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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESafA Sports Information Office Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Contact: Angie Hultman (612) 624-3335 Fax 624-8018 220 Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue S.E. Gopher Sports News Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (for immediate release) January 22, 1991 ONE GAME THIS WEEKEND-- The Minnesota women's basketball team (4-12, 0-6 Big Ten) plays 23rd-ranked Iowa (8-6, 2-3 Big Ten) this weekend in Iowa City, Iowa. The Gophers will try to snap their current six-game losing streak and win their first conference game of the season. TIME CHANGE •• After three weeks away from home, Minnesota returns to Williams Arena Feb. 1 for a 7 p.m. game against Michigan. Michigan State visits Feb. 3 in a 7 p.m. start. Please note the departure from the normal 2 p.m. Sunday start. PROBABLE STARTERS: lOWA (8-6, 2-3 Big Ten) F: #21 Necole Tonsil (6-1, Fr., St. Petersburg, FL) 7.6 ppg 3.5 rpg F: #54 Toni Foster (6-1, So., Chicago, IL) 15.6 ppg 7.5 rpg C: #14 Felicia Hall (6-2, Sr., Shreveport, LA) 2.8 ppg 3.4 rpg OR#34 Molly Tideback (6-3, So., Waterloo, IA) 8.0ppg 4.0 rpg G: #10 Steph Schueler (5-3, Sr., Sioux Falls, SD) 12.3 ppg 2.5 rpg 3.6 apg G: #32 LaTonya Tate (5-9, Jr., Detroit, Mn 7.4 ppg 2.1 rpg 3.6 apg MINNESOTA (4-12, 0-6 Big Ten) e F: #40 Ellen Kramer (6-0, Sr., Roseville, MN) 18.3 ppg 8.0rpg 2.6 apg F: #42 Carol Ann Shudlick (6-0, Fr., Apple Valley, MN)13.1 ppg 5.4 rpg OR#35 Stacy Carver (6-1, So., Montrose, MN) 10.4 ppg 3.9 rpg C: #24 Dana Joubert (6-1, Jr., Detroit, MI) 11.3 ppg 8.8 rpg G: #14 Holly Thompson (5-4, Jr., East Cleveland, OH) 4.5 ppg 2.1 rpg 3.9 apg G: #23 Jenny Zeller (5-10, Jr., Faribault, MN) 6.1 ppg 2.0rpg 3.5 apg TEAM STATISTICS RECORDS FG% 3PT% FT% PTS/AVG REB/AVG TO/AVG IOWA 8-6, 2-3 .481 .245 .618 958/68.4 525/37.5 255/18.2 OPPONENTS .426 .304 .643 871/62.2 485/34.6 294/21.0 MINNESOTA 4-12, 0-6 .425 .224 .612 1087/67.9 617/38.6 377/23.6 OPPONENTS .466 .374 .636 1299/81.2 737/46.1 352/22.0 BIG TEN STANDINGS TIDS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN BIG TEN OVERALL Fri. Jan. 25 1. Purdue 6-0 15-1 Minnesota at Iowa, 7:30p.m. 2. Michigan State 4-1 12-3 Ohio State at Michigan, 7:30p.m. EST 3. Northwestern 3-1 10-3 Indiana at Michigan State, 7:30p.m. EST 4. Illinois 4-2 7-9 Purdue at Northwestern, 7:30p.m. 5. Indiana 2-2 10-4 Illinois at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. 6. Iowa 2-3 8-6 Sun.Jan.27 Wisconsin 2-3 7-7 Ohio State at Michigan State, 2 p.m. EST Ohio State 2-3 5-10 Indiana at Michigan, 2 p.m. EST 9. Michigan 1-4 8-7 Purdue at Wisconsin, 2 p.m. Sportschannel - 10.Minnesota 0-6 4-12 Illinois at Northwestern, 2 p.m. --more Minnesota Women's Sports News -2-2-2-2- 1/22/91 A LOOK AT IOWA-- The Hawkeyes (8-6, 2-3 Big Ten) have dropped to No. 23 in the Associated Press e Women's Top 25 after being ranked as high as 11th this season. Iowa split on the road over the weekend, losing to Indiana 74-59 and defeating Ohio State 88-68. It was the first time since 1985 that Iowa had lost to Indiana. The Hawkeyes have also suffered losses to Wisconsin (78-67) and Purdue (84-7 5 OT) in Big Ten play, with their other conference victory coming over lllinois ( 63-47). Iowa has won just two of its last seven games, but two of its losses in the last month have come against ranked teams- No.6 Georgia (62-51) and No. 16 Washington (71-61). WATCH FOR-- Sophomore forward Toni Foster carries the Hawkeyes inside with a 15.6 points/game average. She scored 16 points against Ohio State and 10 against Indiana. Foster is shooting 56.4 percent from the field and averages 7.5 rebounds/game. Helping out in the front court is freshman Necole Tunsil, who averages 7.6 points and 3.5 rebounds/game. She scored 14 points against the Buckeyes. The middle is anchored by senior Felicia Hall, who has been bothered by a knee injury after an anterior cruciate ligament tear over the summer. Hall, who played just seven minutes against Ohio State, is backed up by sophomore Molly Tideback, a transfer from UCLA. Tideback became eligible Jan. 15 after sitting out the spring and fall semesters due to NCAA transfer rules. She scored eight points and tallied four rebounds in her 13-rninute debut against Ohio State. Senior point guard Steph Schueler directs the Iowa offense. Schueler, who averages 12.3 points/game, led the Hawkeyes with 20 points on 6-of-10 shooting against Ohio State. She scored two baskets from three-point range and was 6-of-8 from the free throw line. Junior guard LaTonya Tate has started 13 games for Iowa and scored 15 and 14 points in the two games over the weekend. Iowa's other double-figure scorer, junior forward Trisha Waugh, has been out with back spasms, but could return to action this weekend. Waugh leads the Hawkeyes in rebounding with an 8.3 rebounds/game average and ranks third in scoring with an 11.4 points/game average. SERIES VS. IOWA-- Iowa leads 16-11 and has won the last 13 straight over Minnesota. The last Gopher win over the Haw keyes was Jan. 20, 1984 by a 57-55 score at Williams Arena. The last Minnesota A win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was Feb. 27, 1983 by a 78-53 score. .., IOWA COACH-- C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock '70), coaching in her eighth season at Iowa, has a record of 172-49 (.778). In her 19th season as a collegiate head coach, she has a 423-100 (.809) overall record. MINNESOTA RECENTLY-- The Gophers (4-12, 0-6 Big Ten) increased their losing streak to six games over the weekend, losing 78-64 to Ohio State and 92-63 to Indiana. Minnesota was down by just five points at halftime against the Hoosiers, 34-29, but five three-pointers in the first six minutes of the second half by Indiana guard Kris McGrade helped the Hoosiers put the game out of reach. Minnesota has not won a game since Dec. 30 when it defeated Western Carolina in the third-place game of the Western Kentucky tournament. With the two losses on the road, the Gopher Big Ten road losing streak also increased to 23 games. SHUDLICK GETS BACK ON TRACK -- Freshman forward CAROL ANN SHUDLICK (APPLE VALLEY, MN) is back to scoring in double figures as she racked up 20 points against Indiana and 15 against Ohio State. Shudlick, who has not reached the 20-point mark since the fourth game of the season, scored 12 points in the first half against the Hoosiers on a 6-of-8 shooting :erformance. She finished the game shooting 9-of-13 from the field and 2-of-3 at the line. Shudlick's playing time has been steadily increasing as she recovers from a tibial stress fracture. CARVER CLIPS-- Sophomore forward STACY CARVER (MONTROSE, MN/BUFFALO), who is also seeing increased playing time while her tibial stress fracture heals, may have a case for starting versus coming off the bench for Minnesota. Carver has started five games for the Gophers this season and has scored in double figures in all five contests, including recording a career-high 19 points against Ohio State. In the eight a games in which she has come off the bench, Carver has scored in double figures just twice. W --more Minnesota Women's Sports News -3-3-3-3- 1/22/91 KRAMER CONSISTENCY-- Senior forward ELLEN KRAMER (ROSEVilLE, MN/ALEXANDER RAMSEY) can always be counted on for an offensive spark. She has scored in double figures in every game but one this season, leading Minnesota in scoring in nine games and in six of its last eight. Kramer has also hit the double-figure mark in rebounding in six games and in two of the last three. With 18 and 21 points over the weekend, Kramer has now scored a career total of 1,212 points, which ranks seventh on the all-time Minnesota scoring chart. She needs 133 points to reach the sixth-place slot. She also ranks in the top ten in rebounding with 645 rebounds to her credit, moving into the eighth spot on the list over the weekend. She needs 25 rebounds to reach the seventh position. THE COACH-- Minnesota first-year head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald is 170-142 (.545) in her 11th season as a collegiate head coach, including a 4-12 (.250) mark at Minnesota. -30- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OVERALL STATISTICS: 4-12 Overall (0-6 Big Ten, 2-5 Heme, 1-6 Away, .. 1-1 Neutral) MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS BASkETBAll 199o-91 SEASON TEAM CUKULATIU£9 3-FOINT REBOUNDS NO PLAYER GP-GS m-FGA m FGIHGA m FTHTA FT% OFF OEF TOT/AUG PF-OQ PTS/A'JG AST BUC TO STL "I HI~ ------~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Ellen Kra111er !6-16 121-245 o.m o-o 0.000 51-74 O.G89 45 83 128/ 8.0 41-2 293/ 18.3 42 4 39 29 566135 2~ Dana ,Joubert 16-13 75-180 0.417 0-0 0.000 30-75 0.~0(1 55 85 HOI 8.8 52-3 180/ 11.3 10 10 56 19 478130 42 Carol Ann Shudllc 12-6 59-!13 0.522 0·0 0.000 39-55 0.