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Women’s Basketball 2010-11 Game Notes Game Four Rhode Island (2-1) at Fairfield (3-0) WBB Contact: Chris O’Connor (Associate SID) Office: 203-254-4000 ext. 2878 Email: [email protected] Cell: 203-395-3422 The Fairfield-Rhode Island Series At A Glance All-TTime Record: . .3-2 Fairfield Streak: . .W1 First Meeting: . .1981-82 Last Fairfield Win: . .74-48, 11/14/09 (Away) First Meeting Result (Site): . .Fairfield Win, 74-67 (Away) Last Fairfield Loss: . .77-56, 1984-85 (Away) 2010-111 Fairfield Schedule 2010-111 Rhode Island Schedule 11/12 QUINNIPIAC W, 65-48 Side-by-Side 11/13 COLGATE W, 59-47 11/15 GEORGE MASON W, 54-37 Fairfield Stat URI 11/17 @ Providence L, 70-41 11/19 CORNELL W, 77-61 11/20 @ NJIT W, 57-51 3-0 Overall Record 2-1 11/22 RHODE ISLAND 11/22 @ Fairfield 11/28 @ Lafayette W3 Streak W1 11/26- v. Oklahoma State 12/2 @ Villanova 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 11/27 San Fran/N. Mexico 12/5 @ Hofstra 3-0 Home Record 1-0 12/1 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 12/9 @ Columbia 0-0 Away Record 1-1 12/4 @ Towson 12/19 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 0-0 Neutral Record 0-0 12/8 @ Brown 12/22 ALBANY 65.3 Scoring Offense 52.0 12/11 ST. JOHN’S 12/28 @ N.C. State 48.7 Scoring Defense 56.3 12/19 AMERICAN INT’L 1/2 @ Canisius* 12/29 @ Seton Hall +16.7 Scoring Margin -4.3 1/4 @ Niagara* 1/1 @ New Hampshire 1/8 IONA* 119 Rebounds 118 1/4 DARTMOUTH 1/10 @ Siena* 39.7 Rebounds/Game 39.3 1/8 UMASS* 1/14 @ Loyola* (ESPNU) 33.3 Opponents Rebounds/Game 42.7 1/12 @ Temple* 1/16 MANHATTAN* +6.3 Rebounding Margin -3.3 1/16 RICHMOND* 1/21 CANISIUS* .472 Field Goal % .384 1/19 CHARLOTTE* 1/23 NIAGARA* .517 Three-Point FG % .379 1/22 @ St. Bonaventure* 1/28 @ Saint Peter’s* .629 Free Throw % .635 1/29 @ Xavier* 1/30 RIDER* 2/2 @ George Washington* 4.0 Blocked Shots/Game 1.0 2/4 @ Iona* 2/5 ST. JOSEPH’S* 2/6 MARIST* 15.7 Assists/Game 10.3 2/9 @ LaSalle* 2/12 @ Rider* 7.0 Steals/Game 4.0 2/13 SAINT LOUIS* 2/14 SAINT PETER’S* 15.7 Turnovers/Game 18.3 2/16 FORDHAM* 2/19 LOYOLA* -0.7 Turnover Margin -6.7 2/19 @ UMass* 2/21 SIENA* 1.0 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.6 2/23 DAYTON* 2/25 @ Manhattan* 2/26 @ Duquesne* 2/27 @ Marist* Projected Starters Pos. No. Name Ht/Cl Hometown PPG RPG APG MPG Notes G 12 Katelyn Linney 5-8/So. Freehold, N.J. 20.3 2.7 2.0 36.3 Scored 53 points in last two games G 21 Desiree Pina 5-6/Jr. Plainville, Conn. 5.7 4.3 4.3 34.3 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio C 14 Laura Vetra 6-2/So. Riga, Latvia 8.3 7.7 2.3 31.3 Leads team at 7.7 rebounds per game F 23 Taryn Johnson 5-11/Jr. Brockton, Mass. 10.7 6.3 3.3 28.0 Team’s first double-double vs. Cornell F 24 Joelle Nawrocki 6-0/Sr. Unionville, N.Y. 9.3 4.3 1.0 31.7 Shooting 80% percent from downtown Off The Bench Pos. No. Name Ht/Cl Hometown PPG RPG APG MPG Notes G 3 Sarah Paulus 5-8/So. Manlius, N.Y. 0.7 1.3 1.3 8.0 Has four assists and four boards G 5 Kelly Romano 5-7/Sr. Westport, Conn. 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Played versus Quinnipiac F 10 Christelle Akon-Akech 5-10/Fr. Lyon, France 0.7 1.3 0.3 4.3 Scored first collegiate points vs. Cornell F 11 Brittany MacFarlane 6-1/So. Hamilton, Ontario 3.0 3.3 0.0 10.0 All 10 baords are defensive G 13 Alexys Vazquez 5-10/Fr. Berlin, Conn. 0.7 0.7 0.0 4.7 Scored first collegiate points vs. Cornell C 32 Brittany Obi-Tabot 6-1/Fr. Watertown, Mass. 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.7 Has played in all three games F 44 Katie Cizynski 6-2.Fr. Southbury, Conn. 6.0 2.3 0.7 9.3 Scored 11 points in Cornell win Tonight’s Game: The Fairfield University women's basketball STAGS QUICK FACTS team completes the longest stretch of games to open a season UNIVERSITY INFORMATION at home in program history as it hosts the University of Rhode Location . .Fairfield, Conn. Island Rams at 7 p.m. The contest is the fourth consecutive Founded . .1942 home game for the Stags, who are 3-0 on the year. The Rams Enrollment . .3,300 enter the contest with a2-1 record. President . .Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. Athletic Director . .Eugene P. Doris The Series: Fairfield and Rhode Island are meeting for the Conference . .Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC) sixth-time in program history, and for the second consecutive Colors . .Cardinal Red year. The Stags rode an 18-point collegiate debut from Katelyn Nickname . .Stags Linney to a 74-48 win last season in Kingston, R.I. The win Home Court . .Arena at Harbor Yard Capacity . .5,298 snapped a two-game series losing streak for the Stags and Arena Press Row Phone . .203-345-2500 gave Fairfield a 3-2 advantage. Fairfield won the first two meet- Secondary Home Court . .Alumni Hall ings, 74-67 at home during the 1981-82 season and on the Capacity . .2,479 road, 78-70, the following year. Rhode Island earned its first Alumni Press Row Phone . .203-254-4187 win during the 1983-84 campaign, 84-66, and again the follow- COACHING STAFF ing year, 77-56. Head Coach . .Joe Frager Alma Mater . .Connecticut, 1984 Scouting Rhode Island: Rhode Island enters tonight’s game at Record at Fairfield . .62-36/Fourth Season 2-1 on the year after rallying to defeat NJIT 57-51 on Saturday Overall Record . .251-119/13th Season Assistant Coach . .Heather Ezell (First Season) afternoon. The Rams are 2-0 when reaching 50 points this Assistant Coach . .Dennis Masi (Fourth Season) season, with their only loss coming 71-40 at the hands of Assistant Coach . .Laura Scinto (Fourth Season) Providence. Megan Shoniker has led URI in scoring in each of Dir. of Basketball Ops. .Jacquie Fernandes (First Season) its first three games, and after scoring 19 at NJIT is averaging PROGRAM HISTORY 17 points per game for the year. Lara Gaspar is the only other First Season . .1973-74 player in double figures, averaging nearly a double-double First Varsity Season/Year . .1974-75/37th through three games, with 11.0 points and 9.7 rebounds per First Division I Season/Year . .1981-82/30th game. The Rams are shooting 38.4 percent from the field and Varsity Games Played/Record . .1,000/566-434 averaging 52 points per game, while holding foes to just 31 per- Division I Games Played/Record . .858/497-361 MAAC Regular Season Games/Record . .431/257-176 cent from the field and 56.3 points per game. Rhode Island All-Time MAAC Tournament Record . .33-25 has committed 55 turnovers on the year, with 12 steals, while MAAC Regular Season Champions . .3/1990, '91, 2000 its foes have turned the ball over just 35 times and recording MAAC Tournament Champions . .1988, '91, '98 17 steals. Tonight’s game marks the third consecutive road NCAA Appearances/last . .4/2001 game for the Rams. WNIT Appearances/last . .1/2000 WBI Appearances/last . .1/2010 Hot Topics z Katelyn Linney scored 53 points over the last two games, from the floor, 8-16 from behind the arc, and went a season- shooting 78.3 percent from the floor with 12-16 from behind best 15-18 at the free throw line. Katie Cizynski scored in dou- the arc ble-digits as well, tallying 11 points on 4-7 shooting. The Stags z This is the second season in program history that Fairfield finished the game with a 36-30 edge on the glass, but had a 9- has opened the year with four straight games at home (1983- 7 disadvantage on the offensive boards. Fairfield handed out 84) and won all four of those games (Northeastern, Brown, 17 assists, on 27 made field goals, while committing 14 Boston College and UConn) turnovers. Cornell had 10 assists in the game, while commit- z Desiree Pina had a season-high nine points on Friday, giv- ting 17 turnovers. Johnson had five steals and four assists, ing her 700 career points both game-highs, to go along with her 11 points and 10 boards. z Fairfield is 3-0 to open a season for the fifth time, the fourth at the Division I level, and for the third time in Joe Lit By Linney: Katelyn Linney had a two-game week that had Frager’s four seasons placed her name into the Fairfield record books. The sopho- z The Stags are now 14-4 in the month of November under more averaged 26.5 points in wins over George Mason and Frager Rhode Island. To make it more impressive, she shot 78.3 per- z Fairfield is 497-361 at the Division I level all-time (30th cent (18-23) from the field and 75 percent (12-16) from behind season) and is 566-434 in its varsity history the arc.