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NCAA Tournament: 2001, 2006 @MKE_WBB WNIT: 2016, 2018 @MKE_WBB WBI: 2017 Black & Gold Network Women’s Basketball Contact: Cody Bohl | [email protected] | 920-740-3936 2020-21 Schedule / Results GAME 27 | MARCH 19, 2021 | MILWAUKEE VS DRAKE Date Opponent TV Time November 19-7 Overall 16-11 Overall 25 BALL STATE W 67-56 MILWAUKEE PANTHERS DRAKE BULLDOGS 28 at Bradley W 65-60 Tipoff: 8:00 pm | Arena: UW Health Sports Factory (Rockford, Ill.) Radio: MKEPanthers.com with Matt Menzl | TV: FloSports | Live Stats: MKEPanthers.com December Social: @MKE_WBB 2 at Marquette W 64-55 HEAD COACH 2020-21 Statistical Comparison HEAD COACH 64.1 Points Scored 76.6 6 at Bowling Green L 62-64 Kyle Rechlicz (9th season) Jennie Baranczyk (9th season) .407 Field Goal Pct. .484 Career DI Record: 138-137 Career DI Record (9th): 190-95 12 at Green Bay* W 61-58 .320 3-Point Pct. .370 Record at MKE: 138-137 Record at Drake: 190-95 13 at Green Bay* W 59-51 .834 Free Throw Pct. .730 19 ROBERT MORRIS* W 64-52 39.0 Rebounding Avg. 39.3 STAT LEADERS STAT LEADERS 20 ROBERT MORRIS* W 56-37 14.4 Assists/game 20.5 17.7 Turnovers/game 18.7 Points | #33 Megan Walstad Points | #43 Grace Berg 318 PTS | 12.2 PPG 55.9 Points Allowed 68.3 445 PTS | 16.5 PPG January .354 Field Goal Pct. Def. .396 1 at Detroit Mercy* W 64-43 Rebounds | #33 Megan Walstad .278 3-Point Pct. Def. .321 Rebounds | #42 Maggie Bair 229 REB | 8.8 PRG 156 REB | 7.1 RPG 2 at Detroit Mercy* W 77-38 +8.0 Rebounding Margin +6.5 -2.4 Turnover Margin -4.0 8 PURDUE FW* W 62-42 Assists | #3 McKaela Schmelzer Assists | #11 Kierra Collier 88 AST | 3.4 APG 6.8 Steals/game 7.7 91 ASTS | 4.1 APG 9 PURDUE FW* W 64-33 3.6 Blocks/game 4.1 15 CLEVELAND STATE* W 56-52 16 CLEVELAND STATE* W 65-44 PANTHER POINTS 22 at IUPUI* W 74-66 Thanks to an impressive regular season which included a regular season Horizon League title, 23 at IUPUI* W 85-83 (2OT) the Milwaukee women’s basketball team earned the right to play in the WNIT tournament. The Panthers accepted an at-large bid to the WNIT and will return to the postseason tournament for 29 N. KENTUCKY* L 50-67 the first time since 2017-18. It marks the third time in program history that the Panthers reached the WNIT tournament. Live audio with Matt Menzl on the call along with a link for live stats can be 30 N. KENTUCKY* L 61-68 found on MKEPanthers.com. With no tickets available to the general public, fans can engage with the Panthers’ Virtual Gameday February Hub, a page on MKEPanthers.com that houses any and all links fans will need for that gameday experience. 5 at Wright State* L 58-67 6 at Wright State* L 49-56 The 2020-21 season marks the 50th year of competition for the Milwaukee women’s basketball team. The Panthers earned varsity status in 1971-72 and have provided incredible highlights 12 OAKLAND* L 82-83 (OT) including 13 conference or district championships, two NCAA Tournament appearances, 19 Bud K. Haidet Hall of Famers, and much more. 13 OAKLAND* W 69-66 19 at UIC* W 58-35 PROBABLE MILWAUKEE STARTERS 20 at UIC* W 72-53 March 2 NO. 7 YOUNGSTOWN ST. W 77-68 8 No. 5 IUPUI L 46-56 19 vs. Drake 8:00 pm 20 vs. Saint Louis/DePaul TBD #3 #1 #23 #13 #33 *Horizon League Game McKaela Sydney Bre Brandi Megan All times Central | HOME GAMES IN BOLD Schmelzer Staver Cera Bisping Walstad R-Sr. | G | 5-7 Sr. | G | 5-11 R-Sr. | G | 5-10 Sr. | G | 5-11 R-So. | F | 6-2 MKEPANTHERS.COM 2020-21 Milwaukee Women’s Basketball | @MKE_WBB GAME 27 | General Information City/Zip Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 Founded 1885 Enrollment 24,836 Nickname Panthers Colors Black and Gold Arena/Capacity Klotsche Center/3,500 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Horizon League Chancellor Mark Mone Director of Athletics Amanda Braun Associate AD/SWA Kathy Litzau Athletics Phone 414-229-5151 2020-21 Milwaukee Roster Ticket Office Phone 414-229-5886 # Name Pos Height Year Hometown/High School/Last School History 0 Alyssa Moore G 5-4 R-Jr. Chicago, Ill./Kenwood Academy First Year of Basketball 1971-72 1 Sydney Staver G 5-11 Sr. Mineral Point, Wis./Mineral Point First Year in Division I 1990-91 2 Lior Halevi F 5-11 R-Fr. Kibbutz Tirat Zvi, Israel/Wingate Academy All-Time Record 694-645 (.518) NCAA 3 McKaela Schmelzer G 5-7 R-Sr. Loves Park, Ill./Harlem Appearances/Last 2/2006 5 Grace Crowley F 5-11 R-Fr. Mequon, Wis./Homestead Last NCAA Appearance Michigan St./L, 65-46 10 Miquela Santoro G 5-7 R-Sr. Clarksville, Ohio/Clinton Massie/Winthrop Coaching Staff 12 Emma Wittmershaus F/C 6-3 R-So. Bangor, Wis./Bangor Head Coach Kyle Rechlicz 13 Brandi Bisping G 5-11 Sr. Morton, Ill./Morton Alma Mater/Year Wisconsin/2003 21 Kalvina Eubanks G 5-8 Fr. Bellwood, Ill./Walther Christian Academy Record at Milwaukee 138-137 (9th Season) 22 Angie Cera G 5-11 Fr. Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago Career Record 138-137 (9th Season) 23 Bre Cera G 5-10 R-Sr. Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago/Iowa Assistant Coach Stacy Cantley 24 Jada Donaldson G 5-6 Fr. Beaver Dam, Wis./Beaver Dam Assistant Coach DéRonté Polite 30 Kendall Nead G 5-11 Fr. Johnston, Iowa/Johnston Dir. of Operations Molly Hanson 31 Macy McGlone F 6-2 Fr. Greenville, Wis./Hortonville Athletic Trainer Kelly Clements 33 Megan Walstad F 6-2 R-So. Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview Team Information Coaching Staff 2019-20 Overall Record 15-16 Home/Away/Neutral 11-5/4-11/0-0 Head Coach: Kyle Rechlicz (9th season) League Record 11-7 Assistant Coach: Stacy Cantley League Finish 5th Assistant Coach: DéRonté Polite League Tournament 1-1, lost in quarterfinals Director of Basketball Operations: Molly Hanson Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 Athletic Trainer: Kelly Clements Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9/6 Media Relations Associate Dir./WBB Contact Cody Bohl Pronunciation Guide Cell Phone 920-740-3936 Kyle Rechlicz RECK-litz Kalvina Eubanks YOU-banks E-mail [email protected] Brandi Bisping BIS-ping Miquela Santoro mik-AY-luh Twitter @cody_bohl Lior Halevi LEE-or Hul-EV-ee McKaela Schmelzer SHMELTZ-er Assistant AD Communications Chris Zills Bre Cera SEER-uh Sydney Staver STAY-ver Content Creation & Strategy Ashley Steltenpohl Angie Cera SEER-uh Emma Wittmershaus WITT-mer-house Multimedia Services Kolton Schlichting Communications Fax 414-229-5749 Press Row Phone 414-229-6276 MKEPANTHERS.COM 2020-21 Milwaukee Women’s Basketball | @MKE_WBB GAME 27 | KYLE RECHLICZ HEAD COACH NINTH SEASON WISCONSIN (2003) Kyle Rechlicz enters her ninth season as the head coach of the Milwaukee That marked just the third time in league history that a team finished in the women’s basketball team in 2020-21. bottom two one year and the top two the following season for an incredible turnaround. That earned Milwaukee a berth in the WNIT - the team’s first Rechlicz has quickly led Milwaukee back to a place of prominence and postseason appearance in a decade and just third overall, finishing with a 19- seemingly completely rewritten the record book. Headlined by trips to the 13 overall record. postseason in each of the last five seasons, the Panthers have totaled 92 wins over that duration - the most wins in a five-year span in the program’s Division For all of her efforts, Rechlicz was named Horizon League Coach of the Year I history. in 2016, becoming just the second coach in program history to earn that distinction. Following a tough non-conference slate in 2019-20, Rechlicz and company turned it on late, winning seven of the final eight regular season games to Rechlicz’s players also earned plenty of praise over the past three seasons climb up to the No. 5 seed for the Horizon League Tournament. MKE downed at Milwaukee. Steph Kostowicz was named all-league in consecutive years Oakland before falling to eventual league champions, Northern Kentucky. (2016-18), while Lizzie Odegard and Megan Walstad became the second and third MKE players named to the All-Freshman team in the last four years. Ryaen In 2018-19, Rechlicz reached the 100-win mark with her fifth straight double- Johnson set multiple records for Milwaukee and was awarded with an All- digit victory season. She coached a pair of players to postseason honors for the Defensive team honor. second straight season as Ryaen Johnson (All-Defensive) and Megan Walstad (All-Freshman) collected Horizon League awards. Looking back, the writing was on the wall for all this success for Rechlicz. In 2014-15, her team claimed Milwaukee’s first postseason victory in five years, The 2017-18 season was a memorable one for the Panthers. Rechlicz coached featured a first-team all-league selection for the first time since 2010-11, and her team to 21 wins, the second-highest total in program history, marking the also had a member of the league’s all-freshman squad for the first time in four first time since moving to Division-I with back-to-back 20-win seasons. The seasons. team earned an at-large berth to the Postseason WNIT, opening things up with an impressive 81-67 road win.