2015-16 Women's Basketball
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2015-16 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 19: AMERICAN (4-14, 2-5) Record: 4-14, 2-5 Patriot AT HOLY CROSS (7-11, 4-3) Date Opponent Time/Res. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 • 7:00 p.m. 11/13 at RV/#25 Princeton L, 34-72 Worcester, Mass. • Hart Center (3,600) 11/17 at #22/20 George Washington L, 48-78 11/19 HOFSTRA L, 51-60 ABOUT AMERICAN ABOUT HOLY CROSS 11/22 ELON L, 54-62 Record: 4-14, 2-5 Record: 7-11, 4-3 11/25 at William & Mary L, 51-62 Last Result: L, vs. Lafayette, 60-51 Last Result: L, at Army West Point, 77-58 Up Next: vs. Colgate, 1/30/16 Up Next: at Navy, 1/30/16 11/29 WAKE FOREST L, 70-71 Head Coach: Megan Gebbia Head Coach: Bill Gibbons 12/2 at UMBC L, 46-47 AU Record: 50-33 (Third year) HC Record: 575-355 (31st year) 12/5 at James Madison L, 45-74 Career Record: Same Career Record: Same 12/17 at Dartmouth W, 45-41 GAME INFORMATION 12/20 MANHATTAN W, 52-48 Live Stats: goholycross.com 12/22 at Pittsburgh L, 58-76 Video: Patriot League Network 12/30 at Loyola Maryland* L, 46-52 Series Record: Holy Cross leads, 18-15 Last Season: American split a pair of contests against Holy Cross last season. The Eagles picked up a 1/2 at Colgate* W, 49-37 74-63 road victory over the Crusaders on Jan. 3 before falling to Holy Cross at home, 67-61, on Jan. 31. 1/6 BUCKNELL* L, 60-66 1/9 at Lehigh* W, 59-55 The American University women’s basketball team returns to action on Tuesday, Jan. 26, when it visits Holy Cross in a Patriot League matchup at 7 p.m. 1/13 at Boston University* L, 59-63 1/16 ARMY WEST POINT* L, 42-52 LAST TIME OUT... 1/20 LAFAYETTE* L, 51-60 Outscored 19-2 to end the second period, American dropped a 60-51 contest to Lafayette last Wednesday at Bender Arena. 1/26 at Holy Cross* 7:00 1/30 COLGATE* 2:00 Freshman Cecily Carl finished with a career-high 16 points and five blocks to lead the Eagles, while 2/3 at Bucknell* 7:00 junior Lauren Crisler and sophomore Maria Liddane each added 11 points. Crisler recorded a team- 2/6 LEHIGH* 2:00 best eight rebounds, while Liddane dished out a team-high four assists. 2/10 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 7:00 For the Leopards, Jamie O’Hare recorded 15 points and eight assists to lead the way, while Sammy 2/13 at Army West Point* 3:00 Stipa added 12 points. 2/17 at Lafayette* 7:00 SCOUTING THE EAGLES... 2/20 HOLY CROSS* 2:00 American enters this week’s game with a 4-14 overall record and 2-5 ledger in Patriot League play after 2/24 at Navy* 7:00 its loss to Lafayette last week. 2/27 LOYOLA MARYLAND* 4:00 Junior Lauren Crisler leads the Eagles with 9.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per contest, while freshman 3/2 NAVY* 7:00 Cecily Carl adds 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per contest. Meanwhile, sophomore Maria Liddane 3/5 Patriot League First Round TBA leads American in assists, averaging 3.6 per game, including a league-best 5.4 assists per game in PL 3/7 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA contests only. 3/11 Patriot League Semifinals TBA SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS... 3/12 Patriot League Championship 6:00 Holy Cross currently holds a 7-11 overall record and 4-3 mark in the Patriot League. The Crusaders are HOME MATCHES IN CAPS AU PROJECTED STARTERS No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG MPG This week’s opponents in bold 10 Lauren Crisler 6-2 Jr. F 9.8 6.3 1.2 30.0 * - Patriot League contest 14 Maria Liddane 5-8 So. G 5.3 2.3 3.6 27.6 20 Jordan Light 6-0 Jr. G 2.7 1.8 1.0 24.4 32 Ari Booth 5-7 Sr. G 5.4 0.9 0.7 19.1 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 44 Cecily Carl 6-3 Fr. F 6.8 4.1 0.4 16.0 WBB Contact .................................Melissa McKeown Office Phone .........................................(202) 885-3030 RESERVES Cell Phone ................................................(719) 213-1509 No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG MPG E-mail [email protected] 1 Asha Henley 5-5 So. G — — — — Mailing Address......................................Bender Arena 3 Kaitlyn Lewis 5-7 Fr. G 3.2 1.7 2.0 16.6 .....................................4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW 4 Emily Kinneston 5-8 So. G 6.6 2.7 1.8 22.9 ....................................................Washington, D.C. 20016 13 Michaela Nieuwenhuizen 6-3 Fr. F 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 Website ..................................................... AUeagles.com 21 Kate Bond 5-10 So. G 1.5 0.8 0.3 5.8 Facebook ..............................................AU.WBasketball 23 Elina Koskimies 6-0 Fr. G 3.4 2.8 1.2 19.0 Twitter ...................................................AU_WBasketball 33 Michael Harris 6-1 So. F 2.4 1.8 0.1 8.3 AUEAGLES.COM • FACEBOOK: AU.WBASKETBALL • TWITTER: @AU_WBASKETBALL AMERICAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | AT HOLY CROSS STATISTICAL COMPARISON PATRIOT LEAGUE Team PL Pct. Overall Pct. AU CATEGORY HC Bucknell 8-0 1.000 14-5 .737 4-14, 2-5 Record 7-11, 4-3 Army 7-1 .875 16-2 .889 .378 Field Goal Percentage .395 Loyola Md. 5-3 .625 8-11 .421 .392 Opp. Field Goal Percentage .387 Lehigh 4-3 .571 11-7 .611 .271 3 Pt. Field Goal Percentage .332 Holy Cross 4-3 .571 7-11 .389 .644 Free Throw Percentage .653 Navy 3-5 .375 9-10 .474 33.6 Rebound Average 34.2 Lafayette 2-5 .286 4-13 .235 -2.4 Rebound Margin -6.2 AMERICAN 2-5 .286 4-14 .222 51.1 Points Per Game 61.9 Colgate 2-6 .250 4-14 .222 59.8 Points Allowed Per Game 62.8 Boston U. 1-7 .125 1-18 .053 -8.7 Point Differential -0.9 13.0 Assists Per Game 13.9 Upcoming Patriot League Schedule 3.1 Blocks Per Game 4.9 Tuesday, Jan. 26 5.1 Steals Per Game 7.7 American at Holy Cross, 7:05 p.m. 17.0 Turnovers Per Game 15.4 coming off a 77-58 road loss to Army West Point last week. Senior Lisa Mifsud scored 19 points to lead Wednesday, Jan. 27 the Crusaders against the Black Knights, while classmate Molly Hourigan added nine points and eight Lafayette at Lehigh, 5:00 p.m. rebounds. For the season, Mifsud leads Holy Cross with 12.6 points and 4.1 assists per game, while sophomore Saturday, Jan. 30 Infiniti Thomas-Waheed adds 12.4 points per contest. Meanwhile, Hourigan is the Crusaders’ leading Bucknell at Army West Point, 1:00 p.m. rebounder, averaging 8.5 boards per game. Colgate at American, 2:00 p.m. HOW WE RATE... Boston U. at Lehigh, 2:00 p.m. In the latest Patriot League statistical rankings, American ranks third in the league in rebounding defense Loyola Maryland at Lafayette, 2:00 p.m. (35.9) and fourth in defensive rebounding percentage (.687). Holy Cross at Navy, 4:00 p.m. Individually, sophomore Maria Liddane ranks third in the Patriot League in assists per game (3.6) and assist/turnover ratio (1.3). Junior Lauren Crisler ranks eighth in field goal percentage (.441), ninth in Patriot League Players of the Week defensive rebounds (4.6) and 10th in rebounding (6.3), while freshman Cecily Carl ranks tied for sixth in Nov. 16 Kelsey Minato, Army blocked shots per game (1.2). Rookie - Madison Hovren, Army Nov. 23 Jacquie Klotz, Bucknell In Patriot League games only, the Eagles rank second in the league in assists (14.6) and assist/turnover ratio (1.1), and are tied for second in scoring defense (55.0). Rookie - Kaitlyn Slagus, Bucknell Nov. 30 Lexi Martins, Lehigh HOW THEY RATE... Rookie - Angela Ribarich, Lafayette Holy Cross currently ranks second in the Patriot League in three-point field goal percentage (.332), Dec. 7 Kelsey Minato, Army blocked shots (4.9), assists (13.9), assist/turnover ratio (0.9) and three-point field goals made per game (6.6). Rookie - Kyi English, Bucknell Dec. 14 Kelsey Minato, Army Individually, Lisa Mifsud leads the league in assists per game (4.1) and ranks second in assist/turnover Rookie - Mylah Chandler, Colgate ratio (1.6) and fourth in three-point field goals made (2.3). Molly Hourigan ranks second in blocked shots Dec. 21 Jacquie Klotz, Bucknell (2.9), third in field goal percentage (.496) and fourth in the league in rebounding (8.5) and defensive rebounds (6.6), while Infiniti Thomas-Waheed ranks third in steals per game (2.3). Rookie - Kaitlyn Lewis, American Dec. 28 Josie Stockill, Colgate In PL games only, the Crusaders lead the league in field goal percentage defense (.347) and three-point Rookie - Bianca Roach, Navy field goals made (7.3), while ranking second in three-point field goal percentage (.359), three-point field Jan. 4 Kaitlyn Slagus, Bucknell goal percentage defense (.292), blocked shots (6.1) and defensive rebounds (27.3). Rookie - Kaitlyn Slagus, Bucknell THE ATTACK OF SNOWZILLA... Jan. 11 Kelsey Minato, Army West Point The American-Holy Cross game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23, but is one of six Patriot Rookie - Alex Cantwell, Lafayette League games (two women, four men) that were postponed due to a major winter storm that pummeled Jan.