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BYU Athletic Communications 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE 2006-07 Game#6- No. 23 BYU (3-2) @ Harvard (0-4), 11/29/06 Game#7 -No. 23 BYU (3-2) @ Hartford (4-2), 12/02/06 BYU 2006 -07 Schedule/Results Team Heads to Northeast For Two Games DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT The No. 23 (3-2) BYU women’s basketball team makes another road trip N 10 Preseason NIT in its non-conference schedule, heading to Massachusetts and vs. Idaho State W 73-50 Connecticut for a Nov. 29 game at Harvard (0-4) and a Dec. 2 meeeting N 13 vs. No. 4 Stanford W 55-52 with Hartford (4-2). N. 15 vs. No. 16 Baylor L 58-84 N 17 @ Fresno State L 51-61 N 22 vs. Santa Clara W 77-63 Complete Broadcast Plans N 29 @ Harvard 7 p.m. On the internet - a live audio stream of all of the women’s basketball D 2 @ Hartford 2 p.m. games will be available on BYU Radio. Veteran broadcaster Jay Monsen D 6 @ New Mexico State 7 p.m. will call the action. To listen log on to: http://www.byuradio.org/streaming/ D 9 vs. CS Northridge 4 p.m. D 14 vs. Weber State 7 p.m. Live stats - fans can follow the game action via stats by clicking on: D 16 @ UVSC 3 p.m. http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=112&YR=2006 D 20 vs. UC Riverside 7 p.m. D 30 @ Oregon 7 p.m. J 6 @ Air Force* 4 p.m. BYU Probable Starters J 10 @ New Mexico* 7 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht Yr PPG RPG J 13 Wyoming * 2 p.m. G/F 15 Jennie Keele 5-10 Sr 7.8 3.8 J 18 Colorado St.* 7 p.m. G 30 Mallary Gillespie 5-10 Jr 10.2 4.4 J 20 UNLV* 2 p.m G/F 35 Melinda Johnsen 5-10 Sr 6.4 3.8 J 25 @ San Diego St.* 7 p.m. C 45 Dani Kubik Wright 6-3 Sr 9.4 5.6 J 27 @ Utah* 1 p.m G/F 32 Shawnee Slade 5-11 So 11.4 6.6 F 1 TCU* 7 p.m. F 8 Air Force* 7 p.m. Reserve Players F 10 New Mexico* 2 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht Yr PPG RPG F 15 @ Wyoming* 7 p.m. G 33 Haley Hall 5-4 Fr 5.6 1.6 F 17 @ Colorado St.* 2 p.m. F 52 Lauren Riley 6-3 Jr 4.6 4.6 F 21 @ UNLV* 7 p.m. F 24 San Diego St.* 2 p.m C 54 Cassie King 6-3 So 5.0 1.8 F 28 Utah* 8 p.m. G 13 Jaime Judkins 5-6 Fr 1.5 1.5 M 3 @ TCU* 2 p.m. F 22 Brittany Faddis 6-0 So 1.0 2.5 M 6-10 MWC Champs. TBA G 31 Rachel Aina 5-9 So 1.0 0.5 F 05 Ashley Cheesman 6-0 Jr 0.8 1.8 *MWC Games All Times Local to Site BYU Athletic Communications Basketball Contact: Norma Collett Team Stats -- E-Mail: [email protected] Shooting from the field: (.410, 116-283) Office Phone: 801-422-4908 Shooting from the free-throw line: (.658, 52-79) Office Fax: 801-422-0633 Mobile Phone: 801-372-0989 Shooting from three-point line: (.349, 30-86) Press Row Phone: 801-422-3675 cougars.com Average points per game: 62.8 Web Site: byu www.byucougars.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 2 BYU Quick Facts 2006 Run In Preseason WNIT Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) The Cougar team ended their run in this year’s Preseason WNIT with a Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ of disappointing 58-84 loss to No. 16 Baylor on Thurs. Nov. 16. BYU had Latter-day Saints advanced to the Final Four after a 73-50 home victory over Idaho State on Colors: Blue and White Nickname: Cougars Nov. 10 and then a come from behind 55-52 upset victory over No. 4 Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Stanford. Dani Kubik Wright was named to the All-Tournament Team. Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mountain West Arena: Marriott Center (22,400) President: Cecil O. Samuelson Cougars Team Summary Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe After compiling the best season record in school history (26- Basketball Information 6), making their seventh postseason NCAA Championships Head Coach Jeff Judkins (Utah, 1978) appearance and clinching the 2006 MWC Regular Season Office Phone 801-422-8035 Champion crown, the BYU team looks to take that success Best time to call 9-10:00 a.m. daily and winning attitude into the 2006-07 year. Record at BYU/Yrs. 106-54/5 BYU returns a nucleus of four starters and five letterwinners that will make Career Record: same Assistant Coach Alli Bills this year’s squad tough to beat during its non-conference and league Office Phone 801-422- 1548 schedules. Assistant Coach Jonas Chatterton Once again the Cougars should finish at the top of the MWC standings, Office Phone 801-422 -8155 leading the way to an eighth appearance in the NCAA Championships and Assistant Coach Stacy Jensen advancing further in that national tournament. Office Phone 801-422-7682 Team Facts 2006-07 Highlights MWC Player of the Week - Shawnee Slade (Nov. 12, 2006) 2006-07 Record 3-2 2005-06 Overall Record 26-6, 13-3 Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team - Dani Kubik Wright 2005-06 Post Season 1-1 NCAA Team’s assist leader - Melinda Johnsen (206), as of 11/22/06 Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 In the game @ Stanford - Dani Wright played a total of 35 minutes, the Letterwinners Returning/Lost 5/3 most minutes played in her college career. Newcomers 3 In the game at home vs. Santa Clara University on 11/22/06, four differ- ent players scored in double figures, a first this season. Roster Breakdown STARTERS RETURNING: (4) Significant 2-0’s - BYU is 2-0 at home, when leading at the half and Mallary Gillespie: 5-10 Jr, G (10.3 ppg, 3.8) rpg when outrebounding opponents. Melinda Johnsen: 5-10 Sr, G/F (4.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg) Jennie Keele: 5-10 Sr, G/F (4.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg) Dani Kubik: 6-3 Sr, C (10.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg) PREVIOUS GAME RECAP STARTERS LOST: (1) BYU vs. SCU - 77-63 won by BYU. Ambrosia Anderson: 6-2 Sr, F (17.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg) Shawnee Slade had an outstanding performance in the game recording her second double double of the season with 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead all scores. LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: (5) Nine minutes into the game the three-point shot was clearly the difference maker. Rachel Aina: 5-9 So, G (0.4 ppg, 0.0 rpg) Brittany Faddis: 6-0 So, F (0.7 ppg, 0.4 rpg) The Broncos were five for eight and the Cougars were two for four and SCU had a Cassie King: 6-3 So, C (1.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg) two-point lead, 19-21. Keele hit another three with 10:30 left in the half to put BYU Shawnee Slade: 5-11 So, G/F (3.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg) up by one and, although the Broncos kept the game close, the Cougars did not Lauren Riley: 6-3 Jr, C (6.0 ppg 5.4 rpg) allow Santa Clara to lead again the rest of the half. With the game tied at 29 with three minutes to go in the first, Slade stole the ball LETTERWINNERS LOST: (3) Nancy Seljaas: 3.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg and scored a fast break lay-up to give the Cougars the lead at 31-29. SC’s Graham Laura Stratton: 1.3 ppg, 0.6 rpg would not be denied, though, and hit a deep three to tie the game at 32 before Mary Martha Abell: Injury redshirt in 2006 BYU’s Mallary Gillespie answered right back with a three of her own to give the Cougars a 35-32 lead into the locker room. NEWCOMERS: (3) Both teams stepped away from the three point shot in the second half as BYU had Ashley Cheesman: 6-0 Jr, Forward - Orem, UT/SDSU Haley Hall: 5-4 Fr, Guard - Syracuse,UT/Clearfield HS not shot a single one more than six minutes into the half and SC was only 0-1 from Lauren Nichols: 6-0 Fr, Forward - Irvine, CA/Irvine HS behind the arc. Instead of both teams racking up threes, they were racking up fouls. After not going to the line at all in the first half, 10 of the Cougars’ first 12 points in www.byucougars.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE PAGE 3 2006-07 Associated Press -- 11/27/06 the second half came from free throws as they went 10 for 12 and by 13 min- Rk. School utes to go in the game both teams were already in the bonus. BYU’s Cassie 1. Maryland (7-0) King had five of those points in the first eight minutes of the half. 2. North Carolina (6-0) With the Cougars up by two, the Broncos leading scorer for the game, 3. Oklahoma (3-0) Graham, knocked down a three to give her team the lead for the first time in 4.