparaiso (5-16, 0-10 Horizon) Nov. 3 Indianapolis (exh.) W 60-51 Nov. 12 at Stetson L 87-75 Game No. 22 - Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 - 7 p.m. CT Nov. 16 at Chicago State W 53-51 Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 19 at Illinois State L 77-56 Nov. 21 IU Kokomo W 102-47 Next Up in Crusader Basketball: The Valparaiso University women’s basket- Nov. 25 Liberty W 70-68 ball team will take a crack at its first Horizon League win on Thursday night Nov. 30 Evansville L 70-65 at the Athletics-Recreation Center. Youngstown State comes to town for what Dec. 3 Eastern Illinois W 73-68 figures to be a competitive showdown between two teams that have been hit Dec. 4 at Notre Dame L 114-54 hard by injuries this season. Dec. 10 Grace W 71-49 Dec. 11 at Indiana L 87-58 Dec. 19 Bradley L 67-56 Last Time Out: The Crusaders are attempting to bounce back from a 74-60 loss Dec. 29 at Detroit Mercy* L 85-60 to UIC on Saturday in Chicago. The Flames gained a 23-10 lead after one quarter Dec. 31 at Oakland* L 104-63 and never looked back. UIC received career performances from Taylor Toney, Jan. 5 Green Bay* L 75-36 who poured in 25 points, and freshman Tyra Carlsten-Handberg, who scored 18 Jan. 7 Milwaukee* L 85-74 on her way to the Horizon League Freshman of the Week Award. Toney had an Jan. 12 at Cleveland State* L 71-60 incredible shooting night, knocking down 11 of her 12 field-goal attempts. Valpo Jan. 14 at Youngstown State* L 76-70 received double-figure scoring outputs from Dani Franklin (20), Amber Lindfors Jan. 17 at Green Bay* L 56-35 (15) and Hannah Schaub (12). Jan. 20 Northern Kentucky* L 70-55 Jan. 22 Wright State* L 65-52 Jan. 28 at UIC* L 74-60 Following the Crusaders: Thursday’s game and every game for the remainder Feb. 2 Youngstown State* 7 p.m. of the season will be available on ESPN3, WatchESPN and the ESPN app. In Feb. 4 Cleveland State* 1:30 p.m. addition, audio can be heard via UStream with the listen live link available on Feb. 9 at Wright State* 3 p.m. ValpoAthletics.com. Jordan Morandini will handle play-by-play, with Jake Feb. 11 at Northern Kentucky* Noon Wulbert and Ben Ariano adding color commentary. Links to live video, audio Feb. 16 Oakland* 7 p.m. and stats are available on ValpoAthletics.com. Feb. 18 Detroit Mercy* 1:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Milwaukee* 7 p.m. Head Coach Tracey Dorow: Tracey Dorow is in her fifth season at the helm Feb. 25 UIC* 1:30 p.m. of the Valparaiso women’s basketball program in 2016-17. She collected her March 3-7 Horizon League Tournament# TBD 250th career victory on Nov. 14, 2014 with a 91-57 win over Butler. In her first season, Dorow led the Crusaders to 11 victories, including five in Horizon All times Central. League play. Last year, Valpo again reached a double-figure win total by notch- Home games in bold and played at Athletics-Recreation ing 10 triumphs, including an upset of Detroit Mercy in the Horizon League Center. Tournament. Dorow arrived in Valparaiso after 14 seasons at Ferris State. She # - at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. compiled a 232-163 record while with the Bulldogs. Ferris State posted the No. * - indicates Horizon League game 1 grade point average in all of Division II for the 1999-2000 women’s basketball season as well as the No. 2 ranking in 2002-03. Series Notes: Youngstown State leads the all-time series between the two squads 25-15. The recent history between the two foes heavily favors the Penguins, who @ValpoWBB VALPO Women’s #ValpoGameday Basketball 2016-17 Crusader Women’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 have won eight of the last nine and 11 of the last 13. The two teams Inside the Penguins split last year’s regular season showdowns, with both squads prevail- - Have qualified for postseason tournaments in back-to-back years ing at home. The Crusaders succumbed to the Penguins 76-70 in the for the first time in school history. first meeting of the year on Jan. 14 at the Beeghly Center. The contest - Reached the semifinals of the WBI last year with wins over Stony featured an outstanding performance from Alison Smolinski, who Brook and UMBC. scored 17 of her team-high 19 after halftime to propel the Penguins. - In 2015, advanced to the women’s NIT for the second time in program history. Worth Noting - Picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League Preseason Poll. - Dani Franklin enters Thursday in 13th on Valpo’s all-time scor- - Season has been derailed by injuries with Nikki Arbanas, Sarah ing list, needing 15 points to advance another spot. Suzie Hammel Cash and Kelsea Newman all sidelined for the season. Cash (14.1 (2000-2004) sits in 12th place with 1,077 points, while Lynda Kukla ppg) and Arbanas (11.3 ppg) were Youngstown State’s top two scorers (1988-1992) is 11th all-time at 1,081. last season. - The Crusaders’ 15 made free throws on Saturday against UIC marked - Cash was a member of the all-league preseason first team. Cash their highest total since Dec. 29 against Detroit Mercy. was a walk-on as a freshman before developing into a second-team - Valpo racked up 27 offensive rebounds on Saturday against the all-league player last season. She became the first player in school Flames, its highest total in five seasons under Tracey Dorow. history to lead the team in points, rebounds, steals and blocks in the - Amber Lindfors has 42 blocks this season, ranking eighth in a single same season. season in program history. She needs three more to pass Marlous - Freshman Mary Dunn, who leads the Penguins with 11.9 points Nieuwveen (2001-02) for seventh and five to pass Tamra Braun’s per game, did not play on Saturday at Milwaukee due to an ankle 2005-06 season for sixth. injury suffered last week against Green Bay. In addition, starter Jenna - The Crusaders are 5-3 when holding opponents to fewer than 70 Hirsch (7.5 ppg) was limited to 16 minutes against Milwaukee with points, but 0-13 when permitting 70 points or more. a back issue. - Valpo is 2-2 in its first game of February in the first four seasons - Last in the league in scoring defense (73.8 ppg), field goal percentage under Dorow. defense (43.3), rebounding (34.5 rpg) and blocked shots (1.9 bpg). - Strength is 3-point shooting, as they lead the league with 8.2 made Historical Tidbits 3s per game. - In its 45th season, Valpo is 517-622 all-time. - This game will feature three of the top 3-point shooters in the league. - Valpo has made two NCAA Tournament appearances (2002-03, Franklin leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage at 43.6, while 2003-04) and earned one WNIT berth (2001-02). Youngstown State freshman Morgan Brunner ranks third at 39.6. The - The Crusaders have had more all-freshman team honorees in the last Penguins also have Smolinski, who ranks fifth at 38.9 percent and is two years (3) than they did in the previous 12 seasons combined (2). tied for the league lead with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game. - Valpo reached double-figure wins for the first time since 2012-2013 a year ago with 10 victories. They also captured five league wins for Youngstown State Head Coach John Barnes the first time since ’12-13. - In his fourth year in charge of the Penguins. - Valpo has seven players on the roster listed at 6-foot or taller. The - Has led his team to 21 wins each of the last two seasons. last time Valpo had that many players measure in at 6-foot or taller - Came to Youngstown State after spending the previous season as was the 2010-11 season. the associate head coach at Green Bay. - The five freshmen are also Valpo’s most since 2010-11. - Led Division-II Michigan Tech to 156 wins and five appearances - Since joining the Horizon League in 2007-08, Valpo is 49-108. in the NCAA Tournament during his tenure with the Huskies from - Valpo has had one first team all-league selection (Launa Hochstetler, 2003-10. 2008-09) and two second team all-league players (Agnieszka Kulaga, - After leaving Michigan Tech, served as an assistant coach at Wis- 2007-08; Tabitha Gerardot, 2012-13). consin and Michigan. - Valpo also boasts five representatives on the all-newcomer team - Coached against Tracey Dorow when both were in the GLIAC. (Lauren Kenney, 2008-09; Gerardot, 2010-11; Dani Franklin, - He and his twin brother are the youngest of 12 children. 2014-15; Jasmyn Walker, 2014-15; Meredith Hamlet 2015-16), an - Graduated from Michigan Tech in 1995 with a degree in scientific all-defensive team member (Laura Richards, 2011-12), one Freshman and technical communication.