2013-14 STANFORD BASKETBALL Women’s Basketball Contact: Aaron Juarez Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 725-7277 • Cell Phone: (408) 250-1598 2013-14 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS No. 6/4t Stanford (7-1) (7-1, 0-0 Pac-12) - vs. - DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT NOVEMBER..............(7-1) No. 23/22 Gonzaga (8-1) 9 (Sat.) at Boston College W, 83-71 11 (Mon.) at #1/1 Connecticut (ESPN2) L, 76-57 15 (Fri.) Cal Poly W, 86-51 Game #9 17 (Sun.) UC Davis W, 66-48 Saturday, December 14, 2013 • 1 p.m. PT 23 (Sat.) at Texas (FSN) W, 63-54 Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif. 26 (Tue.) vs. #16/22 Purdue (1) W, 86-69 27 (Wed.) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (1) W, 83-59 28 (Thu.) vs. South Dakota State (1) W, 80-60 Series History: Stanford leads 5-0 Last Meeting: Dec. 2, 2012 (Stanford 69, @Gonzaga 41) DECEMBER..............(0-0) 14 (Sat.) #23/22 Gonzaga (P12NET) 2 p.m. TV: Pac-12 Network (P-x-P: Krista Blunk, Analyst: Mary Murphy) 16 (Mon.) New Mexico (P12NET) 7 p.m. Webcast: None 21 (Sat.) #3/3 Tennessee (P12NET) 1:30 p.m. Radio: 90.1 KZSU & http://kzsulive.stanford.edu 22 (Sat.) at Fresno State 6 p.m. JANUARY.................(0-0) 3 (Fri.) Oregon (P12NET) 6 p.m. 5 (Sun.) Oregon State (P12NET) 2 p.m. Stanford Returns To Action Saturday Against Gonzaga 10 (Fri.) at Utah (P12NET) 5 p.m. After 16 days away No. 6/4t Stanford returns to action this Saturday, hosting No. 23/22 Gonzaga 12 (Sun.) at #11/15 Colorado (P12NET) 2 p.m. 17 (Fri.) at Arizona (P12NET) 6 p.m. for a 1 p.m. tip at Maples Pavilion. Saturday’s contest will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network with 20 (Mon.) at Arizona State (P12NET) 4 p.m. Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy on the call, and following the game Cardinal boss Tara VanDerveer 24 (Fri.) UCLA (P12NET) 8 p.m. will be honored for reaching the 900-win mark two weeks ago. The contest can also be heard on 90.1 27 (Mon.) USC (ESPN2) 6 p.m. KZSU and online at http://kzsulive.stanford.edu. 30 (Thu.) #22/21 California (P12NET) 8 p.m. FEBRUARY...............(0-0) Last Time Out 2 (Sun.) at #22/21 California (ESPN2) 1 p.m. The Cardinal went 3-0 to capture the 2013 Hardwood Tournament of Hope title during 7 (Fri.) at Washington State (P12NET) 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Week, defeating No. 16/22 Purdue, Florida Gulf Coast and South Dakota State. Senior 9 (Sun.) at Washington (ESPNU) 12:30 p.m. forward Chiney Ogwumike was named tournament MVP after averaging 26.0 points and 11.0 14 (Fri.) Arizona State 7 p.m. rebounds while shooting 78.0 percent (32-for-41) over the three games. Fifth-year senior forward 16 (Sun.) Arizona (P12NET) 12 p.m. 21 (Fri.) at USC (P12NET) 6 p.m. Mikaela Ruef earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, averaging 8.3 points and 9.7 rebounds 23 (Sun.) at UCLA (P12NET) 4 p.m. over the three wins. Tara VanDerveer also became the fifth women’s basketball coach to win her 27 (Thu.) Washington (P12NET) 8 p.m. 900th career game, getting the big win Nov. 27 against Florida Gulf Coast. MARCH....................(0-0) 1 (Sat.) Washington State (P12NET) 7:30 p.m. 6-9 Pac-12 Tournament (2) TBD LAST GAME’S STARTERS 23-26 NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds (3) TBD No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG 29-Apr. 1 NCAA Regional (4) TBD 1 Lili Thompson G 5-7 Fr. Mansfield, Texas 6.1 2.0 3 Mikaela Ruef F 6-3 R-Sr. Beavercreek, Ohio 8.0 10.0 APRIL....................(0-0) 13 Chiney Ogwumike F 6-4 Sr. Cypress, Texas 25.8 11.5 6 & 8 NCAA Final Four (5) TBD 21 Sara James G 5-10 Sr. El Dorado Hills, Calif. 3.5 1.9 33 Amber Orrange G 5-7 Jr. Houston, Texas 12.6 4.4 Bold indicates home game at Maples Pavilion * - Pac-12 game RESERVES All NCAA Tournament games on ESPN/ESPN2 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG All Times Pacific 00 Alex Green G 5-5 R-So. Dallas, Texas 1.7 0.4 opponent ranking from date of game 4 Taylor Greenfield F 6-3 Jr. Huxley, Iowa - - 10 Briana Roberson G 5-7 Fr. Fullerton, Calif. 0.0 1.0 (1) Hardwood Tournament of Hope (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) 23 Jasmine Camp G 5-7 R-So. Ellenwood, Ga. 0.2 0.0 (2) Pac-12 Tournament (Seattle, Wash.) (3) NCAA Tournament 1st/2nd Rounds (TBD) 24 Erica McCall F 6-3 Fr. Bakersfield, Calif. 5.3 2.8 (4) NCAA Tournament Regional (Stanford, Calif.) 25 Erica Payne F 6-2 Jr. Concord, Calif. - - (5) NCAA Final Four (Nashville, Tenn.) 31 x-Toni Kokenis G 5-11 Sr. Oak Brook, Ill. - - 32 Kailee Johnson F 6-3 Fr. Portland, Ore. 3.9 1.9 34 Tess Picknell F/C 6-5 So. Medford, Ore. 0.4 1.1 41 Bonnie Samuelson F 6-3 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. 4.4 0.9 44 Karlie Samuelson G 6-0 Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif. 4.5 1.0 Date: December 11, 2013 x - Medically retired and will not play in 2013-14 Contact: Aaron Juarez E-mail: [email protected] The Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball: Office Phone:650-725-7277 Tara VanDerveer (Indiana, 1975) - 35th season overall, 28th at Stanford Office Fax:650-725-2957 Associate Head Coach: Amy Tucker (Ohio State, 1982) - 29th season Assistant Coaches: Kate Paye (Stanford, 1995) - 7th season, Tempie Brown (Michigan, 1990) - 1st season The Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s About Gonzaga Basketball Gonzaga (8-1) comes into Maples Pavilion Saturday ranked No. 23 in the Associated Press Poll and Tara VanDerveer No. 22 in the USA Today Sports Coaches Poll. The Zags are on a six-game winning streak, most 35th season, 28th at Stanford recently sweeping a trip through Big Ten country with wins at Ohio State and Wisconsin. Head Overall Record: 901-204 coach Kelly Graves oversees a squad led by the play of Haiden Palmer (16.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg) and Record at Stanford: 749-153 Lindsay Sherbert (12.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg). May 1985. The Stanford Cardinal had just wrapped All-Time Against Gonzaga up a 9-19 campaign while missing the postseason for Stanford is unbeaten in five meetings all-time against Gonzaga, a series that began in 2009-10. The the third straight year. The rebuilding task would be Cardinal defeated the Zags 69-41 in Spokane last Dec. 2 in the most recent meeting of the schools. assigned to Tara VanDerveer, a then-rising star in the coaching ranks who had spent the previous five yeas leading Ohio State to national prominence. In The National Rankings Stanford remained sixth in Monday’s Associated Press Poll and is tied for fourth with Notre Dame in Fast forward to November 2013. Stanford now Tuesday’s USA Today Sports Coaches’ Poll. boasts two national championships, 26 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, 11 Final Fours and In The Pac-12 Stat Rankings 22 conference titles. Through Dec. 10 Stanford ranks in the top three of eight categories: assist-to-turnover ratio (1.35 - first), field-goal percentage (46.6 - second), field-goal percentage defense (34.2 - second), assists Once a program in need of a jump start, Stanford women’s basketball has become synonymous with (18.25 apg - second), rebounding margin (+8.1 - third), blocked shots (3.38 bpg - third), scoring success. And the credit goes to VanDerveer, who has defense (61.0 - third) and defensive-rebounding percentage (71.2 - third). The Cardinal ranks fourth established herself as one of the top coaches in the in scoring margin (+14.5), rebounding defense (35.4 rpg) and defensive rebounds (30.3 drpg). history of women’s basketball. Individually, Chiney Ogwumike leads the Pac-12 in scoring (25.8 ppg), is second in rebounding (11.5 rpg) and third in field-goal percentage (63.4). Mikaela Ruef is tied for fourth in rebounding VanDerveer, enshrined into the Naismith Basketball (10.0 rpg) while Amber Orrange is second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.62), fourth in assists (4.25 Hall of Fame in August 2011, and inducted into the apg), steals (2.25 spg) and 3-point field-goal percentage (45.0), and sixth in field-goal percentage Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2002, be- (52.9). came just the fifth women’s basketball coach to reach the 900-win mark on Nov. 27, 2013, and now owns an impressive 901-204 (.815) record in her 34-plus In The National Stat Rankings years of collegiate coaching. Through Dec. 8 Stanford ranks in the top 20 of three categories: assist-to-turnover ratio (1.35 - 14th), field-goal percentage (46.6 - 19th) and assists (18.25 apg - 20th). Individually, Chiney Stanford reached the Final Four in five of the past six Ogwumike ranks sixth in scoring (25.8 ppg) and double-doubles (six), is 11th in field-goal seasons (2007-12), rolling up a combined record of percentage (63.4) and 15th in rebounding (11.5 rpg). 205-19 (.915) and reaching the national title game in 2008 and 2010. In 27-plus years at Stanford, she owns a 749-153 (.830) record. VanDerveer has led Stanford to two NCAA titles, 10 NCAA Final Four berths, 21 Pac- 12/Pac-10 titles and 25 trips to the NCAA Tourna- ment.