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GAME 18 • Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan • Jan. 26, 2019 2004 and 2012 MAC Tournament Champions • 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012 MAC West Division Champions 2004 NCAA • 2005 WNIT • 2006 WNIT • 2010 WNIT • 2011 WNIT • 2012 NCAA • 2014 WBI • 2015 WNIT • 2016 WNIT Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 • 1 p.m. • Mount Pleasant, Mich. • McGuirk Arena (5,300) Eastern Michigan Eagles 10-7 (3-3 Mid-American Conference) Head Coach: Fred Castro (Oklahoma, 2004) vs #EMUWBB Central Michigan Chippewas 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 13-5 (4-2 Mid-American Conference) Head Coach: Sue Guevara (Saginaw Valley State, 1982) Nov. 9 CLEVELAND STATE W, 69-63 GAME INFORMATION EMU PROBABLE STARTERS AND ROSTER Nov. 17 ILLINOIS STATE W, 50-41 Date: Saturday, Jan. 26 Starters Nov. 21 at Iowa State@ L, 85-59 Tipoff: 1 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. GP/GS PPG RPG APG MIN. Nov. 27 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W, 52-38 Dec. 1 at Illinois LOT, 66-72 Site: Mount Pleasant, Mich. 13 Jenna Annecchiarico G 5-5 Fr. 17/16 7.5 3.5 3.8 36.2 Dec. 5 DETROIT MERCY W, 60-53 Arena: McGuirk Arena 20 Corrione Cardwell G 5-8 R-So. 17/17 13.4 4.1 2.5 34.5 22 Autumn Hudson F 6-5 So. 15/6 3.5 3.7 0.1 14.3 Dec. 8 at Purdue Fort Wayne W, 87-72 23 Danielle Minott G 5-8 R-Sr. 16/16 15.0 6.1 2.4 32.3 Dec. 15 at Longwood W, 64-45 Radio: Eagle All-Access 34 Makenna Drabick G 5-9 Fr. 11/1 0.5 1.9 0.3 8.5 Dec. 20 vs. UNC Greensboro# L, 44-49 Greg Steiner Dec. 21 vs. Butler# L, 63-73 Television ESPN+ Off the Bench Dec. 30 NORTHWOOD W, 53-39 1 Toyosi Abiola G 5-7 So. --/-- -- -- -- -- Jan. 5 at Kent State* L, 64-71 Live Stats EMUEagles.com/livestats 2 Juanita Agosto G 5-6 So. 3/2 3.7 5.0 0.7 20.0 Jan. 9 BUFFALO* LOT, 84-91 4 Courtnie Lewis G 5-10 So. 17/14 10.8 3.0 0.6 28.5 Jan. 12 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W, 64-61 10 Areanna Combs G 5-10 Jr. --/-- -- -- -- -- Jan. 16 at Akron* W, 72-60 Series: CMU leads, 49-35 12 Ja'Bria Knight F Fr. 1/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 Last Meeting: CMU 67, EMU 64 (3-7-18) 14 Natalia Pineda G 5-9 Fr. 15/2 4.7 3.0 1.2 22.0 Jan 19 at Ohio* L, 85-44 21 Kiara Johnson F 6-2 Fr. 15/0 4.3 4.9 0.2 14.7 Jan. 23 BOWLING GREEN* W, 81-74 COACHING STAFF 24 Emoni Jackson F 6-1 R-Sr. 10/0 2.3 4.4 0.0 9.1 Jan. 26 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. Head Coach Fred Castro 31 Lorraine Enabulele F 6-1 R-Sr. 12/11 5.3 6.0 0.3 19.4 Feb. 2 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 2:30 p.m. Overall Record 27-52 32 RayJon Harris F 6-1 So. --/-- -- -- -- -- Feb. 6 at Miami* 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at Toledo* 2 p.m. Record at EMU 27-52 EASTERN MICHIGAN STORYLINES, STREAKS AND SIDEBARS MAC Record at EMU 10-32 Feb. 13 KENT STATE* 7 p.m. Feb. 16 BALL STATE* 2 p.m. Associate Head Coach Adam Call MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Winners of three of its last four games, the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team looks to keep things rolling Feb. 20 AKRON* 7 p.m. Assistant Coach Carlos Adamson Saturday, Jan. 26, when it travels to McGuirk Arena for a clash with in-state Feb. 23 at Western Michigan* 2 p.m. Assistant Coach Cassandra Callaway foe Central Michigan University. Tipoff of the Mid-American Conference West Feb. 27 at Northern Illinois* 6 p.m. CT Director of Operations Karen Del Carpio Division matchup is scheduled for 1 p.m. Mar. 2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 2 p.m. Eastern (10-7, 3-3 MAC) rode the hot hands of its freshmen for an 81-74 come- Graduate Assistant Katie Hempen Mar. 6 TOLEDO* 7 p.m. from-behind win over Bowling Green State University, Jan. 23, and heads into Sports Performance Intern Alison Benz Mar. 9 at Ball State* TBA Mount Pleasant with some momentum. Meanwhile, Central Michigan (13-5, 4-2 MAC) has dropped two of its last three contests, most recently suffering a 62-59 Mar. 11 vs. MAC First Round% TBA MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE Mar. 13 MAC Quarterfinals$ TBA Asst. Director/WBB Contact Katie Gonzales setback at the University of Toledo, Jan 23. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ while Greg Steiner will also have the Mar. 15 MAC Semifinals$ TBA Office Phone 734.487.0318 call from McGuirk on Eagle All-Access. Additional coverage can be found by Mar. 16 MAC Championship$ 11 a.m. Cell Phone 773.512.6079 following the team's account, @EMUWBB, on Twitter, and through live stats at * - Mid-American Conference game; E-mail [email protected] EMUEagles.com. @ - Played in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada; # - West Palm Invitational (West Palm Beach, Fla.); Assoc. AD/Media Relations Greg Steiner % - MAC Tournament First Round (campus sites); DOUBLE DOZEN DOUBLE-DOUBLE: Freshman Kiara Johnson became the $ MAC Tournament (Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, Ohio) Assistant Director Kyler Ludlow Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times are site times fourth Eagle to post a double-double this season with a 12-point, 12-rebound Graduate Assistant Maddie Heaps showing against Bowling Green, Jan. 23. Johnson's dozen boards were a career- PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Video/Creative Intern Frank Kurtz high. Additionally, Johnson is the 11th "true" freshman to register a double- Toyosi Abiola - Toy-yo-see ab-EE-oh-la Student Assistant Jess Crusan double since the 1998-99 campaign. Juanita Agosto - uh-gust-oh Jenna Annecchiarico - anna-CARE-ick-oh SOCIAL MEDIA CORNER THREE-POINT PARTY: The Green and White converted 12 three-pointers to tie a season-high in its win over Bowling Green, Jan. 23. Jenna Annecchiarico Emoni Jackson - EE-mon-EE Twitter @EMUWBB | #familE knocked down a career-best six triples, while Courtnie Lewis and Corrione Lorraine Enabulele - en-uh-BOO-lay-lay @EMUAthletics | #EMUEagles Cardwell added three apiece. It marks the first time since the 2014-15 campaign, Corrione Cardwell - corey-ON @castro_fred | @KTG_012 and just the third time in the past 15 years, that the Eagles have hit 12-or-more Danielle Minott - my-NOTT Instagram @EMUWBB three-pointers twice in a season. @EMUAthletics The last time Eastern posted three games of 12-or-more threes was the 2003- 04 season. That year, EMU converted 13 against Akron (Jan. 7, 2004), 12 versus Facebook /EMUAthletics Ball State (Feb. 21, 2004), and 13 versus Central Michigan (March 2, 2004). /EMUWBB Snapchat @EMUAthletics EMUEagles.com • @EMUAthletics 1 @EMUWBB • #EMUEagles GAME 18 • Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan • Jan. 26, 2019 to her scoring prowess, Plum averaged 3.7 rebounds and 4.2 QUICK FACTS assists, while leading the nation University in both free throws made (266) and attempted (299). The junior Location Ypsilanti, Mich. guard broke the Washington record for points in a season, Founded 1849 Fred while also setting the Pacific-12 Enrollment 20,313 Conference record for career free Castro throws made. Nickname Eagles Colors Green (PMS 349) and White Head Coach ~ Third Season at EMU On the recruiting trail, Oklahoma, 2004 Washington national prominence Arena (Capacity): Convocation Center (8,754) continued to improve with the Conference Mid-American 2016 recruiting class ranked Fred Castro, the eighth Head Women’s Basketball Coach in 16th-best in the country. Castro inked a McDonald’s All- American President Dr. James M. Smith Eastern Michigan University history, begins his third season at in 2015 class, while UW’s 2014 incoming group was ranked in the the helm in 2018-19. top-25 nationally. VP/Director of Athletic Scott Wetherbee Castro’s squad made significant strides in the 2017-18 season, He arrived at Washington from the University of Tulsa where while also leaving its mark in the EMU record book. Collectively, he served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from the Eagles scored the ninth-most points in program history 2011-13. When Castro arrived at Tulsa, the Golden Hurricane were Coaching Staff (2,150) and made the seventh-most field goals (810) in EMU coming off just five wins, but in 2013 they won the Conference Head Coach Fred Castro laurels in large part to the impact of Castro’s first recruiting class. USA Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. EMU’s newcomers, which comprised of four freshmen, a redshirt In addition to Castro’s duties at Tulsa, he worked as an advance Alma Mater Oklahoma, 2004 freshman, and four transfers, were some of the most impactful scout for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. additions in the country as the group accounted for 70.3 percent Record at EMU 27-52 Castro worked as an assistant coach at the University of Albany of the team’s scoring and 77.1 percent of its rebounding. during the 2010-11 season. He was responsible for on-the-floor Career Record 27-52 Under the tutelage of Castro and his staff, Danielle Minott coaching, game scouting, recruiting, game scheduling and and Courtnie Lewis reeled in postseason accolades. Minott, a served as the liaison to academic and athlete support services. Associate Head Coach Adam Call two-time MAC West Player of the Week honoree, was named Castro helped coach the Great Danes to their first winning season Assistants Carlos Adamson to the All-MAC Third Team after an outstanding first season since becoming a Division I program in 1999.