BRADLEY 2010-11 Women’s Basketball Game Notes Jim Rea, Associate Director of Communications • O: (309) 677-3869 • C: (309) 256-4379 • F: (309) 677-2626 • E-Mail: [email protected] • www.BradleyBraves.com Bradley University Quick Facts This Week In Bradley Women’s Basketball General Information Game #4 Location Peoria, Ill. Bradley Braves (1-2 overall, 0-0 MVC) Founded 1897 at Eastern Illinios Panthers (1-2 overall, 0-0 OVC) Enrollment 5,801 Lantz Arena (5,300) • Charleston, Ill. Type Co-educational, private Monday, November 22, 2010 • 12:05 p.m. Affiliation NCAA Division I-AAA Television: None vs. Conference Missouri Valley Radio: None Athletics Nickname Braves Internet: Free audio stream available at http://www.bradleybraves.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400 Colors Red (PMS 186) and White Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/eiu/wbball/index.htm President Joanne K. Glasser, Esq. Series History: Eastern Illinois leads 17-16 Director of Athletics Michael Cross, PhD Last Meeting: Bradley won 71-69 at Lorene Ramsey Gym in East Peoria, Ill. Executive Associate A.D./SWA Virnette House-Browning For Starters and won the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title with a Bradley opens a season-long, four-game road swing Monday 16-2 league mark. The Panthers lost in the championship game Basketball Information with a 12:05 p.m. game at Eastern Illinois. The Braves will play of the OVC Tournament, but advanced to the WNIT where they Home Arena Renaissance Coliseum eight of the next 10 games away from home and are looking to fell in the opening round. Capacity 4,200 end a two-game losing skid. Freshman guard Jackie Herman is leading Eastern Illinois Press Row Phone (309) 677-3300 The trip to Charleston, Ill., is BU’s first since playing at in scoring this season with a 16.0 points per game average. 2009-10 Record 17-14 (.548) Eastern Illinois in the first road game of the 2006-07 season. Sophomore guard Ta’Kenya Nixon missed Thursday’s game at MVC Record/Place 12-6 (.667)/T3rd Bradley is playing its fourth consecutive game against a team Illinois State, but is averaging 13.0 points and 6.5 assists per Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9/3 which advanced to the postseason last year. game. Junior forward Chantelle Pressley (11.7 ppg) and sopho- Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Both teams enter Monday’s contest with 1-2 records and more forward Mariah King (11.0 ppg) also average in double both squads are coming off losses to in-state non-conference figures. The EIU roster features no seniors and the Panthers History opponents. Bradley has suffered back-to-back losses to Big Ten have eight players six-foot or taller. First Year of Basketball 1975-76 Conference opponents, most recently dropping a 51-73 decision All-Time Record 434-498 (.466) at home against Illinois, while the Panthers followed up a home About The Braves Last Postseason Opponent College of Charleston win against Missouri last Sunday (81-73) with a loss at Illinois Bradley (1-2 overall) returned nine of 12 letterwinners, Result L, 66-76 (Second round of 2010 WBI) State (53-84) Thursday. including three starters from last year’s team which tied the school records for conference wins and best league finish in Sports Information About Eastern Illinois addition to making the first postseason appearance in program Associate Dir. of Communications/WBB Contact Jim Rea Eastern Illinois is off to a 1-2 start to the year with the vic- history. Rea’s Office Phone (309) 677-3869 tory coming in the Panthers lone home game to date, an 81-73 The Braves have their top two scorers back from the 2009-10 Rea’s Cell Phone (309) 256-4379 win against Missouri. squad which finished with a 17-14 overall record and advanced EIU returned six of 12 letterwinners, including two starters to the second round of the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invi- from last year’s team which finished with a 23-11 overall record tational. Bradley’s lone senior Raisa Taylor is averaging 14.3 2010-11 Bradley Women’s Basketball Game #4 at Eastern Illinois (11-22-10) points per game and is shooting 54 percent from the field after appearance since the 1988 season with last year’s WNIT appear- 2010-11 Schedule a 12-point outing Friday against Illinois. ance. Date Opponent . .Time/Result Sophomore guard Katie Yohn is likely to return to the lineup 11/1 QUINCY (Exh.) . W, 90-80 11/6 WASHINGTON [Mo.] (Exh.) . W, 66-53 Monday after missing the game against the Illini due to a Eastern Illinois Series concussion. Yohn led BU in scoring last year as a freshman with The Braves have won each of the last two meetings with 11/13 BUTLER^ . W, 77-63 a 10.2 points per game average and is adding 13.0 points per Eastern Illinois and three of the last four overall against the 11/16 at #22 Iowa^ . .L, 53-91 game in 2010-11. Junior Latasha Hollingshed turned in her first Panthers, but EIU holds a slim 17-16 lead in the all-time series. 11/19 ILLINOIS (WMBD) (WTVP) . L, 51-73 double-double of the year Friday against Illinois, finishing with The Panthers hold an 11-6 lead in the all-time series in games 11/22 at Eastern Illinois . 12:05 p.m. career-highs of 21 points and 12 rebounds. played in Charleston, Ill. Bradley and EIU were once part of the Gateway Conference and BU is 3-2 against the Panthers since Cancun Thanksgiving Classic (Cancun, Mexico) The Coaches they joined the Ohio Valley Conference. 11/26 vs. William & Mary . 4 p.m. The dean of Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball 11/27 vs. Arizona . 6:15 p.m. coaches, Paula Buscher (Missouri State, ‘86) is in her 11th Last Time Out year at Bradley and has a record of 135-158 (.461) at BU. The Bradley suffered its second loss of the year Friday to Illinois, 12/1 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee^ . .7:05 p.m. 2008-09 Rawlings Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, falling to the Illini 73-51. The Braves shot 43.8 percent from the 12/4 SAINT LOUIS . 2:05 p.m. Buscher owns a 178-196 (.476) career record and is in her 14th field and outrebounded Illinois 35-24, but BU had 28 turnovers 12/7 at Western Illinois^ . .7:05 p.m. year as a collegiate head coach. She is the all-time wins leader and the Illini connected on 9-of-18 three-pointers, including 12/18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS^ . 7:05 p.m. in program history with her 135 victories at BU and is 11th 6-of-8 from beyond the arc in the second half to top Bradley. 12/21 at Illinois-Chicago^ . .7:05 p.m. all-time in Missouri Valley Conference history in victories. Over Junior Latasha Hollingshed had career and team-highs of 21 12/30 *at Illinois State^ (WTVP) . .7:05 p.m. the last two years she has led the team to a 23-13 (.639) confer- points and 12 rebounds for her second career double-double. ence record, marking the most conference wins in consecutive Senior Raisa Taylor added 12 points and six boards. Sophomore 1/1 *at Indiana State^ . 1:05 p.m. years for BU in program history. A longtime assistant coach at guard Katie Yohn missed the game due to a concussion suffered 1/6 *WICHITA STATE . 7:05 p.m. Nebraska-Omaha, Buscher coached Minnesota St.-Mankato dur- Tuesday at #22 Iowa. 1/8 *MISSOURI STATE^ . 7:05 p.m. ing the 1997-98 season and returned to UNO as head coach for 1/13 *at Drake^ . 7:05 p.m. the 1998-99 and 1999-00 seasons, before coming to The Hilltop. Double Trouble 1/15 *at Creighton . 2:05 p.m. Brady Sallee (Thomas More College [Ky.] ‘93) is in his Junior Latasha Hollingshed made her first career start Friday 1/21 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS^ (MVC-TV) 7:05 p.m. 1/23 *EVANSVILLE^ . 2:05 p.m. seven year as head coach at Eastern Illinois and as a collegiate against Illinois and highlighted the game for Bradley with her 1/29 *at Northern Iowa^ . .3:05 p.m. head coach. Sallee has led the Panthers to a 97-90 (.519) record second career double-double. Hollingshed finished with career in his time in Charleston, Ill., and led EIU to its first postseason 2/4 *at Missouri State^ . .7:05 p.m. 2010-11 Bradley Braves Numerical Roster 2/6 *at Wichita State^ . 2:05 p.m. No. Name Cl. Elig. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School/Last School) 2/10 *DRAKE . 7:05 p.m. 3 Kelsey Budd Fr. Fr. G 5-9 Prairie du Sac, Wis. (Sauk Prairie) 2/12 *CREIGHTON^ . 2:05 p.m. 4 Olivia Allen* So. So. G 5-6 Kildeer, Ill. (Lake Zurich) 2/17 *at Evansville^ . .7:05 p.m. 5 Hanna Muegge** Jr. Jr. G 5-8 Hopkins, Minn. (Hopkins) 2/19 *at Southern Illinois . TBA 10 Katie Yohn* So. So. G 5-11 Elgin, Ill. (St. Edward) 2/27 *NORTHERN IOWA . 2:05 p.m. 12 Catie O’Leary So. So. G 5-10 Janesville, Wis. (Parker) 21 Leah Kassing** Jr. Jr. C 6-3 Mt. Sterling, Ill. (Brown County) 3/3 *ILLINOIS STATE^ (WTVP) . 7:05 p.m. 22 Brooke Bisping* So. So. G 5-7 Morton, Ill. (Morton) 3/5 *INDIANA STATE .