2005-06 Syracuse Women's Basketball Syracuse Combined Team Statistics (As of Jul 17, 2006) All Games
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2005-06 Syracuse Women’s Basketball Final Release Overall Record: 9-18 BIG EAST Record: 2-14 2005-06 Schedule & Results SIPAVICIUTE NAMED TO ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM Nov. 18 at Manha an W, 65-61 Sophomore center Vaida Sipaviciute was named to the 2006 All-BIG EAST Second Nov. 20 at Buff alo W, 64-63 Team on Friday, March 3. Sipaviciute is the third all-league selection under head Nov. 23 at Niagara L, 45-61 coach Keith Cieplicki. Sipaviciute finished 2005-06 ranked highly in several of the Nov. 27 SACRED HEART! L, 57-84 league’s statistical categories. She was sixth in the conference in scoring average Nov. 29 COLGATE! W, 92-56 at 16.3 points per game and tied for 12th in rebounding average at 7.1 boards per Dec. 4 at Canisius W, 91-73 outing. Sipaviciute ranked fifth in field-goal percentage (.533, 187-351) and led the Dec. 8 at Pi sburgh* L, 55-67 BIG EAST in blocked shots per game (2.26). Dec. 10 MASSACHUSETTS@ W, 81-76 Dec. 17 BINGHAMTON@ L, 52-74 Vaida Sipaviciute Dec. 20 at Albany W, 70-52 Sipaviciute netted 441 points this season, tied for 10th with Julie McBride (2003-04) Dec. 22 QUINNIPIAC@ L, 63-67 on the Orange’s single-season scoring chart. Sipaviciute’s 16.3 points per game scoring average tied Dec. 29 at Cornell W, 70-69 for ninth on SU’s single-season ledger. She recorded 10 games of 20 points or more, the third-most Jan. 3 LOUISVILLE*@ L, 73-90 20-point performances in school history and scored in double figures in 22 of the Orange’s 27 games. Jan. 7 WEST VIRGINIA*@ L, 52-74 Sipaviciute also etched her name in SU’s single-game record book, scoring a record 41 points against Jan. 10 at Villanova* L, 55-72 Colgate on Nov. 29. She also pulled down 21 rebounds versus the Raiders, the second-best SU single- Jan. 14 MARQUETTE*@ L, 57-71 Jan. 18 at South Florida*@ L, 55-73 game board total. Sipaviciute’s 53.3 percent shooting percentage ranked eighth on the Orange’s Jan. 21 CINCINNATI*@ L, 43-59 single-season chart. Jan. 25 at Seton Hall* W, 64-56 Jan. 28 at Providence* W, 77-76 (OT) After two seasons, Sipaviciute already ranks fifth in career blocked shots at Syracuse (125) and this Jan. 31 NOTRE DAME*@ L, 55-67 season became the first player since Holly Oslander in 1992-93 and 1993-94 to record back-to-back Feb. 8 GEORGETOWN*@ L, 51-58 60-block seasons. She is also the first player since Oslander (1991) to score at least 400 points and Feb. 12 at Louisville* L, 48-64 block at least 60 shots in the same year. Sipaviciute’s 61 rejections in 2005-06 ranked ninth on SU’s Feb. 19 at #7/8 Rutgers* L, 43-60 Feb. 22 #8/6 CONNECTICUT*@ L, 36-65 single-season list. Feb. 25 ST. JOHN’S*! L, 53-72 Feb. 28 at #15/15 DePaul* L, 57-82 Sipaviciute is the 36th all-league selection in Orange women’s basketball history and the 10th Orange player to earn second-team recognition. HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS * BIG EAST game ! Manley Field House @ Carrier Dome SYRACUSE CATEGORY LEADERS All Games Stat BIG EAST Games Stat Scoring Vaida Sipaviciute 16.3 Vaida Sipaviciute 12.8 Rebounding Vaida Sipaviciute 7.1 Vaida Sipaviciute 5.2 Assists Tracy Harbut 119 Tracy Harbut 58 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Blocked Shots Vaida Sipaviciute 61 Vaida Sipaviciute 28 Steals Tracy Harbut 31 Cintia Johnson 14 WBB Contact .................................Mike Morrison Field Goals Vaida Sipaviciute 187 Vaida Sipaviciute 87 Office Phone ...................................(315)-443-5052 Field Goal Pct. Vaida Sipaviciute .533 Vaida Sipaviciute .521 Home Phone .................................. (315) 292-8694 3-Pointers Jenny Eckhart 37 Jenny Eckhart 18 Cell Phone ...................................... (315) 952-4809 3-Point FG Pct. (min. 5 att.) Jenny Eckhart .339 Jenny Eckhart .353 E-mail ...................................... [email protected] Free Throws Tracy Harbut 73 Tracy Harbut 40 Fax ................................................... (315)-443-2076 Free Throw Pct. (min. 5 att.) Tracy Harbut .745 Vaida Sipaviciute .833 Offensive Rebounds Vaida Sipaviciute 53 Sara Antolick 26 Mailing Address: Defensive Rebounds Vaida Sipaviciute 139 Vaida Sipaviciute 64 Syracuse Athletic Communications Double-Doubles Vaida Sipaviciute 7 Vaida Sipaviciute 2 Manley Field House Syracuse, NY 13244 A GLIMPSE AT THIS YEAR’S ORANGE 3 Cintia Johnson Fr., G, 3.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg Career-high 12 points vs. Colgate 4 Ashley McMillen Jr., G, 5.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg SU Dome record fi ve three’s vs. UMass 14 Vaida Sipaviciute So., C, 16.3 ppg, 7.1 rpg Set SU single-game scoring record vs. Colgate (41) 21 Jenny Eckhart Fr., G, 9.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg Second in the BIG EAST in minutes played (37.63) 23 Amanda Adamson So., G, 2.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg Season-high nine points at DePaul 25 Tracy Harbut Jr., F, 11.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg Led SU in assists (119) 31 Bri any Smith Fr., F, 5.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg Scored at least two points in 20-of-21 appearances 32 Jill Norton Sr., F/C, 1.3 ppg, 0.9 rpg Scored 140 career points 33 Mary Joe Riley So., G, 1.5 ppg, 1.4 rpg Hit game-winning shot at Buff alo 44 Lina Lisnere Fr., F/C, 7.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg Missed 21 games with leg injury A SWEET 16! 50 Sara Antolick RFr., F/C, 4.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg Six double-fi gure scoring games in 2005-06 52 Keri Laimbeer Fr., F, 3.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg Fourth on the team in assists 2005-06 SYRACUSE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SYRACUSE IN THE SINGLE-SEASON RECORD BOOK SCRAPING THE SKY The 2005-06 Orange put its mark in the record books, both individually and as a team … The 2005-06 edition of the SU women’s basketball team boasted eight players six Category Place Stat feet tall or taller, the second-most six-footers Team 3-Point FG Pct. 8th .298 in the BIG EAST last season. Louisville had Team Blocked Shots 5th 113 the most with 10. SU’s 2005-06 club was the Team Blocked Shots Avg. 3rd 4.2 tallest since the 1984-85 Orange squad, which Vaida Sipaviciute Points t-10th 441 also boasted eight players six feet tall or Scoring Avg. t-6th 16.3 taller. Sophomore Vaida Sipaviciute was SU’s Field Goals Made 3rd 187 tallest player at 6-4. Blocked Shots 9th 61 Blocked Shots Avg. 7th 2.3* 2005-06 SU SIX FOOTERS Jenny Eckhart Minutes Played 10th 1,016 Minutes Played Avg. 4th 37.6 Player Cl. Ht. Tracy Harbut Minutes Played Avg. 6th 36.6 Vaida Sipaviciute So. 6-4 Lina Lisnere Fr. 6-3 * = Led BIG EAST Sara Antolick RFr. 6-3 Keri Laimbeer Fr. 6-2 Jill Norton Sr. 6-2 Brittany Smith Fr. 6-2 THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA Amanda Adamson So. 6-0 The Orange’s 81-76 victory against Massachusetts SU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DOME HISTORY Ashley McMillen Jr. 6-0 on Dec. 10, 2005 at the Carrier Dome marked the Date Opponent Result beginning of a new era in SU women’s basketball. 1/16/81 Massachuse s L, 66-70 (OT) 1984-85 SU SIX FOOTERS It was the first game for the Orange in the Carrier 1/17/81 Rhode Island W, 73-68 Player Cl. Ht. Dome since a Feb. 1, 1992 clash with Villanova. SU 11/30/81 C.W. Post W, 82-53 played 10 of its 13 games in the Carrier Dome in 2/6/82 Providence W, 70-64 Bonnie Baker Jr. 6-3 2/27/82 Ohio State L, 64-68 Sherri Price Jr. 6-3 2005-06. 1/10/83 Massachuse s W, 88-75 Karen Grayson So. 6-2 2/2/83 Connecticut W, 90-64 Toni Igrec So. 6-2 Against the Minutewomen, Vaida Sipaviciute 2/19/83 Boston College W, 66-62 11/29/83 Cornell W, 88-62 Satu Saarteinen Jr. 6-2 led the way for SU with a game-high 23 points. Juniors Tracy Harbut and Ashley McMillen 2/18/84 Pi sburgh W, 88-67 Felisha Legette Fr. 6-0 1/8/85 Seton Hall W, 82-54 Becky Wright So. 6-0 also came up big for the Orange. Harbut tallied 11/26/85 Cornell W, 94-65 Missy Zagorites Fr. 6-0 19 points and a career-high 12 assists, while 1/4/86 Connecticut W, 68-60 McMillen canned a personal-best five 3-point field 1/21/87 Georgetown W, 69-51 goals and finished with a career-high 16 points. 2/1/92 Villanova L, 63-74 Syracuse used a 16-4 run that ate up six minutes 12/10/05 Massachuse s W, 81-76 SU AT HALFTIME 12/17/05 Binghamton L, 52-74 on the clock in the second half then held off a late 12/22/05 Quinnipiac L, 63-67 SU is 36-8 since 2001-02 when leading at Minutewomen charge to post the victory. The 1/3/06 Louisville L, 73-90 halftime. SU was 8-2 in 2004-05 and was 3-0 in Orange is 13-12 (.520) all-time in the Dome and 1/7/06 West Virginia L, 52-74 2003-04 when leading at the half. SU was 8-2 posted nine consecutive Dome victories from 1/14/06 Marque e L, 57-71 in 2002-03 when leading at the intermission, 1982-83 through 1986-87.