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2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1000 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Basketball Contact: Sarah VanMetre • [email protected] • Direct (734) 604-4606 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS WOLVERINES HIT THE ROAD TO FACE THE FIGHTING IRISH NOV. 25 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 93-75 Nov. 27 at Oakland W, 95-62 #24 MICHIGAN AT NOTRE DAME Dec. 3 at Notre Dame 6 p.m. DECEMBER 3 -- SOUTH BEND, IND. (PURCELL PAVILION), 6 P.M. DEC. 6 WRIGHT STATE 12:30 P.M. TV: ACC Network -- Pam Ward (play-by-play), LaChina Robinson (color) DEC. 9 BUTLER 1 P.M. Radio: WLBY (1290) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) Dec. 19 at Illinois* TBA #24 Michigan Wolverines Notre Dame Fighting Irish Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com (1-1) DEC. 23 PENN STATE* TBA (2-0) DEC. 31 WISCONSIN* TBA Jan. 3 at Northwestern* TBA TOP STORYLINES Series History JAN. 7 NEBRASKA* TBA JAN. 10 ILLINOIS* TBA ► No. 24 Michigan heads to Notre Dame to face the Irish, marking Notre Dame Jan. 14 at Wisconsin* TBA the second straight season and the third time in the last four years Notre Dame leads 13-7 JAN. 18 MICHIGAN STATE* TBA Streak: Notre Dame has won four Jan. 21 at Ohio State* TBA the two teams have faced each other. Home: Tied 5-5 JAN. 24 PURDUE* TBA Away: Notre Dame leads 8-1 Jan. 28 at Michigan State* TBA ► Michigan scored 90+ points in its first two games, the first time Neutral: Michigan leads 1-0 Feb. 1 at Rutgers* TBA the Wolverines have scored at least 90 in consecutive games since FEB. 4 MINNESOTA* TBA opening the 2016-17 season with three straight 100-point games. 1/20/79 H W, 93-66 FEB. 7 MARYLAND* TBA The Wolverines are fifth nationally in field goal percentage (.566) and 12/8/79 A W, 66-60 (OT) Feb. 11 at Purdue* TBA 16th nationally in scoring offense (94.0 ppg). 2/20/81 H W, 96-65 Feb. 18 at Indiana* TBA 1/24/82 A L, 71-48 FEB. 21 OHIO STATE* TBA 12/12/82 H L, 62-58 Feb. 25 at Iowa* TBA ► Junior Naz Hillmon was named the Big Ten Player of the Week 12/9/83 A L, 66-50 Feb. 28 at Minnesota* TBA after averaging 30.5 points per game on 73.0 percent shooting and 12/2/84 H W, 75-64 MARCH 5/6 NORTHWESTERN* TBA 9.0 rebounds per contest over Michigan's opening week. Hillmon is 12/5/85 A L, 76-71 currently fifth nationally in points per game. 12/13/91 H W, 86-75 12/12/92 A L, 62-54 3/19/01 A L, 88-54 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT ► The contest marks the return to Indiana for Michigan's four Hoo- March 9 First Round TBA 12/2/01 N W, 78-63 sier natives. Amy Dilk (Carmel), Leigha Brown (Auburn), Emily Kis- March 10 Second Round TBA 11/18/05 A L, 55-45 March 11 Quarterfinals TBA er (Noblesville) and Maddie Nolan (Zionsville) will each be making 12/1/06 H L, 61-58 March 12 Semifinals TBA their return to their home state. All four were members of Indiana's 12/2/07 A L, 77-46 March 13 Championship All-Star team, with Dilk taking home Miss Basketball honors in 2018. 12/10/08 H W, 63-59 (OT) 12/14/13 H L, 86-64 * Big Ten games ► U-M is looking for its first win over the Irish since a 63-59 overtime 12/13/14 A L, 70-50 All times are site times win on Dec. 10, 2008. 11/29/17 H L, 83-63 Home games in BOLD CAPS 11/23/19 H L, 76-72 ► Michigan features four double-figure scorers inNaz Hillmon (30.5 ppg), Leigha Brown (16.5 ppg), Akienreh Johnson (11.0 ppg) and Hailey Brown (10.5 ppg). In addition, Amy Dilk is averaging 9.0 points per game after two contests. 2020-21 WOLVERINES # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 00 F Jr. Naz Hillmon 30.5 9.0 73.0 Named Big Ten Player of the Week 32 G/F Jr. Leigha Brown 16.5 3.5 .650 Scored in double figures in both games 14 G Gr. Akienreh Johnson 11.0 6.0 .571 Started Michigan's first contest on instagram ... 15 F Sr. Hailey Brown 10.5 4.0 .667 Scored in double figures in both games @umichwbball 1 G Jr. Amy Dilk 9.0 4.5 .333 Averaging 5.0 assists per game 24 G So. Michelle Sidor 5.5 1.0 .500 Hit three triples in last game on facebook ... 3 G So. Maddie Nolan 5.0 7.5 .333 Grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds last game “MICHIGAN Women’s 44 F Fr. Cameron Williams 4.5 3.5 1.000 Had 9 points, 7 boards in last game Basketball” 25 F Fr. Whitney Sollom 3.0 3.5 .750 Scored in both of U-M's games 23 G Jr. Danielle Rauch 2.5 3.5 .667 Averaging 21.8 minutes per game off bench 30 G/F Fr. Elise Stuck 1.5 0.5 .250 Appeared in both games off the bench on twitter ... 13 G Fr. Meghan Fiso 0.0 1.0 .000 Appeared in both games off the bench @umichwbball 33 F Jr. Emily Kiser - - - Has yet to appear this season 34 F/C So. Izabel Varejão - - - Has yet to appear this season TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG Michigan 2 73-129 .566 11-25 .440 31-40 .775 32-62 94 47.0 30 0 43 21.5 35 7 16 188 94.0 Notre Dame 2 64-127 .504 12-41 .293 33-42 .786 21-50 71 35.5 38 2 37 18.5 28 6 18 173 86.5 2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DEC. 3 -- AT NOTRE DAME 2020-21 WOLVERINES Naz Hillmon Amy Dilk Maddie Nolan Meghan Fiso Akienreh Johnson Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. 5th year 00 F 1 G 3 G 13 G 14 G Hailey Brown Danielle Rauch Michelle Sidor Whitney Sollom Elise Stuck Sr./Sr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. 15 F 23 G 24 G 25 F 30 G/F Leigha Brown Emily Kiser Izabel Varejao Cameron Williams Kim Barnes Arico Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Head Coach 32 G/F 33 F 34 F/C 44 F HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 00 Naz Hillmon F 6-2 Jr./Jr. Cleveland, Ohio/Gilmour Academy Roster Breakdown 1 Amy Dilk G 6-0 Jr./Jr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel 3 Maddie Nolan G 5-9 So./So. Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville By Class Graduate: Johnson 13 Meghan Fiso G 5-10 Fr./Fr. Seattle, Wash./Garfield Senior (1): H. Brown 14 Akienreh Johnson G 6-0 5th yr. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers Juniors (5): L. Brown, Dilk, Hillmon, Kiser, 15 Hailey Brown F 6-1 Sr./Sr. Hamilton, Ont./The RISE Centre Academy Rauch 23 Danielle Rauch G 5-8 Jr./Jr. Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden Sophomores (3): Nolan, Sidor, Varejão 24 Michelle Sidor G 5-8 So./So. Upper Saddle River, N.J./Saddle River Day Freshmen (4): Fiso, Sollom, Stuck, 25 Whitney Sollom F 6-4 Fr./Fr. Hartland, Mich./Hartland Williams 30 Elise Stuck G/F 6-1 Fr./Fr. Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix 32 Leigha Brown G/F 6-1 Jr./Jr. Auburn, Ind./DeKalb (Nebraska) 33 Emily Kiser F 6-3 Jr./Jr. Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville 34 Izabel Varejão F/C 6-4 So./So. Vitoria-Espirito Santo, Brazil/Neuse Christian Acad- emy (Raleigh, N.C.) 44 Cameron Williams F 6-3 Fr./Fr. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (9th season) Assistant Coaches: Toyelle Wilson, Yvonne Sanchez, Wesley Brooks Pronunciation Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Akienreh Johnson -- Uh-KEN-ray Director of Player Personnel: Danielle Edwards Naz Hillmon - NAHZ Video Coordinator: Dan Dardarian Michelle Sidor - SEE-door Graduate Manager: Harry Rafferty Meghan Fiso - FEE-zo Athletic Trainer: Christina Fanning Whitney Sollom - SOE-lum Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jamie Preiss Izabel Varejao - VAIR-uh-zhow PAGE 2 2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DEC. 3 -- AT NOTRE DAME PLAYER & TEAM NOTES THE NATIONAL POLLS Last Time Out Leigha Brown Makes a Splash AP Poll Junior Naz Hillmon scored a career-best 35 points Junior Leigha Brown had quite the Michigan Rank, Team Record Points Pr. to lead the No. 25-ranked University of Michigan debut, going for 22 points on 9-for-13 shooting, four 1 S. Carolina (29) 3-0 749 1 women's basketball team to a decisive 95-62 victory at rebounds, five assists and a career-best three steals 2 Stanford (1) 1-0 704 2 Oakland Friday night (Nov. 27) at the O'rena. against Central Michigan (Nov. 25). She followed that 3 Connecticut 0-0 689 3 up with 11 points, four assists, three boards and two 4 Baylor 1-0 665 4 Oakland had no answer for Hillmon in the first quarter steals at Oakland (Nov. 27). She is one of three Wolver- 5 Louisville 2-0 607 5 as she netted 19 points on the way to securing the ines to reach double figures in both games.