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St. Norbert College Women’s Basketball WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MIDWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW 2008-09 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Current Record: 19-4, 15-1 MWC FEBRUARY 27-28 • SCHULDES SPORTS CENTER - DE PERE, WISCONSIN Streak: Win 13 Breakdown: 11-0 home, 7-4 away, 1-0 neutral TOURNAMENT BRACKET Date Opponent Result NOVEMBER #2 BELOIT 15-8 (12-4) Sat., 15 ^Northland W 73-48 Sun., 16 ^UW-Stout W 76-71 Tue., 25 at UW-Eau Claire (25) L 66-57 Feb. 27 • 5 p.m. DECEMBER #3 RIPON 15-8 (12-4) Mon., 1 at Northern Michigan L 81-69 Feb. 28 • 2 p.m. Fri., 5 *Lake Forest W 65-56 #4 ILLINOIS COLLEGE 14-9 (9-7) Champion Sat., 6 *Monmouth W 55-53 Tue., 16 Finlandia W 69-49 Fri., 19 %at Oglethorpe (10) L 82-69 Feb. 27 • 7 p.m. Sat., 20 %vs. Transylvania W 78-49 #1 ST. NORBERT 19-4 (15-1) JANUARY Tue., 6 *at Beloit L 65-52 Sat., 10 *Ripon W 68-64 Knights Host Midwest Conference Tournament Fri., 16 *at Knox W 83-34 Sat., 17 *at Grinnell W 72-51 For the second-consecutive season, and seventh time overall, St. Norbert hosts Fri., 23 *Illinois College W 66-45 the Midwest Conference Tournament. St. Norbert finished the regular-season with Sat., 24 *Knox W 95-38 a 15-1 MWC record to earn the tournament’s No. 1-seed. St. Norbert holds a 4-1 Wed., 28 *at Carroll W 66-54 record over the tournament field this season. The Green Knights won last year’s Sat., 31 *Beloit W 70-44 tournament beating Beloit 50-44 in the semifinals before topping Lake Forest 83-64 in the championship game. FEBRUARY Tue., 3 *Lawrence W 84-42 Fri., 6 *at Monmouth W 78-47 Sat., 7 *at Lake Forest W 62-59 St. Norbert Green Knights Beloit Buccaneers Head Coach .........................Connie Tilley Head Coach ...........................Don Adams Wed., 11 *at Ripon W 64-48 Alma Mater .................UW-La Crosse ‘74 Alma Mater ............Louisiana College ‘96 Sat., 14 *at Lawrence W 67-31 Season ............................................. 32nd Season ................................................ 4th Sat., 21 *Carroll W 77-73 Record at St. Norbert .................507-250 Record at Beloit ..............................45-46 Fri., 27 $Illinois College 7 p.m. 2008-09 Overall Record....................19-4 2008-09 Overall Record....................15-8 2008-09 MWC Record ......................15-1 2008-09 MWC Record ......................12-4 All Times Central ^ - Associated Financial Group Tip-Off Tournament Ripon Red Hawks Illinois College Lady Blues (De Pere, Wis.) Head Coach ....................... Julie Johnson Head Coach ......................... Brenna Kelly % - Oglethorpe Holiday Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.) Alma Mater ................... Dakota State ‘88 Alma Mater .............. Culver-Stockton ‘85 * - Midwest Conference Game Season .............................................. 19th Season ............................................. 22nd $ - Midwest Conference Tournament Record at ...................................252-189 Record at Illinois College ............273-234 (ranking) - by D3hoops.com 2008-09 Overall Record....................15-8 2008-09 Overall Record....................14-9 2008-09 MWC Record ......................12-4 2008-09 MWC Record ........................9-7 MEDIA INFORMATION Statistical Comparison (2008-09) Sports Information Director .... Dan Lukes Team Record PPG Opp PPG FG% 3FG% FT% REB/G TO/G Office Phone ................. 920.403.4077 St. Norbert 19-4 70.2 54.3 46.5 31.1 70.8 35.6 16.7 Fax ................................ 920.403.3128 Beloit 15-8 65.0 56.9 43.4 29.5 67.3 38.9 19.3 E-Mail [email protected] Ripon 15-8 66.4 58.2 41.1 31.8 65.4 41.3 22.9 Website ...........www.snc.edu/athletics Illinois College 14-9 68.2 65.1 38.9 29.2 62.5 38.5 17.9 2009 MIDWEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW 1 Scouting the Green Knights St. Norbert Facts St. Norbert enters the tournament 19-4 overall and finished 15-1 in the Midwest Location ............................... De Pere, Wis. Conference. The Green Knights are currently riding a 13-game winning streak. St. Founded ............................................ 1898 Norbert beat Carroll 77-73 in the regular-season finale last Saturday in De Pere. Enrollment ........................................ 2,100 Morgan Strasser led St. Norbert scoring 19 points. Krista Pelky scored 16 points off Nickname ........................... Green Knights the bench for the Green Knights. Junior Denise Heuser leads St. Norbert averaging Colors ..........Dartmouth Green & Old Gold 11.2 points per game. St. Norbert is averaging 70.2 points while allowing 54.3 points Conference ...............Midwest Conference President .......................... Thomas Kunkel per game. Athletics Director .........................Tim Bald Facility .................Schuldes Sports Center Scouting the Buccaneers Capacity ........................................... 2,100 Beloit enters the tournament 15-8 overall and finished 12-4 in the Midwest Confer- Year Opened ...................................... 1979 ence. The Buccaneers have won five of their last six games, including a 58-36 win over Lawrence on Feb. 18. Christine Brown leads Beloit averaging 13.2 points per Coaching Staff game. Beloit is averaging 65.0 points while allowing 56.9 points per game. Head Coach ......................... Connie Tilley Record at St. Norbert ...................507-250 Scouting the Red Hawks Year at St. Norbert .............................32nd Ripon enters the tournament 15-8 overall and finished 12-4 in the Midwest Confer- Assistant Coaches ........ Nicky Van Laanen ence. Ripon has won 10 of its last 12 games, including three straight. Ripon beat .................................................Riley Woldt Lawrence 60-45 last Saturday. Erin Lind leads the Red Hawks averaging 12.5 points ............................................ Erin Pamperin St. Norbert College Women’s Basketball St. Norbert College Women’s Basketball per contest. Ripon averages 66.4 points while allowing 58.2 points per game. Program History First Season of Women’s Basketball ......... Scouting the Lady Blues 1974-75 Illinois College enters the tournament 14-9 overall and finished 9-7 in the Midwest Seasons of Women’s Basketball ........... 34 Conference. Illinois College beat Lake Forest 82-71 last Saturday to earn the No. 4 All-Time Overall Record................534-267 seed in the tournament. Candy Norville leads Illinois College averaging 15.4 points All-Time MWC Record ....................256-87 per contest. The Lady Blues are averaging 68.2 points while allowing 65.1 points MWC Championships .......................Eight per game. ..... (1984, ’85, ’86 ,’87 ,’88, ‘89, 2003, ‘08) NCAA Tournament Appearences ......Eight Magic Number? ..... (1983, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, 2003, ‘08) Since the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament began in 1982, St. Nor- NCAA Sweet 16 Appearences ...........Four bert has never missed qualifying for the tournament when it has won at least 18 (1985, ‘86, ‘88, 2003) games. St. Norbert has made eight NCAA Division III Tournament appearances, NCAA Final Four Appearances........... One and has made the Sweet 16 round four times (1985, 1986, 1988, 2003). St. Norbert (1985) won a school-record 24 games in 1985 when it hosted the Division III Final Four at Schuldes Sports Center. The Green Knights won 23 games in 2003, and 22 games MIDWEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS in 2008, their last NCAA Tournament appearance. FINAL STANDINGS MWC Matters MWC OVERALL The Green Knights won Midwest Conference championships six straight years from W L W L 1984 to 1989 and added titles in 2003 and 2008. St. Norbert also won WIC-WAC St. Norbert 15 1 19 4 championships in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1983. St. Norbert’s run of 11 straight years with at least 10 conference wins is the longest in the Midwest Conference. The Green Beloit 12 4 15 8 Knights last won fewer than 10 conference games in a season with a 7-6 showing in Ripon 12 4 15 8 1997-98. St. Norbert has qualified for the Midwest Conference Tournament 10 times Illinois College 9 7 14 9 in the last 11 years and 18 times in 26 years. Monmouth 9 7 14 9 Tough D Lake Forest 9 7 12 11 St. Norbert has held 10 of its last 12 opponents to 54 points or less. Over the last Carroll 8 8 13 10 11 games, the Green Knights have allowed an average of only 47.2 points per game. Knox 3 13 6 17 St. Norbert leads the Midwest Conference allowing only 54.3 points per game. Grinnell 3 13 4 19 Sweet 16 Lawrence 0 16 0 23 St. Norbert has won at least 16 games in each of its last seven seasons, compiling a record of 128-48 during that stretch. Upcoming Schedule Schuldes Streak Midwest Conference Championship St. Norbert has won 23 consecutive games played at Schuldes Sports Center, and at St. Norbert has won 27 of its last 28 games there. The Green Knights are 69-14 in their last 83 home games. St. Norbert’s home win streak is just the 15th time a school has had a home winning streak of at least 22 games in NCAA Division III history. February 27 Beloit vs. Ripon, 5 p.m. First to 70 Illinois College vs. St. Norbert, 7 p.m. With its 77-73 win over Carroll on Feb. 21, St. Norbert improved to 107-3 in its last 110 games when scoring 70 points or more. St. Norbert has won 41 straight games when reaching the 70-point plateau. Under Connie Tilley, St. Norbert is 284-22 February 28 when scoring 70 points or more, good for a 92.6 winning percentage. Semifinal winners, 2 p.m. 2 2009 MIDWEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW St. Norbert College Women’s Basketball ST. NORBERT POST-SEASON HISTORY 1983 2003 NCAA Division III Regional Tournament (De Pere, Wis.) Midwest Conference Championship (De Pere, Wis.) M 4 UW-La Crosse L 79-65 F 28 Lawrence W 65-45 M 5 Simpson L 81-78 M 1 Lake Forest W 77-75 (2 OT) NCAA Division III Tournament First Round (De Pere, Wis.) 1984 M 5 Rockford W 65-47 Midwest Conference Championship (De Pere, Wis.) NCAA Division III Tournament Second Round (Northfield, Minn.) F 25 Cornell W 93-37 M 8 Carleton W 60-47 NCAA Division III Tournament South Sectional (Abilene, Texas) 1985 M 14 Washington-Mo.