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University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Athletics Media Guides Athletics 1993 Northern Iowa Basketball 1992-93 (Women's) University of Northern Iowa Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1992 Athletics, University of Northern Iowa Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Northern Iowa, "Northern Iowa Basketball 1992-93 (Women's)" (1993). Athletics Media Guides. 187. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg/187 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Athletics Media Guides by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Celebrating 25 ·vears Of UNI Basketball TABLE OF CONTENTS Outlook ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••... 2 All-Time Scores .......•••••.....••••••••••••..•.••• 29 Terri Lasswell •..••.•••.•.....••..........•••••.••... 4 Records •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 31 Assistant Coaches •••....••••.•.•••.•••..••••••••••• S All-Time Roster ...•...•••••....••••••••••••....•••• 33 Players ••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••...•..••••••••... 7 Executive Staff ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 34 Roster ••••••••••...•.•• ..•...•.•..•..••.•••••••••••••• 18 Basketball Support Staff ••••••••••••..•••.•....• 35 1991-92 Review ....•...........•........••••••••••• 19 University of Northern Iowa •••..••..•••••..•.• 36 Statistics ••••••••.....•.................•..••••••.•••• 20 Missouri Valley Conference •••••••••••••••••••• 38 Opponents •••••••••••••••.••.••••••.••..•.••••••••••. 23 Team Photo ••••.••••.••••••.•••.•••••••••••..•...• IBC CATCH 6 PANTHER 1992-93 Schedule HOME GAMES ON KCFI December 1250-AM 01 at Missouri-Kansas City 5 p.m. DURING 1992-93! 03 at Kansas State 7p.m. 06 Wyoming 3 p.m. To Panther fans and the media -- 08 at Western Illinois 7:30 p.m. Welcome to the University of Northern Iowa, 10 at Northeastern Illinois 7p.m. the UNI-Dome and Northern Iowa women's basketball. 12 at Valparaiso 2p.m. All requests for credentials, including courtside photo credentials, should be made three days in advance 20 Iowa State (KCFI) 1 p.m. and will be left at th~ will call window of the UNI Dome. Only working press will be assigned seats on January press row. Parking for all press is available in the Physical Education Center lot north of the UNI-Dome. 09 at Illinois State* 1 p.m. It is requested the media bring their own electronic 11 at Bradley* 7:30 p.m. sending machines. It is also recommended that the 14 Wichita State* (KCFI) 7:35 p.m. media install their own phone lines. Radio stations should make their own 18 Southwest Missouri State* 5:25 p.m. arrangements for telephone lines after receiving 21 at Saint Louis 7p.m. permission to broadcast. Stations who wish to use the 23 at Drake* 7:05 p.m. courtesy line should contact SID Nancy Justis. 25 Creighton* 7:35 p.m. There will be no post-game interview room in the UNI-Dome. Members of the media who wish to 28 Southern Illinois* 5:25 p.m. interview players and coaches after the game may 30 Indiana State* (KCFI) 1:35 p.m. contact Chad Harberts at the site, or see the individuals after a IO-minute cooling off period in the hallway outside the lockerrooms. The lockerrooms are off February ' limits to all media. 04 at Creighton* 5 p.m. Pregame statistics, press notes and game programs 06 Drake* 5:25 p.m. will be made available at the 09 Kansas (KCFI) 7:35 p.m. press table prior to the start of each contest. Postgame 11 at Indiana State* 7p.m. statistics will be distributed 13 at Southern Illinois* 2p.m. approximately 15 minutes 18 at Southwest Missouri State* 7:05 p.m. upon the completion of each contest. Visitng SIDs will 22 at Wichita State* 5 p.m. have access to a telephone 25 Chicago State (West Gym) 7:35 p.m. for long-distance calls. 27 Bradley* (KCFI) 7:35 p.m. Any questions regarding the team may be directed to your host for Panther home March games, Chad Harberts, 01 Illinois State* (KCFI) 7:35 p.m. sports information student assistant. 04 MVC Tournament Quarterfinals TBA Harberts is in his second year with the UNI Sports Information Department and the women's 09 MVC Tournament Semi Finals TBA basketball team. He is a senior at Northern Iowa, 13 MVC Tournament Finals TBA majoring in General Studies, with a minor in Journalism. *Missouri Valley contest. All times are at the site. Prior to coming to UNI, he attended Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College, where he graduated with All home games in UNI-Dome unless otherwise indicated. an Associate of Arts degree in pre-Journalism. He served two years as the Sports Editor of his ON THE COVER/CREDITS - junior college newspaper. From January 1990 to May The University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team begins its 25th season in 1992-93. Special 1991 , he was the Sports Editor of the Northern Iowan, thanks to Eastbay Athletic Company for the cover photo. the campus newspaper at UNI. The UNI women's basketball guide was written and designed by Chad Harberts and. edited by Sports Besides his current position al UNI, he is a Information Director Nancy Justis, in cooperation with the UNI Sports Information Department, the Office correspondent for the Waterloo Courier, and is an on of Public Relations and photographer Bill Witt. air personality at KFMW FM-108 in Waterloo. 1 OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK - OUTLOOK PANTHERS RETURN ALL FIVE STARTERS! YOUNG, DEEP TEAM SHOULD BE CONTENDER IN MISSOURI VALLEY By CHAD HARBERTS Miller was the team's three-point field doubt she can play basketball against the teams UNI Sports Information goal leader with 51 treys. She converted at least in the Missouri Valley. three three-point field goals in nine games last Backing up Street and Robertson is Katie The 1992-93 Northern Iowa Panthers could season, including a high of six against Western McFadden. Coming off major knee surgery last be the deepest and most experienced team ever Illinois. year, McFadden scored 4.9 points and grabbed at UNI. With the return of all five starters and The other half of UNl's starting guard 3.4 rebounds per game. Melanie Willadsen, a nine letterwinners , UNI will be putting together tandem is junior Traci Amos . Amos came into redshirt freshman from Bettendorf, Iowa, is the a team very familiar with one another and the her own last season after starting sparingly as a other backup at forward . According to Lasswell, system under Head Coach Terri Lasswell. freshman. She averaged 7.6pointsand developed Willadsen worked hard in her redshirt year and Lasswell enters her fourth season at UNI a flair for the long ball, knocking down 21 three is ready to play this season. with a program that has made great strides pointers, including at least one in six straight The post position was the weakest area on internally, which has not translated the progress games . the floor last season, despite Chris Robbins' into wins. UNl's last winning season was a 17- · Both player!\ will see plenty of playing .554 shooting percentage. Robbins has an 11 mark in 1982-83. Since then, the Panthers time again this year, but will be allowed long uncanny ability to find open personnel, evident have endured two head coaching changes, 11 breaks with four guards on the bench fighting for by her 40 assists, but she only attempted 112 assistant coaching changes and records of2-25, minutes. Letterwinners Lisa Gronoski and shots (4 .2 per game). If Robbins can develop 5-23 , 9-18, 6-20, 9-17, 7-l!i; 5-22, 6-21 and last Nikki Dillard are the backup guards, but redshirt into more of a scoring threat, opponents can stop season's 4-23 campaign. No Panther team Wendy McCoy and recruit Tiffany Sibley, an doubling up on UNl's penetrating guard court. finished with more than four wins in the 10 years Illinois prep all-stater, may also see plenty of Laura Volbrecht is UNI 'sonly other true of the Gateway Conference or placed higher playing time. center with playing time under her belt. than an eighth-place tie. Gronoski missed last season with foot Volbrecht's numbers for the season, 1.7 points Despite last season's record, UNI officials ailments , but she is one of the best passers and and 1.5 rebounds per game, aren't very saw an improvment in the program last year, and the tallest guard on the team. At 5-2, Dillard is impressive until compared to her minutes per rewarded Lasswell with a one-year contract slight in stature, but she makes up for it with a game - 4.7. She is a player blessed with good extension through the 1993-94 season. 36-inch vertical leap and quick feet. She is offensive skills, but needs to improve defensively. With the pressure of being in her final primarily a defensive specialist with the Panthers Becky Simonson, a 6-5 redshirt, will contract year removed and a team in which 12 of while her offensive skills develop. backup Robbins at center, and according to the 14 members have Division I playing McCoy tranferred lo the Panthers from Lasswell, will have a specific role. All eyes will experience or were redshirts, this team is a time Marycrest, and quickly became the captain of be on 6-3 freshman Carrie Jaspers, a player that bomb waiting to explode. the practice squad. McCoy already possesses was hotly recruited by Big Ten, Big 8 and "We are going to have more dimension the skills lo immediately contribute to the Gateway Conference schools, but decided to this year," Lasswell said. "We are going to be Panthers, including three-point range and good stay close to home. The Ackley, Iowa, player more mature. We learned some tough lessons court vision.