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Wo me n ’s Ba s k e t b a l l Re l e a s e Cu r r e n t a s o f Fe b . 1, 2008 2007-08 EMU BASKETBALL 2007-2008 EAGLES BASKETBALL (10-9, 4-3 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS (10-9, 4-3 MAC) Eastern Michigan Women’s Basketball OCTOBER 31 OHIO LEGENDS (Exhibition)...... L, 63-68 Feb. 2, 2008 • 2 p.m. • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. NOVEMBER vs. Kent State University (6-13, 3-4 MAC East Division) 3 WAYNE STATE (Exhibition)...... W, 68-60 11 TEMPLE BAPTIST (DH)...... W, 108-22 2007-08 EMU Wo me n ’s Ba s k e t b a l l Ro s t er 14 at Detroit...... W, 65-54 Probable Starters 17 WRIGHT STATE...... W, 71-41 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG 23 vs. Alabama !...... W, 52-43 35 Kelly Watts F 6-0 So. Gary, Ind. 7.7 5.7 0.8 52 Colleen Russell F/C 6-5 Sr. Windsor, Ontario 10.4 3.5 0.5 24 vs. N.C. State !...... L, 41-63 15 Brittany Tyson G 5-6 Sr. Ypsilanti, Mich. 2.7 1.1 3.5 29 at Weber State...... L, 49-61 20 Amanda Compton G 5-9 Jr. Ypsilanti, Mich. 5.4 2.0 0.9 DECEMBER 22 Alyssa Pittman G 5-8 So. Elkhart, Ind. 14.1 3.9 1.8

2 ILLINOIS STATE...... L, 61-79 Reserves 6 at Florida Atlantic...... L, 71-75 2 Tara Johnson F 5-10 Fr. Flint, Mich. 0.9 0.7 0.1 8 at Florida International...... W, 77-58 3 Amber Land F 6-2 Jr. Kulm, N.D. 5.4 4.7 0.8 11 Cassie Schrock G 5-9 Fr. Wadsworth, Ohio 6.1 3.8 1.9 21 DAYTON...... L, 57-59 12 Canea Williams G 5-6 Jr. Mansfield, Ohio 9.8 2.5 3.9 28 at Duquesne...... W, 79-77 2OT 21 Mary Lawson G/F 6-1 Jr. Alexandria, Va. 1.0 1.3 0.0 JANUARY 23 Carla Warren G 5-9 So. Lima, Ohio 1.6 1.8 0.8 24 Kivilcim Yamanoglu G 5-8 Sr. Antalya, Turkey 3.9 2.3 1.5 5 at Utah...... L, 56-70 30 Danica Holmes G 5-5 Fr. Belleville, Mich. 0.5 0.5 0.0 9 NORTHERN ILLINOIS*...... W, 61-42 32 Kendra Gallert G 5-6 Jr. Lowell, Mich. –– –– –– 12 TOLEDO* (DH)...... W, 65-59 42 Shana McKinney F 6-1 Jr. Detroit, Mich. 1.4 1.1 0.2 15 at Ball State*...... L, 64-71 Head Coach AnnMarie Gilbert (Oberlin, `91) – 10-9 first season at EMU; 68-145 overall in 8 years 19 at Central Michigan* (CMU-TV)...... W, 68-66 Assistant Coaches: Leonard Drake, LaTonya Tate and Darin Thrun 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN*...... L, 72-93 Director of Basketball Operations: Kevin Lehman 26 at Buffalo*...... W, 74-71 29 MIAMI*...... L, 70-81 To d a y ’s Ma t c h u p FEBRUARY EAGLES LOOKING FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE WIN OVER THE GOLDEN FLASHES: The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team will shoot for its second 2 KENT STATE*...... 2 p.m. consecutive victory over Kent State University Saturday afternoon, Feb. 2, at the Con- 9 at Ohio* (MAC-TV)...... Noon vocation Center. The Mid-American Conference cross-divisional affair pits the Eagles 12 AKRON* (Comcast-TV)...... 7 p.m. with a 10-9 (4-3 MAC) record versus the Golden Flashes with a 6-13 (3-4 MAC) mark. 16 at Bowling Green*...... 7 p.m. Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m. with the team hosting a pregame youth clinic that 19 at Western Michigan*...... 7 p.m. is available to all kids ages 5 to 13 years old. 23 BALL STATE* (DH)...... 2 p.m. 27 at Toledo*...... 7 p.m. THE SERIES WITH KENT STATE: Saturday afternoon’s contest marks the 49th meeting MARCH between the Golden Flashes and Eagles, who first met during the 1980-81 season. KSU 1 at Northern Illinois* (MAC-TV)...... Noon leads the series 33-15, including winning 23 of the last 28 meetings between the two 5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN*...... 7 p.m. schools. Eastern Michigan took last year’s lone regular season meeting, Jan. 20, 2007, 9 MAC Tournament First Round # ...... TBA as the Green and White out-scored KSU, 20-11, over the contest’s final 7:10 to capture 11 MAC Quarterfinals ...... # TBA a 69-64 victory at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. Alyssa Pittman was the star of the game for the Eagles, finishing with 26 points 14 MAC Semifinals # (MAC-TV)...... TBA on 7-of-10 shooting, including six three-pointers. Sarah VanMetre finished with 17 15 MAC Championship # (MAC-TV)...... 1 p.m. points, four rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks while Patrice McKinney All times are local to site and subject to change turned in 13 points. ! at Junkanoo Jam (Grand Bahama Island) * Mid-American Conference Game The last season’s victory marked the Eagles’ first victory in Kent, Ohio since a 75-54 # Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio (DH) Denotes men’s/women’s doubleheader triumph, Jan. 6, 1990, and was just the third in the program’s history. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL release page 2

Qu i c k Fa c t s Un i v er s i t y a t a Gl a n c e TALE OF THE TAPE Location ...... Ypsilanti, Michigan Founded ...... 1849 EMU (10-9) KSU (6-13) Enrollment ...... 24,500 169...... CollegeRPI.com Ranking...... 238 Nickname ...... Eagles 66.5...... Scoring Offense...... 62.4 Colors ...... Green (PMS 349) and White 61.8...... Scoring Defense...... 67.6 Conference ...... Mid-American (MAC) +4.7...... Scoring Margin...... -5.2 Home Court ...... Convocation Center .422...... Field Goal Percentage...... 406 Capacity ...... 8,824 President (Interim) ...... Dr. Donald Loppnow .393...... Field Goal Percentage Defense...... 404 Athletics Director ...... Derrick Gragg .362...... 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage...... 282 Assoc. AD/SWA ...... Stephannnie Harvey-Vandenberg .352...... 3-Pt. Field Goal Percent. Def...... 333 Assoc. AD-Chief of Staff ...... Doug Dowdy 6.6...... 3-Point Field Goals Made...... 3.8 Assoc. AD-Internal ...... Mike Malach .675...... Free Throw Percentage...... 676 Assoc. AD-Compliance .Melody Reifel Werner 37.1...... Rebounding Offense...... 37.5 Convocation Center Dir...... Mark Monahan 37.7...... Rebounding Defense...... 38.4 Ticket Manager ...... Ron Reid -0.6...... Rebounding Margin...... -0.9 Ticket Phone Number ...... 734.487.2282 Athletics Website ...... www.emueagles.com 15.7...... Assists...... 13.4 10.3...... Steals...... 8.1 Ba s k e t b a l l Hi s t o r y 2.6...... Blocked Shots...... 2.1 First Year of Basketball ...... 1976-77 +2.0...... Turnover Margin...... -3.9 All-time Record/Seasons ...... 384-438/31 0.9...... Assist/Turnover Ratio...... 0.6 MAC Record/Seasons ...... 182-250/26 13.1...... Offensive Rebounds...... 12.4 MAC Tournament Record ...... 12-14 24.0...... Defensive Rebounds...... 25.1 No. Years in NCAA Tourney/Last...... 1/2004 NCAA Record ...... 0-1 THE WILD AND WACKY MAC: The Eagles have been searching for consistency during the WNIT Appearances/Last ...... 2/2006 Mid-American Conference portion of the 2007-08 schedule. Through seven league games, WNIT Record ...... 0-2 Eastern holds a 4-3 mark. In the wins, EMU is out-scoring the opposition by more than seven Ba s k e t b a l l St a f f points per game (67.0 to 59.5) along with shooting 43.7 percent (100-of-229) from the floor. Head Coach ...... AnnMarie Gilbert In those four victories Colleen Russell is chipping in 19.0 points and grabbing 5.8 rebounds Alma Mater, Year ...... Oberlin, ’91 per game to go along with Alyssa Pittman’s 11.3 points. Office Phone Number ...... 734.487.0481 On the flip side, in the setbacks the Green and White are falling by almost 10 points a Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater, Year) ...... Leonard Drake (Central Michigan, ’78) game (68.7 to 78.3) and managing just a 39.8 percent (80-of-201) shooting clip. Kelly Watts ...... LaTonya Tate (Iowa, ’91) leads the way in these game at 13.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game to go along with ...... Darin Thrun (Michigan State, ’06) Amanda Compton’s average of 12.3 points and 3.3 assists per contest. Dir. of Basketball Ops ...... Kevin Lehman ...... Michigan State, ’07 COMPTON SHINING VERSUS THE MAC: Since Mid-American Conference play started, Staff Athletic Trainer ...... Megan Snow junior Amanda Compton has been outstanding. After scoring just 28 points in the first 11 Te a m In f o rm a t i o n games, Compton has scored 69 points for an average of 9.9 points per game, including a 2006-07 Overall Record ...... 16-13 career-best 21 points against Ball State, Jan. 15. The 5-foot-9 guard is shooting 40 percent MAC Finish/Record ...... 2nd West/10-6 from the floor and 45 percent from behind the three-point line. 2006-07 Final Ranking ...... N/A 2006-07 Postseason ...MAC Tourn. Semifinals COUNTDOWN TO 400: The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team is count- Starters Returning/Lost ...... 2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 10/4 ing down to the program’s 400th victory in the program’s 32-year history. The Green and Newcomers ...... 4 White have posted a 394-447 since the school began awarding scholarships in 1976-77 as a part of Title IX legislation. Me d i a In f o rm a t i o n Sports Info. Director ...... Jim Streeter JUST THREE HOME GAMES LEFT: Following Saturday’s game the Eagles return to the Asst. SID/WBB Contact ...... Greg Steiner GAs.. Sarah VanMetre, Paul Pancoe, Amanda Decker Convocation Center just three more times in the 2007-08 regular season. EMU hits the road Steiner’s Cellular Phone ...... 734.845.1132 for trip to Ohio (Feb. 9) before hosting Akron (Feb. 12) at 7 p.m. on Comcast Local televi- EMU Sports Info. Phone ...... 734.487.0317 sion. The Green and White then make short treks to Bowling Green (Feb. 16) and Western EMU Sports Info. Fax ...... 734.485.3840 Michigan (Feb. 19). Eastern returns home to face Ball State (Feb. 23) at the Convo before Press Row Phone ...... 734.484.0612/0637 once again heading to Toledo (Feb. 27) and Northern Illinois (March 1). EMU wraps up the home schedule by honoring its three seniors against Central Michigan (March 5). Ra d i o St a t i o n In f o rm a t i o n Radio Station ...... WEMU Radio 89.1 FM Radio Contact Person ...... Clark Smith EAGLES VERSUS THE EAST DIVISION: Eastern Michigan has posted a 13-7 record versus Phone ...... 734.487.2229 MAC East Division opponents since the 2004-05 campaign. Eastern is already 1-1 this season Play-by-Play Announcer ....Brian Nemerovski and was 3-3 in cross-divisional games in 2006-07, 5-1 in 2005-06 and 4-2 in 2004-05. Analyst/Statistics ...... Ryan Wooley A New Era Begins... page 3

SWARMING DEFENSE: The Eagles have forced their opponents into committing at least 10 turnovers in each of the team’s 19 games this season. EMU has forced 15-or-more turnovers in 15 games this season.

AN ACCURATE DUO: Eastern Michigan boasts two of the conference’s most prolific three-point shooters, with junior guard Amanda Compton and sophomore guard Alyssa Pittman each ranking among the top 15 in shooting percentage from beyond the arc. Compton ranks fourt in the Mid-American Conference at 44.6-percent and Pittman ranks 14th at 39.1-percent.

STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON: Junior Amanda Compton had a breakout game versus The An n Ma r i e Gi l b e r t Fi le Ball State, Jan. 15, connecting on seven three-point field goals for a total of 21 points in the Hard-working. Compassionate. Dedicated. These are just team’s setback. The seven treys are tied for the second most by an Eagle in a single-game a few words that come to mind when talking about AnnMa- and the most since Alyssa Pittman made seven versus Massachusetts, Dec. 13, 2006. rie Gilbert. On May 15, 2007, Eastern Michigan Univer- Prior to the Ball State game, Compton’s career-high in points was 11 versus Temple Baptist, sity introduced Gilbert as the women's basketball team's seventh head coach in the history of the program. Nov. 11, and entering the season her previous high was just three points. Gilbert, a rising star in the collegiate coaching ranks, possesses 16 years of collegiate coaching experience, HOME IS WHERE THE “W” IS: The Eagles have won 63 of the last 80 home games dating including eight years as a head coach. In five years as an to the 2001-02 campaign. EMU out-scored its opponents by 10.3 points per game at the assistant coach at Michigan State, she helped the Spartans compile an impressive 120-44 record, good for a .732 winning Convo last season. percentage. During her time in East Lansing, the Spartans made it to five consecutive NCAA tournaments and to the A LONG WAY TO CLIMB: The 2007-08 campaign has been one of dramatic runs and rallies for 2005 national championship game. the Eagles. Eastern has trailed by 10-or-more points during nine games, including overcom- Under Gilbert's tutelage, Kristin Haynie and Lindsay Bowen were honorable mention All-America selections in 2004-05, ing an 11-point hole to defeat Duquesne in double-overtime, Dec. 28. On the other side of while Haynie was a first-round draft pick (No. 9 overall) of the equation, Eastern has led by double digits on eight different occasions. the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA. In 2005-06, Bowen After trailing by as many as 14, the Eagles pulled within four points before falling at Weber was selected as a John R. Wooden Award candidate and State, 61-49, Nov. 29. Versus Florida Atlantic, Eastern fell behind by 11 points before clawing was named second- team All-Big Ten. This past season, back to take a slim one-point edge, but the Owls were still able to pull out the 75-71 decision, Victoria Lucas-Perry earned second-team All-Big Ten honors, while Rene Haynes garnered second-team honors by the Dec. 6. Against Utah, the Green and White trailed by as many as 21 points before cutting coaches. the deficit to a pair before the Utes regrouped to picked up the 70-56 victory, Jan. 5. EMU As the recruiting coordinator for MSU, Gilbert consistently fell behind to Ball State, Jan. 15, by 17 points before using a 40-20 run to take a three point brought excellent talent to East Lansing, including four top advantage late in the contest. However, BSU would close the game on a 13-5 run to close 25 recruiting classes in the past four years. the game for a 71-64 win. Most recently, the Eagles fell behind Miami by 20 points, Jan. 29, Gilbert helped land another stellar recruiting class for the 2006-07 season, including Michigan Miss Basketball Allyssa before slicing the margin to six points in the second half as the RedHawks rolled to an 80-71 DeHaan, who went on to become the Big Ten Freshman win. of the Year. All-Star Girls Report ranked the 2004-05 class 18th in the nation and Courtney Davidson was ranked as ‘TIS BETTER TO SCORE...AND STEAL: Sophomore Alyssa Pittman leads the Eagles in both the nation's sixth-best point guard. The 2005-06 class was ranked 21st in the nation and includes Aisha Jefferson, who scoring (14.1 ppg) and steals (1.6 spg). She posted a pair of 26 point outings versus Detroit, was the nation's sixth-ranked forward. Nov. 14, and Wright State, Nov. 17, and then notched a career-best eight steals against Prior to joining the Spartans, Gilbert spent the previous Northern Illinois, Jan. 9. Currently, she is the Mid-American Conference’s sixth leading scorer eight seasons (1994-2002) as the head women's basketball as well as being ninth in steals. coach of NCAA Division III Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. She is still the winningest coach in Oberlin women's basketball history as the Yeoman made six appearances in the North STEPPIN’ UP SENIOR: Senior Colleen Russell is averaging 10.4 points this season. This is up Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) postseason tournament over eight points per game from her career total of 2.6 ppg entering the season. Russell set during her tenure. She assisted in the development of eight a personal-best with 25 points at Central Michigan, Jan. 19, and has posted double figures separate all-conference players as well as the 1999 All-NCAC 10 times this season. Newcomer of the Year. Russell played a huge role as the Eagles got off to a 3-1 start to Mid-American Conference She began her coaching career at Oberlin as an assistant coach with the women's basketball team in 1992-93 and play. Versus the Chippewas, Russell collected her first career double-double with a personal- was an assistant men's basketball coach in 1993-94, before best 25 points and 12 rebounds in the Eagles’ two-point victory. Versus Ball State, Jan. 15, assuming the women's basketball head coaching duties in Russell equaled a career-high with four blocks, which is one shy of the league-best of five 1994. In addition to coaching, Gilbert served as the Senior rejections so far in 2007-08. Prior to the CMU game, Russell’s previous high in points was 22 Women's Administrator/Associate Director of Athletics at Oberlin from 1996-2002. against Toledo (1-12-08) and in rebounds was eight at Duquesne (12-28-07).

THE KIDS CAN PLAY: The average 2007-08 EMU women’s basketball player stands 5-feet-9 Ye a r -By-Ye a r a t Ober l i n inches tall and is 19.9 years old. The youngest Eagle is Cassie Schrock, who turned 18, Oct. Ye a r Ov e r a l l 13, 2007. Canea Williams is the oldest Eagle having turned 22, March 24, 2007. 94-95 3-20 95-96 2-22 96-97 4-21 How Do You Say... 97-98 6-16 Kivilcim - ka-VIL-gem Thrun - trōōn 98-99 15-11 99-00 12-13 Yamanoglu - yah-MON-glue Shana - SHAY-na 00-01 6-19 Schrock - shh-ROCK Danica - DAN-ee-KA 01-02 10-14 Canea - ca-NEE-a EMU LOOKING FOR THIRD MICHIGAN MAC TITLE: For the third EMU CAREER RECORDS WATCH page 5 consecutive season the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame is sponsor- ing the Michigan Mid-American Conference Women’s Trophy. The SCORING trophy is awarded annually to the team that wins the season series 1. 1,899 Laurie Byrd (99 games) 1978-82 2. 1,793 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 among Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, and Central Michigan. 3. 1,511 Nikki Knapp (120 games) 2002-06 Eastern Michigan has won the trophy the previous two seasons, fin- 4. 1,459 Sharon Brown (99 games) 1982-86 ishing 2006-07 with a 4-0 record, while CMU and WMU both went 5. 1,454 Traci Parsons (103 games) 1993-97 1-3. Already this season WMU is 2-0, EMU is 1-1and CMU is 0-2. 6. 1,422 Kelly Hebler (106 games) 1986-90 7. 1,401 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 8. 1,361 Sarah VanMetre (120 games) 2003-07 EMU VERSUS THE MAC: This is EMU’s 27th season competing in 9. 1,321 JoAnn LeFevre (101 games) 1983-87 the Mid-American Conference. The Eagles hold a 186-252 record 10. 1,296 LaTonya Watson (108 games) 1988-92 against conference foes and have posted seven straight winning 11. 1,228 Kristy Maska (107 games) 1997-01 seasons in the MAC. EMU has had the most success against North- 12. 1,224 Abby Wiseman (115 games) 1999-03 13. 1,158 Reeshema Wood (108 games) 1989-93 ern Illinois, going 20-8, and the least versus Miami, 11-34. Western 14. 1,049 Denise Allen (94 games) 1978-82 Michigan has been the Green and White’s most frequent opponent 41. 625 Alyssa Pittman (48 games) 2006-pres. with 62 meetings while Buffalo holds the distinction of the fewest 45. 477 Canea Williams (80 games) 2003-pres. conference games against the Eagles with 13. REBOUNDS 1. 802 Nikki Knapp (120 games) 2002-06 CONFERENCE SUCCESS: Eastern Michigan has been one of the 2. 784 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 most successful teams in Mid-American Conference over the last 3. 770 Sarah VanMetre (120 games) 2003-07 five years (2003-07) winning 57 league games. Kent State has also 4. 756 Suzanne Huff (97 games) 1979-83 posted 57 wins over the same span to tie for second place while 5. 747 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 6. 684 Sharon Rose (102 games) 1983-87 Bowling Green leads the way with 60 MAC victories. 7. 683 Kristin Staples (107 games) 1988-92 8. 679 Shani Charles (105 games) 1997-99,’00-02 ONE OF THE BEST IN MICHIGAN: Over the past five seasons the 9. 674 Felicia Hines (68 games) 1982-85 EMU women’s team has posted the second best conference mark 10. 642 Emily Steinmetz (103 games) 1995-99 of the 14 Division I program’s – men’s or women’s – in the state of FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (50 fgm per season) Michigan. During the past five years EMU has combined for 57 league 1. .546 Felicia Hines (278-509) 1982-85 wins and just 23 setbacks. That is one less conference win than the 2. .527 Shani Charles (254-482) 1997-99,’00-02 Michigan State University women’s team (58-22) and two more than 3. .525 Eszter Biro (158-301) 1991-92 the Western Michigan University men (55-33). 4. .511 Holly Mitchell (328-642) 1997-99 5. .509 Abby Wiseman (462-907) 1999-03 6. .504 Nikki Knapp (543-1077) 2002-06 HITTING FROM LONG RANGE: EMU’s women’s basketball team has shown it can hit from long range and has for quite a while now. THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Eastern has made at least one three pointer in the last 177 games, 1. 215 Kristy Maska (107 games) 1997-01 2. 174 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 dating back to Jan. 31, 2002. The last time the Eagles did not make 174 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 one was on Jan. 26, 2002 in a 52-43 road victory over Central Michi- 4. 150 Dru Bishop (114 games) 1999-03 gan. 5. 137 Marion Crandall (100 games) 2000-04 6. 136 Sarah VanMetre (120 games) 2003-07 7. 132 Alyssa Pittman (47 games) 2006-pres. TRIFECTA, YOU BET YA: The three-point shot has been a key to 8. 113 Traci Parsons (103 games) 1993-97 the Eagles’ offense this season. As a team, EMU is fourth in the MAC 9. 106 Jessica Henry (56 games) 1997-98,’99-00 with a shooting percentage of 36.2 (125-of-345) from beyond the 10. 100 LaTonya Watson (108 games) 1988-92 arc. BLOCKS EMU’s perimeter defense was at its best in the team’s win over 1. 144 Sharon Rose (102 games) 1983-87 Temple Baptist, Nov. 14, when it limited the Rams to just a pair of 2. 103 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 three-pointers. 3. 74 Melis Ulker (120 games) 2002-06 4. 65 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 5. 60 Eszter Biro (28 games) 1991-92 HOLD ON TO YOUR RED POP, THIS ONE IS GOING TO THE WIRE: For the first time in nearly eight years the Eagles needed double ASSISTS overtime to decide the outcome of a game. In a hotly contested 1. 577 Stephanie Smiley (114 games) 1998-02 non-conference battle the Eagles escaped with a 79-77 non-con- 2. 534 Erika Ford (116 games) 2001-2004 3. 446 LaTonya Watson (108 games) 1988-92 ference victory over Duquesne, Dec. 29, at the A.J. Palumbo Center 4. 395 Laurie Byrd (99 games) 1978-82 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Prior to that, the last time Eastern played in a two 5. 376 JoAnn LeFevre (101 games) 1983-87 overtime game was March 3, 2000, versus Kent State University 6. 376 Ryan Coleman (115 games) 2002-06 in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at 7. 271 Traci Parsons (103 games) 1993-97 Public Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. NR. 190 Kendra Gallert (59 games) 2005-pres. Additionally, the game marked EMU’s first overtime contest since FREE-THROW ATTEMPTS Jan. 28, 2003, when Miami and EMU needed an extra session at the 1. 626 Nikki Knapp (120 games) 2002-06 EMU Convocation Center. 2. 496 Abby Wiseman (115 games) 1999-03

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WORKING OVERTIME: EMU’s 79-77 double-overtime win over Duquesne marked the first time the Green and White had won an overtime contest since Jan. 8, 2003 versus Cen- EMU SPORTS INFORMATION PRESS CREDENTIALS tral Michigan University at the EMU Convocation Center (W, 65-61). Additionally, it is EMU’s Requests for working press space should be made first road overtime win since Jan. 23, 1998 in Kalamazoo, Mich. versus Western Michigan in writing at least one week before the date of University (W, 75-66). the home contest to the Eastern Michigan Sports In the 32-years of women’s basketball at EMU the program is 13-8 overall in overtime, Information Office. The request should be made by the sports director of the newspaper, magazine, radio including 3-1 in double overtime contests. or television outlet wishing to send a reporter(s) to the game. Outlets that have made proper credential PILING UP THE MINUTES VERSUS DUQUESNE: The 50 minutes of game action in the requests are entitled to receive copies of the final game statistics, play-by-play and a scoring summary, 79-77 double overtime victory of Duquesne, Dec. 28, marked the most minutes logged by as well as any press information provided by the an EMU team to play since 2000. Junior guard Canea Williams played 48 of those minutes competing institutions. Confirmation of the request while freshman Cassie Schrock was on the floor for 47 minutes. will be made by EMU Sports Information personnel. Jessica Henry was the last EMU player to be on the court longer than either Williams or Press credentials WILL NOT be issued to spouses, friends or children. The press row is a working area Schrock. Henry played all 50 minutes as the Green and White came up just short versus and cheering will be grounds for removal. Kent State, 96-94, in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Public PHOTOGRAPHERS Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, March 3, 2000. On that day four Eagles recorded 40-or-more min- Photographers are issued similar credentials to press row media. Photographers are allowed to utes of work. shoot from outside the court boundary line on each end of the floor. YAMANOGLU PROVIDES A “SPARK” OFF THE BENCH: Her teammates might call her ENTERING THE CONVOCATION CENTER Spark for short, but she really was a spark off the bench for the Eagles versus Duquesne, Press credentials can be picked up in the Eastern Michigan Sports Information Office during the week Dec. 28. Senior Kivilcim Yamanoglu turned in a career day in Eastern’s 79-77 double- of a home contest. If credentials are requested and overtime victory. The Antalya, Turkey native posted a personal best 21 points on 7-of-13 approved, they will only be mailed if the request is shooting, to go along with six rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes of work. Thirteen granted at least two weeks prior to the game. Any credentials not picked up will be left at the Will Call of those points came in the second half when the Eagles overcame an 11-point deficit to window at the Convocation Center. force overtime. In the extra 10 minutes of overtime, Yamanoglu chipped in six of the team’s RADIO 19 points. Selected Eastern Michigan women’s basketball games can be heard live on 89.1 FM, WEMU and on the Internet at www.EMUEagles.com. LOOK MOM, I’M ON TV: The Eagles are slated for at least four television appearances dur- VISITING RADIO ing the Mid-American Conference portion of the schedule. EMU opened with a Jan. 19 Visiting radio stations receive reciprocal phone contest at Central Michigan before tangling with Ohio, Feb. 9, and Northern Illinois, March lines for their game broadcasts. The visiting radio 1, as part of the MAC Game of the Week package while playing Akron, Feb. 12, on Comcast area is on the press row side of the Convocation Center across from the visitor’s bench. Should more Local. lines be needed, please contact Greg Steiner for Eastern has posted a 7-7 record the past three seasons while playing on the small screen, arrangements. including a 3-3 mark in 2006-07, a 3-1 record in 2005-06 and a 1-3 record in 2004-05. MEDIA INFORMATION The Eastern Michigan Sports Information staff will provide flip cards, game notes and cumulative 108 SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR POINTS IN A GAME: EMU’s 108 points against Temple statistics for both teams to credentialed media prior Baptist, Nov. 11, surpassed the school record for most points in a single game. Previously to all games. Statistical summaries and play-by-play the record was 106 against Windsor, Jan. 18, 1978. sheets will be distributed throughout the game and will be available at the conclusion of the contest. Two telephones are available to the media on a first-come, first-serve basis. EMU women’s basketball games can be heard on WEMU, 89.1 FM this season, as well INTERVIEW POLICY (GAME DAY) Both head coaches will be available to the media as on the internet at www.wemu.org. The station will broadcast at least 16 games after a 10-minute cooling-off period. Individual during the 2007-08 season, with Brian Nemerovski performing play-by-play duties players may be available for interviews at the and Ryan Wooley handling the stats and engineering. The upcoming schedule, with conclusion of the game. Please see a member of the athletic media relations/sports information staff all times listed as Eastern Standard Time, is listed below: from either EMU or the visiting institution about Sun. Nov. 11 TEMPLE BAPTIST 1:45 p.m. player interviews. Wed. Nov. 14 at Detroit 6:45 p.m. WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS Thurs. Dec. 6 at Florida Atlantic 6:45 p.m. For those with laptop computers that can Sat. Dec. 8 at Florida International 1:45 p.m. automatically select an IP address, there is a wireless Fri. Dec. 21 DAYTON 11:45 a.m. Internet connection available in the Convocation Wed. Jan. 9 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 6:45 p.m. Center. See a Sports Information representative for the login password. Sat. Jan. 12 TOLEDO* 1:45 p.m. INTERVIEW POLICY (MID-WEEK) Tues. Jan. 15 at Ball State* 6:45 p.m. Head Coach AnnMarie Gilbert is available to Wed. Jan. 19 at Western Michigan* 6:45 p.m. speak to the media via phone Monday-Friday Tues. Jan. 29 MIAMI* 6:45 p.m. mornings. Individual players are available for Sat. Feb. 4 at Ohio* TBA interviews Monday-Thursday. All player and coach Sat. Feb. 16 **at Bowling Green* 6:45 p.m. interviews must be cleared through the EMU Tues. Feb. 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 6:45 p.m. Sports Information Office, so please call the office Sat. Feb. 23 BALL STATE* 1:45 p.m. to arrange all interviews. One note to the media: Wed. Feb. 27 at Toledo* 6:45 p.m. Home phone numbers for players and coaches WILL Sat. Mar. 1 **at Northern Illinois* 2:45 p.m. NOT be given out by the Eastern Michigan Sports Wed. Mar. 5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 6:45 p.m. ** Indicates that WEMU will choose the “more compelling” game to broadcast Information Office. since the men’s and women’s teams will be playing on the same day. Sun., Mar. 9 MAC Tournament TBA EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL release page 6

EDUCATION DAY x3: For the third time the Eastern Michigan YOUTH BEING SERVED: Heading into the 2007-08 campaign head University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics hosted Educa- coach AnnMarie Gilbert knew she would be leading a very young tion Day at the Convocation Center, Dec. 21, versus the University team this season. The 10 returning players have combined for just of Dayton. The 800 elementary and middle school students were 95 starts and a total of 391 games in their careers. treated to a pregame program of guest speakers from throughout Eastern returned a total of 32.5 points, 15.6 rebounds and 11.3 the community. minutes per game from the 2006-07 squad that finished 16-13. This was the second time the day was part of a women’s basket- Sophomore Alyssa Pittman led all returners with 12.3 points per ball game, with the men’s basketball team having played host to game, sophomore Kelly Watts led with 3.1 boards per game and Brown University, Nov. 9, earlier this season. Prior to the Dayton junior Kendra Gallert with 28.0 minutes per game. game, the last time the women’s basketball team hosted the mati- née affair was 2005, when the Green and White posted a 67-59 win WILLIAMS AND PITTMAN SELECTED TO JUNKANOO JAM ALL- over Saint Louis, Dec. 13, 2005, in front of 1,627 at the Convocation TOURNEY TEAM: Junior Canea Williams and sophomore Alyssa Center. Pittman were selected to the All-Tournament team at the Fifth An- nual Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas, Nov. 23-24. The duo combined WILLIAMS SELECTED MAC WEST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE for 29 points per game in the two games. The honor marks the first WEEK: Canea Williams was named Mid-American Conference time that either had been selected to an all-tournament team in West Division Player of the Week, the conference office announced their careers. Dec. 10. It marks the first time she has won the award in her ca- reer. I WOULD WALK 10,000 MILES OR 12,171 TO BE EXACT: Hope you Williams led the Eagles to a 1-1 week in the state of Florida with a grabbed some information about frequent flyer programs because 77-58 victory over Florida International, Dec. 8, and a 75-71 setback the Eagles earned plenty of mileage over the first two months of to Florida Atlantic, Dec. 6. On the week the redshirt junior averaged the season. The team made stops in the Bahamas, Utah, Florida, 17.0 points, 5.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and a 50.0 percent shooting Pennsylvania and then back to Utah. All together the EMU road percentage in 36.0 minutes at the point guard spot. trips tallied over 12,171 miles during the non-conference season. Against FAU, the Mansfield, Ohio native posted a career-high 26 During the Mid-American Conference season the Eagles will rack points on 10-of-18 shooting to go along with four rebounds and up only 2,968 miles of travel during their eight league road con- four assists. The 26 points bests her previous high of 24 versus Ohio tests. University, Feb. 25, 2004. She followed it up at FIU with eight points, six assists and four rebounds in 34 minutes of work. EASTERN UPSETS ALABAMA IN JUNKANOO JAM OPENER: For the first time in 21 years the EMU women’s basketball team upset a Free Throws Clutch Versus FIU: During the Eagles’ 77-58 school from the Southeastern Conference, defeating the University victory over Florida International, Dec. 8, the Green and White were of Alabama, 52-43, in the opening game of the Fifth Annual Junka- a stellar 17-of-18 from the charity stripe for a 94.4 percent clip. The noo Jam Friday, Nov. 23 at St. George’s High School in Freeport, Ba- percentage is one of the best in the program’s history. It won’t make hamas. The victory marks EMU’s second-ever win over a team from the all-time list which, because its falls short of the minimum 20 at- the SEC; the other victory came Dec. 28, 1986 versus the University tempts. The school-record for a single game is .952 (20-of-21) versus of Florida, 65-62, in the Sun and Fun Classic in Miami, Fla. Sopho- Western Michigan, Jan. 11, 1995. more Alyssa Pittman led all scorers with 19 points on 5-of-11 Freshman Cassie Schrock also had a solid afternoon, turning in a shooting and sophomore Kelly Watts finished with 13 points and perfect 10-of-10 from the line. The performance is tied for the 11th eight rebounds. Junior Canea Williams poured in seven points to best single-game performance in school history and the best since go along with junior Amber Land’s eight caroms and four points. Patrice McKinney made 10 free throws last season versus New Orleans, Nov. 17, 2006. IT’S RAINING THREES: Junior Canea Williams won the Fifth An- nual Junkanoo Jam’s three-point shooting contest Thursday eve- SCHROCK COMES OF AGE IN FLORIDA: Freshman Cassie Schrock ning, Nov. 22. The Mansfield, Ohio native connected on 15 treys to posted a pair of solid games during the Eagles’ two-game road swing capture the coveted title. Sophomore Alyssa Pittman finished sec- through the state of Florida, Dec. 6-8. The Wadsworth, Ohio native ond with 12 long-distance bombs. Players from the University of averaged 10.5 points 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists while posting a Southern California and Virginia Tech also took part in the event. 50.0 field goal percentage (5-of-10). She was also a stellar 90.9 per- cent (10-of-11) from the charity stripe. In the opener versus Florida PITTMAN NAMED MAC WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sopho- Atlantic, Schrock turned in four points, six rebounds in 23 minutes more guard Alyssa Pittman was named the Mid-American Confer- of work. In the finale versus Florida International, she collected her ence West Division Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. first career start and made it count, posting a career-high 17 points, 18, 2007. The honor marks the second time in her career she has six rebounds, five assists and two steals in 39 minutes of action. earned the honor. Pittman helped the Eagles to a 2-0 week that included a 65-54 HITTING THE CENTURY MARK: Sophomore guard Alyssa Pitt- victory over Detroit, Nov. 14, and a 74-41 rout of Wright State, Nov. man’s three-pointer at the 19:32 mark of the first half against North 17. For the week she averaged 26.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 as- Carolina State, Nov. 24, not only put the Eagles on top, 3-0, it also sists, 1.5 steals and 31.0 minutes per game. She also shot a red hot made her the 10th player in EMU history to collect 100 triples in 54 percent (15-of-28) from the floor and an even better 59 percent her career. The Elkhart, Ind. native accomplished the feat in just 34 (13-of-22) from long distance. Against Wright State she equaled games. her career best with seven treys for a total of 26 points. Last year A New Era Begins... page 7 she connected on seven treys at Massachusetts (12-13-06) which is BIG SIS CAN NOT ONLY PLAY, BUT SHE CAN TALK ABOUT IT: A tied for the second-best single-game performance in EMU history. junior college transfer from Jacksonville College, Mary Lawson is At Detroit she drained six threes and grabbed eight rebounds dur- out to make her a name for herself here at EMU and throughout the ing the 11-point decision. Mid-American Conference. The game of basketball runs heavily in the Lawson family, as sister Kara Lawson played for the University GILBERT OFF TO THE BEST START FOR FIRST YEAR COACH IN of Tennessee and currently plays for the WNBA’s Sacramento Mon- EMU HISTORY: Head coach AnnMarie Gilbert’s 4-1 start to the archs. In recent years, Kara Lawson has been involved in broadcast- 2007-08 campaign was the best for any first-year mentor in EMU ing during the off-season, doing commentaries for ESPN during history. Prior to this the best EMU coaching debut was 2-1 by Cher- men’s and women’s college basketball games. yl Getz in 1987-88, when she notched wins over Robert Morris and Cleveland State before falling to Michigan State. WHAT’S IN A NUMBER: After three seasons of wearing No. 11, senior Kivilcim Yamanoglu has switched to the No. 24 that was EMU COACHING DEBUTS: AnnMarie Gilbert, the seventh wom- opened by the graduation of teammate Sarah VanMetre. Yamano- en’s basketball coach in program history, became the third coach glu made the change in honor of her boyfriend Melvin Jenkins, at EMU to win their first game in her Eagle debut. Gilbert is also just who lost his battle with cancer over the summer. the second coach to pick her first victory at home, joining Dana Jenkins was a basketball player at Concordia University of Ann Munk as the other to accomplish the feat. Here’s how Eastern Mich- Arbor. He came to Concordia after a stellar prep career at Dearborn igan’s six previous head coaches fared in their first game: Crestwood High School where he was named first-team Mega Gold • Kathy Hart - Jan. 11, 1977 at Michigan (L, 52-63) All-Conference for his junior and senior seasons, as well as being a • Cheryl Getz - Nov. 28, 1987 at Robert Morris (W, 65-50) member of the All-Conference Defensive Team his senior year and • Dana Munk - Dec. 1, 1992 vs. UW-Milwaukee (W, 78-76) earning the distinction of All-State third team his final year as a • Paulette Stein - Nov. 30, 2007 at Michigan (L, 52-76) prep. • Suzy Merchant - Nov. 15, 1998 vs. Saint Peter’s (L, 64-75) After a freshman season for Concordia that saw limited action, • Shane Clipfell - Dec. 1, 2006 vs. Northern Ariz. (L, 69-89) Jenkins received the news that he had cancer. The last two seasons, Jenkins played regularly on the junior varsity as he was regaining RECORDS FALL VERSUS TEMPLE BAPTIST: The AnnMarie Gilbert his physical ability to endure the action on the court. His heart and era got started on a high note as the Eagles cruised to a 108-22 desire paid off as he appeared in 10 games in 2006-07 as a red-shirt non-conference win over the visiting Temple Baptist Runnin’ Rams junior on the varsity squad. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Convocation Center. The win set a number of Convocation Center records, including most points scored in a EMU WINS MICHIGAN MAC TITLE: For the second consecutive game (108), fewest points scored (22), margin of victory (86), most year, the Eagles won the Michigan Mid-American Conference Wom- points in a half (62-first half), fewest points in a half (10-first half), en’s title, by defeating rival Western Michigan Wednesday, Feb. 21, steals (29), field goals made (46) and field goals attempted (81). 2007, by a score of 69-45. The award, sponsored by the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, is awarded annually to the team that wins the EMU COACHES IN THEIR FIRST YEAR: First-year EMU head coach season series among EMU, WMU, and Central Michigan. EMU fin- AnnMarie Gilbert is the seventh head coach in the program’s ished with a 4-0 record, while CMU and WMU both went 1-3. 32-year history. Gilbert is out to become the fourth first-year head coach to post winning records in their inaugural campaign joining GALLERT LED THE MAC IN ASSIST-TO-TURNOVER RATIO: Junior Kathy Hart, Suzy Merchant and Shane Clipfell. Hart recorded a Kendra Gallert led the Mid-American Conference in assist-to- 13-8 mark in 1976-77, Merchant turned in a 14-13 record in 1998-99 turnover ratio during the 2006-07 campaign at 2.77. The Lowell, and Clipfell added a 13-11 mark in 2006-07. Mich. native tallied 125 assists compared to just 55 turnovers in 29 games. GILBERT BEGINS A NEW ERA OF EMU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Gallert was the second EMU player to lead the league in assist- First-year EMU head coach AnnMarie Gilbert and her staff of to-turnovers, joining Erika Ford who paced the MAC during both Leonard Drake, LaTonya Tate and Darin Thrun bring 58 years the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. However, Gallert will not get the of coaching experience to the Eagles that include stops along the opportunity to repeat this season as she will redshirt the 2007-08 way in the Big Ten, Big East, Big XII, MAC and the Horizon League, to season following offseason knee surgery. name a few. Gilbert spent the last five years helping turn Michigan State University into a national championship contender under PITTMAN SELECTED MAC FRESHMAN OF YEAR: Alyssa Pittman head coach Joanne P. McCallie. was named the 2006-07 Mid-American Conference Freshman of In five years as an assistant coach at Michigan State, Gilbert the Year, as announced March 3, 2007 at the MAC Tournament Tip- helped the Spartans compile an impressive 120-44 record, good off Banquet at the Cleveland Marriott at Key Center. The award was for a .732 winning percentage. During her time in East Lansing, the voted on by the league’s head coaches and members of the MAC Spartans made it to five consecutive NCAA tournaments and to the News Media Association. 2005 national championship game. Pittman, who was also named to the All-Freshman team, is the Eagles’ third women’s basketball Freshman of the Year honoree and the first since Stephanie Smiley took home the honor following the 1998-99 campaign. The Elkhart, Ind. native was also the first EMU player to be elected to the All-Freshman squad since Sarah VanMetre garnered the accolade in 2003-04. EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL release page 8

20+ Po i n t Ga m e s Th i s s e a s o n Ca r e e r Player Pts. Game Result Ga m e s Pl a y e d / Alyssa Pittman 26 vs. Wright State W, 74-41 Canea Williams 26 at Florida Atlantic L, 71-75 Ga m e s St a r t e d Alyssa Pittman 26 at Detroit W, 65-54 Player GP GS Colleen Russell 25 at Central Michigan W, 68-66 Kivilcim Yamanoglu 91 15 Canea Williams 23 at Utah L, 56-70 Brittany Tyson 86 35 Alyssa Pittman 22 vs. Illinois State L, 61-79 Canea Williams 80 21 Colleen Russell 22 vs. Toledo W, 65-59 Colleen Russell 74 17 Kivilcim Yamanoglu 21 at Duquesne W, 79-77 2OT Kendra Gallert 59 50 Amanda Compton 21 at Ball State L, 64-71 Amber Land 51 11 Alyssa Pittman 20 vs. Temple Baptist W, 108-22 Alyssa Pittman 48 40 Alyssa Pittman 20 vs. Western Michigan L, 72-83 Kelly Watts 48 11 Amanda Compton 38 2 Cassie Schrock 19 9 Tara Johnson 14 0 Shana McKinney 14 0 Carla Warren 9 0 Mary Lawson 3 0 Do u b l e -Do u b l e s Danica Holmes 2 0 Player Pts. Reb. Ast. Game Result Kelly Watts 12 14 vs. Miami L, 70-81 Do u b l e Fi g u r e Kelly Watts 13 14 vs. Western Michigan L, 72-83 Colleen Russell 25 12 at Central Michigan W, 68-66 Sc o r i n g Ga m e s Kelly Watts 16 10 at Weber State L, 49-61 Player Career Season Alyssa Pittman 31 12 Canea Williams 18 6 Colleen Russell 14 11 Kelly Watts 10 6 Kendra Gallert 6 0 Amber Land 4 4 Amanda Compton 4 4 Brittany Tyson 3 1 Kivilcim Yamanoglu 3 1 Cassie Schrock 3 3 Shana McKinney 1 1 Carla Warren -- -- Danica Holmes -- -- Tara Johnson -- -- Mary Lawson -- --

St a r t i n g Co m b i n a t i o n s Staters Record Schrock-Tyson-Compton-Watts-Russell 1-0 Tyson-Yamanoglu-Pittman-Land-Russell 2-0 Tyson-Yamanoglu-Pittman-Watts-Russell 1-0 Tyson-Pittman-Yamanoglu-Land-Watts 1-0 Tyson-Compton-Pittman-Watts-Russell 0-1 Williams-Pittman-Schrock-Land-Russell 2-1 Williams-Schrock-Pittman-Watts-Russell 2-2 Williams-Schrock-Yamanoglu-Watts-Russell 1-0 Williams-Schrock-Yamanoglu-Land-Russell 0-1 Williams-Pittman-Yamanoglu-Land-Russell 0-1 Williams-Pittman-Yamanoglu-Land-Watts 0-3 A New Era Begins... pagE 9

Eastern Michigan’s Record When ... Eagles Approaching Milestones Overall MAC Milestone Who/How Close? When the Eagles lead at halftime...... 8-2...... 3-1 First EMU Win...... Head Coach AnnMarie Gilbert When the Eagles trail at halftime...... 2-7...... 1-2 reached Nov. 11, 2007 When the Eagles are tied at halftime...... 0-0...... 0-0 100 career wins.. Head Coach AnnMarie Gilbert needs 32 more Leading with 5 minutes left in the game...... 8-0...... 2-0 School-record 147 wins.... HC AnnMarie Gilbert Trailing with 5 minutes left in the game...... 1-7...... 1-2 needs 139 more Tied with 5 minutes left in the game...... 1-2...... 1-1 School-record 215 3-pointers...... Alyssa Pittman needs 89 more Scoring 70 points or more...... 5-3...... 1-2 Scoring less than 70 points...... 5-6...... 3-1 1,000 career points...... Alyssa Pittman needs 375 more

Holding opponents to less than 70 points...... 8-3...... 3-0 500 career points...... Alyssa Pittman Opponents scoring 70 points or more...... 2-6...... 1-3 reached Dec. 6, 2007 500 career points...... Canea Williams When the Eagles shoot 45%+ from the field...... 5-0...... 1-0 needs 38 more When the Eagles shoot below 45% from the field...... 5-9...... 3-3 100 games played...... Kivilcim Yamanoglu needs nine more When the opponents shoot 45%+ from the field...... 0-4...... 0-2 When the opponents shoot below 45% from the field...... 10-5...... 4-1 100 games played...... Canea Williams needs 20 more

Having better field goal percentage than opponents...... 9-1...... 3-0 100 career three-pointers...... Alyssa Pittman Having worse field goal percentage than opponents...... 1-8...... 1-3 reached Nov. 24, 2007 Having the same field goal percentage than opponents...... 0-0...... 0-0 200 career assists...... Kendra Gallert needs 10 more When the Eagles shoot 70%+ from the free throw line...... 5-3...... 1-0 When the Eagles shoot below 70% from the free throw line..... 5-6...... 3-3 200 career assists...... Canea Williams needs 23 more Shooting more free throws...... 7-1...... 2-0 100 career assists...... Kivilcim Yamanoglu Shooting fewer free throws...... 2-8...... 1-3 needs nine more Shooting same number of free throws...... 1-0...... 1-0

When the Eagles outrebound the opponent...... 5-3...... 1-1 When the Eagles are outrebounded...... 4-6...... 3-2 2006-07 CollegeRPI.com Rankings Rank Record Same number of rebounds...... 1-0...... 0-0 Eastern Michigan 115 16-13 Temple Baptist N/A 15-13 When the Eagles commit less than 15 turnovers...... 2-4...... 0-2 Detroit 297 5-26 When the Eagles commit 15 or more turnovers...... 8-5...... 4-1 Wright State 282 10-18 When the Eagles force 15 or more turnovers...... 10-5...... 4-2 Alabama 122 10-20 North Carolina St. 22 23-9 When the Eagles force less than 15 turnovers...... 0-4...... 0-1 Washington State 279 5-24 Weber State 175 16-14 Double-Doubles (Pts/Rebs): EMU 4, Opponents 5 Illinois State 89 21-10 Double-Doubles (Pts/Asts): EMU 0, Opponents 1 Florida Atlantic 239 6-25 Triple-Doubles (Pts/Rebs/Asts): EMU 0, Opponents 0 Florida International 130 15-14 Dayton 208 12-19 Duquesne 251 7-20 20-plus Point Games: EMU 11, Opponents 11 Utah 86 18-13 (Alyssa Pittman 5; Canea Williams 2; Colleen Russell 2; Kivilcim Yamanoglu 1; Northern Illinois 110 19-12 Toledo 189 11-19 Amanda Compton 1) Ball State 37 24-6 Central Michigan 222 9-19 30-plus Point Games: EMU 0, Opponents 0 Western Michigan 164 14-18 Buffalo 235 10-19 EMU Players as Leading Scorer (Record): Miami (Ohio) 190 12-18 (Pittman 6-2, Watts 1-0, Russell 3-2, Compton 0-1, Williams 0-3, Yamanoglu 1-0) Kent State 118 15-13 Ohio 109 18-12 Akron 249 10-19 EMU Players as Leading Rebounder (Record): Bowling Green 20 29-3 (Schrock 3-1; Pittman 1-0; Watts 3-5, Land 2-3; Russell 1-0; Compton 1-0; CollegeRPI.com through games of Sunday, March 11, 2007 Yamanoglu 1-0; Team 0-1) The Last Time... MAC TELEVISION SCHEDULE ... the Eagles scored 90 points ... an Eagle player posted a triple-double Nov. 18, 2006- vs. Morehead St. (W, 90-66) Ryan Coleman, vs. Western Mich. Feb. 12, 2005 Wednesday, January 9 (21 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) Ball State at Western Michigan, 7 p.m. ... the Eagles scored 100 points (Comcast Local) Nov. 11, 2007 - vs. Temple Baptist (W, 108-22) ... the Eagles played an overtime game Dec. 28, 2007 - at Duquesne (W, 79-77) Wednesday, January 23 ... an EMU opponent scored 100 points Central Michigan at Ball State, 7 p.m. Jan. 27, 2001 - vs. Ball State (L, 66-100) ... the Eagles played a double-overtime game (Comcast Local) Dec. 28, 2007 - at Duquesne (W, 79-77) ... both teams scored 100 points Saturday, January 26 never ... the Eagles won 20 games in a season Ohio at Central Michigan, Noon 2005-06 - 22 wins 8 losses (MAC TV Game of the Week) ... the Eagles won a game by 20 points or more Feb. 21, 2007- vs. Western Mich. (W, 69-45) ... the Eagles had a five-game winning streak Saturday, February 2 9 games, Akron (2-4-06) to Ohio (3-8-06) Bowling Green at Toledo, 2:30 p.m. ... the Eagles won a game by 30 points or more (MAC TV Game of the Week) Nov. 17, 2007 - vs. Wright State (W, 74-41) ... the Eagles had a 10-game losing streak 21 games, UAB (12-10-93) to St. John’s (11-25-94) Saturday, February 9 ... the Eagles lost a game by more than 20 points Eastern Michigan at Ohio, Noon Nov. 24, 2007 - vs. N.C. State (N) (L, 41-63) ... the Eagles went to a postseason tournament (MAC TV Game of the Week) 2006 Sportsview.tv Women’s NIT ... an Eagle player scored 30 points in a game lost in the First Round, 57-79 at Indiana St. (3-16-06) Tuesday, February 12 Patrice McKinney, 30, vs. Buffalo, Jan. 24, 2007 Akron at Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. ... the Eagles played in the MAC Championship game (Comcast Local) ... an Eagle player scored 40 points in a game 2003-04 vs. Bowling Green (W, 65-56) Never (most is 36 by LaTonya Watson) Saturday, February 16 ... the Eagles played in the WNIT or the NCAA Tournaments Ball State at Kent State, Noon ... an Eagle averaged 20 points in a season 2006 Sportsview.tv Women’s NIT (MAC TV Game of the Week) Sharon Brown, 1985-86, 20.8 ppg lost in the First Round, 57-79 at Indiana St. (3-16-06 Saturday, March 1 ... an Eagle freshman averaged in double figures ... the Eagles had a player voted First-Team All-MAC Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois, Noon Alyssa Pittman, 2006-07, 12.3 ppg 2005-06, Ryan Coleman (MAC TV Game of the Week) ... an Eagle freshman led the team in scoring ...the Eagles had a player voted Second-Team All-MAC Wednesday, March 5 Holly Mitchell, 1997-1998, 393 points 2006-07, Sarah VanMetre Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. (Comcast Local) ... an Eagle player had 10 assists in a game ... the Eagles had a player voted Third-Team All-MAC Brittany Tyson, 10, vs. Temple Baptist, Nov. 11, 2007 2006-07, Patrice McKinney Friday, March 14 Tournament Semifinal #1 (FSN Ohio) ... an Eagle player had 15 or more rebounds in a game ... the Eagles had a player voted MAC Freshman of the Year Tournament Semifinal #2 (FSN Ohio) Sarah VanMetre, 16, vs. BGSU, March 9, 2007 2006-07, Alyssa Pittman Saturday, March 15 ... an Eagle player had five or more blocks in a game ... the Eagles had a player voted to the MAC All-Freshman team Tournament Championship Game (FSN Ohio) Melis Ulker, 5, vs. Michigan State, Nov. 28, 2003 2006-07, Alyssa Pittman The Mid-American Conference game of the week ... an Eagle player had five or more steals in a game ... the Eagles had a player voted MAC Sixth Man of the Year has planned clearances on FSN Ohio, Comcast Local Canea Williams, 5, at Central Michigan, Jan.19, 2008 2003-04, Sarah VanMetre and CSN Chicago. The games will be available in approximately 9.2 million homes. ... an Eagle player had five three-pointers in a game ... A player joined the Eagles’ 1,000-Point Club Alyssa Pittman, 6, vs. Western Mich., Jan. 23, 2008 Sarah VanMetre, December 6, 2006, vs. Detroit The Comcast Local games are available in approximately two million households throughout the state of Michigan along with the markets of Muncie, Ind., Indianapolis, Ind. and Fort Wayne, Ind. 2007-08 Eastern Michigan Women’s Basketball Honors/Awards

Team • Preseason pick to be third in the MAC West

• Pittman selected West Division Player of the Week (Nov. 19)

• Williams selected West Division Player of the Week (Dec. 10)

• Williams and Pittman selected to the All-Tournament team at the Junkanoo Jam

• Runner-up at the Junkanoo Jam

MAC STANDINGS: (as of Jan. 30, 2008) East Division West Division MAC Overall MAC Overall School W-L Pct W-L Pct School W-L Pct W-L Pct Ohio 5-2 .714 12-8 .600 Western Michigan 6-1 .833 9-12 .429 Bowling Green 4-3 .571 15-6 .714 Ball State 5-2 .833 9-11 .450 Miami 4-3 .571 12-9 .571 Eastern Michigan 4-3 .667 10-9 .526 Buffalo 3-3 .500 10-9 .526 Northern Illinois 3-3 .500 7-12 .368 Kent State 3-4 .429 6-13 .316 Toledo 3-4 .500 10-9 .526 Akron 1-6 .143 6-15 .286 Central Michigan 0-7 .000 4-16 .200

RANKING IN THE MAC: Below is a list of the 2007-08 MAC rankings of the squad, Upcoming Events/Results (as of Jan. 28, 2008) through Jan. 30, 2008. Wednesday, January 16 MAC EMU Team Rankings Rank Avg. at Miami 63, Akron 49 Scoring Offense 6th 66.5 Bowling Green 90, at Kent State 64 Scoring Defense 2nd 61.8 Ohio 74, at Buffalo 64 Scoring Margin 3rd +4.7 Field Goal Percentage 4th .422 Saturday, January 19 Field Goal Percentage Defense 1st .393 Bowling Green 75, at Buffalo 56 Free Throw Percentage 10th .675 Kent State 71, at Akron 62 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 4th .362 at Ohio 74, Miami 55 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage Defense 8th .352 at Toledo 72, Ball State 66 3-Point Field Goals Made 2nd 6.58 Eastern Michigan 68, at Central Michigan 66 Rebounding Offense 8th 37.1 at Western Michigan 75, Northern Illinois 51 Rebounding Defense 7th 37.7 Rebounding Margin 7th -0.6 Tuesday, January 22 Blocked Shots 7th 2.58 at Ohio 78, Akron 64 Assists 2nd 15.74 Buffalo 78, at Kent State 71 Steals 2nd 10.26 Miami 63, at Bowling Green 60 Turnover Margin 3rd +2.00 Assist/Turnover Ratio 2nd 0.87 Wednesday, January 23 Offensive Rebounds 7th 13.11 at Ball State 82, Central Michigan 57 Defensive Rebounds 8th 24.00 at Northern Illinois 69, Toledo 49 Western Michigan 83, at Eastern Michigan 72 Individual MAC Rankings (EMU only) Scoring 6. Alyssa Pittman 14.1 Saturday, January 26 21. Colleen Russell 10.4 Ohio 74, at Central Michigan 64 Rebounds per game 8. Kelly Watts 6.7 Northern Illinois 77, at Miami 74 Field Goal Percentage 10. Colleen Russell .477 at Western Michigan 66, Kent State 59 Assists 8. Canea Williams 3.94 at Ball State 68, Bowling Green 47 11. Brittany Tyson 3.47 Eastern Michigan 74, at Buffalo 71 Steals 4. Canea Williams 2.00 at Toledo 72, Akron 50 9. Alyssa Pittman 1.63 Three-Point Percentage 4. Amanda Compton .446 Tuesday, January 29 14. Alyssa Pittman .391 Miami 81, at Eastern Michigan 80 Three-Pointers Made 2. Alyssa Pittman 2.74 at Akron 70, Central Michigan 69 11. Canea Williams 1.65 Blocks 3. Colleen Russell 1.32 Wednesday, January 30 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 1. Brittany Tyson 1.78 at Ohio 88, Ball State 82 9. Canea Williams 1.24 at Kent State 87, Toledo 61 Offensive Rebounds 7. Kelly Watts 2.68 Western Michigan 79, at Bowling Green 73 Defensive Rebounds 13. Kelly Watts 4.00 Minutes Played 17. Canea Williams 30.76 Thursday, January 31 *Buffalo at Northern Illinois 8 p.m. MAC PRESEASON POLL: All 12 schools and members of the MAC News Media Association got together Oct. 18, 2007, in Cleveland, Ohio to preview the 2007-08 women’s basketball race. The predictions are listed below, with first-place votes in parenthesis. Saturday, February 2 *Kent State at Eastern Michigan 2 p.m. East Division *Ohio at Western Michigan 2 p.m. 1. Ohio (19)...... 210 2. Bowling Green (11)...... 187 *Bowling Green at Toledo 2:30 p.m. 3. Miami (9)...... 183 *Miami at Central Michigan 4 p.m. 4. Kent State (1)...... 137 5. Buffalo (1)...... 57 Sunday, February 3 6. Akron ...... 57 *Buffalo at Ball State 2 p.m. West Division *Northern Illinois at Akron 2 p.m. 1. Ball State (36)...... 240 2. Northern Illinois (2)...... 184 Saturday, February 9 3. Eastern Michigan...... 150 4. Western Michigan (3)...... 122 *Eastern Michigan at Ohio Noon 5. Toledo ...... 106 *Northern Illinois at Bowling Green 2 p.m. 6. Central Michigan...... 59 *Toledo at Buffalo 2 p.m. Tournament Winner *Western Michigan at Miami 2 p.m. Ball State – 22, Bowling Green – 6, Miami – 2, Ohio – 2, Western Michigan – 1, Buffalo – 1, NIU – 1 *Akron at Ball State 3 p.m. *Central Michigan at Kent State 7 p.m.

All times local to site Colleen Russell Brittany Tyson 6-5 Senior-Senior 5-6 Senior-Senior Center Guard

Windsor, Ontario- Ypsilanti, Mich.- Brennan Huron (WMU) #52 #15 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 25, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Points ...... 11, at Detroit (11-14-07) Rebounds...... 12, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Rebounds...... 5, vs. Boston University (12-2-06) Assists...... 3, at Buffalo (1-26-08) Assists ...... 10, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Idaho State (11-27-05), at Utah (1-5-08) Steals ...... 2, vs. Oakland (11-22-06); at UMass (12-13-06) Blocks ...... 4, most recent vs. WMU (1-23-08) Blocks ...... 1, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07); at Detroit (11-14-07)

Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 25, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Points ...... 11, at Detroit (11-14-07) Rebounds...... 25, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Rebounds...... 4, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07); vs. NIU (1-9-08) Assists ...... 3, at Buffalo (1-26-08) Assists ...... 10, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, at Utah (1-5-08) Steals ...... 8, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Blocks ...... 4, most recent vs. WMU (1-23-08) Blocks ...... 1, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07); at Detroit (11-14-07) Minutes ...... 37, at Duquesne (12-28-07) Minutes ...... 29, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07)

Kivilcim Yamanoglu Canea Williams 5-8 Senior-Senior 5-6 Senior-Junior Guard Guard

Antalya, Turkey- Mansfield, Ohio- Antalya College Mansfield Senior #24 #12 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 21, at Duquesne (12-28-07) Points ...... 26, at Florida International (12-8-07) Rebounds...... 6, at Duquesne (12-28-07); vs. NIU (1-9-08) Rebounds...... 10, vs. Central Connecticut State (11-18-05) Assists ...... 6, at Western Michigan (1-10-07) Assists ...... 9, at Buffalo (2-18-04) Steals ...... 4, at Detroit (11-14-07) Steals ...... 7, vs. DePaul (11-25-05) Blocks ...... 1,vs. Wayne State (11-19-04); vs. Ohio (1-22-05) Blocks ...... 1, six times most recent vs. vs. WMU(2-21-07)

Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 21, at Duquesne (12-28-07) Points ...... 26, at Florida International (12-8-07) Rebounds...... 6, at Duquesne (12-28-07); vs. NIU (1-9-08) Rebounds...... 8, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Assists ...... 5, vs. Utah (1-5-08) Assists ...... 8, at Duquesne (12-28-07) Steals ...... 4, at Detroit (11-14-07) Steals ...... 5, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, vs. Utah (1-5-08) Minutes ...... 33, at Detroit (11-14-07); at Duquesne (12-28-07) Minutes ...... 48, at Duquesne (12-28-07) Amanda Compton Kendra Gallert 5-9 Junior-Junior 5-6 Junior-Junior Guard Guard

Ypsilanti, Mich.- Lowell, Mich.-Lowell Huron #20 #32 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 21, at Ball State (1-15-08) Points ...... 14, at Toledo (2-18-06); vs. Toledo (2-17-07) Rebounds...... 9, at Buffalo (1-26-08) Rebounds...... 7, vs. Youngstown State (12-10-05) Assists ...... 4, vs. Western Michigan (1-23-08) Assists ...... 9, vs. Northern Illinois (1-3-07) Steals ...... 4, at Buffalo (1-26-08) Steals ...... 4, vs. Canisius (10-30-05); at UMass (12-13-06) Blocks ...... None Blocks ...... 1, accomplished three times

Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 21, at Ball State (1-15-08) Points ...... N/A Rebounds...... 9, at Buffalo (1-26-08) Rebounds...... N/A Assists ...... 4, vs. Western Michigan (1-23-08) Assists ...... N/A Steals ...... 4, at Buffalo (1-26-08) Steals ...... N/A Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... N/A Minutes ...... 28, at Ball State (1-15-08); at Buffalo (1-26-08) Minutes ...... N/A

Amber Land Alyssa Pittman 6-2 Senior-Junior 5-8 Sophomore Forward Guard

Kulm, N.D.-Kulm Elkhart, Ind.- Memorial #3 #22 EMU Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 12, vs. Illinois St. (12-2-07); at Duquesne (12-28-07) Points ...... 27, at Massachusetts (12-13-06) Rebounds...... 8, three times Rebounds...... 8, at Miami (2-7-07) Assists ...... 3, vs. Wright State (11-17-07); at FAU (12-6-07) Assists ...... 8, at Miami (2-7-07) Steals ...... 2, at FIU (12-8-07); at Duquesne (12-28-07) Steals ...... 8, vs. Northern Illinois (1-9-08) Blocks ...... 1, six times Blocks ...... 1, five times

Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 12, vs. Illinois St. (12-2-07); at Duquesne (12-28-07) Points ...... 26, at Detroit (11-14-07); vs. Wright St. (11-17-07) Rebounds...... 8, three times Rebounds...... 8, at Detroit (11-14-07) Assists ...... 3, vs. Wright State (11-17-07); at FAU (12-6-07) Assists ...... 5, vs. TBC (11-11-07); vs. Dayton (12-21-07) Steals ...... 2, at FIU (12-8-07); at Duquesne (12-28-07) Steals ...... 8, vs. Northern Illinois (1-9-08) Blocks ...... 1, five times Blocks ...... 1, vs. Illinois State (12-2-07) Minutes ...... 39, at Duquesne (12-28-07) Minutes ...... 40, vs. Illinois State (12-2-07) Kelly Watts Carla Warren 6-0 Sophomore 5-9 Sophomore Guard/Forward Guard

Gary, Ind.- Lima, Ohio- Chicago Central Elida #35 #23 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 16, accomplished four times Points ...... 8, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Rebounds...... 14, vs. WMU (1-23-08); vs. Miami (1-29-08) Rebounds...... 3, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Assists ...... 3, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Assists ...... 3, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 3, vs. TBC (11-11-07); at Ball State (1-15-08) Steals ...... 1, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Blocks ...... 1, four times Blocks ...... N/A

Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 16 at Weber St.(11-29-07);at Ball St. (1-15-08) Points ...... 8, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Rebounds...... 14, vs. WMU (1-23-08); vs. Miami (1-29-08) Rebounds...... 3, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Assists ...... 3, at Central Michigan (1-19-08) Assists ...... 3, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 3, vs. TBC (11-11-07); at Ball State (1-15-08) Steals ...... 1, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Blocks ...... 1, vs. Wright St. (11-17-07); at Duquesne (12-28-07) Blocks ...... N/A Minutes ...... 39, vs. Alabama (11-23-07) Minutes ...... 9, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07)

Mary Lawson Shana McKinney 6-1 Junior-Junior 6-1 Junior-Junior Guard/Forward Forward

Alexandria, Va.- Detroit, Mich.-Osborn West Potomac (Wayne C.C.C.) #21 #42 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs Points ...... 3, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Points ...... 13, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Rebounds...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07); at Detroit (11-14-07) Rebounds...... 4, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Assists ...... N/A Assists ...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... N/A

Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 3, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Points ...... 13, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Rebounds...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07); at Detroit (11-14-07) Rebounds...... 4, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Assists ...... N/A Assists ...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... N/A Minutes ...... 17, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Minutes ...... 15, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Tara Johnson Cassie Schrock 5-10 Freshman 5-9 Freshman Forward Guard

Flint, Mich.-Hamady Wadsworth, Ohio- Wadsworth #2 #11 Career Game Highs Career Game Highs PPoints ...... 4, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Points ...... 17, at Florida International (12-8-07) Rebounds...... 3, at Florida International (12-8-07) Rebounds...... 9, at Duquesne (12-28-07); at Ball St. (1-15-08) Assists ...... 1, vs. N.C. State (11-24-07) Assists ...... 7, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, at Florida International (12-8-07) Steals ...... 4, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, at Duquesne (12-28-07)

Season Game Highs Season Game Highs Points ...... 4, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Points ...... 17, at Florida International (12-8-07) Rebounds...... 3, at Florida International (12-8-07) Rebounds...... 9, at Duquesne (12-28-07); at Ball St. (1-15-08) Assists ...... 1, vs. N.C. State (11-24-07) Assists ...... 7, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Steals ...... 2, at Florida International (12-8-07) Steals ...... 4, vs. Temple Baptist (11-11-07) Blocks ...... N/A Blocks ...... 1, at Duquesne (12-28-07) Minutes ...... 10, vs. Northern Illinois (1-9-08) Minutes ...... 47, at Duquesne (12-28-07)

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GAME 1 • Nov. 11, 2007 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 2 • Nov. 14, 2007 • Calihan Hall • Detroit, Mich. GAME 3 • Nov. 17, 2007 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. Temple Baptist 22 Eastern Michigan 65 Wright State 41 Eastern Michigan 108 Detroit Mercy 54 Eastern Michigan 71

YPSILANTI – The Eastern Michigan University women’s DETROIT – Behind six three-pointers from sophomore guard YPSILANTI –The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball basketball team made sure that first-year head coach Alyssa Pittman, the Eastern Michigan University women’s team improved to 3-0 on the season and 7-0 all-time versus Wright State University with a 74-41 victory Saturday afternoon in non- AnnMarie Gilbert’s record started off on a good note basketball team picked up a 65-54 win over the University of Detroit Mercy Tuesday night in non-conference action here at conference action here at the Convocation Center. Sophomore as the Eagles cruised to a 108-22 non-conference win Calihan Hall. guard Alyssa Pittman paced the Eagles attack with 26 points over the visiting Temple Baptist Runnin’ Rams Sunday Pittman paced the Eagles with 26 points on 7-of-14 shooting, on 8-of-14 shooting, including tying her career best with seven afternoon here at the Convocation Center. including a 6-of-11 showing from beyond the arc. The Elkhart, Ind. three-pointers in the victory. For the game the Eagles shot a solid 48 percent (25-of-52) and an native also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, while senior With the win, the Eagles go to 1-0 on the young season even better 61 percent from beyond the arc (11-of-18). As hot the Brittany Tyson poured in 11 points. Sophomore Kelly Watts while the Runnin’ Rams drop to 0-3. as Eagles were, the Raiders were just as cold shooting, managing The win set a number of Convocation Center records, tallied nine second-half points and hauled down six boards. just 34 percent (16-of-46) shooting from the floor and 23 percent Katy Dunlop’s nine points keyed the Titan attack in 20 minutes including most points scored in a game (108), fewest (3-of-13) from long-distance. of action off the bench. Sandi Brown, Zemora Davis and Joyce Balanced scoring was the case for EMU, as 12 of the 14 Eagles points scored (22), margin of victory (86), most points Massey each chipped in eight points a piece for the Titans. that played in the game scored. Besides Pittman’s 26 points, the in a half (62-first half), fewest points in a half (10-first Turnovers plagued both teams on the night as the squads only other Eagle to reach double figures was sophomore Kelly half), field goals made (46), and field goals attempted combined for 55 miscues (EMU 31, UDM 24). EMU shot 48 Watts, who nearly turned in a double-double, with 13 points and (81). percent (20-of-41) on the night, compared to UDM 31 percent nine rebounds. Senior Brittany Tyson notched a game-best eight assists while junior Canea Williams tallied five off the bench. The Eagles got on the board early and never looked (21-of-67). The Green and White also had a slight advantage on the boards, 36-35. Sheylani Peddy was the lone Wright State player to post double back as they exploded in the first half on a 41-3 run Eastern Michigan led by as many as nine, 14-5, in the first digits in points, accounting for 14 of the team’s 41 on the afternoon. before the Rams were able to add any more points half, but Detroit responded with six unanswered points to pull Kanisha Ward poured in nine and Erica Richardson added six in a to their tally. Eastern held its opponent to 10 first-half within three, 14-11, with 10:17 left to play in the half. A Detroit losing effort. Both teams struggled offensively to out of the gate as WSU pulled three-pointer with 7:29 remaining in the half got the Titans points while adding 62 of its own. The Eagles continued out to an early 9-5 edge just six minutes into the contest. However back within three, 19-16, but once again the Eagles were able to dominate in the second half, holding the Rams to the Eagles were starting to get into the flow, stringing together an to answer and head into the break with the 25-18 advantage. just 12 in the final 20 minutes. 8-2 run to take a 13-11 lead with 7:36 remaining in the half. Following the intermission, the Titans were able to cut the Sophomore guard Alyssa Pittman led the Eagles The margin would grow to seven, 26-19, when Watts laid one deficit to three, 27-24, in the opening minutes as Shawanna off the glass just before the intermission as the squads headed to with a game-high 20 points, and added five rebounds Stubblefield connected on a runner in the lane with 17:39 the lockerroom. Pittman led all scorers in the first 20 minutes with and five assists while freshman Cassie Schrock and showing on the clock. 14 points, while Peddy posted seven points. junior Shana McKinney scored 13 points each. Brit- However, that would the closest that Detroit would get the Following the break the Raiders would cut the deficit to four, tany Tyson led the team with 10 assists to go along rest of the way as the Eagles would go on a 12-3 run over the 28-24, as Richardson drained a three-pointer with 18:34 showing next four minutes to make the score 39-27 with 13:32 to play. on the clock. That would be the closest the visitors would get the with eight points. The Green and White would extend their lead to 14 points, 56-42, rest of the way, as junior Amber Land’s layup at the 14:36 mark with just under eight minutes remaining. capped a 16-0 run by the Eagles. The Titans would have one final push to make the game close, The momentum continued to fall in EMU’s favor as the advantage cutting the deficit to seven, 59-52, on a pair of free throws in the would grow to as many as 33 points, 73-40, when freshman Tara closing minute. But once again EMU was able to answer, going Johnson connected on a pair of free throws with :58 seconds to play. 6-for-8 from the free-throw line to secure the 11-point victory. EMU (1-0) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (2-0) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (3-0) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Land* 4-5 0-0 0-0 4 0 8 11 Land* 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 17 Watts* 5-8 1-1 2-2 9 0 13 32 Russell* 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 10 Russell* 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 24 Russell* 2-5 0-0 00-0 3 0 4 11 Tyson* 4-6 0-0 0-0 4 10 8 29 Tyson* 2-5 1-1 6-6 2 2 11 29 Tyson* 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 8 2 24 Pittman* 7-16 3-9 3-4 5 5 20 23 Pittman* 7-14 6-11 6-7 8 3 26 36 Pittman* 8-14 7-11 3-3 3 0 26 26 Yamanoglu* 4-8 1-5 0-0 4 3 9 27 Yamanoglu* 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 4 3 33 Yamanoglu* 2-4 0-0 2-2 2 0 6 26 Johnson 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 6 Schrock 1-3 0-0 3-4 4 0 5 17 Johnson 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 3 Schrock 5-8 1-1 2-2 6 7 13 19 Compton 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 2 Land 2-5 0-0 1-2 3 3 5 27 Compton 4-7 3-6 0-0 4 1 11 10 Lawson 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 4 Schrock 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 3 5 13 Lawson 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 0 3 17 Watts 4-4 0-0 1-1 6 9 1 24 Williams 1-6 1-3 0-0 1 5 3 18 Warren 4-5 0-0 0-0 3 3 8 9 McKinney 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 14 Compton 2-5 2-3 0-0 0 0 6 9 Holmes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Totals 20-41 8-15 17-20 36 10 65 200 Lawson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Watts 4-7 1-1 0-0 5 0 9 20 Warren 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 McKinney 6-9 0-0 1-2 4 2 13 15 UDM (0-3) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Holmes 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 2 Totals 46-81 9-22 7-10 46 32 108 200 Hatter* 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 10 McKinney 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 6 Brown* 4-12 0-4 0-0 5 0 8 28 Totals 25-52 11-18 13-17 34 19 74 200 TBC (0-3) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Bruster* 1-8 0-0 1-2 6 0 3 16 Howard* 2-6 0-0 0-1 3 1 4 34 Davis* 3-9 0-2 2-2 3 3 8 28 WSU (3-0) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Zecher* 3-7 0-0 0-0 4 0 6 37 Stubblefield* 2-6 0-0 0-3 3 2 4 25 Duncan* 2-5 0-0 0-1 3 2 4 28 Davenport, S.* 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 30 Mulroy 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 0 3 10 Crayton* 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 19 Cleveland 1-11 0-2 0-0 4 3 2 37 Hungerford 1-3 0-1 1-2 2 1 3 13 Richardson* 2-6 0-0 2-4 3 1 6 25 Davenport, A.* 4-12 2-7 0-1 3 0 10 31 Hall 1-5 0-1 1-2 2 1 3 13 Ward* 3-12 1-6 2-3 2 6 9 35 Dukes 0-6 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 31 Massey 3-12 1-6 1-2 5 1 8 24 Peddy* 6-12 2-7 0-0 5 1 14 39 Totals 10-42 2-9 0-2 23 4 22 200 McNally 2-3 0-1 2-2 2 0 6 9 Lowe 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 4 Dunlop 3-7 1-2 2-4 1 0 9 20 Parrish 1-3 0-0 1-3 3 0 3 28 Temple Baptist 10 12 — 22 Totals 21-67 3-19 9-17 35 10 54 200 Dixon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Eastern Michigan 62 46 — 108 Scott 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 17 Eastern Michigan 25 40 — 65 Hall 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 4 Turnovers: EMU 10, TBC 41 Detroit 18 36 — 54 Totals 16-46 3-13 6-15 28 10 41 200 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, TBC 3 Steals: EMU 29, TBC 3 Turnovers: EMU 31, UDM 24 Wright State 19 22 — 41 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .586, TBC .238 Blocked Shots: EMU 1, UDM 3 Eastern Michigan 26 48 — 74 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .409, TBC .222 Steals: EMU 9, UDM 10 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .700, TBC .000 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .488, UDM .313 Turnovers: EMU 20, WSU 27 Officials: Smith-McGehee, Hallead, Clark 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .533, UDM .158 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, WSU 3 Attendance: 224 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .850, UDM .529 Steals: EMU 13, WSU 8 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .481, WSU .348 Officials: Smith, Applegate, De Duco 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .765, WSU .400 Attendance: 293 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .850, UDM .529 Officials: Smith, Applegate, De Duco Attendance: 293 A New Era Begins... page 17

GAME 4 • Nov. 23, 2007 • St. George Gym • Freeport, Bahamas GAME 5 • Nov. 24, 2007 • St. George Gym • Freeport, Bahamas GAME 6 • Nov. 29, 2007 • Dee Events Center • Ogden, Utah Alabama 43 Eastern Michigan 41 Eastern Michigan 49 Eastern Michigan 52 North Carolina State 63 Weber State 61

FREEPORT, Bahamas – For the first time in 21 years the Eastern FREEPORT, Bahamas – The EMU women’s basketball team OGDEN, Utah –In a game that was expected to be a defensive battle, Michigan University women’s basketball team upset a school from ran into a veteran North Carolina State University squad here proved to be just that Thursday evening in non-conference action the Southeastern Conference, defeating the University of Alabama, Saturday afternoon in the championship game of the Fifth here at the Dee Events Center. Eastern Michigan University entered the game leading the Mid-American Conference in scoring defense 52-43, in the opening game of the Fifth Annual Junkanoo Jam here Annual Junkanoo Jam at St. George’s High School. The Eagles Friday afternoon at St. George’s High School. The victory marks EMU’s (44.6) and defensive three-point percentage (.328), while Weber State battled extremely hard but the Wolf Pack used a big second half second ever win over a team from the SEC; the other victory came University was leading the Big Sky Conference in scoring defense (58.2) Dec. 28, 1986 versus the University of Florida, 65-62, in the Sun and to claim the 63-41 decision. and defensive three-point percentage (.239). Fun Classic in Miami, Fla. The Eagles, 4-1 on the season, shot 53 percent (8-of-15) in the In the end it was Weber State walking away with the hard-fought Sophomore Alyssa Pittman led all scorers with 19 points on 5-of-11 first half to stay close and trailed by just one late in the period. 61-49 victory over EMU. shooting and sophomore Kelly Watts finished with 13 points and eight But the Green and White then connected on just 24 percent Three pointers proved to be the main difference on the night, as rebounds. Junior Canea Williams poured in seven points to go along (7-of-29) of its tries after halftime. the ‘Cats hit for 52.6 percent (10-for-19) from long range. On the other side the court, Eastern which was averaging nearly eight threes a game, with junior Amber Land’s eight caroms and four points. Eastern Michigan got a season-high 18 points from junior Tierney Jenkins paced the Crimson Tide with 16 points and six managed just one triple on 15 attempts. guard Canea Williams and 14 from sophomore guard Alyssa For the game EMU shot 34 percent (21-of-61) from the field while rebounds in a losing effort. Pittman. For their efforts both Williams and Pittman were named Alabama jumped out to and early 7-4 advantage and was able to holding WSU to 41 percent (21-of-51) shooting. Also, on the glass the control the glass out-rebounding EMU 6-to-1. The Green and White to the All-Tournament team. Sophomore forward Kelly Watts Eagles grabbed eight more caroms (41 to 33) than the Wildcats. Sophomore forward Kelly Watts paced the Eastern Michigan attack struggled, going without a field goal for nearly four minutes until Wil- tallied seven points and senior Colleen Russell chipped in a with the team’s first double-double of the year, adding 16 points and liams connected on a layup to end the drought and make it 7-6 with pair. 10 rebounds for the game. Sophomore Alyssa Pittman notched 12 14:43 remaining. Eastern took an early 3-0 edge on a Pittman three-point field points and junior Amber Land posted a career-best 10 points on 5-of-6 However, turnovers were starting to mount for the Crimson Tide, who goal just :31 seconds into the contest and held NC State without shooting. Junior Canea Williams scored seven points, senior Brittany racked up 12 miscues in the first six minutes of work. Eastern was able a score on its first four possessions until the 18:10 mark. The Tyson had two and junior Amanda Compton added a pair. to take advantage, building a 12-7 lead as UA was unable of score for tide was beginning to turn though as the Wolf Pack found their The action was fast and furious over the opening minutes as the more than six minutes. The half continued to be one of runs, as Eastern stride and would go on an 18-5 run over the next five minutes Eastern held an early 8-6 advantage. Pittman scored six of the team’s Michigan would hold Alabama without a field goal for the final 6:12 to expand the margin to 10, 18-8, with 12:38 left. points in the opening 5:30, but the three point field goal barrage would while going on a 14-7 run to close the period to make it 27-18 at the begin for Weber State. The ‘Cats would connect on five consecutive break. Solid defense by EMU was causing trouble for the taller NCSU squad, as the Green and White would chip away pulling within treys to balloon the margin to 17-8, and would grow to as many as 12 In the second 20 minutes of work the teams exchanged scores as points, 24-12, as Tonya Schbibbe would lay one off the glass with 5:38 the EMU lead hovered in double figures for the first 12 minutes of the a score on consecutive treys by Williams to make it 22-21 with left in the period. period. Then at the 7:59 mark, Alabama started to make a run, cutting 5:49 showing on the clock. The teams would remain close for But as they have shown all year the Eagles would not go quietly, the margin to just five, 42-37, on a pair of Jenkins tosses from the charity the remaining moments of the half, but it was the Wolf Pack as the defense held WSU to just three points for the remainder of the stripe. heading to the intermission with the lead at 31-23. period. Eastern would post eight points of their own over that span as Eastern would post five consecutive points to get the advantage back Williams and Pittman both finished the frame with nine the squad headed into the locker room down seven, 27-20. to 10, but then UA sliced it right back to five, 47-42, with 4:30 left. That, points a piece while Washington and Zullo each notched 12. In the second 20 minutes of action the defensive intensity would however, would be the closest the Tide would get on this afternoon, continue for the Green and White, holding the home team scoreless Statistically speaking both sides were equally matched during going without another field goal and posting just a single free-throw for the first 2:40 and cutting the deficit to just four, 30-26, on a Williams by Jenkins with :19 seconds left in the ball game. Over the same span the first 20 minutes but turnovers were limiting Eastern’s looks layup with 16:26 showing on the clock. the Green and White were 5-of-6 from the free throw line as the squad at the bucket. EMU managed just 15 shots compared to 28 for Once again consecutive threes by Thorderson pushed the margin held on for the hard-fought 52-43 victory. NCSU. back to 10, 36-26. However, stops by Eastern along with an 8-2 run by For the contest Alabama committed 28 turnovers compared to 22 In the second period, N.C. State forced Eastern Michigan into the Green and White cut the lead to just four, 38-34, with 9:05 left in for Eastern Michigan. UA also out-rebounded EMU by 13 (45-to-32), 3-for-22 shooting during the first 16 minutes of the second half, the contest. But that would be as close as the Eagles would get the but it was the Eagles holding the edge in shooting percentage (38.6 an impressive stat considering the Eagles arrived in the Bahamas rest of the night, Weber State would close the contest on a 23-15 run to capture the 61-49 victory. to 30.0). averaging more than 82 points per game. EMU (4-0) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (4-1) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (4-2) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Land* 1-3 0-0 2-2 8 2 4 32 Land* 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 19 Land* 5-6 0-0 0-1 7 0 10 32 Watts* 4-9 0-0 5-7 8 0 13 39 Watts* 3-7 1-3 0-0 2 0 7 24 Watts* 6-15 0-1 4-4 10 0 16 34 Tyson* 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 1 3 8 Williams* 6-12 6-10 0-0 2 2 18 39 Williams* 3-12 1-7 0-0 4 7 7 33 Pittman* 5-11 3-6 6-10 4 2 19 39 Pittman* 5-11 2-6 2-2 3 2 14 33 Pittman* 5-12 0-4 2-2 6 0 12 37 Yamanoglu* 2-3 0-1 0-1 4 3 4 27 Yamanoglu* 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 14 Yamanoglu* 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 19 Schrock 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 0 2 19 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 9 Schrock 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 10 Wiliams 3-9 0-3 1-4 2 0 7 27 Schrock 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 14 Tyson 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 3 2 18 Compton 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 4 Tyson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 6 Compton 1-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 2 11 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0+ Compton 0-5 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 19 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0+ Russell 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 Warren 0-1 0-0 0-4 3 1 0 4 Russell 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6 Totals 17-44 3-11 15-27 32 8 52 200 McKinney 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 2 Totals 21-61 1-15 6-7 41 10 49 200 Russell 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 17 BAMA (0-4) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Totals 15-44 9-23 2-6 26 10 41 200 WEBER (3-2) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Jenkins* 7-10 0-0 2-6 6 0 16 20 Tuomi* 6-18 3-10 5-6 5 4 20 36 Strauthers* 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 12 NCST (6-1) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Thatcher* 1-3 0-0 2-2 5 1 4 27 Reshard* 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 13 Whittington* 10-14 0-0 6-7 13 2 26 36 Taylor* 1-3 0-0 0-0 9 2 2 29 Magee* 2-12 1-3 0-0 4 3 5 28 Ellison* 2-7 0-0 0-0 8 1 4 28 Hunter* 1-6 0-1 2-3 5 3 4 34 Gartrell 2-8 0-0 0-0 4 1 4 23 Blands* 1-5 1-4 0-0 8 1 3 30 Schnibbe* 3-7 2-2 0-2 4 6 8 32 Fields* 4-7 1-3 2-2 0 5 11 34 Hollifield 1-7 0-1 2-4 7 1 4 21 Anderson 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 3 Zullo* 4-11 4-6 0-0 3 5 12 33 Reffington 2-6 1-3 0-0 3 1 5 21 Thorderson 4-6 4-5 0-0 0 0 12 14 White 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 9 Williams 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Rayback 4-7 0-0 0-0 3 0 8 25 Bell 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 4 Carn 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 24 Totals 21-51 10-19 9-13 33 `6 61 200 Brown 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6 Chandler 2-9 0-3 0-0 10 3 4 27 Strachan 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 4 Totals 18-60 3-16 4-10 45 12 43 200 Beal 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 13 Eastern Michigan 20 29 — 49 Jordan 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 7 Weber State 27 34 — 61 Alabama 18 25 — 43 Halteman 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Eastern Michigan 27 25 — 52 Totals 24-56 5-10 10-11 36 17 63 200 Turnovers: EMU 16, WSU 14 Blocked Shots: EMU 3, WSU 5 Turnovers: EMU 28, ALA 22 Eastern Michigan 23 18 — 41 Steals: EMU 8, WSU 5 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, ALA 4 North Carolina St. 31 32 — 63 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .344, WSU .412 Steals: EMU 10, ALA 13 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .060, WSU .526 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .386, ALA .300 Turnovers: EMU 27, NCST 20 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .857, WSU .692 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .273, ALA .188 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, NCST 6 Officials: Weeks, Scofield, Lasuik Free Throw Pct.: EMU .556, ALA .400 Steals: EMU 10, NCST 9 Attendance: 607 Officials: Lynch, Day, Salerno Field Goal Pct.: EMU .341, NCST .429 Attendance: 207 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .391, NCST .500 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .333, NCST .909 Officials: Aldrich, Lynch, Outlaw Attendance: 207 EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL release page 18

GAME 7 • Dec. 2, 2007 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 8 • Dec. 6, 2007 • FAU Arena • Roca Raton, Fla. GAME 9 • Dec. 8, 2007 • Pharmed Arena • Miami, Fla. Illinois State 79 Eastern Michigan 71 Eastern Michigan 77 Eastern Michigan 61 Florida Atlantic 75 Florida International 58

YPSILANTI – The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Eastern Michigan University women’s MIAMI, Fla. –The EMU women’s basketball team jumped out team dropped a 79-61 non-conference decision to a visiting basketball team erased a 11 point deficit, but its come back to an early 6-0 lead and never looked back, defeating Florida Illinois State University team here Sunday afternoon at the bid fell just short as the Eagles dropped a 75-71 decision to International, 77-58, here Saturday afternoon at Pharmed Arena. Convocation Center. Florida Atlantic University Thursday evening in non-conference Sophomore guard Alyssa Pittman led the Eagles with 19 points, Illinois State (5-1) used a fast-breaking offense, some deadly action here at the FAU Arena. EMU was led by junior Canea with 12 coming in the second half to lead an EMU surge which shooting, and a dominating rebounding performance to record the Williams who scored a career-high 26 points, including 16 would seal the game. win. The visitors shot 49.3 percent from the field, making 34-of-69 in the second half. EMU was powered by a trio of double-digit performances from attempts and also held a 48-28 advantage on the boards. EMU The Owls pulled out to an 11 points advantage, 51-40, with Pittman, who led the way with 19, followed by senior Colleen made 21-of-56 field goals for 37.5 percent. 12:52 left in the game, but the Eagles responded with a 13-1 Russell, who set a career-high mark of 15 just two days earlier, Sophomore guard Alyssa Pittman led the Eagles with 22 points, pitching in 13. Freshman Cassie Schrock turned in a career-high run capped off by four consecutive points by junior Amber making 7-of-16 field-goal attempts and connecting on 6-of-11 17 points to go along with a team-high six rebounds in 39 minutes Land to give EMU a 53-52 edge with 7:57 to go. An ensuing three-point shots. Amber Land and Canea Williams added 12 of action. The freshman was also a perfect 10-of-10 from the free 15-5 Owl run would give FAU an eight point lead it would never apiece for the Eagles and Land had a team-best nine rebounds throw line, which is tied for the 11th best single-game performance Tiffany Hudson was the top ISU scorer with 24 while Kristi Cirone relinquish. in school-history. added 20 and Ashleen Bracey had 14. Bracey led the Redbirds with The Eagles had three players in double figures, led by Williams’ LaQuetta Fergusen paced all scorers on the day with 26 points nine rebounds. leading all scorers with 26. Senior Colleen Russell notched a on 9-of-20 shooting. Also, hitting double digits for the Golden The visitors opened the game with a flurry, connecting on career-best 15 points and Land posted 10, all of which came Panthers was Monika Bosilj, who chipped in 10 points on 3-of-10 three three-point field goals inn the first seven minutes to shoot in the second half, and a team-high eight rebounds. shooting. themselves into a nine-point lead, 19-10, at the 13:33 mark. FAU had four players in double digits, led by Breana Givens’ The Eagles jumped out to that 6-0 run to start the game behind The Eagles then came up with some hot shooting of their own 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Carla Stubbs had 18 points and jumpers from Russell and Pittman and a Schrock lay-up. Florida with Pittman hitting three consecutive triple tries to cut the lead tied for the lead with eight rebounds. Brittany Bowe added 13 International would battle back to tie the game at 10 with a three- to seven, 23-16, with 11:24 left in the half. and Breana Cox added 10 points off the bench. pointer from LaQuetta Fergusen at the 15:23 mark. The Green and White came right back with a surge of their own Both teams took advantage of runs, the Eagles got off to a However, EMU answered with a 13-point run, giving them a 23-10 and used a layup by Williams and a layup by Cassie Schrock to fast start early. Eastern went on an 11-2 run midway through edge with 10:41 remaining in the first half, sparked by three-point cut the ISU lead to five, 25-20, with nine minutes remaining in the the first half and after a three-pointer by sophomore Alyssa field goals fromCanea Williams, Schrock, and Kivilcim Yamano- half. Pittman made it 23-14 with 10:48 showing. Down by as many glu. The Illinois State offense continued its fast-break offense the rest as nine, 28-19, with 7:55 left in the period, FAU would claw back Both teams would trade baskets until the half, with the Green of the half to take a 13-point lead, 42-29, into halftime intermis- into it via a 14-2 run to take a 33-30 lead into the break. and White shooting 53.6 percent (15-of-28) from the field for the sion. FAU continued with a hot start following the intermission. half en route to a 39-23 advantage heading into the locker room. Pittman led the Eagles in the first half with 17 while Cirone and The Owls lead would grow to 11 points following a jumper by FIU opened the second half with a 13-6 run, pulling to within nine Hudson paced the Redbirds with 13 and 12 points respectively. Bowe made it 51-40 with 12:52 in the second half. The Green on a jumper from Liene Jekabsone at the 14:20 mark. The comeback ISU shot 59.4 percent (19-of-32) from the field to 39.3 percent and White would not quit, starting a 13-1 run of its own to ended there for the Panthers as Eastern would propel forward on (11-of-28) for the Eagles in the first 20 minutes. The Redbirds also six free throws from Schrock and six points from Pittman to go up retake the lead at 53-52 with 7:57 left in the ball game. held a 21-12 advantage on the boards in the first half. 58-40 with 10:50 remaining in the game. But as they had all night long, FAU would respond with a run Illinois State came out of halftime on fire, pushing its lead to Eastern would extend its lead to 24 with a lay-up from Amber of its own to go back up by as many as eight points, 69-61, with 50-34 after just four minutes of action. The Redbird lead stayed Land near the five- minute mark, going up 71-47 and cruise the rest in double figures though the second half as the visitors recorded 1:24 showing. The Eagles would cut the lead to just a pair, 71-69, of the way. A late three-point field goal fromAmanda Compton and the 18-point win. on a put-back by Land with :31 seconds left, but would get no a jumper from Williams would round out the scoring for EMU. closer as free-throws down the stretch sealed the victory.

EMU (4-3) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (4-4) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (5-4) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Land* 5-7 1-1 1-2 8 1 12 32 Land* 4-7 0-0 2-4 8 3 10 36 Land* 4-7 0-0 0-0 3 2 8 34 Watts* 1-7 0-3 1-3 4 1 3 25 Russell* 6-14 0-0 3-3 5 0 15 24 Russell* 5-10 0-0 3-3 4 1 13 22 Williams* 5-10 1-3 1-1 1 3 12 31 Williams* 10-18 4-9 2-2 4 4 26 38 Schrock* 3-6 1-1 10-10 6 5 17 39 Pittman* 7-16 6-11 2-2 3 1 22 40 Pittman* 2-14 2-12 0-0 5 2 6 27 Williams* 2-6 1-3 3-4 4 6 8 34 Yamanoglu* 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 18 Yamanoglu* 1-4 0-0 2-2 4 2 4 25 Pittman* 8-12 2-4 1-1 4 3 19 26 Johnson 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Johnson 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 7 Schrock 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 2 13 Schrock 2-4 0-0 0-1 6 1 4 23 Tyson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 7 Tyson 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 16 Tyson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 5 Compton 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 2 Compton 0-4 0-1 3-4 1 1 3 6 Compton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Warren 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Warren 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Watts 3-5 0-0 0-0 5 0 6 17 Yamanoglu 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 0 5 10 Russell 2-5 0-0 3-3 5 0 7 14 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 Watts 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 15 Totals 21-56 8-23 11-16 28 9 61 200 Totals 28-67 6-21 9-12 46 13 71 200 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Totals 27-50 6-11 17-18 34 19 77 200 ILL ST. (6-1) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN FAU (3-5) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Lewis* 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 4 12 Givens* 8-10 1-2 2-4 4 0 19 22 FIU (2-6) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Bracey* 7-14 0-0 0-0 9 2 14 34 Momoh* 2-3 0-0 1-2 7 3 5 24 Jenkins* 3-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 6 30 Cirone* 9-12 2-3 0-0 3 6 20 30 Bowe* 4-16 1-4 4-8 3 5 13 34 Neal* 1-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 2 25 Hudson* 10-16 4-6 0-0 3 4 24 32 Brayboy* 0-2 0-0 4-6 4 7 4 26 Ciglar* 3-7 2-3 0-0 3 6 8 38 Krick* 2-9 1-3 0-0 6 6 5 31 Stubbs* 7-17 2-8 2-3 8 1 18 26 Bosilj* 3-10 2-7 2-3 3 1 10 22 Butler 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 3 Sellers 0-3 0-1 4-4 2 0 4 19 Ferguson* 9-20 4-11 4-4 0 2 26 34 Banks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Cox 4-10 0-0 2-2 8 2 10 28 Ziegler 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Clifton 0-0 0-0 1-2 12 1 1 6 Lizama 0-3 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 15 Drake 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 9 Shelton 0-3 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 10 Jones 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 6 Hutlassa 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 0 2 13 Calef 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Jackson 3-7 0-0 1-2 6 0 7 15 Totals 26-68 4-18 19-29 43 19 75 200 Jekabsone 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 4 21 Singleton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Krajacic 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 6 Johnson 1-3 0-1 0-1 2 2 2 18 Eastern Michigan 30 41 — 71 Totals 21-50 8-23 8-9 19 12 58 200 Totals 34-69 7-14 4-7 48 23 79 200 Florida Atlantic 33 42 — 75 Eastern Michigan 39 38 — 77 Illinois State 42 37 — 79 Turnovers: EMU 23, FAU 10 Florida International 23 35 — 58 Eastern Michigan 29 32 — 61 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, FAU 5 Steals: EMU 2, FAU 12 Turnovers: EMU 22, FIU 22 Turnovers: EMU 13, ILS 12 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .418, FAU .382 Blocked Shots: EMU 0, FIU 3 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, ILS 0 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .286, FAU .222 Steals: EMU 11, FIU 10 Steals: EMU 6, ILS 8 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .750, FAU .655 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .540, FIU .420 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .375, ILS .493 Officials: Bonner, Chue, Schreiber 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .545, FIU .348 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .348, ILS .500 Attendance: 258 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .994, FIU .889 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .688, ILS .571 Officials: Drayton, Gonzalez, Kramer Officials: Comanita, Smith, DeMinico Attendance: 321 Attendance: 241 A New Era Begins... page 19

GAME 10 • Dec. 21, 2007 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 11 • Dec. 28, 2007 • Palumbo Center • Pittsburgh, Pa. GAME 12 • Jan. 5, 2008 • Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, Utah Dayton 59 Eastern Michigan 79 Eastern Michigan 56 Eastern Michigan 57 Duquesne 77 Utah 70

YPSILANTI – In a non-conference battle on Education Day at the Convocation PITTSBURGH – The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team escaped SALT LAKE CITY – The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball Center, the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team gave the Uni- with a 79-77 double-overtime victory against Duquesne University here Friday team put fourth a valiant second half effort and nearly overcame a 21-point versity of Dayton all it could handle in a 59-57 setback here Friday afternoon. The afternoon at the A.J. Palumbo Center. In a game that featured 14 lead changes and deficit, but in the end it was not enough as the Eagles fell to the University Eagles led by as many as 11 midway through the second period, but the Flyers eight ties, the Eagles overcame an 11-point second half deficit to force overtime. of Utah, 70-56, Saturday afternoon in non-conference action at the Jon M. used to 13-0 run to take their first lead since the contest’s opening moments. Eastern used clutch free-throw shooting and solid rebounding in both overtimes sessions to claim the thrilling victory. Huntsman Center. The Green and White used a 29-14 run to open the second Sophomore guard Alyssa Pittman had a shot to tie the game with :07 seconds half and cut the lead to just two, however, the Utes closed the game on a to play but the shot was blocked sealing the Dayton victory. In the second overtime and up just a point, 78-77, junior guard Canea Williams 19-7 run to seal the victory. Dayton, which currently holds the nation’s third-longest winning streak, used a made the first of two free-throws with :03.5 remaining before missing the second potent offense attack and timely defense to collect their 11th consecutive victory attempt. The ball found its way into the hands of freshman forward Tara Johnson With the loss EMU closed out the non-conference portion of the schedule and improve to 11-2 overall. On the other side of the court the Eagles fall to 5-5 as the clock expired. with a mark of 6-6. On the other side of the court Utah improves to 11-3 Four EMU players posted double-digit points, led by senior guard Kivilcim on the season. on the season. Yamanoglu with a career-high 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting, to go along with For the game the Flyers shot 40.7 percent (22-of-54) from the field and held Eastern Michigan was led by junior guard Canea Williams with 23 points six rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes of work. Senior center Colleen Russell a 32-18 advantage in points in the paint. The Eagles connected on a 38 percent on 7-of-12 shooting in 40 minutes of work. Senior center Colleen Russell notched 15 points, junior Amber Land had 12 points and Williams added 11. notched 11 points and two blocks to go along with junior Amber Land’s clip (21-of-54) from the field including 40 percent (8-of-20) from beyond the Keri Pryor led Duquesne with 21 points on the night, Kristi Little had 17 and arc. Amanda Peck poured in 11 in a losing effort. nine points. Senior center Colleen Russell led the Eagles with a career-best 17 points on For the game the Eagles shot 40 percent (30-of-75) compared to a 36.2 percent Leilani Mitchell keyed Utah with 21 points and a game-high six assists on 8-of-13 shooting. Pittman added 16 points and sophomore forward Kelly Watts (25-of-69) clip for the Dukes. The teams were equal on the glass, with both sides the afternoon. Kalee Whipple scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds had a team-best nine rebounds. grabbing 50 rebounds. Eastern also limited the turnovers to just 14 to go along with and Morgan Warburton had 15 points and eight boards. Kristin Daugherty was the top scorer for Dayton with 20 points, while Nikki 19 assist. For the game, Eastern shot just 32.8 percent (20-of-61) including a Oakland contributed a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Out of the gate the Eagles forced four Duke turnovers in the first four minutes solid 40 percent (12-of-30) clip in the second half. Utah shot 47.1 percent The Eagles and Flyers opened the game trading baskets, but a three-pointer to take an early 9-3 edge. The EMU margin would grow to its largest of the game at (24-of-51) from the floor, including 60 percent (9-of-16) from beyond the from junior guard Canea Williams and six points from Russell gave EMU an early 10 points, 17-7, on freshman guard Cassie Schrock’s lay-up with 13:26 remaining arc. The Eagles committed just 11 turnovers, but were out-rebounded by 11-6 lead with just over four minutes gone by. Following a time-out, Pittman in the stanza. drained a three pointer from the wing to give the Eagles a 14-7 lead at the 13:12 However, Duquesne would roll off a 16-6 run over the next eight minutes, capped eight (40 to 32). mark. by a Samantha Pollino layup to make it 26-17 with 5:11 showing on the clock. Eastern The Utes raced out to an early 9-3 advantage with 16:23 showing on the The Green and White advantage would grow to eight, 17-9, as Pittman drained would retake the lead at 27-26 but would manage just one more field goal over the clock, but the Eagles were able to slice the margin back to just a pair on a trey and senior guard Kivilcim Yamanoglu would lay one off the glass with final 4:11 as Duquesne would take a 32-29 advantage into the locker room. back to back buckets by Williams and Russell with 14:58 left in the period. 11:10 showing on the clock. Dayton, however, answered with some hot shooting Following the intermission the Dukes would use a 6-0 run to push the deficit to However, Utah would respond with a 16-4 run over the next five to expand of their own, as Daugherty would knock down a three-pointer combined with nine, 38-29, with 18:07 left forcing head coach AnnMarie Gilbert to burn a timeout. the margin to 14, 25-11, with 10:22 remaining. During the run the scoring back-to-back lay ups from Kelly Keil cut the Eagles lead to three, 25-22, at the Williams’ runner in the lane ended the EMU field goal drought with 16:13 left to duo of Whipple and Warburton combined for 14 of the team’s points. 5:01 mark. Both teams exchanged buckets and free throws the rest of the way, make it 42-33. Eastern continued to struggle from the field, managing just two Williams’ as the Eagles headed into the locker room up 33-26. That would key the EMU offense and defense, as the Green and White would begin a 16-7 run over the next 6:40 to pull within just two, 51-49, with 8:57 remaining treys the rest of the half as Utah headed into the locker room up 37-20. The Following the intermission, EMU continued its strong play, as Williams and Green and White struggled from the field for the stanza, shooting just 25 Pittman combined to hit four three-pointers to give the Eagles an 11-point lead, in the contest. The run continued as Eastern would take its first lead since the first half, 54-53, as Land connected on a lay-up with 5:42 left. percent (8-of-31) compared to a 54 percent (13-of-34) clip for Utah. The 51-40, with just over 10 minutes left to play. However, the momentum was starting The advantage would balloon to six, 60-54, but then the EMU offense went Utes’ Whipple led all scorers with 13 points, while EMU’s Williams had with to swing in Dayton’s favor. The Flyers clawed back in the game with a 13-0 run silent for the remainder of regulation, as the Duquesne used a 6-0 run to force 11. to take the lead at 53-51 with 4:34 to go. As hot as Dayton was EMU was just as overtime. Following the break Russell notched five consecutive points to key a cold going 7:47 without a field goal until freshmanCassie Schrock banked in a In the first overtime the sides exchanged scores, but neither team was able to three to once again knot the score at 55 with 1:46 left. quick 10-4 run to get EMU back within 11, 41-30, with 16:47 left in the gain more than a two-point edge. A Little jumper with :14 seconds left knotted contest. The margin got even smaller when Williams drained a pair of free Back down the court, Daugherty answered as she hit a three to make it 58-55 the game at 68 heading into the second extra period. with 1:26 remaining. Eastern cut the margin to one, 58-57, on a Russell jumper. In the final five minutes of work and the score tied at 75, Russell kissed one off throws with 10:38 to go to make it 47-39. Dayton would turn the ball over and Pittman would have a look at the bucket the glass with :59 seconds showing. Following a foul, Jocelyn Chandler made the The momentum was shifting in the Eagles’ favor. Back-to-back threes by with :07 seconds but her shot was blocked by Keil. Keil would knock down the first of two free-throw attempts to pull within one, 77-76, with 38 ticks left. Land Pittman and Williams along with a lay-up by Russell pulled Eastern within first of a pair of free throws to once again give Dayton a two point lead at 59-57 would make one of two from the line to make it 78-76, and back down the court four, 51-47, the closest the visitors had been since the opening moments with :06 seconds to go. Peck made the second of two free-throws with :05 seconds left to make it 78-77. of the first half. A Watts put back at the 7:35 mark made it 51-49. With one final chance to win or tie the game, Dayton pressured the Eagles Williams was fouled by Chandler, and the redshirt junior made the first of two But the Utes would close the game on a 19-7 run to claim the hard-fought forcing a half-court attempt by Pittman that was off target as time expired. tries with :03.5 seconds remaining. The final attempt missed left and was chased victory. down by Johnson as time ran-out . EMU (5-5) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (6-5) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (6-6) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Land* 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 9 Land* 4-6 0-0 4-6 7 1 12 39 Land* 3-13 1-1 2-2 6 2 9 32 Russell* 8-13 0-0 1-3 3 1 17 36 Russell* 7-17 0-0 1-4 8 2 15 37 Russell* 5-9 0-0 1-1 2 1 11 20 Schrock* 2-4 1-1 2-2 4 2 7 35 Schrock* 4-10 0-0 1-3 9 3 9 47 Schrock* 2-6 0-1 1-3 6 1 5 31 Williams* 3-10 3-6 0-0 2 3 9 23 Williams* 4-18 0-4 3-4 5 8 11 48 Williams* 7-12 5-9 4-4 5 3 23 40 Pittman* 5-16 4-13 2-2 5 5 16 34 Pittman* 3-5 2-2 0-0 2 1 8 18 Yamanoglu* 1-9 1-5 0-0 2 5 3 34 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0+ Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 Tyson 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 2 17 Tyson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 4 Tyson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Yamanoglu 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 12 Compton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Compton 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 8 Watts 0-6 0-0 1-2 9 2 1 33 Yamanoglu 7-13 1-3 6-8 6 4 21 33 Pittman 0-7 1-4 0-0 2 0 3 12 McKinney 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 1 Watts 1-6 0-1 1-3 8 0 3 21 Watts 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 16 Totals 21-54 8-20 7-11 34 17 57 200 Totals 30-75 3-10 16-28 50 19 79 250 McKinney 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Totals 20-61 8-21 8-10 32 13 56 200 DAY (11-2) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN DU (7-6) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Daugherty* 7-16 3-5 3-4 7 1 20 36 Pollino* 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 3 6 28 UTAH (11-3) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Oakland* 6-10 0-0 1-3 11 1 13 28 Singleton* 1-6 0-0 1-2 3 2 3 37 Whipple* 7-11 3-4 3-3 9 2 20 32 Holterman* 3-7 0-0 5-6 4 1 11 29 Pryor* 8-16 2-3 3-7 8 0 21 40 King* 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 1 4 25 Armstrong* 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 15 Little* 3-17 1-5 10-10 10 3 17 44 Perry* 3-5 0-0 0-1 7 1 6 29 Cloxton* 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 31 Britcher* 1-6 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 13 Mitchell* 4-9 4-5 9-10 3 6 21 37 Ross 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 3 0 12 Thompson 2-3 1-2 0-0 2 4 5 15 Warburton* 6-16 2-5 1-2 8 3 15 38 Lund 2-8 1-6 1-1 0 2 6 16 Reinshuttle 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 4 Knight 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 10 Keil 3-7 0-0 1-3 6 1 7 24 Peck 6-9 0-0 3-9 11 0 15 35 Tokumura 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Guin 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 9 Chandler 1-5 0-1 5-6 7 2 7 34 Sawyer 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 8 Totals 22-54 4-15 11-17 39 10 59 200 Totals 25-69 5-14 22-34 50 16 77 250 Stevenson 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 18 Totals 24-51 9-15 13-16 40 16 70 200 Dayton 26 33 — 59 Eastern Michigan 29 31 8 11 — 79 Eastern Michigan 33 24 — 57 Duquesne 32 28 8 9 — 77 Eastern Michigan 20 36 — 57 Utah 37 33 — 57 Turnovers: EMU 18, DAY 17 Turnovers: EMU 14, DU 18 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, DAY 3 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, DU 9 Turnovers: EMU 11, UTAH 15 Steals: EMU 6, DAY 7 Steals: EMU 9, DU 4 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, UTAH 8 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .389, DAY .407 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .400, DU .362 Steals: EMU 7, UTAH 7 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .400, DAY .267 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .300, DU .357 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .328, UTAH .471 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .636, DAY .647 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .571, DU .647 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .381, UTAH .600 Officials: Bomeli, Francescon, Green Officials: Enlund, Vastine, Bone Free Throw Pct.: EMU .800, UTAH .813 Attendance: 1,000 Attendance: 208 Officials: Stevens, Forsberg, Sowby Attendance: 1,034 EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL release page 20

GAME 13 • Jan. 9, 2008 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 14 • Jan. 12, 2008 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 15 • Jan. 15, 2008 • Worthen Arena • Muncie, Ind. Northern Illinois 42 Toledo 59 Eastern Michigan 64 Eastern Michigan 61 Eastern Michigan 65 Ball State 71

YPSILANTI – The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball YPSILANTI – The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team MUNCIE, Ind. – In an early season battle of undefeated Mid-American Conference West team opened Mid-American Conference play with a 61-42 win made it two straight Mid-American Conference wins to open the season Division foes, the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team came up short versus Ball State University, 71-64, Tuesday evening here at John E. Worthen Arena. over Northern Illinois University Wednesday evening here at the with a 65-59 win over a visiting Toledo team here Saturday afternoon in the Convocation Center. The Eagles overcame a 17-point first half deficit to take a four-point edge, however Convocation Center. EMU took control of the game in the second The Eagles opened the league season Wednesday with a home win over the Cardinals used a late push to claim the hard-fought victory. The Eagles were paced by junior guard Amanda Compton with a career-high 21 half with a 14-3 run to take a 36-21 advantage with 12:05 remaining Northern Illinois and the Green and White kept that momentum rolling into in the game. points, including seven three-pointers. The seven treys are the most by an Eagle since today’s game with the six-point win over the Rockets. Alyssa Pittman made seven versus Massachusetts, Dec. 13, 2006. Sophomore Kelly With the win, EMU improves to 7-6 (1-0 MAC) on the season, while Eastern was led by the duo of Colleen Russell and Alyssa Pittman, who Watts poured in 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds before fouling out late in the Northern Illinois drops to 4-10 (0-1 MAC). scored 22 and 18 points respectively. contest. Freshman guard Cassie Schrock also notched 15 points and nine caroms The Green and White were led by senior center Colleen Russell With the win, EMU improves to 8-6 (2-0 MAC), while the Rockets fall to 8-6 in 35 minutes of work. with 16 points and four rebounds. For NIU, Shari’ Welton scored 13 (1-1 MAC). Toledo was playing without its leading scorer and rebounder Allie Porchia Green turned in a game-high 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting to go along Clifton (17.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg), who missed the game with a foot injury. with 12 rebounds in 39 minutes of action. Julie DeMuth and Lisa Rusche both notched points. For the game, the Green and White shot 44.3 percent (27-of-61), compared 12 points on the night. For the game, turnovers were the story, with the Huskies com- to 33.9 percent (20-of-59) for the Rockets. Toledo out-rebounded the Eagles by The Eagles struggled out of the gate, missing their first 12 shots and turning the mitting 28 and the Eagles making 25 miscues. NIU shot 30.5 percent one, 41-40, but committed 19 turnovers to EMU’s 13. Kelly Watts and Amber ball over five times, as the Cardinals raced out to an early 12-0 edge just over four minutes into the game. Schrock’s free throw at the 15:09 mark got EMU on the board Land both grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. (18-of-59) for the game, while the Green and White shot 42.3 percent to make it 18-1. Compton connected on a three-pointer with 12:29 showing on the (22-of-52). After trailing by seven at the half, UT went on a 12-4 run over the first clock to end the drought and was promptly followed up with a Schrock lay-up to Northern Illinois came out of the break with a 6-2 spurt, forcing five minutes of the half to briefly take a 35-34 lead, until a Canea Williams’ make it 20-6. head coach AnnMarie Gilbert to burn a timeout at the 17:40 mark. three-pointer gave the Eagles back the lead, 37-35, with 15:10 showing on the The pace of the game was starting to pick up, as a 6-2 run by the Eagles forced the clock. Cardinals to burn a timeout with 10:19 showing. Ball State, however, would respond The Eagles responded with the decisive 14-3 run to put the game With the Eagles leading, 51-46, with 8:39 remaining, the Rockets would go to keep the margin in double figures. Thanks to the sharp shooting of Compton and out of reach for the Huskies. Junior Amber Land’s lay-up and free on an 8-2 run to retake the lead, 54-53, with 5:31 left. Pittman then gave the Schrock, the Green and White were able to use a 15-4 run over the next 5:17 to make throw sparked the run, with Russell chipping in four points during Eagles back the lead with an 18-foot jumper from the top of the key. Williams it 32-30 with 3:00 left in the half. the surge. then hit a three from the corner to put the Eagles up by four. A Cassie Schrock Ball State would use a 6-2 run to close the period and head into the locker room up free throw pushed the Eagle lead to five with 3:30 to go in the game. 38-32. BSU’s Green would lead all scorers with 13 points, while Compton paced the The Eagle lead would climb to 23 points after a Kivilcim Yamanoglu Eagles with 12. For the frame the Eagles shot just 34 percent (12-of-35) from the floor Just when it seemed like the Eagles were pulling away, Toledo’s Olivia Terry three-pointer and a Land put-back, forcing a Northern Illinois timeout but managed a 52 percent (12-of-23) clip after missing on their initial 12 attempts. with 4:02 left in the game. answered with a three-pointer to bring the visitors back within a basket. A BSU was 46 percent (14-of-30) shooting for the stanza. shot clock violation for EMU gave Toledo back the ball with 2:13 to go in the EMU got off to a slow start in the first half, as they did not score Much the way Eastern struggled to open the game, Ball State did the same to contest. open the second half. Eastern raced off on a 9-0 run to begin the period and take its from the field until a Russell bucket at the 14:35 mark. A Brittany With the shot clock winding down, junior Amber Land missed a three-pointer, first lead of the game, 39-38, on a Watts’ put-back at 17:49. The lead would grow to Tyson (Ypsilanti, Mich.-Huron) lay-up would give the Eagles a two- but Russell grabbed the offensive rebound and laid one off the glass to put the as many as three before Ball State responded to retake the advantage, 46-45, with point advantage, 8-6, with 12:32 remaining. Eagles up by four, 61-57, with 1:20 remaining. 14:58 remaining. The two teams went almost four minutes without scoring until a A steal by junior Amanda Compton gave EMU back the ball with :40 In a back-and-fourth contest, EMU would hold a slim one-point edge, 51-50, on a Schrock lay-up at the 12:37 mark. However, the scoring would slow over the next Russell lay-up and a Kelly Watts fastbreak score ignited a 10-2 run seconds showing on the clock, forcing the Rockets to foul on the possession. After missing the free throw, Watts grabbed the board and put it off the glass seven minutes. BSU would reclaim the one-point edge, 60-59, on a Green jumper to give the Eagles an 18-10 lead with three minutes remaining in the with 4:28 left. to give EMU a six point advantage, 63-57, with :25 seconds to go. Both teams The final minutes belonged to the Cardinals, as BSU closed the contest on a 13-5 frame. hit two more free throws apiece to account for the final score. Eastern headed into the locker room with a 20-12 advantage. Russell run. The run began with a Rusche steal and fastbreak lay-up with 3:22 showing to make The Eagles got off to a quick start, with Russell scoring back-to-back baskets it 62-59. Senior center Colleen Russell hit a jumper in the lane to cut the margin but led the way for the Eagles at the break with 10 points. NIU was led by on the first two possessions. A jumper by Pittman gave the home team a 6-0 Green laid one off the glass to answer to score on the ensuing Cardinal possession. Shari’ Welton and Whitney Lowe, who score four points apiece. The advantage. Then with 1:12 left Watts picked up her fifth foul to send her to the bench for the teams set a Convocation Center record for fewest combined points UT then went on a 15-3 run over the next six minutes, forcing an Eagle timeout remainder of the game. DeMuth would drain both free throws, but that was answered in a half with 32. with the Rockets leading 15-9. Following the timeout, a Land put-back pulled by another Compton three-pointer with :59 seconds showing to make it 66-64. Green the Eagles within four, 15-11. would once again answer with a trey with :39 seconds to go, putting the home team The first half featured 33 turnovers between the two teams, with EMU went into the locker room with a 30-23 lead, with Pittman leading all up 69-64. NIU committing 17 to the Eagles’ 15. EMU shot 25.9 (7-of-27) in the scorers with 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Jessica Williams led the way for The Eagles had two shots on the next possession but could not get either to fall. EMU was forced to foul, with BSU’s Audrey McDonald sinking both attempts from frame, compared to 28.6 (6-of-21) for the Huskies. the Rockets at the break with six points. EMU shot 43.3 percent for the half the charity stripe with nine seconds remaining to seal the 71-64 decision. (13-of-30), compared to only 29.6 percent (8-of-27) for the visitors. EMU (7-6) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (8-6) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (8-7) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Watts * 1-3 0-1 3-4 4 2 5 21 Watts * 1-6 0-0 1-3 9 1 3 23 Watts * 7-11 0-2 2-3 9 0 16 31 Russell* 6-12 0-0 4-7 4 1 16 33 Russell* 10-14 0-0 2-4 5 0 22 26 Russell* 1-10 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 14 Schrock* 3-9 0-1 4-4 5 2 10 31 Schrock* 1-5 0-1 1-2 4 4 3 25 Schrock* 5-14 1-6 4-6 9 1 15 35 Williams* 1-4 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 14 Williams* 3-6 2-5 0-0 2 4 8 32 Williams* 1-13 0-7 0-0 1 7 2 33 Pittman* 3-10 0-3 0-0 4 2 6 24 Pittman* 7-13 3-8 1-2 3 3 18 30 Pittman* 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 23 Johnson 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 10 Johnson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 4 Johnson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 4 Land 2-2 0-0 1-1 4 0 5 12 Land 2-6 0-1 0-0 9 0 4 23 Land 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 10 Tyson 2-3 0-0 2-2 4 8 6 27 Tyson 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 8 Tyson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 14 Compton 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 6 Compton 2-7 1-5 0-0 3 2 5 23 Compton 7-12 7-10 0-0 3 3 21 28 Yamanoglu 2-6 1-1 1-2 6 1 6 19 Yamanoglu 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 6 Yamanoglu 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 8 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 3 Totals 27-61 6-20 5-11 40 18 65 200 Totals 25-68 8-25 6-9 33 17 64 200 Totals 22-52 2-11 15-22 39 17 61 200 UT (8-6) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN BSU (7-9) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN NIU (4-10) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Heistan* 5-14 2-7 0-0 9 1 12 33 DeMuth* 3-7 0-2 6-7 9 1 12 27 Lowe* 5-12 0-0 1-2 6 1 11 30 Johnson* 2-10 0-1 2-2 4 1 6 32 Rusche* 6-12 0-0 0-0 6 1 12 24 Ellis* 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 3 20 Stocks* 1-6 0-0 1-1 4 4 3 37 Green* 8-14 2-3 4-4 12 2 22 35 Welton* 6-12 1-1 0-1 6 0 13 38 Clark* 2-9 1-3 0-0 4 2 5 30 Jarrett* 2-6 0-3 3-4 3 4 7 39 York* 1-10 1-6 0- 3 3 3 23 Terry* 6-13 2-5 3-6 8 3 17 32 McDonald* 0-7 0-6 2-2 4 1 2 36 Wilcox* 1-7 0-2 0-0 2 1 2 27 Zeller* 1-3 1-2 3-4 1 0 6 13 Klei 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 2 5 14 Brown 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 10 Williams 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 6 7 Moorman 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 Michels 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 21 Goodall 1-2 0-0 2-2 4 1 4 16 Maggert 2-7 0-0 5-6 7 1 9 24 Smith 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 16 Totals 20-59 8-20 11-15 41 13 59 200 Totals 24-57 3-16 20-23 46 12 71 200 Adams 2-7 0-0 2-2 5 0 6 15 Totals 18-59 2-9 4-7 38 9 42 200 Toledo 23 36 — 59 Eastern Michigan 32 32 — 64 Eastern Michigan 30 35 — 65 Ball State 38 33 — 71 Northern Illinois 12 30 — 42 Eastern Michigan 20 41 — 61 Turnovers: EMU 13, UT 19 Turnovers: EMU 10, BSU 15 Blocked Shots: EMU 3, UT 4 Blocked Shots: EMU 5, BSU 3 Turnovers: EMU 25, NIU 28 Steals: EMU 8, UT 6 Steals: EMU 10, BSU 5 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, NIU 2 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .443, UT .339 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .368, BSU .421 Steals: EMU 14, NIU 8 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .300, UT ..400 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .320, BSU .188 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .423, NIU .305 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .455, UT .733 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .667, BSU .870 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .182, NIU .222 Officials: Comanita, Duistermars, Applegate Officials: Stewart, Inouye, Enterline Free Throw Pct.: EMU .682, NIU .571 Attendance: 392 Attendance: 392 Officials: Case, DelDuco, McMullen Attendance: 242 A New Era Begins... page 21

GAME 16 • Jan. 19, 2008 • Rose Arena • Mount Pleasant, Mich. GAME 17 • Jan. 23, 2008 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 18 • Jan. 26, 2008 • Alumni Arena • Buffalo, N.Y. Eastern Michigan 68 Western Michigan 83 Eastern Michigan 74 Central Michigan 66 Eastern Michigan 72 Buffalo 71

MOUNT PLEASANT – The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team YPSILANTI – The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team fell to BUFFALO – A pair of Alyssa Pittman free-throws with 3.9 seconds remaining continued its dominance over instate rival Central Michigan University, posting a in-state rival Western Michigan University, 83-72, here at the Convocation Center sealed the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team’s 74-71 victory 68-66 victory Saturday afternoon in Mid-American Conference action here at Rose Wednesday evening. over the University at Buffalo Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. The Eagles, who Arena. The Eagles have won the last 15 meetings versus the Chippewas dating back After EMU climbed back to take a 68-67 lead, WMU took control of the game held the lead for most of the ballgame, placed four players in double figures but to the 2000-01 campaign, including eight in a row on CMU’s home court. scoring 14 unanswered points to take an 81-68 lead with :47 seconds to go. With had to survive a three-point field goal barrage by Stephanie Bennett to escape Senior center Colleen Russell tallied her first career double-double with a the loss, EMU falls to9-8 (3-2 MAC) on the year, while WMU improves to 7-12 (4-1 with the Mid-American Conference cross-divisional win. personal-best 25 points and 12 rebounds in 25 minutes of work. Junior guard MAC). Pittman led the Eagles with 19 points on 5-of-11 shooting to go along with 16 Amanda Compton continued her sharp-shooting, posting 13 points in a career- The Eagles were led by sophomore Alyssa Pittman who had 20 points on points from junior guard Canea Williams. Making her first collegiate start, junior high 30 minutes off the bench. Sophomore forwardKelly Watts chipped in eight the evening, including six triples. Sophomore Kelly Watts notched her second guard Amanda Compton nearly notched a double-double with 11 points and a points while freshman guard Cassie Schrock added eight. double-double of the season, with 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. career-high nine rebounds in 28 minutes of action. Senior center Colleen Russell For the Chippewas, Brittany Houghton scored a team-high 17 points, but was Senior center Colleen Russell hit double figures as well for the Eagles, chipping also chipped in 13 points on the afternoon. in 11 points before fouling out. Bennett drilled seven threes on the day to account for 25 of UB’s points. Heather held to just two in the second half. Sherryia Armstrong and Angel Chane were The Broncos had four players in double figures, led by Amanda Parker with 18. Turner poured in 15 points and grabbed six rebounds to alongside Barbora Ho- the only other CMU player in double figures with 12 and 10, respectively. Tiera DeLaHoussaye hit for 17, with Molly Dwyer scoring 16 and Brenna Bankston molova’s 12 points and three caroms. The Eagles connected on 28-of-59 field-goal attempts for 47.5 percent and the chipping in 15 for Western. The Broncos also out-rebounded the Eagles, 42-38. For the game Eastern shot 40.4 percent (23-of-57), including going 9-of-23 Eagles made 4-of-16 triples for 25 percent. The Chippewas made 26-of-59 shots For the game, the Eagles shot 42.9 percent (27-of-63), including 11-of-21 from from beyond the arc, while Buffalo managed a 43.1 percent (25-of-58) clip for the from the field for 44.1 percent clip along with winning the battle of the boards, beyond the arc (52.4 percent). The Broncos shot well from the field, hitting 29-of-64 game. The Eagles also notched 15 steals and 16 assists in the victory, but were 36 to 35. shots (45.3 percent), including 9-of-22 from deep out-rebounded 39 to 35. The first half was a struggle for the Eagles, who got on the board first, pulling Canea Williams opened the game with a three from the top of the key before Buffalo raced to a quick 7-2 advantage, connecting on its first three shots of the out an early 4-1 edge. However, the Chippewas would take their first lead of the Russell hit a jumper in the lane to give the Eagles a quick 5-0 lead. The Broncos contest. But Eastern would take its first lead of the game at 9-8 following consecu- game at 5-4 and expand the margin to five points, 22-17, due en large part to 11 would go on a 10-3 run to give them their first lead of the game, 10-9, with 15:13 tive three-pointers by Pittman and Williams with 16:28 left in the first period. The consecutive points by Houghton. to go in the half. sides would exchange scores and lead changes, as Turner and Homolva combined Eastern would cut the deficit to just two points, 28-26, when Russell chipped in Amanda Compton halted the Bronco run with five straight points of her own to for 16 of UB’s first 18 points. three consecutive lay-ups with 6:56 left in the period. That would be all the closer give the Green and White back the lead, 13-10, at the 14:54 mark. The two teams A Pittman trey with 7:57 showing gave the Eagles a four-point advantage, 28-24, the Green and White would get the rest of the period, as Central closed the stanza picked up the pace, as they combined for 25 points over the next three minutes. however, the Bulls were able to battle back and knot the score at 32 with 1:55 to on a 12-8 run to take a 40-34 lead into the locker room at the half. WMU then went on a 9-2 tear to retake the lead, 32-27, with 8:58 to go in the first go. Consecutive three-pointers by Compton and Pittman ballooned the edge to Following the intermission both teams struggled to get shots to fall, it was not half. six, 38-32, as EMU would take a 39-35 lead into the locker room at the half. until the 17:23 mark before the first field goal of the period went when Compton The Eagles answered with an 8-0 run of their own to go up 35-32 with 5:47 to Following the intermission, Eastern was able to expand the advantage to eight, completed a fast break lay-up. Eastern would cut it to a pair, 43-41, on junior guard go, on a Russell jumper and threes from Brittany Tyson and Pittman. EMU took its 50-42, on a pair of Russell free throw tosses at the 14:32 mark. That time was also Canea Williams runner with 15:40 showing on the clock. And the momentum biggest lead of the first half, 44-37, with 1:23 showing on the clock after a Watts critical for the Bulls, as Turner picked up her fourth foul and had to depart the would continue in the Eagles’ favor as Compton connected on a three-pointer with put-back. The Broncos scored the last four points of the half, giving EMU a 44-41 ballgame. However, instead of a hindrance, it instead sparked the Bulls on a 9-3 14:06 to play to give EMU a 46-45 advantage, its first since the opening moments halftime lead. run over the next 3:08 to make it 53-51. of the contest. WMU started the second half with five straight points, before Watts scored Eastern got the edge back to six points but the threes continued to rain for The Eastern edge would grow to as many as eight, 55-47, on Compton’s third four points of her own to give the Eagles a slim two point, 48-46, lead with 16:19 Buffalo as a Ashley Zuber twilighter made it 62-61 with 7:28 showing on the clock. triple on the game, but CMU would answer with an 8-0 run on its own to knot on the clock. The Broncos scored nine of the next 13 points, forcing AnnMarie UB was able to tie the game on a four point play with 5:06 left, but back-to-back the score at 55 with 9:13 left. The host Chippewas would retake control at 60-57 Gilbert to take a timeout with 13:06 remaining. lay-ups by Russell and Land pushed it right back in EMU’s favor, 69-65. on a Armstrong jumper. Western took a six-point lead with 9:25 to go before two more free throws by Bennett’s seventh three-pointer of the game cut it to one, 69-68, but a Williams Watts cut the lead back to four. A free throw by WMU’s Parker pushed the lead free throw made it a two-point contest with 3:19 to play. But following that score, The teams would exchange possessions as lead changes as Russell would post back to five before Pittman connected on her sixth trey of the evening to pull the the scoring for both teams when silent. EMU had an opportunity to add some seven consecutive points during one span to give EMU a 65-62 advantage with 3:45 home team back within a basket at the 8:26 mark. cushion with a minute to play but turned the ball over, but that was promptly to go. CMU would recapture the lead at 66-65 on a Houghton put-back jumper but After taking a five point lead, 67-62, the Eagles reeled off six straight points to followed by a UB miscue. Williams drive to the hoop gave EMU control with just over two minutes showing take their first lead in over 10 minutes. Following a Cassie Schrock missed free With time winding down Buffalo fouled Pittman with :13 seconds remaining, on the clock. throw, Russell picked up her fifth foul, sending her to the bench. Parker hit both but she missed the front-end of the 1-and-1 opportunity. Luckily she was able to CMU would have three chances to retake the advantage, including a Stacey free throws, putting the Broncos back up by one, 69-68, with 4:05 remaining. grab her own rebound and was once again fouled. However, this time made both Verhoff lay-up with nine seconds remaining, but the shots would not drop. Eastern’s WMU then took control of the game, scoring the next five points to take a 74-68 free throw attempts to make it 72-68. Watt’s would grab the Verhoff miss with 4.9 seconds remaining and was fouled. lead. Eastern was forced to foul, but the Broncos missed four consecutive free On the other side of the court, sophomore forward Kelly Watts fouled Bennett Watts made first of two free throw attempts to make it 68-66. However, she missed throws, giving the Eagles a chance to get back in the game. A key turnover by on a three-point attempt with five seconds to go. Bennett sank the trio of shots the second which was grabbed by Armstrong. Central had one final half court the Eagles led to a DeLaHoussaye steal and lay-up. DeLaHoussaye then notched to once again make it a one-point game, 72-71. Needing to foul, Buffalo sent Pitt- heave with 1.8 seconds left, but it was off target as time expired to give Eastern another steal, leading to two free throws to put the visitors up by 10 with 1:08 to man to the charity stripe once again. Pittman made both tries with 3.8 seconds the thrilling two-point decision. go. remaining and Buffalo had one final heave that fell short as time expired.

EMU (9-7) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (9-8) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN EMU (10-8) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Watts * 3-5 0-1 3-4 5 3 9 24 Watts * 4-9 0-0 5-6 14 0 13 26 Watts * 0-3 0-0 5-6 4 2 5 17 Russell* 11-17 0-0 3-4 12 0 25 25 Russell* 5-12 0-0 1-2 0 0 11 23 Russell* 5-11 0-0 3-4 2 3 13 29 Schrock* 3-6 0-0 0-1 1 1 6 23 Schrock* 4-7 0-1 0-1 3 3 8 32 Schrock* 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Williams* 3-14 0-5 2-4 2 4 8 38 Williams* 1-6 1-5 0-2 2 4 3 19 Tyson* 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 24 Yamanoglu* 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 8 Pittman* 7-18 6-10 0-12 4 3 20 38 Compton* 4-11 2-6 1-2 9 1 11 28 Johnson 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 Land 0-3 0-0 1-3 4 0 1 9 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Land 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 2 Tyson 3-4 2-2 0-0 2 6 8 27 Land 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 6 20 Tyson 2-2 1-1 0-0 3 4 5 26 Compton 3-4 2-3 0-0 3 4 8 22 Williams 4-12 3-7 5-5 2 4 16 33 Compton 5-8 3-6 0-0 0 1 13 30 Yamanoglu 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 4 Pittman 5-11 4-10 5-7 3 2 19 27 Pittman 1-5 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 15 Totals 27-63 11-21 7-16 38 20 72 200 Yamanoglu 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 7 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 6 McKinney 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 12 Totals 28-59 4-16 8-13 35 16 68 200 WMU (7-12) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Totals 23-57 9-23 19-24 35 16 74 200 Banktson* 6-11 1-3 2-2 5 2 15 29 CMU (4-13) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Parker* 5-13 3-7 5-8 8 1 18 37 UB (10-9) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Houghton* 7-12 1-2 2-3 7 0 17 29 Cleary* 4-9 0-0 0-3 9 1 8 30 Turner* 5-9 0-0 5-8 6 0 15 26 Armstrong* 4-11 0-0 4-6 4 3 12 35 DeLaHoussaye* 4-10 1-1 8-10 5 14 17 40 Homolova* 6-8 0-0 0-1 3 0 12 20 Long* 3-8 0-3 0-0 2 2 6 24 Dwyer* 6-13 4-9 0-2 4 2 16 36 Schiebner* 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 4 2 27 Holman* 2-6 1-3 0-0 2 1 5 24 Dreher 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 6 Zuber* 3-8 1-4 0-0 1 6 7 37 Ramsey* 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 17 Vest 3-5 0-0 1-2 4 0 7 13 Bennett* 7-15 7-13 4-6 4 2 25 40 Verhoff 2-7 2-5 0-0 1 1 6 17 Iaquaniello 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 9 Freeman 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 3 2 16 Luckett 4-8 0-1 0-0 7 4 8 26 Totals 29-64 9-22 16-27 42 22 83 200 Jones 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 4 Szunko 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 6 Kendricks 1-5 0-0 0-1 2 0 2 9 Chan 3-5 2-3 2-2 1 1 10 22 Western Michigan 41 42 — 83 Fortman 1-7 0-0 2-4 7 1 4 21 Totals 26-59 6-17 8-13 36 17 66 200 Eastern Michigan 44 28 — 72 George 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0+ Totals 25-58 8-17 13-22 39 16 71 200 Eastern Michigan 34 34 — 68 Turnovers: EMU 23, WMU 19 Central Michigan 40 26 — 66 Blocked Shots: EMU 4, WMU 3 Eastern Michigan 39 35 — 74 Steals: EMU 6, WMU 7 Buffalo 35 36 — 71 Turnovers: EMU 15, CMU 17 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .429, WMU .453 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, CMU 1 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .524, WMU .409 Turnovers: EMU 15, UB 22 Steals: EMU 11, CMU 8 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .438, WMU .593 Blocked Shots: EMU 1, UB 4 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .475, CMU .441 Officials: Dickerson, Ratliff, Johnson Steals: EMU 15, UB 7 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .250, CMU .353 Attendance: 307 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .404, UB .431 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .615, CMU .615 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .391, UB .471 Officials: Mayer, Smith-McGehee, Hallead Free Throw Pct.: EMU .792, UB .591 Attendance: 2,794 Officials: Minor, Miller, DeMinico Attendance: 409 EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL release page 22

GAME 19 • Jan. 29, 2008 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 20 • Feb. 2, 2008 • Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, Mich. GAME 21 • Feb. 9, 2008 • Convocation Center • Athens, Ohio Miami 81 Kent State __ Eastern Michigan __ Eastern Michigan 70 Eastern Michigan __ Ohio __

YPSILANTI – After being down by as many as 20, the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team’s valiant comeback fell just short, as they dropped an 81-70 Mid-American Conference decision to a visiting Miami University team. The Eagles were down by 20 points in the second half, before storming back to within six, 72-66, with 2:50 remaining. The RedHawks answered every Eagle run, hanging on for the tough road victory. Leading the way for Eastern was senior center Colleen Russell, who just missed a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Kelly Watts notched her third double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Senior Amanda Jackson notched a game-high 22 points for the RedHawks, with Jenna Schone chipping in 20. Courtney Reed came off the bench to score 15 points, all in the first half. The RedHawks struck first off the opening tip when Jackson drove for a lay-up. Amanda Compton answered right back for the Eagles with a three-pointer. Alyssa Pittman drilled a trey of her own on the next possession to take a 6-2 lead and forcing an early Miami timeout, only 1:06 into the contest. MU went on a 9-0 run of its own to retake the lead, 11-6 with 16:22 remain- ing. EMU answered with back to back baskets by Watts and Amber Land to pull within one, 11-10 less than two minutes later. Miami rattled off the next six points, forcing an Eagle timeout with the RedHawks leading 24-17. Both teams heated up following the timeout, combining for 13 points over the next 1:45, with Miami still holding a six-point advantage, 30-24 with just under five minutes to go in the first frame. Miami closed the half on an 11-2 run, taking a 41-26 lead into the locker room. Coming out after the break, EMU scored first, off a Russell jumper. MU would then score the next six points to push the lead to 20, forcing head coach AnnMarie Gilbert to burn a timeout. After facing their largest deficit of the evening, the Eagles responded with an 11-4 run of their own, forcing a Miami timeout. The timeout did nothing to deter the Eagle attack, as the Green and White scored the next six points, cutting the margin to only seven, 52-45 with 10:59 remaining. With the Miami lead back to 12, EMU came back with a 9-3 run to cut the deficit to six, 60-54 with 7:19 to go. The RedHawks answered again, with Ashley Hawkins making a lay-up while getting fouled. After grabbing two offensive rebounds, Schone connected on a trey to push the lead back to 11. Eastern did not go away quietly, with Watts nailing a baseline jumper to pull the Eagles back within eight with 5:39 to go. Russell then scored four points of her own, but the RedHawks once again answered when Jackson converted a three-point play with 3:59 remaining to put the visitors up 72-61. Kivilcim Yamanoglu then rattled off five points of her own, to once again bring the home team back within six, with less than three minutes remaining. Miami once again answered on the ensuing possession, keeping the lead at eight. The RedHawks hit six free throws down the stretch to hang on for the victory. EMU (10-9) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Watts * 5-15 0-0 2-2 14 1 12 31 Russell* 7-11 0-0 4-7 9 0 18 321 Tyson* 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 7 2 24 Compton* 3-9 2-7 0-0 5 3 8 29 Pittman* 3-11 1-6 0-0 5 0 7 20 Johnson 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 Land 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 3 8 Schrock 2-5 1-1 0-2 3 2 5 19 Williams 1-9 0-3 2-2 2 2 4 23 Yamanoglu 4-4 1-1 0-0 1 1 9 12 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0+ Totals 28-70 5-19 9-15 46 16 70 200

MU (12-9) FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB A TP MIN Markwood* 2-6 0-2 2-2 13 5 6 35 Ford* 1-3 0-0 4-4 4 0 6 29 Jackson* 8-18 0-5 6-8 5 6 22 32 Schone* 6-11 5-8 3-4 3 6 20 38 Hawkins* 3-7 0-3 0-1 3 0 6 30 Reed 6-11 3-4 0-0 2 1 15 15 Dunlap 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 0 6 9 Weynandt 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Brown 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 7 Totals 28-61 10-24 15-19 36 18 81 200

Miami 41 40 — 81 Eastern Michigan 26 44 — 70

Turnovers: EMU 14, MU 12 Blocked Shots: EMU 2, MU 3 Steals: EMU 8, MU 6 Field Goal Pct.: EMU .400, MU .459 3PT Field Goal Pct.: EMU .417, MU .263 Free Throw Pct.: EMU .600, MU .789 Officials: Dressander, Inouye, DelDuco Attendance: 183 Ea s t e r n Mi c h i g a n Un i v e r s i t y 2007-08 Wo me n ’s Ba s k e t b a l l Re s u l t s Record: 10-9; 4-3 MAC Date Opponent Result Halftime Att High Scorer High Rebounder Nov. 11 TEMPLE BAPTIST W, 108-22 62-10 224 Pittman 20 Schrock 7 Nov. 14 at Detroit W, 65-54 25-18 293 Pittman 26 Pittman 8 Nov. 17 WRIGHT STATE W, 74-41 26-19 140 Pittman 26 Watts 9 Nov. 23 vs. Alabama W, 52-43 27-18 347 Pittman 19 Watts/Land 8 Nov. 24 vs. N.C. State L, 41-63 23-31 207 Williams 18 Four Players 3 Nov. 29 at Weber State L, 49-61 20-27 607 Watts 16 Watts 10 Dec. 2 ILLINOIS STATE L, 61-79 29-42 241 Pittman 22 Land 8 Dec. 6 at Florida Atlantic L, 71-75 30-33 258 Williams 26 Land 8 Dec. 8 at Fla. International W, 77-58 39-23 321 Pittman 19 Schrock 6 Dec. 21 DAYTON L 57-59 33-26 1,000 Russell 17 Watts 9 Dec. 28 at Duquesne W 79-77 29-32 208 Yamanoglu 21 Schrock 9 Jan. 5 at Utah L, 56-70 20-37 1,034 Williams 23 Land/Schrock 6 Jan. 9 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 61-42 41-30 242 Russell 16 Yamanoglu 6 Jan. 12 TOLEDO* W, 65-59 30-23 392 Russell 22 Land/Watts 9 Jan. 15 at Ball State* L, 64-71 32-38 1,485 Compton 21 Schrock/Watts 9 Jan. 19 at Central Michigan* W, 68-66 34-40 2,794 Russell 25 Russell 12 Jan. 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN* L, 72-83 44-41 307 Pittman 20 Watts 14 Jan. 26 at Buffalo* W, 74-71 39-35 409 Pittman 19 Compton 9 Jan. 29 MIAMI* L, 70-80 26-41 183 Russell 18 Watts 14 Feb. 2 KENT STATE* Feb. 9 at Ohio* Feb. 12 AKRON* Feb. 16 at Bowling Green* Feb. 19 at Western Michigan* Feb. 23 BALL STATE* Feb. 27 at Toledo* Mar. 1 at Northern Illinois* Mar. 5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Mar. 9 MAC Tournament $ Mar. 11 MAC Tournament $ Mar. 14 MAC Tournament $ Mar. 15 MAC Tournament $ * Mid-American Conference Game • $ Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, Ohio • Home Games in ALL CAPS 2007-08 GAME-BY-GAME POINTS-REBOUNDING-ASSISTS TOTALS Opponent Johnson Land Schrock Williams Tyson Compton Lawson Pittman Warren Yamanoglu Watts McKinney Russell TEMPLE BAPTIST 4-0-0 8-4-0 13-6-7 DNP 8-4-10 11-4-1 3-2-0 20-5-5 8-3-3 9-4-3 9-5-0 13-4-2 2-2-1 at Detroit DNP 2-4-0 5-4-0 DNP 11-2-2 3-0-0 0-2-0 26-8-3 DNP 4-2-0 9-6-1 2-2-0 4-0-0 WRIGHT STATE 2-1-0 5-3-3 5-3-3 3-1-5 2-1-8 6-0-0 0-0-0 26-3-0 0-1-0 6-2-0 13-9-0 1-2-0 4-3-0 vs. Alabama DNP 4-8-2 2-2-0 7-2-0 3-0-1 0-3-1 DNP 19-4-2 DNP 4-4-3 13-8-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 vs. N.C. State 0-2-1 0-3-0 0-1-1 18-2-2 0-0-2 0-3-1 DNP 14-3-2 0-3-1 0-1-0 7-2-0 0-2-0 2-0-0 at Weber State DNP 10-7-0 0-1-0 8-4-7 2-0-3 2-3-0 DNP 12-6-0 DNP 0-3-0 16-10-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 ILLINOIS STATE 0-0-0 12-8-1 2-0-0 12-1-3 0-0-1 3-1-1 DNP 22-3-1 0-1-0 0-1-1 3-4-1 DNP 7-5-0 Florida Atlantic 0-0-0 10-8-3 4-6-1 26-4-4 0-0-1 0-0-0 DNP 6-5-2 DNP 4-4-2 6-5-0 0-2-0 15-5-0 Florida International 0-3-0 8-3-2 17-6-5 8-4-6 2-0-1 3-0-0 DNP 19-4-3 0-1-0 5-1-0 2-0-1 0-0-0 13-4-1 DAYTON 0-0-0 2-2-1 7-4-2 9-2-3 2-1-3 DNP DNP 16-5-5 DNP 2-3-0 1-9-2 1-0-0 17-3-1 at Duquesne 0-0-0 12-7-1 9-9-3 11-5-8 0-1-0 0-0-0 DNP 8-2-1 DNP 21-6-4 3-8-0 DNP 15-8-2 at Utah 0-1-0 9-6-2 5-6-1 23-5-3 0-0-0 0-1-0 DNP 3-2-0 DNP 3-2-5 2-2-1 0-1-0 11-2-1 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 2-2-0 5-4-0 10-5-2 2-1-1 6-1-8 3-0-0 DNP 6-4-2 DNP 6-6-1 5-4-2 0-0-0 16-4-1 TOLEDO* 2-0-0 4-9-0 3-4-4 8-2-4 0-0-3 5-3-2 DNP 29-3-3 DNP 0-0-1 3-9-1 DNP 22-5-0 at Ball State* 2-0-0 2-3-1 15-9-1 2-1-7 0-0-3 21-3-3 DNP 4-3-1 DNP 0-0-1 16-9-0 DNP 2-3-0 at Central Michigan* 0-1-0 0-2-0 6-1-1 8-2-4 5-3-4 13-0-1 DNP 2-2-0 DNP 0-1-3 9-5-3 0-1-0 25-12-0 WESTERN MICHIGAN* DNP 1-4-0 8-3-3 3-2-4 8-2-6 8-3-4 DNP 20-4-3 DNP 0-1-0 13-14-0 DNP 11-0-0 at Buffalo* 0-1-0 6-3-0 0-0-0 16-2-4 0-1-3 11-9-1 DNP 18-3-2 DNP 2-2-0 5-4-2 2-2-1 13-2-3 MIAMI* 2-0-0 3-2-0 5-3-2 4-2-2 2-2-7 8-5-3 DNP 7-5-0 DNP 9-1-1 12-14-1 0-0-0 18-9-0

KENT STATE* at Ohio* AKRON* at Bowling Green* at Western Michigan* BALL STATE at Toledo* at Northern Illinois* CENTRAL MICHIGAN* MAC Tournament $ MAC Tournament $ A New Era Begins... page 24

2007-08 Eastern Michigan Basketball 2007-08Eastern Michigan MID-AMERICAN Combined TeamCONFERENCE Statistics ONLY (as of STATISTICS Jan 29, 2008) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (4-3) (2-2) (2-1) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (4-3) (2-2) (2-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------52 RUSSELL, Colleen... 7-7 182 26.0 45-87 .517 0-0 .000 17-28 .607 12 23 35 5.0 15 1 4 23 13 4 107 15.3 22 PITTMAN, Alyssa.... 7-5 177 25.3 28-73 .384 14-40 .350 6-11 .545 8 16 24 3.4 18 0 11 16 0 12 76 10.9 20 COMPTON, Amanda.... 7-2 166 23.7 25-53 .472 18-39 .462 1-2 .500 12 11 23 3.3 13 0 14 8 2 13 69 9.9 35 WATTS, Kelly...... 7-7 173 24.7 21-52 .404 0-4 .000 21-28 .750 26 33 59 8.4 19 1 9 11 1 10 63 9.0 11 SCHROCK, Cassie.... 7-6 166 23.7 18-46 .391 2-10 .200 9-16 .563 10 15 25 3.6 8 0 13 8 0 8 47 6.7 12 WILLIAMS, Canea.... 7-5 192 27.4 14-64 .219 6-35 .171 9-13 .692 4 8 12 1.7 14 0 26 21 0 16 43 6.1 15 TYSON, Brittany.... 7-2 150 21.4 8-13 .615 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 0 12 12 1.7 4 0 34 8 0 1 21 3.0 03 LAND, Amber...... 7-0 84 12.0 9-20 .450 0-1 .000 3-6 .500 11 16 27 3.9 10 0 1 10 4 6 21 3.0 24 YAMANOGLU, Kivilcim 7-1 64 9.1 7-13 .538 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500 3 8 11 1.6 11 0 7 5 1 1 17 2.4 02 JOHNSON, Tara...... 6-0 25 4.2 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.3 42 McKINNEY, Shana.... 4-0 21 5.3 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 3 3 0.8 7 0 1 4 0 0 2 0.5 TEAM...... 17 14 31 4.4 0 1 ------Total...... 7 1400 180-430 .419 45-135 .333 69-110 .627 104 162 266 38.0 121 2 120 115 21 72 474 67.7 Opponents...... 7 1400 170-417 .408 46-125 .368 87-126 .690 110 168 278 39.7 101 1 107 132 20 47 473 67.6

TEAM STATISTICS EMU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 474 473 *01-09-08 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 61-42 242 Points per game...... 67.7 67.6 *01-12-08 TOLEDO W 65-59 392 Scoring margin...... +0.1 - *01-15-08 at Ball State L 64-71 1485 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 180-430 170-417 *01-19-08 at Central Michigan W 68-66 2794 Field goal pct...... 419 .408 *01-23-08 WESTERN MICHIGAN L 72-83 307 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 45-135 46-125 *01-26-08 at Buffalo W 74-71 409 3-point FG pct...... 333 .368 *01-29-08 MIAMI L 70-81 183 3-pt FG made per game. 6.4 6.6 * Mid-American Conference game FREE THROWS-ATT...... 69-110 87-126 ! Junkanoo Jam (Grand Bahama Island) Free throw pct...... 627 .690 @ MAC Tournament (Cleveland, Ohio) REBOUNDS...... 266 278 Rebounds per game..... 38.0 39.7 Rebounding margin..... -1.7 - ASSISTS...... 120 107 Assists per game...... 17.1 15.3 TURNOVERS...... 115 132 Turnovers per game.... 16.4 18.9 Turnover margin...... +2.4 - Assist/turnover ratio. 1.0 0.8 STEALS...... 72 47 Steals per game...... 10.3 6.7 BLOCKS...... 21 20 Blocks per game...... 3.0 2.9 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 1124 4688 Home games-Avg/Game... 4-281 3-1563 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Eastern Michigan...... 225 249 - 474 Opponents...... 230 243 - 473 EASTERN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL release page 25

2007-08 Eastern Michigan Basketball Eastern Michigan2007-08 Combined EAGLES Team 18-GAME Statistics STATISTICS (as of Jan 29, 2008) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (10-9) (4-4) (5-4) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (4-3) (2-2) (2-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (6-6) (2-2) (3-3) (1-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------22 PITTMAN, Alyssa.... 19-16 528 27.8 91-221 .412 52-133 .391 33-44 .750 16 58 74 3.9 42 0 35 62 1 31 267 14.1 52 RUSSELL, Colleen... 19-15 408 21.5 84-176 .477 0-0 .000 29-45 .644 25 42 67 3.5 42 3 10 41 25 6 197 10.4 12 WILLIAMS, Canea.... 17-13 523 30.8 58-177 .328 28-92 .304 23-32 .719 12 30 42 2.5 37 0 67 54 1 34 167 9.8 35 WATTS, Kelly...... 19-12 473 24.9 54-133 .406 3-15 .200 36-50 .720 51 76 127 6.7 57 2 15 36 4 24 147 7.7 11 SCHROCK, Cassie.... 19-10 446 23.5 41-93 .441 5-14 .357 29-45 .644 26 47 73 3.8 17 0 36 23 2 24 116 6.1 03 LAND, Amber...... 19-11 404 21.3 43-81 .531 2-3 .667 15-25 .600 26 64 90 4.7 32 0 16 29 7 18 103 5.4 20 COMPTON, Amanda.... 18-2 242 13.4 34-85 .400 25-56 .446 4-6 .667 19 17 36 2.0 16 0 17 12 2 17 97 5.4 24 YAMANOGLU, Kivilcim 19-10 342 18.0 28-66 .424 6-20 .300 12-17 .706 15 29 44 2.3 37 1 29 25 3 15 74 3.9 15 TYSON, Brittany.... 19-6 316 16.6 19-42 .452 4-9 .444 9-10 .900 1 20 21 1.1 15 0 66 37 2 15 51 2.7 23 WARREN, Carla...... 5-0 19 3.8 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 0-4 .000 3 6 9 1.8 0 0 4 2 0 1 8 1.6 42 McKINNEY, Shana.... 14-0 65 4.6 8-17 .471 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 3 13 16 1.1 17 0 3 10 2 2 19 1.4 21 LAWSON, Mary...... 3-0 22 7.3 1-7 .143 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 3 1 4 1.3 4 0 0 1 0 2 3 1.0 02 JOHNSON, Tara...... 15-0 56 3.7 6-12 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 4 7 11 0.7 6 0 1 2 0 6 14 0.9 30 HOLMES, Danica..... 2-0 6 3.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 TEAM...... 45 45 90 4.7 0 8 ------Total...... 19 3850 471-1116 .422 125-345 .362 197-292 .675 249 456 705 37.1 323 6 299 342 49 195 1264 66.5 Opponents...... 19 3850 432-1100 .393 109-310 .352 202-306 .660 272 445 717 37.7 279 4 272 380 72 140 1175 61.8

TEAM STATISTICS EMU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1264 1175 11-11-07 TEMPLE BAPTIST W 108-22 224 Points per game...... 66.5 61.8 11-14-07 at Detroit W 65-54 293 Scoring margin...... +4.7 - 11-17-07 WRIGHT STATE W 74-41 140 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 471-1116 432-1100 !11-23-07 vs Alabama W 52-43 347 Field goal pct...... 422 .393 !11-24-07 vs North Carolina St. L 41-63 207 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 125-345 109-310 11-29-07 at Weber State L 49-61 607 3-point FG pct...... 362 .352 12-02-07 ILLINOIS STATE L 61-79 241 3-pt FG made per game. 6.6 5.7 12-06-07 at Florida Atlantic L 71-75 258 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 197-292 202-306 12-08-07 at Fla. International W 77-58 321 Free throw pct...... 675 .660 12-21-07 DAYTON L 57-59 1000 REBOUNDS...... 705 717 12-28-07 at Duquesne W O2 79-77 208 Rebounds per game..... 37.1 37.7 01-05-08 at Utah L 56-70 1034 Rebounding margin..... -0.6 - *01-09-08 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 61-42 242 ASSISTS...... 299 272 *01-12-08 TOLEDO W 65-59 392 Assists per game...... 15.7 14.3 *01-15-08 at Ball State L 64-71 1485 TURNOVERS...... 342 380 *01-19-08 at Central Michigan W 68-66 2794 Turnovers per game.... 18.0 20.0 *01-23-08 WESTERN MICHIGAN L 72-83 307 Turnover margin...... +2.0 - *01-26-08 at Buffalo W 74-71 409 Assist/turnover ratio. 0.9 0.7 *01-29-08 MIAMI L 70-81 183 STEALS...... 195 140 * Mid-American Conference game Steals per game...... 10.3 7.4 ! Junkanoo Jam (Grand Bahama Island) BLOCKS...... 49 72 @ MAC Tournament (Cleveland, Ohio) Blocks per game...... 2.6 3.8 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 2729 7963 Home games-Avg/Game... 8-341 9-823 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 2-277

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------Eastern Michigan.... 588 657 8 11 - 1264 Opponents...... 546 612 8 9 - 1175