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2007-08 Q Tipping Off A Four-Game Homestand Q Indiana State Sycamores (3-1 • 2007: 19-11, 12-6 MVC) Schedule/Results at Eastern Illinois Panthers (0-6 • 2007: 10-19, 7-13 OVC) (0-6 • 2007: 10-19, 7-13 Ohio Valley) Thursday, November 29 • 7 p.m. • Charleston, Illinois (Lantz Arena) ------NOVEMBER ------eries istory – EXHIBITION SCHEDULE – – S H – All-Time Series: ISU leads 27-22 1 TRUMAN STATE W 87-44 4 CHICAGO ODYSSEY W 79-73 Last Season: ISU 102, EIU 86 (Nov. 21 in Terre Haute) – THE SEASON TIPS OFF – Last Meeting in Charleston: ISU 81, EIU 70 (Dec. 2003) 9 ILLINOIS L 86-56 Last Eastern Win: EIU 72, ISU 72 – OT (Fall of 2000 in Charleston) 11 ILLINOIS STATE L 81-68 – Live Coverage – 15 at Missouri L 69-51 Television: WEIU-TV • Radio: WEIU-FM (88.9) & www.weiufm.org 20 at Illinois-Chicago L 62-58 Video Webcast: www.ovcsports.tv • Live Stats: www.EIUpanthers.com 24 at Toledo L 72-66 27 at Bradley L 83-57 EASTERN ILLINOIS PPG RPG APG OTHER 29 INDIANA STATE  7 p.m. F 41 Maggie Kloak (6-1, So) 3.0 1.8 0.2 8-of-12 FTs ------DECEMBER ------F 42 Lindsey Kluempers (6-1, Jr) 3.5 3.8 0.7 5-of-7 3FGs 1 LOYOLA 7 p.m. G 22 Dominique Sims (5-10, So) 9.7 4.2 0.7 .564 FG% 6 • TENNESSEE TECH 5 p.m. G 15 Ellen Canale (5-9, Jr) 6.5 2.8 1.5 .857 FT%  8 • TENNESSEE STATE 5 p.m. G 3 Jessica Huffman (5-7, So) 12.8 4.8 2.0 10 Steals 19 • at Morehead State 4:15 p.m. Head Coach: Brady Sallee (4th year, 30-61 career record) 21 • at Eastern Kentucky 6 p.m. ------JANUARY ------3 • MURRAY STATE 5 p.m. INDIANA STATE PPG RPG APG OTHER 5 • SOUTHEAST MISSOURI  5 p.m. F 45 Laura Rudolfi (6-2, Sr) 15.3 6.5 0.5 5 Blocks 7 • at Austin Peay 5:15 p.m. F 32 Kara Schilli (5-10, Jr) 3.8 6.8 1.3 10 O-Boards 10 • TENNESSEE-MARTIN 5 p.m. G 10 Leah Phillips (5-7, Jr) 3.3 2.0 1.8 3-of-12 3FGs 12 • EASTERN KENTUCKY  5 p.m. G 3 Kelsey Luna (5-5, So) 15.8 2.3 1.8 13-of-31 3FGs 17 • at Tennessee Tech 5:30 p.m. G 1 Angela Phillips (5-5, Sr) 12.5 2.8 2.8 24-of-32 FTs 19 • at Tennessee State 1:30 p.m. Head Coach: Jim Wiedie (8th year, 130-78 career record) 26 • MOREHEAD STATE  5 p.m. 31 • at Jacksonville State 5:30 p.m. oyola amblers orizon ------FEBRUARY ------L R (1-4 • 2007: 7-21, 5-11 H ) 2 • at Samford 4 p.m. at Eastern Illinois Panthers 7 • AUSTIN PEAY 5 p.m. Saturday, December 1 • 7 p.m. • Charleston, Illinois (Lantz Arena) 9 • at Tennessee-Martin 4 p.m. – Series History – 14 • at Southeast Missouri 5 p.m. All-Time Series: Tied 6-6 16 • at Murray State 5:30 p.m. Last Meeting: LUC 65, EIU 60 (Nov. 2004 in Chicago) 21 ILLINOIS TECH 7 p.m. Last Meeting in Charleston: LUC 73, EIU 61 (Nov. 2003) 28 • JACKSONVILLE STATE 5 p.m. Last Eastern Win: EIU 57, LUC 49 (Fall of 1994 in Bloomington, Ind.) ------MARCH ------Last Eastern Win in Charleston: EIU 69, LUC 62 (1992) 1 • SAMFORD  5 p.m. – Live Coverage – ***Senior Recognition Night*** Internet Audio Broadcast: www.EIUpanthers.com – The Ohio Valley Conference Tournament – 4 Quarterfinals (Campus Sites) TBA Video Webcast: www.ovcsports.tv • Live Stats: www.EIUpanthers.com 7 Semifinals (Nashville, Tenn.) TBA 8 Championship (Nashville, Tenn.) TBA LOYOLA PPG RPG APG OTHER F 00 Elyse VanBogaert (6-1, So) 13.6 5.4 0.4 7 Blocks • Ohio Valley Conference game F 55 Brittany Boeke (6-1, Fr) 7.0 7.0 1.6 .765 FT%  Televised Live on WEIU-TV F 42 Jana Lucas (6-1, Jr) 5.0 3.2 0.4 8-of-8 FTs HOME GAMES IN LANTZ ARENA Listen Live on WEIU-FM 88.9 & www.weiufm.org G 12 Maggie McCloskey (5-5, So) 13.2 1.6 2.6 16-of-31 3FGs All Home & OVC Road Games: www.ovcsports.tv G 1 Keisha Collins (5-6, So) 8.0 4.0 4.8 6 Steals All Times Central Head Coach: Shannon Reidy (3rd year, 12-50 career record) EASTERN ILLINOIS HOSTS INDIANA STATE & LOYOLA • Page  PREMIER SINGLE-GAME GALLIGAN SIDELINED: Rachel Galligan missed her first collegiate game Tuesday at PERFORMANCES Bradley because of a toe injury. Her team-long consecutive games started streak ended – CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES – at 60 in the loss. Galligan suffered the injury in the loss at Illinois-Chicago on Nov. 20, 10 ...... RACHEL GALLIGAN but it was not diagnosed as a broken big toe (on her left foot) until Monday, Nov. 26. Last: at Jacksonville State (18 pts/11reb) 2-22-07 She could return in time for the OVC opener Dec. 6 against Tennessee Tech, but most 1 ...... ELLEN CANALE likely will be held out until the Morehead State-Eastern Kentucky roadtrip (Dec. 19-21)... at Illinois-Chicago (13 pts/10 reb) 11-28-05 Eastern’s frontcourt depth suffered another blow earlier in the month when junior college – CAREER 30+ POINT GAMES – transfer Ashley Blue quit the team on Saturday, Nov. 17. Blue had played in the first three 1 ...... JESSICA HUFFMAN 1 ...... RACHEL GALLIGAN games of the season but did not score. – CAREER 20+ POINT GAMES – 11 ...... JESSICA HUFFMAN (1 in 07-08) 3-POINT BARRAGE DÉJÀ VU: Bradley’s Renee Frericks tied the school record with 9 ...... RACHEL GALLIGAN eight 3-pointers against EIU Tuesday night in Peoria. Entering the contest, the sopho- 3 ...... MEGAN EDWARDS more had not scored yet and was 0-for-6 from the field on the season. She finished with 2 ...... ASHLEY THOMAS a game-high 26 points, thanks to her 8-of-11 performance from long range... Unfortu- – CAREER 10+ POINT GAMES – nately, the Panthers have seen that sort of performance before. Taking into account Fre- 51 ...... rACHEL GALLIGAN (3 in 07-08) 31 ...... JESSICA HUFFMAN (5 in 07-08) ricks’ career statistics entering the content (she scored only 9 points her entire freshman 16 ...... Ellen canale (2 in 07-08) year), her breakout game was reminiscent of a Burned EIU with the 3 (Since 2004-05) 14 ...... MEGAN EDWARDS Jan. 2005 game at Tennessee Tech. That night Season Player Team 3s Pts 14 ...... ASHLEY THOMAS TTU’s Stephanie Holbrook made an OVC-re- 07-08 renee Frericks Bradley 8 26 3 ...... Dominique Sims (3 in 07-08) cord 10 3-pointers against the Panthers. Hol- 06-07 nikki Avery eKU 8 29 2 ...... BRITTNEY COLEMAN 06-07 megan McCracken ill St. 7 27 2 ...... Lindsey kluempers brook, a freshman, didn’t do much the rest of 06-07 Kelsey Luna ind St. 6 27 1 ...... MARIE BAKER the season and did not return to the team the 04-05 Kera Bergeron apsu 7 23 1...... MAGGIE KLOAK (1 in 07-08) following year. 04-05 stephanie Holbrook TTU 10 30 1 ...... JULIE LIPPERD CAREER RECORD BOOK – A Fast Break Look at the Recent Four-Game Road Stretch – – BLOCKED SHOTS – • Maggie Kloak and Julie Lipperd both played well off the bench in place of the injured 1. Laura Mull 140 1987-90 Rachel Galligan Tuesday night at Bradley. Kloak started her first collegiate game and 2. Toni Collins 136 1982-85 scored a career-high 10 points, sharing team-high honors with Jessica Huffman in a 3. RACHEL GALLIGAN 5 2006-Pr career-high 27 minutes. Lipperd scored a season-high eight points. Fellow post player – FREE THROWS MADE – Marie Baker saw her first action of the season in the 83-57 loss. 1. Pam O’Connor 375 2001-05 • Dominique Sims also made her first start as a Panther at Bradley, but was in foul 2. Megan Sparks 365 2003-06 3. Allison Lee 360 1995-98 trouble much of the night and finished with just two points in 14 minutes. 4. Barb Perkes 311 1987-90 • Eastern led 9-8 with 14:04 remaining in the first half. Bradley then reeled off 13 unan- 5. Toni Collins 293 1982-85 swered points during a 23-2 run. The Panthers started the second half strong, cutting 6. Tracy Roller 264 1989-92 the lead to 11 with 13:53 left in the game, but again the Braves responded, scoring eight 7. Nancy Kassebaum 251 1980-83 unanswered points to take back the momentum. 8. RACHEL GALLIGAN 246 2006-Pr • Eastern made a season-high eight 3-pointers and shot 62 percent from behind the arc – FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED – Saturday at Toledo. Six different Panthers made at least one trey. The eight 3-pointers 1. Pam O’Connor 579 2001-05 were EIU’s most since making nine in back-to-back games against Xavier and Eastern 2. Allison Lee 475 1995-98 3. Megan Sparks 464 2003-06 Kentucky in December of last season. EIU entered the week leading the OVC in 3-point 7. Nancy Kassebaum 353 1980-83 percentage. 8. Stacy Frierdich 337 1988-91 • However, the Panthers turned the ball over a season-high 26 times in the 72-66 loss. 9. Tracy Roller 333 1989-92 • Ashley Thomas scored all nine of her points in the first half and did not miss a shot, 10. RACHEL GALLIGAN 320 2006-Pr finishing 4-of-4 from the field, at Toledo. With one additional made field goal, she would have tied the EIU single-game percentage record. A Panther has tied that record each of Consecutive Games Started the last three seasons. Ellen Canale – 22 • During the current road stretch, EIU is shooting 86 percent (43-of-50) from the free Jessica Huffman – 20 throw line and 43 percent (18-of-42) from 3-point land, but just .350 from the field. Con- 2007-08 STARTING LINEUPS versely, the opposition is shooting just 60 percent (41-of-68) at the line and 32 percent Galligan, Huffman, Canale, Edwards, Kluempers (16-of-50) from behind the arc, but 41 percent from the field overall. 5 Times...... EIU Record: 0-5 • Dominique Sims shot the ball extremely well in the first three games of the road trip. Huffman, Canale, Kluempers, Sims, Kloak She led EIU with 15 points in the loss at Missouri. The junior college transfer is 12-of-21 1 Time...... EIU Record: 0-1 from the field and 6-of-8 from 3-point land in the last three games. 2006-07 STARTING LINEUPS • Jessica Huffman scored only four points and played just 20 minutes in the loss at Galligan, Huffman, Thomas, Canale, Scaggs Illinois-Chicago. She played only six minutes in the second half and was on the bench 11 Times...... EIU Record: 5-6 down the stretch in favor of Ashley Thomas. However, Huffman played a team-high 38 Galligan, Huffman, Thomas, Canale, Eck minutes at Toledo Saturday. 8 Times...... EIU Record: 3-5 • Despite shooting just 27 percent (6-of-22) from the field over the last three games, Me- Galligan, Huffman, Thomas, Scaggs, Eck gan Edwards still leads the team in minutes played, averaging 34 per game. She did not 5 Times...... EIU Record: 2-3 committ a turnover in a team-high 37 minutes at Illinois-Chicago. Galligan, Huffman, Canale, Scaggs, Eck 2 Times...... EIU Record: 0-2 • Rachel Galligan attempted only five shots in the loss at Missouri, her fewest since Galligan, Huffman, Thomas, Canale, Maxedon January of 2006. She has gotten back on track since, leading EIU in scoring in the last 1 Time...... EIU Record 0-1 two contests. Galligan, Huffman, Thomas, Scaggs, Maxedon 1 Time...... EIU Record: 0-1 Galligan, Thomas, Canale, Scaggs, Eck 1 Time...... EIU Record: 0-1 2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Q PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF • Page  The Last Time... FREE THROW EXCELLENCE: Eastern broke program records for free throws made and attempted last season. Two years ago, the Panthers came a one-thou- • An EIU Player played 40 minutes, regulation game... sandth shy of breaking the percentage record. So far this season, EIU has been Meggie Eck (at Tennessee State, 12-9-06) • An EIU Player played 40+ minutes... great the free throw line. While not averaging as many attempts as last year, mak- 45 - Jessica Huffman (Jacksonville State, 2-1-07 – 2 OT) ing 80 percent as a team will help offset the fewer opportunities. Eastern ranks 43 - Rachel Galligan (Jacksonville State, 2-1-07 – 2 OT) second in the OVC to only Murray State (.862) this week, as the only two teams • An EIU Player played 45+ minutes... (EIU record 50) in the conference shooting better than 80 percent. Additionally, the oppoisition is 45 - Jessica Huffman (Jacksonville State, 2-1-07 – 2 OT) shooting just 67 percent at the line against EIU. Despite attempting 46 additional • An EIU Player scored 30 points... (EIU record 38) free throws, Eastern’s six opponents have made just 17 more free throws... El- 30 - Rachel Galligan (at Murray State, 1-2-07) len Canale and Ashley Thomas have maintained the impressive runs that they (EIU record 7) • An EIU Player made 5 3-point FGs... posted to conclude the 2006-07 season. Canale has made 56-of-63 (.889) and 5 - Meggie Eck (at Tennessee State, 12-9-06) • An EIU Player made 10 free throws... (EIU record 15) Thomas has connected on 51-of-61 (.836) dating back to last season. 10 - Rachel Galligan (at Jacksonville State, 2-22-07) • An EIU Player grabbed 10 rebounds... (EIU record 22) SIMS LEADS BENCH PRODUCTION: Dominique Sims leads the team in field 11 - Rachel Galligan (at Jacksonville State, 2-22-07) goal percentage (.564), 3-pointers made (8) and 3-point percentage (.727). She’s • An EIU Player dished out 10 assists... (EIU record 16) also second in total field goals made (22). Sims has done all this despite ranking 10 - Megan Edwards (Tennessee State, 12-10-05) just sixth on the team in minutes played through the first six games. While provid- • An EIU Player blocked 5 shots... (EIU record 6) ing instant offense off the bench, Sims has made a pair of 3-pointers in four of the 5 - Rachel Galligan (Southeast Missouri, 1-5-06) last five games. She’s not just a 3-point shooter though. Only eight of her 22 field • An EIU Player grabbed 5 steals... (EIU record 11) 5 - Ashley Thomas (Tennessee State, 1-20-07) goals have come from long range. The sophomore transfer from Panola College • An EIU Player recorded a double-double in Texas ranks first in 3-point percentage and third in field goal percentage among 18 pts/11 reb - Rachel Galligan (at Jax State, 2-22-07) the OVC leaders entering the week. • An EIU Player recorded a triple-double 11 pts/11 reb/11 ast - Megan Casad (at Samford, 1-29-04) EDWARDS LOGS MOST MINUTES: Megan Edwards leads the team in minutes • EIU played a nationally-ranked opponent played and assist-to-turnover ratio through the first six games despite not yet get- at #14 Louisville (Lost 93-75, 12-29-06) ting on track with her perimeter shot. She’s averaging over 32 minutes per game • EIU played an overtime game and has played 30-plus minutes in each of the last five games. Not only has she Lost to Jacksonville State at home, 103-98 (2 OT, 2-1-07) • EIU had 5 players score in double-figures recorded six more assists (16) than turnovers (10), but has also stolen the ball Illinois-Chicago (11-19-06) (9) from the other team as often as she has given it away... Edwards made 36 3- • EIU had 6 players score in double-figures pointers, an EIU freshman record, in 2006. That record was eclipsed by Jessica Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) Huffman (41) and Ashley Thomas (39) last season. However, the precedent • EIU scored 100 points... (EIU record 126) suggests that Edwards will rebound from her 5-of-21 showing from 3-point land 118 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) in the first six games. • The opposition scored 100 points 103 - Jacksonville State (2 OT, 2-1-07) PANTHERS COME UP EMPTY ON OPENING WEEKEND: Offensive rebounds • EIU scored 50 points in a half... 50 - Morehead State, Second Half (12-20-06) and second-chance points burned EIU during its season-opening weekend at • EIU made 10 3-point field goals...(EIU record 13) Lantz Arena. The Panthers lost to both Illinois and Illinois State in the first visits 11 - Eastern Kentucky (1-14-06) from the in-state foes for more than a decade. Illinois had not played in Charles- • EIU grabbed 50 rebounds... (EIU record 62) ton since 1980 and Illinois had not come to town since the final year of Gateway 54 - Jacksonville State (2 OT, 2-1-07) Conference play in 1992. The Fighting Illini turned 18 offensive rebounds into 25 • The opposition grabbed 50 rebounds second-chance points. The Redbirds posted a similar advantage, recording 20 52 - Southeast Missouri (2-14-07) second-chance points on 18 offensive rebounds... Jessica Huffman was the lone (EIU record 42) • EIU recorded 25 assists... Panther to score in double-figures against Illinois, finishing with a game-high 24 28 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) • EIU committed less than 10 turnovers points. The sophomore added 12 points against ISU but fouled out in the second 5 - Tennessee Tech (1-22-05) half. Dominique Sims impressed in both games, following up an eight-point EIU • EIU blocked 7 shots... (EIU record 11) debut with 15 points against ISU. She connected on 9-of-16 field goal attempts, 7 - Butler (11-30-05) including 6-of-8 against versus the Redbirds, for the weekend. Rachel Galligan • EIU grabbed 20 steals... (EIU record 35) and Ellen Canale also scored in double-figures against Illinois State, but the Pan- 24 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) thers turned the ball over 24 times and committed 27 fouls. Those two statistics were the primary reason EIU lost by 13 points despite shooting 53 percent from the field and 5-of-7 from 3-point land.

NO FREEBIES FOR GALLIGAN, HUFFMAN: Illinois held Rachel Galligan to just four points and Illinois State limited Jessica Huffman to 12. One of the reasons the opposition was able to hold both players well below their season averages of Panthers Among The 2006-07 OVC Leaders a year ago was because they prevented them from going to the free throw line. Scoring Blocked Shots Galligan did not attempt a free throw against Illinois, marking the first time that has 2.) R. Galligan, 17.2 ppg 1.) R. Galligan, 1.56 bpg happened since a February of 2006 loss at Jacksonville State. Galligan made at Also ranked 58nd nationally Also ranked 75th nationally least one free throw in 28 of the 29 games a year ago. Huffman, meanwhile, was 3.) J. Huffman, 16.9 ppg Free Throw Percentage held without a free throw attempt just three times during her OVC Freshman of the Also ranked 76nd nationally 10.) E. Canale, .779 Year campaign... Galligan’s four points was her lowest total since she was also Rebounding 3-Point Percentage 4.) R. Galligan, 8.3 rpg T-7.) A. Thomas, .364 held to four points in a January of 2006 loss at Austin Peay. Also ranked 91st nationally 9.) M. Eck, .353 Assists 10.) J. Huffman, .350 6.) J. Huffman, 3.55 apg 3-Point Field Goals Made Steals T-4.) M. Eck, 1.93 3pg 5.) J. Huffman, 2.0 spg

EASTERN ILLINOIS HOSTS INDIANA STATE & LOYOLA • Page  WELCOME TO THE STARTING FIVE: Lindsey Kluempers played in all 58 games her first two seasons as a Panther, but finally made her debut as a starter during the season-opening weekend. She started at the four spot alongside Rachel Galligan up front and has remained in that spot since. The junior connected on 4-of-5 field goal attempts, with her only miss coming from 3-point land. Kluempers sank a pair of 3-pointers and finished with eight points against Illinois. Entering the season, she had made just OHIO VALLEY STANDINGS one 3-pointer her first two years, and that came in her home debut against As of 11/28 – OVC – – OVERALL – Butler back in November of 2005... Maggie Kloak and Dominique Sims W L PCT GB W L PCT also made their starting debuts in the loss at Bradley. Eastern Kentucky 0 0 .000 – 3 0 1.000 Samford 0 0 .000 – 5 1 .833 SIMS STUFFS HER STAT LINE: Dominique Sims was active on both Southeast Missouri 0 0 .000 – 4 2 .667 sides of the floor in her EIU debut, first and foremost finishing second to Murray State 0 0 .000 – 4 2 .667 only Jessica Huffman with 23 points. She played 50 minutes during the Tennessee-Martin 0 0 .000 – 3 2 .500 season-opening weekend, fourth most on the team and tops among the Austin Peay 0 0 .000 – 2 3 .400 reserves. To go along with her nine field goals for the weekend, Sims also chipped in five rebounds and two blocks against Illinois State and a pair of Jacksonville State 0 0 .000 – 2 4 .333 assists versus Illinois. Tennessee Tech 0 0 .000 – 1 3 .250 Tennessee State 0 0 .000 – 1 4 .200 FOUR WNIT FOES TO OPEN: Each of EIU’s first four opponents this sea- Morehead State 0 0 .000 – 1 5 .167 son received WNIT invitations last season. Illinois, Illinois State, Missouri Eastern Illinois 0 0 .000 – 0 6 .000 and Illinois-Chicago each participated in the postseason despite not quali- The Week of November 26-December 2 fying for the NCAA Tournament. Illinois and Illinois State both won a game Thursday, November 29 in WNIT. Indiana State at Eastern Illinois, 7 p.m. North Carolina Central at Tennessee State, 7 p.m. Eastern NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD: Schools From BCS Leagues Baylor at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. set a new home women’s basketball atten- to Visit EIU (Since ‘82-83) Friday, November 30 dance record in the season-opening loss Opponent Season Tennessee Tech at Alabama, 7 p.m. to Illinois. The announced crowd of 2,358 Illinois 2007-08 Samford at New Orleans, 8 p.m. best the previous school record of 1557, Northwestern 2001-02 Saturday, December 1 which was established in 1988 when EIU Missouri 1999-00 Loyola at Eastern Illinois, 7 p.m. hosted Colorado in a first round NCAA Indiana 1995-96 Austin Peay at Kennesaw State, 1 p.m. Tournament games. Prior to Illinois com- Cincinnati 1994-95 Alice Lloyd at Morehead State, 1 p.m. ing to town to tip off the new season, EIU Missouri 1993-94 Eastern Kentucky vs. Syracuse, 1 p.m. last hosted a Big Ten team in December Louisville 1991-92 Northwestern 1989-90 Samford vs. George Washington, 1 p.m. of 2001 when Northwestern traveled to Purdue 1988-89 Southern Miss at Jacksonville State, 5:30 p.m. Charleston. Indiana and Purdue represent Colorado 1987-88 Tennessee State at Belmont, 6 p.m. the other Big Ten squads that have played Marquette 1986-87 Tennessee-Martin at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 7 p.m. in Lantz Arena during EIU’s Division I era Sunday, December 2 (1983-present). Southeast Missouri at Purdue, 1 p.m. Eastern Kentucky vs. Alabama State or at Louisiana-Monore, TBA Eastern won a pair of very different exhibition games EXHIBITION ACTION: Tuesday, November 27 during the first week of November. Rachel Galligan, Jessica Huffman, El- at Bradley 83, Eastern Illinois 57 and each scored in double-figures in both len Canale Megan Edwards at Evansville 72, Tennessee Tech 56 wins. The Panthers cruised to a big win against Truman State, 87-44, but at Tennessee-Martin 71, Saint Louis 68 needed a second-half comeback to beat the Chicago Odyssey, 79-73. East- at Western Kentucky 64, Morehead State 42 ern rallied back from an 11-point deficit with six minutes remaining against Wednesday, November 28 the Odyssey. The four aforementioned Panthers scored 44 of their 59 points at Murray State 81, Miami (Ohio) 72 in the second half of that win. at Austin Peay 75, Southern Illinois 72 at Jacksonville State 72, Troy 65 EDWARDS’ IMPRESSIVE RETURN: Head coach Brady Sallee brought three new players into the fold during the offseason, and junior college transfers Ashley Blue and Dominique Sims both saw plenty of action in the two preseason games. However, Sallee said he was most impressed by the player he called the “fourth recruit” this summer. After starting every – STATISTICAL STACK-UP – contest and averaging 10 points per game as a freshman, Megan Edwards EIU CATEGORY ISU LUC missed all of the 2006-07 season because of a knee injury she sustained 0-6 Record 3-1 1-4 in an exhibition game. Now completely healthy after a year of rehab, Ed- OVC Conference MVC Horizon wards played like her old self in the two exhibition games. She saw action 59.3 Points Per Game 73.0 58.0 at both the point and shooting guard positions an excelled in all aspects of the game. Not only did she shoot 58 percent (11-of-19) from the field, but 75.5 Opponent’s PPG 67.2 66.8 the Des Plaines native also registered eight assists and just two turnovers. .380 Field Goal % .368 .393 She played a team-high 37 minutes in the win over the Chicago Odyssey. .796 Free Throw % .757 .753 Besides posting a double-figure scoring average in 2006-07, Edwards also led the team in assists and broke the EIU freshman record for free throw .438 3-Point FG % .317 .357 percentage (.852). 5.3 ^3-Point FGs 6.5 5.0 32.0 ^Rebounds 40.2 33.8 HUFFMAN REWRITES FRESHMAN RECORD BOOK: En route to taking ssists home OVC Freshman of the Year honors, Jessica Huffman laid waste to 11.2 ^A 12.0 12.2 the EIU freshman record book. The guard broke nine freshman marks, high- 3.2 ^Blocked Shots 2.3 2.8 lighted by records for points, field goals, three throws, 3-pointers and steals. 7.5 ^Steals 7.0 3.8 She also posted Top 10 single-season program totals in points, 3-pointers 21.5 ^Turnovers 17.0 21.4 and free throws. Huffman’s most impressive accomplish, however, was her school record 38-point performance against Morehead State. Among fresh- 4th 2007-08 Preseason Poll 3rd 10th man nationally, she ranked second in scoring for much of the season. ^Per Game Average 2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Q PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF • Page  Pronunciation Guide 2007-08 BASKETBALL ROSTER Ellen CANALE # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) • Cuh-Nal-ee 3 Jessica Huffman • G 5-7 So Whiteland, IN (Whiteland) Maggie KLOAK 5 Marie Baker • F 6-2 So Arlington Heights, IL (Prospect) Cloak 11 Jerika Carpenter G 5-9 Fr Peoria, IL (Woodruff) Lindsey KLUEMPERS 12 Lauren Sturtevant • G 5-10 So Fishers, IN (Indianapolis Cathedral) • Clump-ers 15 Ellen Canale • • G 5-9 Jr Canton, MI (Plymouth-Salem) Julie LIPPERD 20 Megan Edwards • G 5-7 RS-So Des Plaines, IL (Maine West) • Lip-erd 22 Dominique Sims G 5-10 So Wichita Falls, TX (Burkburnett/Panola College) Brady SALLEE 23 Brittney Coleman • G 5-10 Sr Farmington Hills, MI (Farmington/Labette CC) • Sal-ee 24 Ashley Thomas • G 5-8 So Moline, IL (Moline) Lauren STURTEVANT 41 Maggie Kloak • F 6-1 So Elmwood Park, IL (Fenwick) • Sturt-uh-vent 42 Lindsey Kluempers • • F 6-1 Jr Fishers, IN (Hamilton Southeastern) QUACY Timmons 43 Julie Lipperd • • F 6-2 Jr Versailles, IN (South Ripley) • Quay-see 52 Rachel Galligan • • F 6-2 Jr Bloomington, IL (Central Catholic) Head Coach: Brady Sallee (4th year) Assistant Coaches: Quacy Timmons (2nd year), Lee Buchanan (1st year) & Jackie Moore (1st year)

2,000-POINT SEASON: Eastern led the OVC in scoring last season, av- Free Throw Shooting in the eraging 71.9 points per game. With 2,085 total points, the Panthers also reached the 2,000-point plateau for the first time since the 1989-90 cam- Final 2 Minutes & Overtime paign. – 2007-08 SEASON – Jessica Huffman (18-24, .750) Ellen Canale (2-2, 1.000) 2007: 18-24, .750 YOUTHFUL SCORING: With only four upperclassmen on the 2006-07 Megan Edwards (2-2, 1.000) Rachel Galligan (35-43, .814) team, Eastern relied heavily on the contributions of freshmen and soph- Dominique Sims (2-2, 1.000) 2008: 3-4, .750 omores. In fact, four of the team’s top five scorers were underclassmen. Rachel Galligan (3-4, .750) 2007: 11-16, .688 Along with the decorated duo of Rachel Galligan and Jessica Huffman, Ashley Thomas (1-2, .500) 2006: 21-23, .913 Ashley Thomas (9.7 ppg) and Ellen Canale (5.9 ppg) were also counted Maggie Kloak (2-3, .667) on to put the ball in the basket. Thomas was a two-time OVC Freshman – 07-08 TEAM TOTALS – 2007: 2-3, .667 of the Week and scored in double-figures in each of the last five games of Eastern (10-12, .833) Lindsey Kluempers (3-4, .750) the season. She scored a season-high 21 points in a pair of OVC contests. Opponents (14-20, .700) 2007: 2-2, 1.000 Canale, meanwhile, put together three of her best offensive showings dur- 2006: 1-2, .500 ing the final weeks of the season and ended the year as EIU’s most efficient – CAREER – Julie Lipperd (1-2, .500) free throw shooter. Marie Baker (1-2, .500) 2007: 1-1, 1.000 2007: 1-2, .500 2006: 0-1, .000 PANTHERS 4TH IN PRESEASON POLL: Eastern Illinois received one first-place vote and was slotted fourth in the 11-team Ohio Valley Confer- Ellen Canale (13-16, .813) Lauren Sturtevant (6-8, .750) ence preseason poll. The league coaches and sports information directors 2008: 2-2, 1.000 2007: 6-8, .750 that cover women’s basketball vote 2007: 6-6, 1.000 Ashley Thomas (6-9, .667) OVC Preseason Poll 2006: 5-8, .625 2008: 1-2, .500 in the poll. If the preseason predic- Team (1st Votes) Points 06-07 Brittney Coleman (4-6, .667) 2007: 5-7, .714 tions hold true, the Panthers would 1. SE Missouri (19) 199 1st 2007: 4-6, .667 host a quarterfinal game in the OVC 2. Samford (2) 161 4th Tournament come March. Since join- Megan Edwards (15-19, .789) 3. Murray St. 155 2nd ing the league in 1996-97, EIU has 2008: 2-2, 1.000 4. Eastern Illinois (1) 119 9th never hosted or won a first-round 2007: Redshirted 5. Tennessee Tech 118 5th tourney contest. Eastern finished 2006: 13-17, .765 ninth in 2006-07 but returned the 6. Tennessee-Martin 114 6th 7. Eastern Kentucky 105 T-7th majority of its scoring, headlined by 2006-07 WBCA Academic Top 25 (Divsion I) strong junior and sophomore class- 8. Morehead St. 100 3rd Rank School GPA Conference es. The Panthers jumped the most 9. Austin Peay 69 T-7th 1. south Dakota State 3.693 summit League* spots in the predicted finish of any 10. Tennessee St. 48 T-10th 2. northern Iowa 3.624 missouri Valley league team compared to last year’s 11. Jacksonville St. 22 T-10th 3. saint Bonaventure 3.594 atlantic 10 standings. 4. montana State 3.557 Big Sky 5. Brown 3.517 ivy League PRESEASON ALL-OVC: On the heels of their postseason All-Conference 6. oakland 3.515 summit League accolades last season, Rachel Galligan and Jessica Huffman were both automatic selections to the OVC’s Preseason All-OVC team. The Panthers 7. liberty 3.508 Big South were one of only three teams with two players named to the preseason 8. eastern Washington 3.471 Big Sky team. Galligan and Huffman, the last two OVC Freshman of the Year re- 9. niagara 3.457 metro Atlantic cipients, combined to score 989 of EIU’s 2085 points last season. They 10. eaSTERN ILLINOIS 3.442 Ohio Valley ranked second and third, respectively, among the league leaders in scor- 11. villanova 3.432 Big East ing. Galligan was a First Team All-OVC selection last March, the program’s 12. valparaiso 3.419 Horizon League* first since 1999. Huffman garnered Second Team All-OVC kudos. Not only 13. indiana State 3.398 missouri Valley was she the only league freshman to be named All-OVC, but she’s also 14. marist 3.389 metro Atlantic believed to be the first freshman in program history to receive All-Confer- 15. western Carolina 3.387 southern ence recognition. 16. san Francisco 3.382 west Coast 17. saint Louis 3.336 atlantic 10 DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING: Rachel Galligan’s 499 points last year rep- 18. wisconsin-Green Bay 3.334 Horizon League resented the seventh highest single-season total in program history. She 19. southern Illinois 3.318 missouri Valley also became the first Panther since 1982 to record a Top 10 program total in 20. evansville 3.313 missouri Valley points and rebounds in the same season. Her scoring excellence was due 21. Cleveland State 3.310 Horizon League in part to her consistency. She was held below double-figures just once in 22. northern Arizona 3.307 Big Sky the 29 games. Jessica Huffman, meanwhile, scored 10-plus in 26 of the 23. Bowling Green 3.300 mid-American 29 contests. Samford, the league’s top defensive team, was the opponent 24. utah Valley State 3.298 independent in two of those three games she failed to score 10 points. 25. dePaul 3.294 Big East EASTERN ILLINOIS HOSTS INDIANA STATE & LOYOLA • Page  2007-08 Game-By-Game Breakdown Head Coach Brady Sallee, 4th Year When Brady Sallee took over the Eastern Illinois wom- Shooting en’s basketball program in April 2004 he understood the Opponent FGs FG% 3FGs 3FG% FTs FT% challenge ahead. Since day one Sallee, began steering Illinois 17-54 .315 6-15 .400 16-21 .762 the program in the direction he wanted to take. Illinois St. 24-47 .532 5-7 .714 13-17 .765 Eastern’s offensive excellence highlighted the 2007 at Missouri 16-51 .314 5-15 .333 14-17 .824 season. Led by the Ohio Valley Conference’s top-scor- at Ill-Chicago 18-60 .300 5-14 .357 17-19 .895 ing tandem (Rachel Galligan and Jessica Huffman), the at Toledo 23-52 .442 8-13 .615 12-14 .857 Panthers were one of the top scoring teams in the nation and posted the program’s first 2,000-point season since at Bradley 20-49 .408 3-9 .333 14-20 .700 1990. With freshman Ashley Thomas and sophomore Ellen Rebounding Canale ranking third and fifth on the team in scoring, re- Opponent EIU (O-D-T) Opp. (O-D-T) +/– (Total) Result spectively, four of the team’s top five scorers were underclassmen. Illinois 12-12-24 18-28-46 -22 l In the classroom the Panthers achieved unprecedented success. The team’s Illinois St. 6-23-29 18-17-35 -6 L 3.442 GPA ranked as the 10th highest in the country, earning EIU a spot in the at Missouri 3-29-32 11-33-44 -12 l WBCA Top 25. Eastern also captured the OVC Academic Achievement Award for women’s basketball for the second year in a row. at Ill-Chicago 15-30-45 13-29-42 +3 L Beginning with the 2006-07 season, Sallee joined the USA Today/ESPN Board at Toledo 7-27-34 10-22-32 +2 L of Coaches. In cooperation with the WBCA, the board each week selects the Top at Bradley 10-18-28 14-22-36 -8 L 25 Division I women’s basketball teams. In addition, Sallee is now a WBCA DI Season 53-139-192 84-152-236 -44 Conference Captain and represents the OVC’s women’s basketball coaches as it relates to legislative issues and continued growth of the game. Speciality Stats (EIU-Opp) A native of Lexington, Ky., Sallee graduated from Thomas More College, Pts in pts off 2nd Chance fastbreak bench where he was a four-year starting pitcher for the baseball team. He and his wife Mandy have two daughters, Avery and Taryn. Opponent Paint TOs Pts Pts Pts Illinois 18-30 18-16 8-25 12-14 15-20 Sallee’s Road To Eastern Illinois Illinois St. 22-32 16-22 5-20 7-8 26-18 homas ore ollege y tudent sst oach at Missouri 18-32 14-14 0-8 4-6 17-7 • 1990-93, T M C (K .) S A . C at Ill-Chicago 4-28 14-18 12-6 0-12 17-15 • 1993, Graduated From Thomas More College at Toledo 30-32 13-25 4-4 0-4 22-16 • 1994-95, Idaho State Assistant Coach at Bradley 20-20 21-20 10-15 10-6 24-46 • 1996-2002, Kent State Assistant Coach Season 112-174 96-115 39-78 33-50 121-122 • 2003-04, East Carolina Assistant Coach Season +/– -62 -19 -39 -17 -1 • April 2004, Hired at Eastern Illinois

Program Records During Sallee’s Tenure Top Individual Game Performances of 2007-08 – Team Season Records – Points Record New Mark Season Free Throws Made 508 2007 24 Jessica Huffman vs Illinois (11-9-07) Free Throws Attempted 699 2007 16 rachel Galligan at Toledo (11-24-07) Blocked Shots 108 2006 15 on Five Occasions 3-Pointers Made 172 2005 Field Goals Made – Team Game Records – 7 Jessica Huffman vs Illinois (11-9-07) Record New Mark Season Most Combined Points 201 2007 n our ccasions 6 o F O Free Throws Attempted 47 2007 Field Goals Attempted Points in an OVC Game 106 2006 17 Jessica Huffman vs Illinois (11-9-07) – Individual Career Records – 16 Jessica Huffman at Toledo (11-25-07) Record Player New Mark Season FTs Made Pam O’Connor 375 2005 3-Pointers Made FTs Attempted Pam O’Connor 579 2005 3 Jessica Huffman vs Illinois (11-9-07) FG % Pam O’Connor .586 2005 2 on Nine Occasions – Individual Season Records – Free Throws Made Record Player New Mark Season 7 megan Edwards at Illinois-Chicago (11-20-07) FTs Made Rachel Galligan 155 2007 FTs Attempted Rachel Galligan 204 2007 essica uffman vs llinois 7 J H I (11-9-07) Blocks Rachel Galligan 61 2006 Rebounds – Individual Freshman-Season Records – 8 lindsey Kluempers at Illinois-Chicago (11-20-07) Record Player New Mark Season 8 rachel Galligan at Missouri (11-15-07) Points Jessica Huffman 490 2007 Pts Per Game Jessica Huffman 16.9 2007 7 on Three Occasions FGs Made Jessica Huffman 169 2007 Assists FGs Attempted Jessica Huffman 401 2007 6 megan Edwards vs Illinois State (11-11-07) FTs Made Jessica Huffman 111 2007 4 lauren Sturtevant vs Illinois State (11-11-07) FTs Attempted Jessica Huffman 156 2007 3FGs Made Jessica Huffman 41 2007 Blocked Shots 3FGs Attempts Jessica Huffman 117 2007 achel alligan at oledo 3 r G T (11-24-07) Steals Jessica Huffman 58 2007 2 on Four Occasions FT % Megan Edwards .852 2006 Steals Blocks Rachel Galligan 61 2006 3 Jessica Huffman at Bradley (11-27-07) – Individual Game Records – Record Player New Mark Season 3 lindsey Kluempers at Toledo (11-24-07) Points Jessica Huffman 38 2007 3 megan Edwards at Illinois-Chicago (11-20-07) FGs Attempted Jessica Huffman 29 2007 Minutes FG % Three Panthers 1.000 ‘05, ‘06 & ‘07 38 Jessica Huffman at Toledo (11-24-07) 3FGs Made Megan Sparks 7 2006 37 megan Edwards at Illinois-Chicago (11-20-07) 3FG % Megan Sparks .875 2006 Blocks Rachel Galligan 6 2006 n wo ccasions 36 o T O FT % Megan Sparks 1.000 2005 2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Q PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF • Page  PANTHER CAREER-HIGHS & CUMLATIVE TOTALS

#3 JESSICA HUFFMAN #12 LAUREN STURTEVANT Single Game Career-High Career Single Game Career-High Career Points 38 - Morehead State (12-20-06)... An EIU Record 567 Points 9 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 67 Field Goals 14 - Morehead State (12-20-06) 195 Field Goals 3 - on two occasions 22 FG Attempted 29 - Jax State (2-1-07)... An EIU Record 473 FG Attempted 7 - on two occasions 72 3-Pointers 4 - Eastern Kentucky (12-18-06) 49 3-Pointers 2 at #14 Louisville (12-29-06) 5 3-FG Attempted 8 - Eastern Kentucky (12-18-06) 136 3-FG Attempted 3 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 23 Free Throws 11 at Morehead State (1-27-07) 128 Free Throws 3 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 18 FT Attempted 14 at Morehead State (1-27-07) 176 FT Attempted 4 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 22 Rebounds 7 - on three occasions 128 Rebounds 3 - on three occasions 30 Assists 7 - on five occasions 115 Assists 6 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 47 Blocked Shots 1 - on four occasions 4 Blocked Shots 1 - on four occasions 4 Steals 6 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 68 Steals 5 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 11 Minutes 45 - Jacksonville State (2-1-07) Minutes 24 at Eastern Kentucky (1-13-07)

#5 MARIE BAKER #15 ELLEN CANALE Single Game Career-High Career Single Game Career-High Career Points 12 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 22 Points 19 vs #22 USC (11-20-05) 401 Field Goals 4 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 9 Field Goals 8 vs #22 USC (11-20-05) 124 FG Attempted 9 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 26 FG Attempted 15 vs #22 USC (11-20-05) 365 3-Pointers ------–– 3-Pointers 2 - Tennessee State (12-10-05) 16 3-FG Attempted ------–– 3-FG Attempted 4 - Tennessee Tech (12-8-05) 62 Free Throws 4 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 4 Free Throws 10 - Jacksonville State (2-1-07) 137 FT Attempted 8 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 11 FT Attempted 11 - Jacksonville State (2-1-07) 185 Rebounds 9 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 27 Rebounds 10 at Illinois-Chicago (11-28-05) 228 Assists 1 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 1 Assists 5 - on two occasions 116 Blocked Shots 1 at Xavier (12-15-06) 1 Blocked Shots 2 - on two occasions 18 Steals 1 - Samford (2-3-07) 1 Steals 6 vs #22 USC (11-20-05) 61 Minutes 12 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) Minutes 37 - Jacksonville State (2-1-07)

#11 JERIKA CARPENTER #20 MEGAN EDWARDS Single Game Career-High Career Single Game Career-High Career Points Points 24 - Eastern Kentucky (1-14-06) 339 Field Goals Field Goals 8 - on two occasions 109 FG Attempted FG Attempted 19 at Tennessee Tech (1-19-06) 299 3-Pointers 3-Pointers 6 - Samford (2-25-06) 41 3-FG Attempted Making Her 3-FG Attempted 12 at Tennessee Tech (1-19-06) 134 Free Throws Free Throws 9 at Austin Peay (1-7-06) 80 FT Attempted Collegiate FT Attempted 9 - on two occasions 93 Rebounds Rebounds 5 - on three occasions 71 Assists Debut Assists 10 - Tennessee State (12-10-05) 125 Blocked Shots Blocked Shots 1 - on four occasions 4 Steals Steals 4 - on three occasions 57 Minutes Minutes 41 - Butler (11-30-05)

EASTERN ILLINOIS HOSTS INDIANA STATE & LOYOLA • Page  #22 DOMINIQUE SIMS #41 MAGGIE KLOAK Single Game Career-High Career Single Game Career-High Career Points 15 - on two occasions 58 Points 10 at Bradley (11-27-07) 28 Field Goals 6 - on two occasions 22 Field Goals 3 at Bradley (11-27-07) 8 FG Attempted 10 at Missouri (11-15-07) 39 FG Attempted 5 - on two occasions 21 3-Pointers 2 - on four occasions 8 3-Pointers ------–– 3-FG Attempted 3 - on two occasions 11 3-FG Attempted ------–– Free Throws 2 - Illinois (11-9-07) 6 Free Throws 4 - on two occasions 12 FT Attempted 2 - on three occasions 9 FT Attempted 6 - Illinois State (11-11-07) 20 Rebounds 7 at Toledo (11-24-07) 18 Rebounds 3 - on two occasions 20 Assists 2 - Illinois (11-9-07) 4 Assists 1 - on four occasions 4 Blocked Shots 2 - Illinois State (11-11-07) 3 Blocked Shots 1 at Illinois-Chicago (11-20-07) 1 Steals 2 - on two occasions 4 Steals 1 - on three occasions 3 Minutes 28 - Illinois (11-9-07) Minutes 27 at Bradley (11-27-07)

#23 BRITTNEY COLEMAN #42 LINDSEY KLUEMPERS Single Game Career-High Career Single Game Career-High Career Points 13 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 73 Points 14 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 191 Field Goals 5 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 24 Field Goals 4 - on three occasions 71 FG Attempted 11 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 70 FG Attempted 8 - Murray State (1-2-06) 168 3-Pointers 2 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 5 3-Pointers 2 - on two occasions 6 3-FG Attempted 3 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 16 3-FG Attempted 3 - on two occasions 26 Free Throws 4 - on two occasions 20 Free Throws 6 - on two occasions 43 FT Attempted 8 at Illinois State (11-28-06) 35 FT Attempted 7 at Jacksonville State (2-2-06) 64 Rebounds 5 at Illinois State (11-28-06) 36 Rebounds 9 at Jacksonville State (2-2-06) 170 Assists 4 vs Alabama A&M (12-2-06) 15 Assists 5 at Tennessee Tech (1-19-06) 53 Blocked Shots 2 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 3 Blocked Shots 1 - on three occasions 3 Steals 3 - on two occasions 14 Steals 4 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 30 Minutes 30 - Illinois-Chicago (11-19-06) Minutes 28 at Bradley (11-27-07)

#24 ASHLEY THOMAS #43 JULIE LIPPERD Single Game Career-High Career Single Game Career-High Career Points 21 - on two occasions 308 Points 10 - Eastern Kentucky (12-18-06) 129 Field Goals 8 at #14 Louisville (12-29-06) 108 Field Goals 5 - Eastern Kentucky (12-18-06) 43 FG Attempted 13 - on two occasions 270 FG Attempted 6 at #14 Louisville (12-29-06) 91 3-Pointers 4 - on two occasions 40 3-Pointers ------–– 3-FG Attempted 9 - Illinois-Chicago (11-19-06) 111 3-FG Attempted 1 - Tennessee Tech (12-8-05) 1 Free Throws 7 - Tennessee State (1-20-07) 52 Free Throws 7 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 43 FT Attempted 8 - Tennessee State (1-20-07) 68 FT Attempted 9 - Illinois-Springfield (11-17-06) 61 Rebounds 8 - on two occasions 127 Rebounds 6 vs Alabama A&M (12-2-06) 97 Assists 5 - on two occasions 77 Assists 2 - Tennessee State (1-20-07) 11 Blocked Shots 2 at Tennessee Tech (12-7-06) 9 Blocked Shots 2 at Cincinnati (12-3-05) 12 Steals 5 - Tennessee State (1-20-07) 47 Steals 1 on eight occasions 8 Minutes 39 at Morehead State (1-27-07) Minutes 25 at Xavier (12-15-06)

#52 RACHEL GALLIGAN Single Game Career-High Career Points 30 at Murray State (1-2-07) 866 Field Goals 10 at Murray State (1-2-07) 310 FG Attempted 22 - Jacksonville State (2-1-07) 656 3-Pointers ------–– 3-FG Attempted 1 - Bradley (11-14-06) 1 Free Throws 10 - on three occasions 246 FT Attempted 14 - Jacksonville State (2-1-07) 320 Rebounds 17 - on two occasions 449 Assists 2 on seven occasions 38 Blocked Shots 6 - Butler (11-30-05)... An EIU Record 115 Steals 4 on three occasions 76 Minutes 43 - Jacksonville State (2-1-07)

2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Q PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF • Page  Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Eastern Illinois vs Indiana State 11-21-06 7:00 pm EST at Terre Haute, Ind. (Hulman Center) ------VISITORS: Eastern Illinois 2-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 34 SCAGGS, Meagan...... f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 52 GALLIGAN, Rachel.... c 6-12 0-0 7-12 2 5 7 3 19 2 1 1 1 31 03 HUFFMAN, Jessica.... g 7-12 3-6 5-5 0 6 6 4 22 3 7 1 0 28 22 ECK, Meggie...... g 3-10 3-10 0-0 1 1 2 2 9 2 3 0 2 28 24 THOMAS, Ashley...... g 6-13 1-7 0-1 0 3 3 5 13 1 3 1 0 31 05 BAKER, Marie...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 STURTEVANT, Lauren.. 0-3 0-2 2-2 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 13 15 CANALE, Ellen...... 0-2 0-0 2-4 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 9 23 COLEMAN, Brittney... 0-3 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 13 25 MAXEDON, Amanda..... 5-6 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 0 12 1 0 0 2 18 41 KLOAK, Maggie...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 KLUEMPERS, Lindsey.. 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 43 LIPPERD, Julie...... 0-1 0-0 3-4 2 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 10 TEAM...... 2 3 5 Totals...... 27-64 7-26 25-34 17 28 45 26 86 15 20 4 6 201

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-35 40.0% 2nd Half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 42.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd Half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 26.9% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 20-25 80.0% Game: 73.5% 6

------HOME TEAM: Indiana State 2-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 25 Maenpaa, Rachel..... f 3-10 0-0 0-1 3 1 4 5 6 1 2 1 0 16 45 Rudolphi, Laura..... c 3-3 0-0 3-5 2 3 5 4 9 0 1 0 1 15 01 Phillips, Angela.... g 5-11 3-6 4-6 0 2 2 2 17 6 1 0 1 28 02 Bankhead, Annie..... g 3-7 1-2 3-5 0 1 1 1 10 4 2 0 1 22 10 Phillips, Leah...... g 1-6 1-6 2-3 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 1 2 33 03 Luna, Kelsey...... 9-11 6-6 3-4 0 1 1 1 27 3 1 0 4 26 15 Olsthoorn, Maria.... 1-3 0-1 3-6 1 4 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 16 24 Paul, Sarah...... 1-3 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 1 5 2 3 0 1 15 32 Schilli, Kara...... 5-5 0-0 4-4 2 6 8 3 14 2 3 0 1 18 50 Rivest, Laurence.... 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 11 TEAM...... 2 2 Totals...... 32-62 12-24 26-38 9 23 32 26 102 22 13 2 12 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-35 51.4% 2nd Half: 14-27 51.9% Game: 51.6% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 50.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-14 71.4% 2nd Half: 16-24 66.7% Game: 68.4% 5

------Officials: Doug Knight, Felicia Grinter, Erika Herriman Technical fouls: Eastern Illinois-CANALE, Ellen. Indiana State-None. Attendance: 3042 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Eastern Illinois...... 36 50 - 86 Indiana State...... 52 50 - 102 Points in the paint-EIU 20,INSU 32. Points off turnovers-EIU 15,INSU 25. 2nd chance points-EIU 14,INSU 5. Fast break points-EIU 2,INSU 12. Bench points-EIU 23,INSU 55. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-EIU 2nd-01:24, INSU 2nd-01:44. Largest lead-EIU by 4 1st-17:01, INSU by 30 2nd-11:11. 2008 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASKETBALL Eastern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2007) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (0-6) (0-2) (0-4) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-6) (0-2) (0-4) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------03 HUFFMAN, Jessica... 6-6 175 29.2 26-72 .361 8-19 .421 17-20 .850 10 19 29 4.8 20 1 12 32 0 10 77 12.8 52 GALLIGAN, Rachel... 5-5 149 29.8 20-49 .408 0-0 .000 17-21 .810 5 26 31 6.2 8 0 6 15 8 5 57 11.4 22 SIMS, Dominique.... 6-1 129 21.5 22-39 .564 8-11 .727 6-9 .667 5 20 25 4.2 21 1 4 17 3 5 58 9.7 15 CANALE, Ellen...... 6-6 142 23.7 12-36 .333 3-7 .429 12-14 .857 5 12 17 2.8 25 2 9 17 2 2 39 6.5 20 EDWARDS, Megan..... 6-5 196 32.7 9-38 .237 5-21 .238 11-12 .917 1 13 14 2.3 6 0 16 10 1 9 34 5.7 24 THOMAS, Ashley..... 6-0 94 15.7 10-23 .435 1-4 .250 7-8 .875 3 3 6 1.0 13 0 9 7 1 5 28 4.7 42 KLUEMPERS, Lindsey. 6-6 148 24.7 8-17 .471 5-7 .714 0-1 .000 4 19 23 3.8 14 0 4 11 1 6 21 3.5 41 KLOAK, Maggie...... 6-1 73 12.2 5-16 .313 0-0 .000 8-12 .667 4 7 11 1.8 12 0 1 8 1 2 18 3.0 43 LIPPERD, Julie..... 3-0 22 7.3 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 1 2 3 1.0 4 0 0 3 2 1 8 2.7 12 STURTEVANT, Lauren. 6-0 51 8.5 5-14 .357 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000 1 4 5 0.8 8 0 6 3 0 0 16 2.7 05 BAKER, Marie...... 1-0 5 5.0 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 33 x-BLUE, Ashley..... 3-0 16 5.3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 13 12 25 5.0 0 0 ------Total...... 6 1200 119-313 .380 32-73 .438 86-108 .796 53 139 192 32.0 136 4 67 129 19 45 356 59.3 Opponents...... 6 1200 155-350 .443 40-104 .385 103-154 .669 84 151 235 39.2 100 - 95 105 20 64 453 75.5

x-Inactive player DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------TEAM STATISTICS EIU OPP 11/09/07 ILLINOIS L 56-86 2358 ------11/11/07 ILLINOIS STATE L 68-81 406 SCORING...... 356 453 11/15/07 at Missouri L 51-69 - Points per game...... 59.3 75.5 11/20/07 at Illinois-Chicago L 58-62 565 Scoring margin...... -16.2 - 11/24/07 at Toledo L 66-72 1388 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 119-313 155-350 11-27-07 at Bradley L 57-83 517 Field goal pct...... 380 .443 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 32-73 40-104 3-point FG pct...... 438 .385 3-pt FG made per game.. 5.3 6.7 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 86-108 103-154 Free throw pct...... 796 .669 REBOUNDS...... 192 235 Rebounds per game...... 32.0 39.2 Rebounding margin...... -7.2 - ASSISTS...... 67 95 Assists per game...... 11.2 15.8 TURNOVERS...... 129 105 Turnovers per game..... 21.5 17.5 Turnover margin...... -4.0 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.5 0.9 STEALS...... 45 64 Steals per game...... 7.5 10.7 BLOCKS...... 19 20 Blocks per game...... 3.2 3.3 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 2764 2470 Home games-Avg/Game.... 2-1382 4-618 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Eastern Illinois...... 177 179 - 356 Opponents...... 227 226 - 453