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LA SALLE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Ed LeFurge III, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications | email: [email protected] | Twitter: @LeFurgeIII O: 215-991-2882 | C: 732-600-6552 | Website: www.GoExplorers.com | WBB Social: @LaSalle_WBB DateGAME ..................................... INFORMATION November 14, 2018 Time ......................................................... 7 p.m. Site ........................................Cambridge, Mass. Arena ..................................... Lavietes Pavillion THE numbers TV/Stream .............................................. ESPN+ Live Stats ..........................www.gocrimson.com Series Record ..................................Harvard, 3-1 STAT COMPARISON First Meeting ........................12/4/94 - W, 86-79 Last Meeting ...........................1/10/18 - L, 61-70 0-2................ Record..............0-2 Streak ...................................................... Lost 3 La Salle Explorers Harvard 0-2, 0-0 A-10 46.5........Scoring Offense ......61.5 0-2, 0-0 Ivy League 62.0........Scoring Defense......84.5 2018-19 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time Head Coach -15.5.........Scoring Margin........-23.0 Head Coach 21.1........... Field Goal %..........35.4 Tue., Nov. 6 Howard L, 54-57 Mountain McGillivray Kathy Delaney-Smith Sun., Nov. 11 Robert Morris L, 39-67 13.2.................3-Pt% ..............33.3 Wed., Nov. 14 Harvard 7 p.m. First Season 61.0........... Free Throw% .......63.6 37th Season Sat., Nov. 17 Towson 7 p.m. Overall: 0-2 49.0........ Rebounds/Game.....32.0 Overall: 585-397 Tue., Nov. 20 Villanova+ 7 p.m. at La Salle: same -6.0..........Rebound Margin.......-14.5 at Harvard: same Wed., Nov. 28 Drexel 7 p.m. 6.5........... Assists/Game.........14.0 Sat., Dec. 1 Oregon State 3 p.m. Last Season 9.0.............. Steals/Game ...........6.5 Last Season Wed., Dec. 5 Penn+ 7 p.m. 8-23, 3-13 A-10 3.5.............Blocks/Game...........2.5 18-11, 10-4 Ivy League Sun., Dec. 9 Norfolk State 1 p.m. 22.5.........Turnovers/Game......15.5 Sat., Dec. 15 St. John’s 2 p.m. Wed., Dec. 19 Northern Kentucky! 7 p.m. -2.0........Turnover Margin.......-1.5 Thu., Dec. 20 Pepperdine! 4:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 21 Providence! 2:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 30 Temple+ 2 p.m. Sat., Jan. 5 Dayton* 2 p.m. Tue., Jan. 8 VCU* 6 p.m. ABOUT THE EXPLORERS Sun., Jan. 13 Massachusetts* 2 p.m. - The Explorers are coming off of a tough loss at Robert Morris, 67-39. The game against Wed., Jan. 16 George Washington* 5 p.m. the Colonials was the first of four straight road contests for La Salle. Sun., Jan. 20 Saint Joseph’s*+ 4 p.m. - Freshman Shayla Sweeney had herself a performance against the Colonials, posting a Wed., Jan. 23 Duquesne* 7 p.m. career best 11 points, shooting 8-of-10 from the charity stripe. Sat., Jan. 26 Richmond* 2 p.m. Thu., Jan. 31 Fordham* 7 p.m. - Sophomore Rayshel Brown is the team’s leading scorer through two games. The Sun., Feb. 3 Davidson* 2 p.m. Staten Island, N.Y. native is averaging 8.0 points per game and is second on the team in Wed., Feb. 6 Rhode Island* 11 a.m. rebounds with 7.0 per game. Sun., Feb. 10 Saint Louis* 3 p.m. - Junior Shalina Miller is pacing the squad in boards, corralling 10.0 per game, while Thu., Feb. 14 George Mason* 7 p.m. sitting second in points with 7.0 per game. Sun., Feb. 17 Saint Joseph’s* 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 24 Richmond* 2 p.m. - Head cocah Mountain MacGillivray looks to get his first career win against the Crimson. Wed., Feb. 27 St. Bonaventure* 5 p.m. Sat., March 2 George Mason* 2 p.m. Home Game PROJECTED STARTERS *A-10 Game | !Friar Holiday Classic +Big 5 Game | #School day game Follow Us @LaSalle_WBB Rayshel Brown Deja King Michelle Nicholls Jeryn Reese Shalina Miller #Limitless #LasalleWBB So. | G | 5-8 So. | G | 5-7 So. | G/F | 5-9 Sr. | F. | 6-0 Jr. | F/C | 6-2 #goexplorers # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School (Previous Team) 2 Shayla Sweeney Fr. G 5-11 Pennsauken, N.J. / Pennsauken 3 Rayshel Brown So. G 5-8 Staten Island, N.Y. / Curtis 4 Kate Hill Jr. G 5-7 Toronto, Ontario, Canada / The Peddie School (Rutgers) 5 Amber Wilks R-Jr. C/F 6-3 Cincinnati, Ohio / Walnut Hills 10 Erin Morgan Fr. G 5-8 Willow Grove, Pa. / Archbishop Wood 11 Deja King So. G 5-7 Trenton, N.J. / Life Center Academy 14 Michelle Nicholls So. G/F 5-9 Auckland, New Zealand / Life Center Academy 15 Kayla Spruill Fr. G/F 6-0 Baltimore, Md. / Western School of Technology and Environmental Science 22 Jeryn Reese Sr. F 6-0 Mansfield, Ohio / Mansfield (Owens Community College) 25 Shalina Miller Jr. F/C 6-2 Philadelphia, Pa. / Archbishop Prendergast 30 Janay Sanders Fr. G 5-10 Charlotte, N.C. / Mallard Creek 32 Jasmine White So. F 6-1 Huntington, N.Y. / St. Anthony’s 35 Sofilia Ngwafang Jr. C 6-4 Silver Spring, Md. / Paint Branch Head Coach: Mountain MacGillivray – First Season (Temple ’96) Associate Head Coach: Chris Day – First Season (West Chester ’97) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Dalila Eshe – Third Season (Florida ’06) Assistant Coach: Gillian ‘Boo’ Abshire – First Season (Quinnipiac ’15) Director of Operations: Sally McGovern – First Season (Villanova ‘93) Graduate Assistant: Sam Guastella – First Season (Quinnipiac ’15) PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS: Alphabetical Roster Roster by Class 3 – Ray-shell Rayshel Brown So. G 5-8 Senior (1): Jeryn Reese 15 – Sprool Kate Hill Jr. G 5-7 22 – Jair-in (rhymes with chair) Deja King So. G 5-7 R-Junior (1): Amber WIlks 25 – Shuh-lee-nuh Shalina Miller Jr. F/C 6-2 30 – Juh-nay Erin Morgan Fr. G 5-8 Junior (3): Kate Hill, Shalina Miller, Sofilia Ngwafang Jr. C 6-4 Sofilia Ngwafang 35 – so-feel-ee-uh gwuh-fong Michelle Nicholls So. G/F 5-9 HC – Mac-gill-uh-vray Jeryn Reese Sr. F 6-0 Sophomore (4): Rayshel Brown, Deja AC – Duh-lee-luh Esh-ay Janay Sanders Fr. G 5-10 King, Michelle Nicholls, Jasmine White GA – Gwuh-stell-uh Kayla Spruill Fr. G/F 6-0 Shayla Sweeney Fr. G 5-11 Freshman (3): Erin Morgan, Janay Sand- Jasmine White So. F 6-1 ers, Kayla Spruill, Shayla Sweeney Amber Wilks R-Jr. C/F 6-3 GIVE US SOME SPACE! QUICK FACTS The correct spelling of our University is “La Salle”, with a space in the ALL-TIME middle. Please do not use “LaSalle”. First Year of Competion ....................... 1972-73 Record ..................................... 690-590 (.539) series history - Harvard Atlantic 10 Record ..................... 128-210 (.379) The Explorers and Crimson have squared off four times heading into A-10 Championship Record (app.) .....13-18 (18) Wednesday’s matchup. Harvard holds the series record, 3-1, winning the NCAA Tournament Record ........................... 1-4 last three games. La Salle’s lone win came in the series opener in 1994. NCAA Appearances ................‘83, ‘86, ‘88, ‘89 WNIT Record ...............................................0-3 career day against the Colonials WNIT Appearances ......................................‘92 Freshman Shayla Sweeney had a career performance for the Explorers as the team fell at Robert Morris, 67-39. The Pennsauken, N.J. native scored TEAM INFORMATION 11 points in Moon Township, shooting 8-of-10 from the charity stripe. Head Coach.................. Mountain MacGillivray Alma Mater (Year) ........................Temple (‘96) rebounds galore Record at La Salle/Years .............. First Season Despite the outcome in the season opener against Howard, La Salle set Career Record .............................................0-2 a new program record for team rebounds in a game with 61. Against the E-Mail....................... [email protected] Bison, the Explorers corralled 24 offensive boards and 34 defensive. The Associate Head Coach ......................Chris Day prior record of 58 rebounds was set in 1989 against St. Mary’s. [email protected] Assistant Coach ............................. Dalila Eshe First game, no problem [email protected] In her first career game on Tuesday against Howard, freshman Kayla Assistant Coach ...............Gillian ‘Boo’ Abshire Spruill made the most of her 21 minutes of play. The Baltimore, Md. [email protected] naitve scored nine points in her debut for the Explorers, adding 10 re- Director of Operations ............ Sally McGovern bounds. E-Mail......................... [email protected] new year, new coach THE EXPLORERS On April 21, 2018 Mountain MacGillivray was named the ninth head Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................... 8/5 coach in La Salle women’s basketball history. MacGillivray comes to 20th Starters Returning/Lost ..............................1/4 and Olney after a nine-year stint at Quinnipiac. During his tenure with the Newcomers ....................................................5 Bobcats, MacGillivray helped the team to seven straight 20 win seasons, 2018-19 Overall Record ...............................0-2 including four trips to the NCAA Tournament and three to the WNIT. No 2017-18 Overall Record .............................8-22 stranger to Philadelphia, he started his coaching career at nearby Arch- 2017-18 A-10 Record ................................. 3-13 bishop Carroll where he was an assistant coach for over a decade. 2017-18 A-10 Finish ................................... 12th 2017-18 Postseason ................................... n/a all day, chris day A familiar face in Philadelphia Big 5 women’s basketball, Chris Day, was LA SALLE UNIVERSITY named associate head coach in May of 2018. Prior to serving as the head Location ................................ Philadelphia, Pa. coach at Vermont for two seasons, Day was an assistant at Penn, Saint Founded ................................................... 1863 Joseph’s and La Salle. While at Penn, Day helped guide the Quakers to Enrollment ................................. 3,200 (5,200) two Ivy League Titles and NCAA appearances. President ...................... Dr. Colleen M. Hanycz Nickname ..........................................Explorers eshe returns to explorers Colors ...................Blue (540) and Gold (7406) Head coach Mountain MacGillivray retained assistant coach/recruiting Website ..................................www.lasalle.edu coordinator Dalila Eshe for her third season with La Salle.