Long Island Women’s Basketball 2009-10 Game Notes Long Island at Lafayette December 7, 2009••Kirby Sports Center Tonight’s Game Media Information 2009-10 Schedule Long Island heads to Easton, Pa., for just its second Please direct all interview requests for Long (5-3) road contest of the season, taking on Lafayette. The Island players and coaches to assistant director Blackbirds are 5-3 and have won five of their last six of media relations Shawn Sweeney at (718) 488- November contests. Long Island defeated Central Connecticut 1307. Sweeney can be reached via e-mail at 15 La Salle L 77-73 (OT) State, 67-60, in its Northeast Conference opener [email protected]. The Long Island media 18 Columbia L 64-62 on Dec. 5. Lafayette enters the game at 2-6. The relations department fax number is (718) 488- 21 at Howard W 71-66 Leopards snapped a five-game losing streak on 3302. 24 Maryland-Eastern Shore W 81-71 Dec. 2 with a 62-56 win at Penn. 27 Brown1 W 68-55 1 Up Next 28 Georgia Tech L 73-56 The Series Long Island will return to New York for a visit to The Blackbirds and Leopards square off for the inter-borough rival St. John’s on Thursday, Dec. 10. December third time in a series that originated in 2001. The Blackbirds and Red Storm will tip off at 7:00 2 Delaware State W 66-34 Tonight’s contest will mark the first time the teams p.m. Long Island will return home to host Bryant 5 Central Connecticut State* W 67-60 have met outside of an in-season tournament. Each on Sunday, Dec. 13. It will be the last game for the 7 at Lafayette 7:00 p.m. team has won a game with Lafayette taking the Blackbirds before a 14-day layoff. 10 at St. John’s 7:00 p.m. last meeting, 63-48, on Nov. 25, 2005 in Brooklyn 13 Bryant* 2:00 p.m. at the LIU Turkey Classic. Long Island captured a Tale of the Tape 28 at Tulane2 7:00 p.m. 72-58 win on Nov. 25, 2001 at the Time Warner 29 vs. Texas Tech/North Dakota2 7/9:00 p.m. Classic in Vestal, N.Y. vs. January About Long Island 7 Robert Morris* 5:00 p.m. After winning five of their last six games, the 9 Saint Francis (Pa.)* 2:00 p.m. Blackbirds are 5-3. Long Island is coming off a 67- 5-3 ........................... Overall Record ...........................2-6 14 Wagner* 5:00 p.m. 60 win over Central Connecticut State in its first 1-0 ....................... Conference Record ....................... 0-0 16 Mount St. Mary’s* 5:00 p.m. Northeast Conference game of the season. Junior W2 ....................................Streak ....................................W1 21 at Wagner* 5:00 p.m. Chelsi Johnson tallied her second double-double 23 at Mount St. Mary’s* 2:00 p.m. of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds 68.0 .................................Scoring ................................46.9 28 at Robert Morris* 5:00 p.m. and senior Connie James snared a career-high 14 62.5 ........................Scoring Defense ........................60.9 30 at Saint Francis (Pa.)* 4:00 p.m. boards. .433 ..................Field Goal Percentage .................. .343 Johnson leads Long Island with 14.5 points per .388 ........Field Goal Percentage (Defense) ....... .412 game. Sophomore Ashley Palmer is second at 12.4 February .352 .......Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ...... .293 4 at St. Francis (N.Y.)*3 4 5:00 p.m. ppg and James is third with 10.5 ppg. Johnson 7 St. Francis (N.Y.)* 1:00 p.m. paces the Blackbirds with 6.9 rebounds per game. .304 ....Three-Point FG Percentage (Defense) ... .323 11 at Sacred Heart* 5:30 p.m. James is second, pulling down an average of 6.4 .588 .................Free Throw Percentage ................ .746 rpg. Palmer is third on the team, collecting 6.1 13 at Quinnipiac* Noon 41.5 ............................Rebounding ............................26.4 18 Fairleigh Dickinson* 5:00 p.m. caroms per contest. Johnson is shooting 57.7 +3.9 .................... Rebounding Margin ...................-14.9 20 Monmouth* 2:00 p.m. percent from the field to lead Long Island. Junior 25 at Central Connectict State*5 5:00 p.m. Heidi Mothershead’s 42.1 percent mark from long 14.9 ..................................Assists .................................... 7.6 27 at Bryant* 1:00 p.m. range is tops on the team. 20.0 .............................. Turnovers ..............................16.4 As a team, Long Island is shooting 43 percent -0.9 ........................ Turnover Margin ........................+0.6 from the floor and 35 percent from beyond the March arc. The Blackbirds are shooting 59 percent at the 8.9 .................................... Steals .....................................6.4 6-7 NEC Tournament5 charity stripe. 2.6 ....................................Blocks .................................... 4.0 14 NEC Championship7 * - NEC game Probable Starters 1 - LIU Turkey Classic 2 - Tulane Doubletree Classic Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 3 - Battle of Brooklyn G 1 Kiara Evans 10.4 4.4 So. 5-8 Norcross, Ga./Univ. of Louisville 4 - Pack Network webcast G 2 Connie James 10.5 6.4 Sr. 5-8 Galloway, N.J./Absegami 5 – MSG Network G 22 Heidi Mothershead 9.4 3.4 Jr. 5-7 Hagerstown, Md./St. John’s at Prospect Hall 6 - hosted by Saint Francis (Pa.) (Loretto, Pa.) F 20 Ashley Palmer 12.4 6.1 So. 5-10 Oxford, Pa./Oxford Area 7 - at higher seed F 21 Chelsi Johnson 14.5 6.9 Jr. 6-0 Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Holy Spirit Reserves Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School G 5 Marika Sprow 1.4 1.1 So. 5-7 Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic G 13 Kayla Ramsby 2.7 2.1 Fr. 5-10 Fairburn, Ga./Creekside G 24 Krystal Wells 2.1 0.8 Fr. 5-5 Douglasville, Ga./Douglas County F 32 Ify Obianwu 0.3 1.3 Fr. 6-0 Tabernacle, N.J./Bishop Eustace F 35 Tessy Hetting 0.2 0.8 Sr. 6-2 Wiltz, Luxembourg/Lycee du Nord Wiltz F 44 MaryAnn Abrams 0.8 1.5 So. 6-1 Garnerville, N.Y./North Rockland C 50 Tamika Guz 1.9 1.1 Fr. 6-2 Miami, Fla./Miami Norland F 51 Justine Stevenson 2.4 2.4 Jr. 5-11 Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial ranked 20th in the nation in three-point shooting percentage and blocks Gail Striegler per game. Head Coach••Second Season A native of Fayetteville, Ark., Striegler spent five years at Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas, 1990 as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. During her time at Stephen F. Austin, the Ladyjacks advanced to the NCAA Tournament five Career Record: 120-151 times, including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 1996. A highly respected recruiter, Striegler’s 1998 recruiting class was ranked 13th by Women’s Basketball Journal and Blue Chip Report, while her 1997 class was ranked 17th by the Blue Chip Report. She also signed and coached numerous All-Americans Gail Striegler enters her second season at the helm of the Long Island while at Stephen F. Austin. University women’s basketball team. Striegler led the short-staffed Blackbirds to a 9-20 record in her first season in Brooklyn. Playing with as few as seven Prior to her time at Stephen F. Austin, Striegler was the top assistant coach active players for most of the season, the team was involved in eight losses on the staff at Northwestern State for three seasons. During her time there, that were decided by two points or less. Striegler led a team that showed the Lady Demons amassed a 65-16 mark, earned a WNIT bid in 1992 and remarkable grit and determination and played tougher than its record compiled three consecutive 20-win seasons. showed. Striegler began her coaching career in 1990 at Arkansas as a graduate A strong recruiting class, seasoned upperclassmen and a group of assistant where she took part in on-court workouts as well as on-campus underclassmen that gained significant experience last season have recruiting and public relations. There, she was part of a team that posted a Striegler’s Blackbirds poised to contend in the Northeast Conference during 28-4 record en route to winning the Southwest Conference regular season the 2009-10 campaign. and tournament championships and advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Striegler came to Brooklyn from Georgia State, where she spent the 2007- 08 season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, bringing in a As a student-athlete, Striegler was a member of the Central Arkansas recruiting class that was nationally ranked by the Collegiate Girls Basketball women’s basketball team, earning All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference Report. Prior to her stint at Georgia State, Striegler spent eight seasons as honors in 1988-89. She was inducted into the Central Arkansas Hall of Fame the head coach at the University of Central Florida, leading the Knights to in the fall of 2006. three consecutive Atlantic Sun championships from 2003-2005. Always aware of community and commitment, she has volunteered with Striegler spent eight years at the helm of UCF, compiling a 106-128 record. the March of Dimes, Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish After taking on a rebuilding project she posted four seasons of over 15 Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs, Hoops for Scholars and the Fellowship of victories, including two 19-win campaigns. Christian Athletes. She was named Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year on two occasions – 2003 and Striegler, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology from 2005.