C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock ‘71) Head Coach: Sharon Versyp (Purdue ‘89) Big Ten/ACC Challenge Overall: 993-392/47Th Season Overall: 364-205/18Th Season Thu
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RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Kimberly Zivkovich, Director (WBB) Cell: 732-690-6716 email: [email protected] Stephanie Mamakas, Asst. Director email: [email protected] Rutgers Athletic Communications • High Point Solutions Stadium, Suite A • 1 Scarlet Knight Way • Piscataway, NJ 08854 Game Nineteen - No. 21/ 25 Rutgers at Purdue - Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 7:00 p.m. 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall Record: 16-2 Big Ten Record: 4-0 PURDUE Home: 11-0 Away: 4-0 Neutral: 1-2 RUTGERS BOILERMAKERS NOVEMBER: SCARLET Fri. Nov. 10 @ James Madison ...............W, 76-63 Mon. Nov. 13 @ Temple ..............................W, 84-67 KNIGHTS Thu. Nov. 16 @ Charlotte ..........................W, 77-54 Sun. Nov. 19 WAKE FOREST .............. W, 65-51 GULF COAST SHOWCASE 2017-18 Record: 16-2 Overall, 4-0 Big Ten 2017-18 Record: 10-8 Overall, 1-2 Big Ten Fri. Nov. 24 vs. #3/2 South Carolina ....... L, 68-78 Rankings: 21/25 (AP; ESPN/USA Today) Rankings: NR/NR (AP; ESPN/USA Today) Sat. Nov. 25 vs. Western Michigan ..........W, 75-64 Last Result: W, 70-65 - vs. Penn State - Jan. 6 Last Result: L, 54-72 - at Indiana - Jan. 6 Sun. Nov. 26 vs. Washington State............ L, 60-63 Head Coach: C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock ‘71) Head Coach: Sharon Versyp (Purdue ‘89) Big Ten/ACC Challenge Overall: 993-392/47th Season Overall: 364-205/18th Season Thu. Nov. 30 NC STATE ....................... W, 57-53 At Rutgers: 473-257/23rd Season At Purdue: 247-140/12th Season DECEMBER: CLOSING OUT SERIES WITH GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Sat. Dec. 2 SIENA ............................. W, 59-47 THE BOILERMAKERS Mon. Dec. 4 VIRGINIA ........................ W, 52-43 GAME NINETEEN Fri. Dec. 8 SETON HALL .................. W, 70-45 Rutgers returned to the Top 25 this week in Sun. Dec. 10 FDU ..............................W, 101-35 DATE: January 10, 2018 the Associated Press Poll just as the Scarlet Wed. Dec. 13 PRINCETON ................... W, 70-50 VENUE: Mackey Arena - West Lafayette, Ind. Knights close out the season series with Sat. Dec. 16 HOUSTON ..................... W, 75-57 TIP-OFF: 7:00 p.m. (ET) Thu. Dec. 28 PURDUE * ...................... W, 58-50 Purdue on Wednesday. Sun. Dec. 31 @ Michigan St. * ............. W, 61-58 It has only been 13 days since these two VIDEO: BTN Plus JANUARY: teams last faced each other, with the Scarlet Wed. Jan. 3 ILLINOIS *....................... W, 76-37 Knights earning a 58-50 win. Sat. Jan. 6 PENN ST. * ...................... W, 70-65 RADIO: WRSU - Rutgers Student Radio Wed. Jan. 10 @ Purdue * ...........................7 p.m. Rutgers has won 11-straight and is coming Matt Howe & Justin Sontupe Sat. Jan. 13 MINNESOTA * .....................2 p.m. off a 70-65 win over Penn State on Saturday Thu. Jan. 18 @ Penn St. * ...............................7 p.m. afternoon. Redshirt senior guard Tyler Scaife Sun. Jan. 21 NEBRASKA * .......................6 p.m. poured in 23 of her career-tying 29 points in LAST TIME: Rutgers win 58-50 Sat. Jan. 27 @ Indiana * ................................1 p.m. the second half and was a clutch 4-of-4 from Piscataway, N.J. - Dec. 28, 2017 the free throw line as the Lady Lions pulled FEBRUARY within one with 30 seconds remaining. Thu. Feb. 1 @ Maryland * .............................7 p.m. Sun. Feb. 4 MICHIGAN * ........................ 2 p.m. PURDUE SERIES: Rutgers Trails 3-4 Also in double figures for the Scarlet Knights Thur. Feb. 8 @ Ohio St. * ...............................7 p.m. VS. PURDUE STREAK: W1 Sun. Feb. 11 MARYLAND * .......................Noon in the win was graduate student guard Nigia Greene with 11 points, while redshirt junior Wed. Feb. 14 @ Wisconsin * ...........................8 p.m. CURRENT SEASON STREAK: W11 Wed. Feb. 21 IOWA * ................................7 p.m. forward Stasha Carey was just shy of her sec- Sun. Feb. 25 @ Northwestern * .....................3 p.m. ond Scarlet Knight double with nine points and 10 rebounds. BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOLLOW US Feb. 28 – Mar. 4 Rutgers will return home to the RAC after Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind. closing out the Purdue series, where the Scarlet Knights are 11-0 this season, to host Home Games in BOLD Minnesota in front of the BTN cameras. *Denotes Big Ten Conference Game All Times are Eastern and subject to change RUTGERSWBB 2017-18 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS LINEUP NO. NAME POS. HT. PPG RPG APG/BPG* NOTES 1 Jazlynd Rollins G 5-7 6.9 1.5 1.3 Averaged 9.3 ppg in final three nonconference contests ; Season-high 13 points at Charlotte 3 u Tyler Scaife G 5-9 21.5 2.6 1.6 Two points away from 2,000 career points; Third all-time in scoring at Rutgers 4 u Kate Hill G 5-7 1.8 0.6 0.9 Starts in last two games; Eight points vs. FDU; Eight fourth quarter points at Temple 5 Ciani Cryor G 5-5 6.9 2.1 3.8 Career-high nine assists vs. Princeton & at Michigan St.; Season-high 16 points vs. Seton Hall 10 Kathleen Fitzpatrick G 5-9 1.4 0.5 0.5 Member of starting lineup in 15 of last 18 games 11 Nigia Greene G 5-10 5.6 1.2 0.8 Averaged 17.0 ppg in last two contests & 12.3 in last four; Career-high 18 pts vs. Illinois 12 u Khadaizha Sanders G 5-7 4.4 1.9 3.8 Five or more assists in seven games; Season-high nine helpers vs. Purdue 13 Mael Gilles G 6-1 1.1 1.6 0.5 * Six points, six rebounds at Charlotte; Member of the Canadian Development Team 15 Caitlin Jenkins F 6-3 6.1 8.3 1.7 * Averaged 10.0 rebounds in last seven games; Four double-doubles; Six blocks vs. Siena 24 Arella Guirantes G 5-11 -- -- -- Transfer from Texas Tech; Will sit out the 2017-18 season (NCAA Transfer Rules) 31 Tekia Mack F 6-1 2.8 1.4 0.6 Season-high 13 pts vs. #2/3 South Carolina; Hails from same high school as Cappie Pondexter 32 Desiree Keeling C/F 6-2 0.5 0.6 0.1 * First career double-double vs. Temple & netted career-high 21 pts vs. JMU last season 35 u Stasha Carey F 6-2 6.3 7.2 0.9 * Eight or more rebounds in eight of last 12 contests; Double-double vs. UVA 40 u Victoria Harris C/F 6-3 3.9 4.7 1.2 * First career double-double with 10 pts & 10 reb vs. Houston 44 Jordan Wallace C 6-3 1.6 2.5 0.2* Season-high six rebounds vs. Siena; Five starts as a freshman in 2016-17 Game Nineteen - No. 21/ 25 Rutgers at Purdue - Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 7:00 p.m. 2017-18 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS RUTGERS MEDIA POLICY POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCES No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous School Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer, and 1 Jazlynd Rollins G Sr. 5-7 Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz/Daytona State student-athletes will be made available to 3 Tyler Scaife G Sr.-R 5-9 Little Rock, Ark./Hall the media following a brief cooling-off pe- 4 Kate Hill G Fr.-R 5-7 Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Peddie riod. Rutgers’ freshmen are not available 5 Ciani Cryor G So. 5-5 Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti/Georgia Tech for post-game press conferences. 10 Kathleen Fitzpatrick G Sr.-R 5-9 Drexel Hill, Pa./Academy of Notre Dame de Naumeur/St. Joseph’s Please direct any student-athlete requests 11 Nigia Greene G Gr. 5-10 Atlanta, Ga./St. Francis/Miami to Rutgers Director of Athletic Communica- 12 Khadaizha Sanders G Jr. 5-7 Kankakee, Ill./Bishop McNamara 13 Mael Gilles F Fr. 6-1 Montreal-Nord, Quebec, Canada/Montmorency tions Kimberly Zivkovich (kzivkovich@scar- 15 Caitlin Jenkins F Jr. 6-3 Shreveport, La./Huntington/Southern Mississippi letknights.com/732.445.7882) or to Ath- 24 Arella Guirantes * G So. 5-11 Bellport, N.Y./Bellport/Texas Tech letic Communications Assistant Stephanie 31 Tekia Mack F/G Fr. 6-1 Chicago, Ill./Marshall Mamakas ([email protected]). 32 Desiree Keeling C/F Jr. 6-2 Roanoke, Va./William Fleming 35 Stasha Carey F Jr.-R 6-2 Cleveland, Ohio/Berea-Midpark/Pittsburgh Please note freshmen can be requested for 40 Victoria Harris C/F Jr. 6-3 Snelville, Ga./Parkview interviews during the week but not follow- 44 Jordan Wallace C So. 6-3 Somerdale, N.J./Sterling ing game action. Visiting teams are given the opportunity to meet the media first. WEBSITES Head Coach: C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock, ’71) All of the latest information on Rutgers 47th season overall, 23rd season at Rutgers women’s basketball is available on the World Wide Web on Rutgers’ site, www. Assistant Coaches: Timothy Eatman (Talladega ’88) – 3rd season scarletknights.com. In addition, Big Ten Kelley Gibson (Maryland ’99) – 3rd season Conference information can be accessed at www.BigTen.org. Nadine Domond (Iowa ‘98) - 2nd season IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY: Assistant to the Head Coach: Betsy Yonkman (Central Michigan, ’86) Rutgers holds weekly media availabil- Director of Basketball Operations: Michelle Edwards (Iowa, ’89) ity (either in person or via teleconference). Other requests for Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer should be made at least three days PRONUNCIATION GUIDE in advance. Requests for student-athlete in- Jazylnd Rollins – Jazz-lynn –d Tyler Scaife – Scuh-a-f (rhymes with safe) terviews should be made- if possible - 48 Ciani Cryor - nickname: CC Nigia Greene - nickname: Gia hours in advance. All interviews must be Khadaizha Sanders - nickname: KK Mael Gilles - my-El j-EYE-els coordinated through the Office of Athletic Arella Guirantes - uh-REL-uh guh-Rahn-tez Stasha Carey – Stay-suh Communications, and interviews will not be Desiree Keeling – Dez-uh-ray granted on a game day.