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University of Indianapolis Sports Information *Mitch Wigness, Sports Information Director *Ryan Thorpe, Assistant SID *Offi ce: (317) 788-3494 Cell: (317) 223-5635 Women’s Basketball Contact East-Division rivals visit Nicoson 2007-08 Schedule (11-0, 4-0 GLVC) Division-leading Hounds return home for two 11/03/07 # at Indiana State L 80-85 11/16/07 $ FINDLAY W, 82-67 GAME 12 GAME 13 11/17/07 $ ASHLAND W, 65-62 Northern Kentucky Bellarmine 11/21/07 OAKLAND CITY W, 77-60 at at 11/29/07 * MO.-ST. LOUIS W, 79-56 Indianapolis Indianapolis Nicoson Hall Nicoson Hall 12/01/07 * MO.-ROLLA W, 64-57 1/10/08, 5:30 pm 1/12/08, 5:30 pm 12/04/07 at Tiffi n W, 69-45 12/08/07 at Ohio Valley W, 88-44 On Tap: With a perfect 11-0 record in tow, the University of In- 12/15/07 at Eckerd W, 69-67 dianapolis women’s basketball team hosts a pair on intra-division 12/18/07 at #24 Florida Tech W, 72-60 foes this week. 15th-ranked Northern Kentucky visits Nicoson 01/03/08 * at Wisconsin-Parkside W, 78-55 Hall on Thursday evening while Bellarmine comes calling on Sat- 01/05/08 * at Lewis W, 61-51 urday. Both games are scheduled to start at 5:30 pm. 01/10/08 * #15 NORTHERN KY. 5:30 PM 01/12/08 * BELLARMINE 5:30 PM About Northern Kentucky: Ranked 15th in the lastest USA To- day/ESPN Division II Coaches Poll, Northern Kentucky Norse 01/17/08 * at SIU Edwardsville 6:30 PM (9-3, 2-2 GLVC) had won six games in a row until losing two of 01/19/08 * at Quincy 2:00 PM their last three. NKU lost 66-55 at Grand Valley State on Dec. 29 01/24/08 * ROCKHURST 5:30 PM before dropping a 55-52 decision at home to third-ranked Drury 01/26/08 * DRURY 12:00 PM on Saturday. The Norse had been ranked as high as No. 11 before 01/29/08 CENTRAL ST. 7:00 PM their mini-slide. 02/02/08 * at Saint Joseph’s 2:00 PM 02/07/08 * at Kentucky Wesleyan 6:15 PM Six-time GLVC Coach of the Year Nancy Winstel is in her 25th 02/09/08 * at Southern Indiana 2:00 PM season as the NKU head coach. Winstel has guided the Norse to 02/14/08 * at Bellarmine 5:45 PM 17 NCAA appearances, including four trips to the Final Four. Her 02/16/08 * at Northern Kentucky 4:30 PM 2007-08 squad currently leads the Great Lakes Valley Conference 02/21/08 * LEWIS 5:30 PM in fi eld goal defense (.347) and blocked shots (6.92 bpg). 02/23/08 * WIS.-PARKSIDE 1:00 PM Senior Angela Healy is having an impressive season for the Norse. 02/26/08 * ST. JOSEPH’S 5:30 PM The 6’1” center is averaging a double-double, leading the team 02/28/08 * KY. WESLEYAN 5:30 PM in scoring (16.0 ppg) and rebounding (10.2 rpg), with the latter 03/06/08 GLVC Tournament TBA pacing the conference. Healy’s frontcourt mate, Cassie Brennen, 03/14/08 NCAA Regionals TBA averages 13.8 points per game and leads the league with a .594 FG 03/26/08 NCAA Elite Eight TBA percentage. See page 6 for a complete season box score. Home games ALL CAPS All times Eastern Hounds vs. Norse: UIndy has not had much success against NKU #- Exhibition contest all-time, evident by its 14-35 record versus the Norse. NKU has $- GLIAC/GLVC Challenge (Nicoson Hall) won the last fi ve meetings, including a 58-53 win over the Hounds *- GLVC contest at Nicoson in last year’s fi nal regular season game. See page 8 for a complete box score. Hounds vs. Knights: UIndy hasn’t fared too well against the About Bellarmine: After advancing to last year’s GLVC tour- Knights either. The Hounds have a 19-35 all-time record versus nament semifi nals, the Bellarmine Knights (10-5, 2-2 GLVC) BU and have won just nine of 24 meetings at Nicoson Hall. The bring a four-game winning streak into this weekend’s games. The Greyhounds have taken nine of the last 13 meetings however, in- Knights face St. Joseph’s on Thursday before their match-up with cluding a 66-52 win at Nicoson last year. Karla Mast had a game- the Greyhounds. Bellarmine is second in the GLVC in scoring of- high 19 points in that game, while Katie Dewey added fi ve assists fense (76.5 ppg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.01) and six steals. See page 9 for a complete box score. Two-time defending GLVC Player of the Week Angela Smith leads Last Time Out: With a 61-51 win at Neil Carey Arena on Sat- BU by scoring 15.9 points per game. In the last four games, the urday afternoon, UIndy handed defending conference champion senior guard has averaged 25 ppg, including a 27-point effort over Lewis University its fi rst Great Lakes Valley Conference loss of third-ranked Drury last Thursday. Junior Dana Beaven averages the season. The teams entered the game with identical 3-0 confer- 10.7 points and a team-high 6.8 rebounds per game. See page 6 for ence records, but the win moves UIndy a game ahead of second- a complete season box score. place Lewis in the GLVC East Division. Samantha Meissel paced the Hounds in scoring with 15 while also garnering seven boards and two blocks. See page 7 for a complete box score. University of Indianapolis Athletics For Whom the ‘Bell Tolls: Junior guard Isabell Rhenwrick is GLVC STANDINGS having a productive year at the free throw line. The Gary, Ind. na- EAST DIVISION GLVC Div. Overall tive enters the weekend second in the GLVC and sixth in the nation TEAM W-L Pct. W-L W-L Pct. Strk. with a .923 FT percentage. Rhenwrick has hit 24-of-26 attempts, 1. Indianapolis 4-0 1.000 2-0 11-0 1.000 W11 including 16 in a row. 2. Lewis 3-1 .750 1-1 6-4 .600 L1 3. Northern Kentucky 2-2 .500 0-0 9-3 .750 L1 Bullet Points: Saturday’s 61-point performance in a win at Lewis UW-Parkside 2-2 .500 1-1 8-4 .667 W1 marked UIndy’s lowest scoring output of the season. Though their Bellarmine 2-2 .500 0-0 10-5 .667 W4 point total against the Flyers was still good enough for a double- 6. Kentucky Wesleyan 1-2 .333 0-0 7-4 .636 L2 digit win, the Hounds fell twelve points short of their season av- 7. Saint Joseph’s 0-4 .000 0-2 1-10 .091 L5 erage. UIndy is in the middle of the conference in scoring of- fense, but its +16.4 point scoring margin is good for number one. WEST DIVISION GLVC Div. Overall TEAM W-L Pct. W-L W-L Pct. Strk. Rebounds Abound: The Greyhounds set a new season high by 1. Missouri S&T 3-1 .750 1-0 8-2 .800 W3 pulling down 47 rebounds at Lewis Saturday. Their +17 rebound- 2. SIU Edwardsville 2-1 .667 1-0 9-2 .818 W5 ing margin was also a team best. Quincy 2-1 .667 0-1 7-4 .636 L1 4. Drury 2-2 .500 0-0 10-2 .833 W1 What’s the Steal?: The Hounds committed a season-low nine Missouri-St. Louis 2-2 .500 0-1 4-7 .364 W1 turnovers at Wisconsin-Parkside last Thursday, including just one 6. Southern Indiana 1-2 .333 1-1 6-5 .545 L1 via steal. UWP’s steal total is the lowest by a Greyhound opponent 7. Rockhurst 0-4 .000 0-0 4-7 .364 L2 in recent history (single-game statistical totals are currently only as of Jan. 10, a.m. available from 2000-01 to the present). Hounds on Radio: Once again, the Greyhounds will be broadcast Record Start: By winning their fi rst eleven games, the Hounds live on WICR 88.7 FM. Join the crew as they bring you all the have extended the program record for wins to start a season. With play-by-play action. You can also catch the Greyhounds on the its eighth win back on ec. 15, UIndy broke the previous mark set Internet via live streaming. Get details at http://wicr.uindy.edu. by the 1983-84 squad. That team won each of its fi rst seven games on the way to a 20-3 season. Hounds on the Web: Get all the up-to-date information on the Greyhounds anytime, day or night at http://athletics.uindy.edu. The Unbeatens: Through Jan. 6, UIndy is one of just sev- The offi cial home of Greyhound athletics, you can fi nd rosters, en teams in all of Division II without a loss. North Dakota schedules, statistics, news, media information, weekly releases and is 15-0 followed closely by Condoria-St. Paul at 14-0. Join- real-time stats during all home games. ing The Hounds at 11-0 are Holy Family, Seattle Pacifi c, and Delta State. Central Washington is also undefeated at 9-0. Hounds on TV: The Greyhounds are again scheduled to be on television this season with expanded coverage being provided on Fear of Rejection: In the last meeting between UIndy and NKU, the UIndy Television Network.