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307 CONVO C ATION CENTER EAST E RN YPSILANTI , MICHIGAN 48197 734.487.0317 MICHIGAN FAX: 734.485.3840 UNIV E RSITY WO M EN ’S BASKETBALL C ONTA C T : GREG STEINER E-M AIL : GSTEINER 2@E M I C H .EDU SPORTS INFOR M ATION WEBSITE : WWW .E M UEAGLES .C O M WO me N ’S BASK E T B ALL RELEASE CURRENT AS O F FEB . 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 BASK E T B ALL ROST 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 TODAY ’S MA T CHUP 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 QUICK FACTS UNIV er SITY AT A GLANC 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 BASK E T B ALL HISTO 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 BASK E T B ALL STAFF 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