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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CONTENTS & QUICK FACTS THIS IS ARMY WEST POINT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS Table of Contents 1 Locaon West Point, NY Christl Arena 4 Founded March 16, 1802 Athlec Communicaons/Covering Army Women’s Basketball 5 Enrollment 4,400 TV/Radio Chart 114 Superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, Jr. 2015-16 Schedule Back Cover Director of Athlecs Boo Corrigan Nickname Black Knights TEAM USA VISIT TO WEST POINT School Colors Black, Gold and Gray United States Men’s Basketball Naonal Team Visit 2-3 Mascot Mule Home Court (capacity) Christl Arena (5,043) 2015-16 ROSTER Press Row Phone (845) 938-4441 2015-16 Roster 6 Conference Patriot League Roster Breakdown 7 Affiliaon NCAA Division I 2014-15 Record 23-8 MEET THE STAFF 2014-15 Patriot League Record/Finish 14-4/T-2nd Head Coach Dave Magarity 8-10 Postseason WNIT First Round Assistant Coaches/Support Staff 11-15 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF MEET THE TEAM Head Coach Dave Magarity (St. Francis [Pa.] ’74), 10th season 2015-16 Player Biographies 16-37 Associate Head Coach Colleen Mullen (New Hampshire ’03), 5th season Assistant Coach Emily Garner (Lafayee ’09), 4th season 2014-15 IN REVIEW Assistant Coach Jenna McLaughlin (Molloy ’09), 3rd season 2014-15 Stascs/Review 38-43 Assistant Coach Lisa Strack (American ’12), 2nd season 2014-15 Game-By-Game Boxscores 44-51 Dir. of Basketball Operaons Capt. Lauryn McKelvie (USMA ’09) Head Officer Representave Col. Diane Ryan 2015-16 OPPONENTS Athlec Trainer Jacqui McCann 2015-16 Opponents 52 Strength and Condioning Sco Swanson Series Records vs. 2015-16 Opponents 53-54 Athlec Communicaons Contact Harrison Antognioni Army vs. All-Time Opponents 55-56 ARMY-NAVY RIVALRY Inside The Series 57-58 Army-Navy Records 59-60 ARMY IN THE PATRIOT LEAGUE The Patriot League 61 A Tradion of Excellence/Army in the Patriot League Tournament 62-63 HISTORY & RECORDS Naonal Postseason History 64-69 Tournament Sites & Miscellaneous Records 70 Head Coaching History 71 History on the Hardwood 72-79 Honors & Awards 79-80 All-Americans 81 Annual Team Awards 82 1,000-Point Scorers 83 Record Book At A Glance 84-85 Records By Class 85 Single-Season Records 86 Career Records 87-88 Christl Arena Records 89 Annual Leaders 90-91 CREDITS Year-By-Year Results 92-98 The 2015-16 Army women’s basketball media guide is a publicaon of the U.S. Year-By-Year Stascs 99-100 Military Academy Office of Athlec Communicaons. Covers and insides wrien, All-Time Leerwinners 101 designed and edited by Harrison Antognioni. Editorial assistance was provided Leerwinners By State 102 by Mady Salvani, Ma Faulkner, Mark Mohrman and Ally Keirn of the Office of Leerwinners By Height 103 Athlec Commuicaons. Photography was provided by Academy Photo, DPTMS All-Time Uniform Numbers 104 Mulmedia Branch, Stockton Photography, Inc., Cordell Hoffer, Danny Wild, Eric Bartelt, David Hahn, John Pellino and Mady Salvani. THIS IS WEST POINT About West Point 105-109 West Point Leadership 110 Director of Athlecs 111 Academics 112 Women At West Point 113 2015-16 MEDIA GUIDE 1 On Aug. 18, 2014, the United States Military Academy hosted USA Basketball’s Men’s NaƟonal Team as it prepared for the 2014 InternaƟonal Basketball FederaƟon (FIBA) World Cup. In its tour of the Academy, the team visited the West Point Cemetary, witnessed demonstraƟons at the Combat Water Survival Swim Lab in Arvin Gymnasium and ate lunch with cadets at Washington Hall. The tour conƟnued with a walk to Trophy Point, where the team posed for photos. The day ended with a two-hour pracƟce at Christl Arena, where members of Team USA parƟcipated in shooƟng contests with members of Army’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. “You walk around this place and you just feel good about being an American. You feel a liƩle bit more proud of being a USA Basketball player or coach. I love West Point. It is the foundaƟon of who I am.” ͳ DUKE MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH, 1969 WEST POINT GRADUATE MIKE KRZYZEWSKI MIKE KRZYZEWSKI “Every Ɵme I come back, my appreciaƟon for the Corps of Cadets and what West Point is all about grows. When I come here, I leave with an amazing feeling about the place that people just couldn’t describe.” ͳ ESPN ANALYST JAY BILAS “To see what the cadets’ day-to-day life is like and to see where most of that service starts is preƩy amazing. They treated us well the whole day and gave us a huge applause in the Mess Hall. This is a day I’ll JAY BILAS remember for a long Ɵme.” ͳ GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS GUARD STEPHEN CURRY “Having a chance to talk to the cadets and asking why they wanted to be here was a great experience. You watch all the organizaƟon and see the guidelines that everyone lives and operates by and how they work together is a really cool thing to see.” ͳ ATLANTA HAWKS GUARD/FORWARD KYLE KORVER JAYSTEPHEN BILAS CURRY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHRISTL ARENA Locaon ....................................................Bldg. 714, Stony Lonesome Road The 2015-16 campaign will mark the 26th season that the Donald W. Holleder Construcon ........................................................... Completed Oct. 1, 1985 Center has served as home to the Army women’s basketball team. The Black Dedicaon ................................................................................. Oct. 1, 1988 Knights officially moved into Army’s premier winter sports showcase for the Seang Capacity .................................................................................. 5,043 1990-91 season. That move coincided with Army’s return to the Division I level of compeon in joining the newly formed Patriot League. First Game ............................................................................... Jan. 25, 1986 ................................................................ (Army 82, St. Thomas Aquinas 54) The women’s team le behind some fond memories at Central Gymnasium, its Largest Crowd ............................................................... 5,291, Jan. 10, 2015 home since Įrst hing the hardwood in 1976-77, in favor of the modern and ........................................................................................(Navy 53, Army 50) luxurious facility located across the street from Michie Stadium. Most Points by Army West Point ............108, vs. Staten Island, Dec. 29, 2013 Most Points by an opponent ...................92, twice, Bucknell, Feb. 14, 2001 The Holleder Center has been the men’s home court since the winter of 1985 when .............................................................................. Holy Cross, Feb. 12, 2014 they said goodbye to the USMA Field House -- a home they had known for many Most Points by an Army West Point Player .................................................. decades. ........................................... 49, Kelsey Minato vs. Holy Cross, Feb. 12, 2014 Most Points by an Opposing Player 37, Amy O’Brien, Holy Cross, Feb. 3, 1998 In the beginning, the women joined the men for doubleheaders at Christl Arena, while hosng the Empire State Tournament their last four years as a Division II Christl Arena Press Row Phone Number ................................845-938-4441 school (1987-90). Army won the ESC Tournament tle and the automac NCAA Army West Point Athlec Office ......................................... 1-877-TIX-ARMY Division II Regional bid in 1988, while Įnishing runner-up its Įnal year (1990). The Holleder Center houses not only the Edward C. Christl Jr. Arena that seats 5,043 for basketball, but the Joseph S. and Frederick H.S. Tate Rink that seats 2,648 for ice hockey as well. The building, dedicated Oct. 1, 1988, was named for Maj. Donald W. Holleder (USMA ’56), who was killed in acon in Vietnam in 1967. While at West Point, Holleder excelled in basketball and football. He earned All-America honors in the laer, and has been enshrined in the College Football Foundaon Hall of Fame. Holleder was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. The basketball arena was named for 1st Lt. Edward C. Christl Jr. (USMA ’44), who was killed in Austria in 1945. Elected captain of the basketball team his senior year, Christl led the Cadets to a perfect 15-0 record. The building is constructed of concrete and steel-framed masonry complete with spectator and support facilies. It contains two concession areas, an Army Athlec Associaon gi shop, cket office, sports medicine room, storage areas and offices for coaching and administrave personnel for both basketball and hockey programs. Christl Arena possesses a Horner hardwood basketball Ňoor, which has been refurbished several mes over the past decade. The Ňoor measures 149 x 116 feet. Showers and locker facilies for Army’s men’s and women’s squads, plus three vising team locker rooms are located close by. The arena also contains six portable basketball supports and Įxed chair and bench seang for spectators. During the 1999-2000 season, the Academy enhanced patrons’ game-viewing pleasure by replacing the four-sided overhead scoreboard at midcourt with two wall-mounted units. The scoreboards, located on the north and south walls of Christl Arena, feature state-of-the-art signage and digital displays, along with accompanying boards that show player point and foul totals. Christl Arena hosted quarterĮnal and semiĮnal rounds of the Patriot League men’s and women’s tournament in 1994-95 and again in 1998-99. Christl served as the backdrop for the 2006 and 2014 Patriot League Women’s Tournaments. Aer earning the No. 1 seed in the postseason tournament in 2006 and the No. 2 seed in 2014, the Black Knights hosted the quarterĮnal and semiĮnal rounds as well as the championship game. Christl also served as the site for the opening two rounds of the women’s tournament in 2007-08. During the summer of 2015, Christl Arena underwent a faceli, including a redesigned court and updated concourse, which features new signs and pictures of the Black Knights throughout the years. The Army women have authored a 231-129 (.642) mark during their 25-year stay at Christl Arena.