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Illinois Women's Basketball Coach Jolette Law Announced for Third Best in the League 07-08 ILLINOIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAMES 5 & 6: ILLINOIS (3-1) at the FIU Thanksgiving Classic Friday & Sunday, Nov. 23 & 25, 2007 // Pharmed Arena (5,000) // Miami, Fla. Women’s Basketball Contact: Derek Neal // 217-244-3707 (o) // 309-241-0804 (c) // [email protected] // www.fightingillini.com FIU THANKSGIVING CLASSIC SCHEDULE 2007-08 UI SCHEDULE Friday, Nov. 23 Florida International (1-2) vs. Providence (3-1) – 5:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. CT 3-1 overall, 0-0 Big Ten Illinois (3-1) vs. South Carolina (3-1) – 7:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. CT (2-1 Home, 1-0 Away, 0-0 Neutral) Sunday, Nov. 25 Consolation Game – Noon ET / 11 a.m. CT N 9 at Eastern Illinois W, 86-56 Championship Game – 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT N 11 UW-Milwaukee W, 63-43 N 14 UAB L, 56-59 ON THE AIR N 18 Southern Illinois W, 63-53 Radio: Illini Sports Network - WDWS AM 1400 (Patrick Pfingsten) N 23 vs. South Carolina^ 6:30 p.m. Tape delayed after Illini volleyball on Friday, live on Sunday N 25 vs. Fla. Int./Providence^ 11 a.m./1p.m. Internet Audio: Live on fightingillini.com (requires Illini All-Access subscription) N 29 at North Carolina State& 6 p.m. Live Stats: fightingillini.com and fiusports.com D 2 Illinois-Chicago 2 p.m. D 5 Oklahoma 8 p.m. BTN THE SERIES D 8 vs. Chicago State$ 1:30 p.m. SC: Illinois and South Carolina have not met D 19 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. FIU: Illinois and Florida International have not met D 27 at Northwestern* 7 p.m. BTN Providence: Illinois leads 1-0 – Last meeting: Illinois 106, Providence 74 (11/28/97 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) D 30 Wisconsin* 7 p.m. THE COACHES J 2 at Penn State* 6 p.m. Illinois: Jolette Law, 3-1 overall and at Illinois (first season) J 6 at Indiana* 1 p.m. SC: Susan Walvius, 250-246 overall (18th season) and 152-145 at South Carolina (11th season) J 10 Minnesota* 7 p.m. FIU: Cindy Russo, 610-268 overall (31st season) and 570-246 at FIU (29th season) J 17 at Ohio State* 6 p.m. Providence: Phil Seymore, 24-36 overall and at Providence (third season) J 21 Iowa* 7 p.m. BTN J 24 Michigan State* 7 p.m. J 27 at Purdue* 1 p.m. PROBABLE ILLINOIS STARTERS J 31 Ohio State* 7 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Yr. GP-GS PPG RPG APG Quick Hits G 20 Lori Bjork 5-11 Jr. 4-4 11.5 0.8 1.3 Preseason All-Big Ten pick ranks third on UI career 3FG list F 4 at Michigan* 6 p.m. BTN F 7 at Minnesota* 7 p.m. G 30 Rebecca Harris 5-8 Sr. 4-4 5.3 3.3 1.5 Scored 8 points and grabbed 6 rebounds vs. UAB F 10 Indiana* (“Think Pink” Game) 1 p.m. BTN G 33 Chelsea Gordon 6-0 Jr. 4-4 7.8 4.3 1.8 Scored 17 second-half points in win over EIU F 14 at Wisconsin* 7 p.m. F 13 Jenna Smith 6-3 So. 4-4 20.5 12.3 2.5 Scored career-high 32 points vs. SIU; Leads BT in rebounding F 21 Penn State* 7 p.m. BTN F 24 Michigan* 5 p.m. BTN C 15 Audrey Tabon 6-2 Sr. 4-4 1.5 1.5 0.5 Missed entire 06-07 season with torn ACL in right knee F 28 at Michigan State* 6 p.m. M 2 Purdue* 1/3 p.m. OFF THE BENCH M 6-9 Big Ten Tournament TBA BTN C 00 Erin McCarthy 6-5 Jr. 3-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tallest Illini can affect many shots in the lane M 22-25 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA G 12 Lydia McCully 5-9 Fr. - - - - No. 46 senior in class of 2007 according to Blue Star Report M 29-A 1 NCAA Regionals TBA F 22 Lacey Simpson 6-0 So. 4-0 7.5 5.0 3.3 Leads team in assists (3.3) A 6-8 NCAA Final Four TBA G 25 Chelsea Buher 5-11 Fr. 3-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Scored her first career points with a three vs. UW-Milwaukee ^ FlU Thanksgiving Classic (Miami, Fla.) F 32 Danyel Crutcher 6-2 Sr. 4-0 11.0 5.5 2.0 Has scored double-figures in three straight games & Big Ten/ACC Challenge $ United Center, Chicago, Ill. F 50 Stephanie Chelleen 6-2 Sr. 3-0 1.7 1.0 0.0 Led team in points per 40 minutes (16.8) last year * Big Ten Conference Game BTN - Big Ten Network Televised Game QUICK HITS Following that, they’ll return home for a pair of games against All Times are CENTRAL and subject to change • The Tournament: Illinois (3-1) heads to the Sunshine State Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 2) and No. 10/11 Oklahoma (Dec. 5). this weekend for the FIU Thanksgiving Classic in Miami, Fla. The Illini will leave Champaign on Wednesday and spend BREAKING DOWN THE FIELD TALE OF THE TAPE Thanksgiving in Miami before opening tournament play on South Carolina: The Gamecocks are 3-1 on the season after a Friday, Nov. 23, against South Carolina at 7:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 70-63 loss to Penn State on Tuesday night in Columbia, S.C. ILL vs. SC p.m. CT. Illinois will then either play host Florida International SC has home wins over St. Francis, Pa., (93-33), Virginia (66- 67.0 . .Points Scored ......... .72.0 or Providence on Sunday in the championship (2 p.m. ET / 1 64) and Buffalo (66-54). Junior forward Demetress Adams 55.2 . .Points Allowed ......... .55.2 +11.8 . .Scoring Margin ....... .+16.8 p.m. CT) or consolation game (Noon ET / 11 a.m. CT). (15.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg) and junior guard Brionna Dickerson (15.5 45.6 . .FG% ............. .44.2 ppg) lead the way for South Carolina. Last season, the 38.3 . .FG% Defense ......... .36.0 • Smith Pours in 32: Sophomore Jenna Smith was outstand- Gamecocks were 18-15 overall, 6-8 in the SEC and advanced 28.6 . .3FG% ............ .37.1 ing in Illinois’ 63-53 win over Southern Illinois on Sunday, to the third round of the WNIT. 37.5 . .3FG% Defense ......... .27.7 scoring a career-high 32 points on 13-of-19 shooting and 78.3 . .FT% ............. .62.7 grabbing 10 rebounds. The point total was the most for an Florida International: FIU is 1-2 with a season-opening win 35.5 . .Rebounds ........... .42.5 Illini since Allison Curtin scored 35 vs. Iowa on March 3, 2001. over Lynn (70-62) and back-to-back losses at the DePaul +8.2 . .Reb. Margin .......... .+6.8 12.75 . .Assists ............ .15.8 Invitational against the Blue Demons (89-77) and Florida -0.75 . .Turnover Margin ....... .+2.50 • Up Next: After this weekend’s tournament, the Illini will State (70-50). The Golden Panthers are led by 5-8 guard 8.50 . .Steals ............ .12.8 head to North Carolina State to face the Wolfpack on LaQuetta Ferguson, who averages 20.7 points per game and 4.0 . .Blocks ............. .6.3 Thursday, Nov. 29, in the inaugural Big Ten/ACC Challenge. poured in 30 against DePaul. FIU was picked to finish third in 2007-08 University of Illinois Women’s Basketball Game Notes // 1 FIGHTING ILLINI NOTES the Sun Belt East Division preseason poll. Last season, 11 points on 5-of-15 shooting with Smith serving as the the Golden Panthers were 16-14 overall and 9-9 in Sun primary defender. HEAD COACH Belt play, which was good for third in the East. JOLETTE LAW • Conference Leader: Smith ranks in the top-four in the 3-1 (.750) Providence: The Friars are 3-1 after a 55-51 home victo- Big Ten in eight categories and is the leader in two, FIRST SEASON ry over Manhattan Tuesday night. Providence boasts wins rebounding (12.3) and defensive rebounds (8.3). She also over Brown (79-45) and Iona (73-64) with its loss coming ranks second in scoring (20.5) and offensive rebounds Jolette Law, long regarded as at the hands of Hartford (77-60). Sophomore forward (4.0). Last season, Smith led the league in offensive one of the top assistant coach- Emily Cournoyer (10.0 ppg) leads a balanced Friar attack rebounds in Big Ten play. es in the country, was named the seventh head women's that has six players average between 7.7 and 10.0 points basketball coach at the per game. Junior guard Chelsea Marandola, who led the PRESSURE ‘D’ ALREADY CATCHING ON University of Illinois on May 11, 2007. Law came to Illinois team in scoring last season at 17.3 ppg, has not played J olette Law’s pressure defense looks to be catching on fast following 12 years as an assistant on C. Vivian Stringer's this season due to injury. Providence was picked 15th out with the Fighting Illini. Through the first four games Rutgers staff, including the last four as associate head of 16 teams in the Big East Preseason Coaches Poll. Last Illinois is averaging 8.5 steals per game and is allowing coach. season, the Friars went 13-16 overall and 3-13 in the Big just 55.2 points per game, which both rank fourth in the East.
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