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2019-2020 Schedule mercyhurst at niagara university monday, november 30, 2020 / 2:00 PM Date Opponent Time/Result November (2-5) Gallagher center / niagara university, n.y. 8 at west liberty university ! L, 79-92 ex 9 vs university of charleston ! L, 57-72 16 notre dame college (ohio) L, 66-75 Niagara University Purple Eagles (0-0, 0-0 MAAC) 20 at walsh university (ohio) L, 60-82 23 millersville University * W, 76-69 Head Coach: Jada Pierce (6th Season), West Chester ‘97 24 W, 84-80 Career Record at Niagara: 51-103 overall 27 l, 63-68 Assistant Coach: Brianna Chambers, Kayla DeCriscio and December (1-3) 7 at * W, 57-55 Lester Harbin 16 at L, 63-69 20 at bloomsburg university * L, 54-60 Mercyhurst University Lakers (8-20, 8-14 PSAC) 21 at east stroudsburg university * l, 65-77 January (2-7) Head Coach: Brooklyn Kohlheim (1st Season) Florida Southern ‘05 3 * L, 62-85 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Career Record at Mercyhurst: 8-20 overall 6 at #11 indiana university of pa * L, 55-61 Assistant Coaches: Brenna Heise and Ty Newkirk 8 at clarion university * W, 68-65 11 kutztown university * L, 45-59 Before the Tip 15 at pittsburgh-johnstown L, 69-76 • Mercyhurst returned to play for the first time since late February last 18 * L, 46-61 Wednesday afternoon as they suffered an 85-49 setback to Division I 22 slippery rock university * L, 64-69 25 at california university of pa * W, 62-55 University of Buffalo at Alumni Arena. 29 edinboro university * L, 61-78 • The Lakers will be under the second year direction of head coach February (3-4) Brooklyn Kohlheim who returns a group of seven players from last 1 #5 indiana university of pa * l, 59-73 season led by a senior group of Meghan Komendarek, Eliza Oswalt and 5 at seton hill university * W, 70-64 Emily Shopene. Coach Kohlheim will look to a sizeable group of incom- 8 clarion university W, 72-65 ing transfers and freshmen to become major contributors as well. 12 at gannon university * l, 49-76 19 pittsburgh-johnstown * L, 75-77 (2OT) • Mercyhurst will be looking to replace their top two scorers from last 22 at edinboro university * L, 59-75 season, which includes 1,000-point forward Amber Renz. Shopene 26 california university of Pa * L, 47-63 and Oswalt combined last year for almost 18 points per game and 7 29 at slippery rock university * w, 75-65 rebounds. • Also, returning to the team is junior Julia Buchman who added 3.5 ppg All Times Eastern and 16 blocks in 16.9 minutes per contest. The rest of the returning ! - MEC/PSAC Crossover at West Liberty University * Denotes psaC Contest crew of Emily Bauer, Emma McDermott and Jillian Spano will look to Home games significantly improve their production after seeing limited time in 2019- road games 20. • The Lakers added three Division I transfers to this year’s squad in Nicolette Arnold (Sacred Heart), Jayde Boyd (Fairleigh Dickinson), and Stats Comparison Mackenzie Wagner (Loyola Md.). Points/Game 64.7 62.9 • Four true freshmen round out the 2020-21 side. Grace Centrulla out of Mount Notre Dame HS grabbed two Division I State Championships. Opponents PPG 73.4 70.2 Lauren Klare went to Ursuline Academy where she was a two-time First Rebounds/Game 35.9 34.7 Team All-League selection and set the school record for three-pointers as a junior. Brittini Martin was a 1,000-point scorer at Winston Churchill Opponents RPG 41.2 34.5 High School in Maryland. She earned numerous awards including Field Goal % 37.4% 42.1% Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Co-Player of the Year for 4A South Montgomery County Maryland last season. Made 23 of 24 starts as a Free Throw % 66.8% 69.2% freshman in high school. Assists/Game 11.5 14.1 • NCAA rankings from last year - Shopene was 11th in minutes played per Turnovers/Game 17.7 16.4 game (37.6), while being 80th in assist-turnover ratio (1.59). As a team they ranked inside the Top-100 in blocked shots per game (61st), total Steals/Game 9.5 6.5 blocks (70th), field-goal percentage (84th), assists per game (95th).

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HEAD COACH: Brooklyn Kohlheim (2nd Season)

Brooklyn Kohlheim will enter her second season at the helm of the Lakers. Kohlheim arrived in Erie after a stint as head coach at . She has more than 14 years of playing and coaching experience in either NCAA Division I or Division II.

In 2020 she led the Lakers to an 8-20 mark with an 8-14 record in PSAC action. Her first victory as Lakers head coach came on November 23rd when her team knocked off the visiting Millersville University in the conference opener by a score of 76- 69. Senior Amber Renz notched 1,000 points for her career against Gannon and was named First Team All-PSAC West. Kohlheim’s team was focused both on the floor as well as in the classroom with all 14 players earning the honor of being named a PSAC Scholar Athlete.

Kohlheim was head coach at Lake Erie College for one season. Her team, which competed in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, defeated conference regular-season-champion Walsh and held the department’s highest team grade-point- average.

Prior to her arrival at Lake Erie, Kohlheim was an assistant coach at Michigan Tech, in Houghton, Mich. As an assistant, she spent the 2017-18 season with the Huskies and helped lead them to a 23-6 overall record and a 17-3 record in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Huskies climbed as high as 13th in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Poll.

After a great regular season, Michigan Tech was crowned the GLIAC North Champions and received an at-large bid into the 2018 Division II NCAA Tournament. The team finished the season with the highest team GPA in Division II.

Prior to coaching at MTU, Kohlheim was an assistant at Nova Southeastern, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She helped lead the Sharks to back-to-back Sunshine State Conference Tournament titles (2013-14 and 2014-15) and, also, two regular season conference titles (2012-13 and 2014-15). During that time, NSU made two Elite Eight appearances – in 2013-14 and 2014-15 – and reached the Final Four, as well, in 2013-14.

At Nova Southeastern, Kohlheim helped build the program into one of the premier programs in NCAA Division II with three consecutive years in the Top 25, including, at one point a No. 1 ranking on the WBCA Poll.

Kohlheim spent four years at Nova before taking an assistant job at Division I Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton before returning to NSU for one final season.

She began her collegiate coaching career with two seasons at the University of Indianapolis, where she assisted the team to a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009-10.

As a student-athlete, Kohlheim played basketball at Florida Southern College, an NCAA Division II school where she was a four-year starter. She earned SSC All-Freshman Team honors in 2002 and led the Mocs to an SSC tournament title and NCAA appearance in 2003. She is the program’s all-time leader in free throw percentage and 3-pointers made.

Coach Kohlheim’s Lakers Career Record Year Wins Losses PSAC Wins PSAC Losses Notes 2019-20 8 20 8 14 ------

Overall 8 20 8 14

ASSISTANT COACH: Brenna Heise

Brenna Heise begins her second year as the assistant women’s basketball coach at Mercyhurst University. Heise spent time as the Graduate Assistant at Lake Erie College prior to being hired full-time at Mercyhurst.

Heise spent five years playing at Michigan Tech University, graduating in 2018. She was a three year starter and a member of two NCAA tournament teams, three GLIAC North Division Championship teams and one GLIAC tournament team.

At Michigan Tech, she played in 103 career games while shooting 49% from the field, 34% from 3 and 84% from the free throw line. As a senior, she was named first team all conference while leading the Huskies to a 23-6 record. mercyhurst lakers WoMen’s Basketball

PENNSLYVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE west STANDINGS (as of 2/29) TEAM PSAC CPCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK Indiana (Pa.) (1) 21-1 .955 28-3 .903 L1 Gannon (2) 18-4 .818 25-6 .806 W6 Cal. U (Pa.) (4) 14-8 .636 21-9 .700 L1 Edinboro (3) 14-8 .636 17-11 .607 L1 Pitt-Johnstown (5) 11-11 .500 16-13 .552 L2 Seton Hill (6) 8-14 .364 14-15 .483 L1 MERCYHURST 8-14 .364 8-20 .286 W1 Slippery Rock 6-16 .273 8-20 .286 L3 Clarion 2-20 .091 4-24 .143 L7

PENNSLYVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE east STANDINGS (as of 2/29) TEAM PSAC CPCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK Shippensburg (1) 17-5 .773 21-9 .700 L1 ESU (2) 15-7 .682 20-10 .667 L1 Kutztown (3) 15-7 .682 18-11 .621 L1 Shepherd (4) 14-8 .636 21-9 .700 L1 Lock Haven (5) 12-10 .545 15-13 .536 L1 Bloomsburg (6) 10-12 .455 14-14 .500 L1 West Chester 7-15 .318 9-18 .333 L1 Millersville 5-17 .227 8-19 .296 L3 Mansfield 1-21 .045 3-25 .107 L17

* - clinched PSAC Tournament berth, (#) - seed clinched today’s pSac schedule upcoming home games None Scheduled None Scheduled mercyhurst lakers woMen’s Basketball

2020-2021 Mercyhurst Lakers Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Pronunciation Guide 1 Emily Bauer G 5-8 Jr. Erie, Pa. / Villa Marie 2 Eliza Oswalt G 5-7 Sr. Lower Burrell, Pa. / Burrell 3 Emily Show-pean 3 Emily Shopene G 5-7 Sr. Erie, Pa. / Mercyhurst Prep 5 Julia Buck-man 4 Brittini Martin G 5-5 Fr. Potomac, Md. / Winston Churchill 21 Meghan Co-Men-Dare-ek 5 Julia Buchman G 5-9 Jr. Orefield, Pa. / Parkland 44 Grace Cen-trul-la 11 Emma McDermott G 6-0 So. Slippery Rock, Pa. / Slippery Rock 12 Mackenzie Wagner G 5-10 So. Collier Twp., Pa. / Chartiers Valley (Loyola Md.) HC Coal-heim 14 Paige Woodford G 5-5 Fr. Hilliard, Ohio / Bishop Watterson AC Hi-zy 15 Jayde Boyd G 5-9 So. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Oakland Catholic (Fairleigh Dickinson) 20 Jillian Spano G 5-5 So. Erie, Pa. / Mercyhurst Prep 21 Meghan Komendarek F 6-1 Sr. Norwich, N.Y. / Norwich 22 Nicolette Arnold G 5-10 R-Fr. Derry, N.H. / Lawrence Academy (Sacred Heart) 44 Grace Centrulla F 6-0 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Mount Notre Dame 45 Lauren Klare G 5-10 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Ursuline Academy

Head Coach: Brooklyn Kohlheim (2nd Season) Assistant Coaches: Brenna Heise Graduate Assistant: Ty Newkirk

Last Time It Happened

Team Mercyhurst scores 100 points: 1/2/00 Mercyhurst 105, Columbia Union 29 Opponents scores 100 points: 1/26/13 Indiana (Pa.) 100, Mercyhurst 47 Mercyhurst Last Overtime Win: 2/22/12 Mercyhurst 59, Edinboro 58 (OT) Mercyhurst Last Overtime Loss: 2/19/20 Pitt-Johnstown 77, Mercyhurst 75 (2OT) Multiple Overtimes: 2/19/20 Pitt-Johnstown 77, Mercyhurst 75 (2OT)

Individual Mercyhurst player with 20 points: 28 - Amber Renz at Slippery Rock, 2/29/20 Opponent player with 20 points: 28 - Dyaisha Fair, University of Buffalo, 11/25/20 Mercyhurst player with 25 points: 28 - Amber Renz at Slippery Rock, 2/29/20 Opponent player with 25 points: 28 - Dyaisha Fair, University of Buffalo, 11/25/20 Mercyhurst player with 10 rebounds: 16 - Kori Sidwell at Slippery Rock, 2/29/20 Opponent player with 10 rebounds: 15 - Adebola Adeyeye, University of Buffalo, 11/25/20 Mercyhurst player with 10 assists: 11 - Emily Shopene, vs. Clarion 1/8/20 Opponent with 10 assists: 10 - Carolyn Appleby, Indiana (Pa.), 3/1/17 Mercyhurst player double-double: Amber Renz (18 points and 11 rebounds) vs. Pitt-Johnstown, 2/19/20 Opponent player double-double: Dyaisha Fair - University of Buffalo, 11/25/20 (28 points and 11 rebounds) Mercyhurst player to win/tie game in last 10 seconds: Maria Lapertosa, 11/17/18. Lapertosa knocked down a pair of free throws with one second left to knock off Walsh by a 78-76 final. Opponent player to win/tie game in last 10 seconds: Maddie Shanahan tipped in an Olivia Fasick miss at the buzzer for the 77-75 double-overtime win for Pitt-Johnstown on 2/19/20. mercyhurst lakers woMen’s Basketball Mercyhurst Overtime History (Record 11-12)

Date Opponent Result 2/19/20 vs. Pitt-Johnstown L, 77-75 (2OT) 11/20/18 at Ursuline L, 76-73 2/26/14 vs. Pittsburgh-Johnstown L, 66-62 12/30/12 vs. Cedarville (Ohio) L, 61-59 2/22/12 vs. Edinboro W, 59-58 1/21/12 vs. Indiana (Pa.) L, 59-55 1/11/07 at Northwood W, 72-71 2/23/06 at Gannon L, 75-68 12/3/05 vs. Wayne State W, 90-89 2/3/05 at Wayne State W, 87-81 2/1/03 at Ashland W, 73-69 1/12/02 at Saginaw Valley L, 84-82 1/10/02 at Northwood W, 70-62 1/18/01 vs. Grand Valley State W, 92-90 (2OT) 2/6/99 vs. Ashland L, 79-77 11/13/98 vs. Bloomsburg L, 82-77 (2OT) 1/11/96 vs. Lake Superior State L, 79-77 11/25/95 vs. Daemen L, 70-69 1/25/91 vs. Le Moyne L, 69-68 (2OT) 2/28/86 vs. Utica W, 86-82 1/15/83 at Westminster W, 87-82 2/24/81 vs. Allegheny W, 75-71 (2OT) 2/2/81 at Villa W, 109-107

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buffalo 85, lakers 49 (Ex)

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:00 PM Mercyhurst at Buffalo Game Duration: 1:42 Attendance: 1 11/25/20 Alumni Arena, Buffalo 2020-21 Women's Basketball Officials: Althea Bufford, Tony Capasso, Dara Loftion Mercyhurst - 49 Record: 0-0 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 2-13 15.4% 21 Meghan Komendarek F 20:53 3-6 0-0 3-5 2 1 3 3 3 9 0 2 2 2 1 -20 3PT% 1-8 12.5% 3 Emily Shopene G 25:43 3-7 1-2 1-2 1 3 4 2 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 -26 FT% 1-2 50% 5 Julia Buchman G 23:02 2-6 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 3 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 -11 2nd FG% 4-13 30.8% 15 Jayde Boyd G 25:15 0-8 0-6 0-0 0 6 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 -27 3PT% 1-10 10.0% 22 Nicolette Arnold G 27:09 1-6 0-4 0-0 0 4 4 3 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 -26 FT% 1-2 50% 14 Paige Woodford 19:23 3-5 3-5 0-0 1 0 1 4 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 -12 3rd FG% 8-20 40.0% 44 Grace Centrulla 21:24 3-8 0-3 0-0 3 2 5 2 1 6 1 2 1 0 0 -21 3PT% 2-5 40.0% 2 Eliza Oswalt 12:07 2-5 0-2 1-1 0 1 1 0 2 5 3 3 1 0 0 -6 FT% 4-6 66.7% 45 Lauren Klare 08:53 1-7 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 -14 4th FG% 5-16 31.3% 4 Brittini Martin 07:08 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 -7 3PT% 1-7 14.3% 11 Emma McDermott 06:26 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -7 FT% 0-0 0% 20 Jillian Spano 02:37 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 GM FG% 19-62 30.6% Team 3 1 4 0 1 3PT% 5-30 16.7% Totals 19-62 5-30 6-10 11 22 33 24 10 49 15 19 6 2 3 -36 FT% 6-10 60.0% Technical Fouls::NONE Dead Ball Rebounds: 0, 0 Buffalo - 85 Record: 0-0 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 8-18 44.4% 23 Keowa Walters F 22:52 9-13 0-0 1-2 6 7 13 1 3 19 0 0 2 1 1 13 3PT% 3-7 42.9% 25 Adebola Adeyeye F 22:36 2-5 0-0 3-5 6 9 15 0 3 7 2 1 2 0 0 27 FT% 1-3 33.3% 30 Ramatoulaye Keita F 17:50 1-2 0-0 2-6 1 2 3 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 23 2nd FG% 8-16 50.0% 2 Dyaisha Fair G 32:52 9-23 5-9 5-7 7 4 11 1 5 28 1 1 5 0 0 25 3PT% 2-6 33.3% 10 Hanna Hall G 29:35 3-9 2-5 4-4 0 3 3 2 4 12 7 5 0 0 1 27 FT% 4-6 66.7% 1 Loren Christie 18:28 2-5 2-3 3-4 1 6 7 1 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 14 3rd FG% 6-14 42.9% 5 Zena Elias 16:04 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 1 1 0 18 3PT% 2-3 66.7% 55 Jessika Schiffer 15:43 1-9 0-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 13 FT% 7-7 100% 11 Sophia Ojhammar 24:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 20 4th FG% 6-21 28.6% Team 1 1 2 0 0 3PT% 2-6 33.3% Totals 28-69 9-22 20-30 25 36 61 10 24 85 16 15 11 3 2 36 FT% 8-14 57.1% Technical Fouls::NONE GM FG% 28-69 40.6% 3PT% 9-22 40.9% FT% 20-30 66.7% Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 0 MCY BUF Points from MCY BUF Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 0 (1st 10:00) 39 (4th 0:46) Turnovers 12 28 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOT Best Scoring Run 7(3rd 2:07) 11(2nd 0:15) Paint 18 36 MCY 6 10 22 11 49 Lead Changes 0 Second Chance 10 18 Times Tied 0 Fast Breaks 5 17 BUF 20 22 21 22 85 Time with Lead 00:00 39:20 Bench 24 15 mercyhurst lakers woMen’s Basketball

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