Bucknell Women’s Basketball Game Notes - 1 BUCKNELL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL @Bucknell_Bison | @Bucknell_WBB | BucknellBison.com BUCKNELL BISON (4-2) at AKRON ZIPS (2-1) Game 7 • Wednesday, November 30 • 10:30 a.m. • James A.Rhodes Arena (5,500) BUCKNELL BISON: 2016-17 SCHEDULE Record ...................................................................... 4-2 11/11 at Binghamton W, 67-57 Patriot League ....................................................... 0-0 11/13 at Saint Joseph’s W, 64-61 2015-16 ............................................... 25-8 (17-1 PL) 11/17 NJIT W, 67-36 Head Coach ..................................... Aaron Roussell 11/20 at North Carolina L, 65-50 At Bucknell ...................................... 78-52 (fifth) 11/22 at Elon L, 64-58 Overall ..........................................239-102 (13th) 11/27 DREXEL W, 78-66 Location ............................................. Lewisburg, Pa. 11/30 at Akron 10:30 a.m. 12/3 at Rutgers 2 p.m. AKRON ZIPS: 12/6 at St. Bonaventure 7 p.m. Record ...................................................................... 2-1 12/18 CLEVELAND STATE 2 p.m. MAC ........................................................................... 0-0 12/20 MANHATTAN 6 p.m. 2015-16 ........................................19-14 (11-7 MAC) 12/30 NAVY* 6 p.m. Head Coach .................................................Jodi Kest 1/2 at Army West Point* 7 p.m. At Akron ......................................163-155 (12th) 1/5 AMERICAN* 11 a.m. Overall ..........................................389-307 (25th) 1/8 HOLY CROSS* 2 p.m. Location ..................................................Akron, Ohio 1/11 at Lehigh* 7 p.m. 1/14 COLGATE* 2 p.m. 1/18 at Loyola (Md.)* 7 p.m. GAME INFORMATION 1/21 at Boston University* 2 p.m. 1/28 ARMY WEST POINT* 6 p.m. Tip .................................................................10:30 a.m. Series ....................................................... Bucknell,4-1 Radio ..........................................................90.5 WVBU First Game .........................12/4/94 (Akron, 55-52) 2/1 at American* 7 p.m. Webcast ...............................Akron Zips All-Access Last Bucknell Win ..........................3/17/16 (74-70) 2/4 at Holy Cross* Noon Internet Audio ........................BucknellBison.com Last Akron Win ..................................12/4/94 (55-52) 2/8 LEHIGH* 6 p.m. Live Stats .................................................GoZips.com Current Streak ...................................... Bucknell,4-1 2/11 at Colgate* 2 p.m. 2/15 LOYOLA (Md.)* 6 p.m. 2/18 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 2 p.m. BUCKNELL TENTATIVE STARTING LINEUP 2/22 at Lafayette* 7 p.m. Probable Starters: 2/25 at Navy* 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. PPG RPG APG 3/1 LAFAYETTE* 6 p.m. 02 Kyi English G So. 5-5 9.2 3.0 1.3 3/4 Patriot League First Round TBA ...........2016 Patriot League All-Rookie Team ... season-high 10 points in win over Saint Joseph’s 3/6 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA 11 Megan McGurk G Sr. 5-7 2.2 4.2 2.7 3/10 Patriot League Semifinals TBA ...........77 career starts ... matched career-high with seven assists in 78-66 win over Drexel 3/12 PL Championship# 11 a.m. 12 Claire DeBoer F Sr. 6-1 13.8 7.3 2.2 ...........Preseason Patriot League Player of the Year ... two-time All-Patriot League ... 1,234 career points Home games in BOLD CAPS at Sojka Pavilion 41 Sune Swart F Sr. 6-2 13.3 8.8 1.0 * Patriot League game ...........First Bison player with at least 25 points in back-to-back games (Binghamton, SJU) since 2010 # CBS Sports Network 50 Kaitlyn Slagus F So. 6-2 15.5 10.2 0.3 ...........2016 Patriot League Rookie of the Year ... three double-doubles this season The Reserves: No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. PPG RPG Notes ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 4 Gia Hayes G Fr. 5-8 0.4 0.4 Played in five games Assistant Dir. of Athletic Communications: 13 Rachel Dumiak G So. 5-11 1.5 1.5 Played in 31 games in her career Matt Jackson 20 Kate Walker G So. 6-0 5.7 3.8 Career-high 17 points last game Phone: 412-944-6715 22 Maegan Mikkelsen F So. 6-3 1.5 1.0 Played in nine games in her career E-Mail: [email protected] 32 Catherine Romaine F Jr. 6-2 2.0 2.5 Played in 57 games in her career 33 Carly Richardson G Jr. 5-11 0.0 0.7 Played in 30 games in her career Fax: 570-577-1660 40 Ellie Mack F Fr. 6-2 -- -- Out for season with an injury 54 MK Moore F Fr. 6-5 -- -- Missed first five games w/ injury Press Row Phone: 570-577-1087 Athletics Web Site: www.BucknellBison.com Twitter: @Bucknell_Bison Facebook: facebook.com/BucknellAthletics YouTube: youtube.com/BucknellAthletics Bucknell Women’s Basketball Game Notes - 2 STAT COMPARISON WHERE TO CATCH BISON BASKETBALL Offensive Breakdown Bucknell Akron Defensive Breakdown Bucknell Akron On the Radio: Scoring average 64.0 69.0 Scoring defense 58.2 66.7 • Every game, home and away, on WVBU 90.5 FM, FG% .420 .410 FG% defense .350 .382 unless otherwise noted 3FG% .306 .385 3FG% defense .302 .244 On the Internet (Audio): FT% .753 .735 FG/A per game allowed 22.0/62.8 25.3/66.3 • Bison Sports Network radio broadcast free of FG/A per game 23.3/55.5 24.3/59.3 3FG/A per game allowed 5.8/18.5 6.3/26.0 charge via BucknellBison.com 3FG/A per game 5.7/18.5 8.3/21.7 FT/A per game allowed 8.3/13.5 9.7/13.0 On the Internet (Video): FT/A per game 11.7/15.5 12.0/16.3 Reb. per game allowed 31.2 38.0 • Every non-league home game and every Patriot Rebounds per game 45.8 42.0 Rebound margin +14.7 +4.0 League contest avaliable free of charge on Bison Off. rebounds per game 14.0 12.7 Off. reb. allowed per game 11.7 13.0 Vison through the Patriot League Network (Patri- Assists per game 10.8 14.7 Steals per game 4.3 5.3 otLeague.tv) Asst/FG ratio 0.46 0.60 Blocks per game 2.8 4.3 • Justin Antweil is the voice of the Bucknell wom- Turnovers per game 19.2 18.7 Forced turnovers per game 10.0 12.0 en’s basketball team and can be heard at every Asst/TO ratio 0.6 0.8 Fouls per game 16.5 15.0 Bison game, home or away. Bucknell Leaders: Akron Leaders: Scoring ....................................Kaitlyn Slagus (15.5) Scoring .................................Hannah Plybon (27.0) Rebounding...........................Kaitlyn Slagus (10.2) Rebounding...........................................Alli Ball (7.3) Assists ..................................... Megan McGurk (2.7) Assists ....................................Brittany Gordon (3.3) Blocks ............................................. Sune Swart (1.2) Blocks .............................................. Greta Burry (2.0) Steals ...............................................Kate Walker (1.3) Steals .................................Shaunay Edmonds (1.3) FG% ..................................Sune Swart (.566, 30-53) FG% ....................................Greta Burry (.500, 8-16) 3-pt. FG% .................. Kaitlyn Slagus (.429, 12-28) 3-pt. FG% ............... Hannah Plybon (.483, 14-29) FT% ............................. Kaitlyn Slagus (.944, 17-18) FT% ........................Hannah Plybon (1.000, 17-17) 2016-17 BUCKNELL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School Claire DeBoer ............................................de-BORE 2 Kyi English So. G 5-5 East Orange, N.J./East Orange Rach Dumiak ....................................... DOO-me-ack 4 Gia Hayes Fr. G 5-8 Maumelle, Ark./eStem High Public Charter School Kyi English ............................................................ Ky 11 Megan McGurk Sr. G 5-7 West Chester, Pa./Academy of Notre Dame Kaitlyn Slagus ............................................SLAY-gus 12 Claire DeBoer Sr. F 6-1 Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South Suné Swart ................................................. sue-NAY 13 Rachel Dumiak So. G 5-11 Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon Aaron Roussell .......................................... ruh-SELL 20 Kate Walker So. G 6-0 Red Oak, Iowa/Red Oak Community 22 Maegan Mikkelsen So. F 6-3 Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge 32 Catherine Romaine Jr. F 6-2 Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill 33 Carly Richardson Jr. G 5-11 Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra 40 Ellie Mack Fr. G 6-2 Paoli, Pa./Conestoga 41 Suné Swart Sr. F 6-3 Franklin, Pa./Cranberry 50 Kaitlyn Slagus So. F 6-2 Belle Vernon, Pa./Belle Vernon 54 MK Moore Fr. F 6-5 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas BISON BY STATE Head Coach: Aaron Roussell (Iowa ’01), fifth season Assistant Coaches: Mike Lane (Notre Dame ’93), fifth season Carissa Thielbar (Wisconsin-Superior ’09), second season Martina Wood (North Carolina ’10), second season Manager of Basketball Operations: Lindsey Burke (Mercyhurst ’13), first season Arkansas California Florida Athletic Trainer: Courey Schaetzle (Mercyhurst ’14) Hayes (1) Dumiak (1) Moore (1) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Cody Miller (West Virginia ’12) Iowa Michigan New Jersey Walker (1) DeBoer (1) English (1) North Carolina Pennsylvania Virginia Romaine (1) Mack, McGurk, Mikkelsen (1) Richardson, Slagus, Swart (5) • The Bucknell roster has players from eight states (Arkansas, Califor- nia, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia) and two countries. One of the Pennsylvania players, Sune Swart, was born in South Africa. Bucknell Women’s Basketball Game Notes - 3 2016-2017 BUCKNELL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2 4 11 12 13 KYI ENGLISH GIA HAYES MEGAN MCGURK CLAIRE DEBOER RACHEL DUMIAK SO. - G - 5-5 FR. - G. 5-8 SR. - G - 5-7 SR. - F - 6-1 SO. - G - 5-11 20 22 32 33 40 KATE WALKER MAEGAN MIKKELSEN CATHERINE ROMAINE CARLY RICHARDSON ELLIE MACK SO. - G - 6-0 SO. - F - 6-3 SO. - F - 6-2 JR. - G - 5-11 FR. - G - 6-2 41 50 54 SUNE SWART KAITLYN SLAGUS MK MOORE SR. - F - 6-3 SO. - F - 6-2 FR. - F - 6-5 AARON ROUSSELL MIKE LANE CARISSA THIELBAR MARTINA WOOD LINDSEY BURKE HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH MGR. BASKETBALL OPS. Bucknell Women’s Basketball Game Notes - 4 STARTERS BY GAME WITH A VICTORY OVER AKRON, BUCKNELL WOULD..