BYU Athletic Communications 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 OMEN S BASKETBALL Nov. 21, 2005 WBKB - Games #1 and #2 W ’ BYU 2005 -06 Schedule/Results Game #1 Game #2 Date Opponent Time/Result N. 19 @ Cal St. Northridge Noon BYU (0-0) BYU (0-0) N 22 @ UCLA 7 p.m. @ @ N 26 vs. UC Santa Barbara 4 p.m. CS Nortridge (0-0) UCLA (0-0) N 30 @ Stony Brook 7 p.m. D 3 @ Seton Hall 2 p.m. D 7 @ UC Riverside 7 p.m. D 10 vs. Northern Arizona 2 p.m. Season Opens in California With Two Road Games D 17 vs. Utah Valley State 3 p.m. After two exhibitions games that gave Cougar coach Judkins an oppor- D 21 vs. North Carolina St 7 p.m. tunity to play several lineups and rotate players through, the 2005-06 D 28 @ Weber State 8 p.m. women’s basketball team is set to open the year with two games in D 30 vs. Portland 7 p.m. southern California. J 5 vs. Air Force* 7 p.m. BYU, who returns two starters and 11 letterwinners from last year’s 19- J 7 @ Utah* ( CSTV) 2 p.m. 11 squad, takes on Cal State Northridge on Nov. 19 in a 12 p.m., tip off. J 11 vs. UNLV* 7 p.m. Three days later they battle Pac-10 powerhouse UCLA on No. 22 in a 7 J 18 @ Wyoming* 7 p.m. p.m., (PT) start. J 21 vs. San Diego State* 2 p.m. J. 25 @ TCU* 7 p.m. J 28 vs. Colorado State* 2 p.m. Teams:GamesBYU(0-0) #1 and vs.CS #2 Northridge (0-0) Date:11/19/05 Time:12 p.m. (PT) Arena:The Matadome F 2 vs. New Mexico* (CSTV) 7 p.m. Teams:BYU(0-0) vs. UCLA (0-0) Date:11/22/05 Time:7 p.m. (PT) Arena:Pauley Pavilion F 4 @ Air Force* 2 p.m F 8 vs. Utah* 7 p.m. F 11 @ UNLV* 7 p.m. F 18 vs. Wyoming* 2 p.m. Follow the women’s basketball action live on BYU Radio F 22 @ San Diego State* 7 p.m. All of the women’s basketball games can be heard on BYU radio via the F 25 vs. TCU* 2 p.m. internet at www.byuradio.org Veteran BYU broadcaster Jay Monsen M 2 @ Colorado State* 7 p.m. calls the action. Fans can also access BYU Radio on the Dish Network. M 4 @ New Mexico* 2 p.m. Both of the games this week will air tape delay. Fans can track the M 7-11 @ MWC Champs., Pepsi Center TBA UCLA game on the internet by clicking on: byucougars.com *MWC Games All Times Local to Site BYU’s Probable Starters Pos. # Name Ht. Yr. PPG RPG G 30 Mallary Gillespie 5-10 So 7.6 2.9 F 35 Melinda Johnsen 5-10 Jr 3.9 2.1 F 33 Ambrosia Anderson 6-2 Sr 10.4 4.7 MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION C 45 Dani Kubik 6-3 Jr 7.7 4.1 Basketball Contact Norma Collett F 01 Nancy Seljaas 6-0 Sr 3.8 1.8 E-Mail [email protected] Office Phone (801) 422-4908 Cougar Players Off The Bench Pos. # Name Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Office FAX (801) 422-0633 Mobile Phone (801) 372-0989 C 52 Lauren Riley 6-3 So 2.0 1.7 Press Row Phone (801) 422-3675 G 10 Laura Stratton 5-6 Sr 0.4 0.4 Web Site www.byucougars.com/basketball_w/ G/F 15 Jennie Keele 5-10 Jr injury redshirt F 41 Brittany Faddis 6-0 Fr redshirt G 24 Vanessa Hutson 5-8 Fr www.byucougars.com BYU Women’s Basketball Page 2 BYU Quick Facts Location:Provo, Utah 84602 G/F 32 Shawnee Slade 5-11 Fr Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) C 54 Cassie King 6-3 Fr Founded:Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints G 23 Brit Brown 5-7 So walk-on last year Colors: Blue and White G 13 Rachel Aina 5-9 Fr walk-on this year Nickname:Cougars Mascot:Cosmo (the Cougar) 2004-05 Final Team Stats -- Affiliation: NCAA Division I Shooting from the field: (.436, 656-1505) Conference:Mountain West Arena:Marriott Center (22,400) Shooting from the free-throw line: (.722, 312-432) President:Cecil O. Samuelson Shooting from three-point line: (.314, 125-398) Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe SWA: Janie Penfield Average points per game: 64.8 Basketball Information Returning Team Stat Leaders Head Coach Jeff Judkins (Utah, 1978) N Second Leading scorer: Ambrosia Anderson - 10.4 points. Office Phone 801-422-8025 N Third Leading rebounder: Ambrosia Anderson - 4.7 boards Best time to call 9-10:00 a.m. daily N Assist Leader: Melinda Johnsen - 1.97 Record at BYU/Yrs. 77-46 /4 N Career Record same Blocks Leader: Dani Kubik - 1.0 Assistant Coach Alli Bills Office Phone 801-422- 1548 Assistant Coach Jonas Chatterton About the Cougars in 2005-06 Cougars return second leading scorer in Ambrosia Anderson with 10.4 ppg Office Phone 801-422 -8155 Anderson is the team’s third leading rebounder, grabbing 4.7 rebounds per game. Assistant Coach Stacy Jensen Office Phone 801-422-7682 Junior Melinda Johnsen who started in 29 games returns as the team’s assist leader dishing out 1.97 assists per game. Team Facts Junior center Dani Kubik who began play for BYU in late December of 2004 is back 2004-05 Record 19-11,9-5 after finishing second in the conference in free throw percentage and sixth in blocks. 2004-05 Post Season 0-1 WNIT Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 As a team, the Cougars finished first in blocks in league play, second in both Letterwinners Returning/Lost 11/4 rebounding and defensive rebounding and third in field goal percentage, assists, steals, Newcomers 3 and in scoring margin. Roster Breakdown STARTERS RETURNING: Last Week Mallary Gillespie: 5-10 So, G (7.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg The Cougars played two exhibition games in the comfort of the Marriott Melinda Johnsen: 5-10 Jr, G/F (3.9 ppg, 2.1 rpg) Center in early November in preparation for the season. BYU defeated Westminster College 85-42 on Nov. 1 and then beat Mesa State College STARTERS LOST: 98-64 on Nov. 11 Julie Sullivan: (11.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.73 apg) Senior forward Ambrosia Anderson led the Cougar effort with 14 points Kristen Kozlowski: (9.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg) Danielle Cheesman: (8.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg) and two rebounds in just over 14 minutes of action against Westminster. Four others also scored in double figures with 11 each from Mallary LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: Gillespie and freshman Vanessa Hutson. Brittany Faddis and Cassie King Ambrosia Anderson: 6-2 Sr, F (10.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg) tallied 10 points a piece while Mary Martha Abell had a team-high eight Dani Kubik: 6-3 Jr, C (7.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg) rebounds. Nancy Seljaas: 6-0 Sr, G/F (3.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg) Lauren Riley: 6-3 So, C (2.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) Against Mesa State Anderson topped all scores with 16 points in 16 min- Mary Martha Abell: 6:3 So, F (1.7 ppg, 1.6 rpg) utes of play. She was one of six players who scored in double figures. Jennie Keele: 5-10 Jr, G/F (injury redshirt) Mallary Gillespie had 13 points and five assists, followed by center Lauren Riley with 12 points and six boards. Vanessa Hutson, Shawnee LETTERWINNERS LOST: Slade and Dani Kubik all chipped in 10 points each with Kubik tying the Kali Taylor: (2.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg) Julie Cross: played in six games rebound category with six. The Cougars shot 53 percent from the field and 70 percent from the freethrow line. NEWCOMERS: Vanessa Hutton: 5-8 Fr, G (Murray/UT, Brighton HS) Shawnee Slade: 5-11 Fr, G/F (Taylorsville, UT, Taylorsville HS Player Injury Report Cassie King: 6-3 Fr, C (Provo, UT/Provo HS) Sophomore forward Mary Martha Abell, from Monroe, Louisiana suf- Brit Brown: 5-7 G, So (Newhall, CA/Hart HS) fered a torn ACL inury to her knee in the exhibition game against Rachel Aina: 5-9 G, Fr (Forest Grove, OR/Forest Grove Westminister College on Nov. 1. She will use this season as an injury red- HS) shirt year. BYU Women’s Basketball Page 3 2005-06 USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Div. I Top 25 Coaches Poll (11/15/2005) Head Coach - Jeff Judkins Overall Record: 77-46, begins his fIfth season at BYU. Rank School Record 1. Tennessee 0-0 An all-state selection in basketball, football and baseball, 2. Duke 0-0 Judkins played basketball for the University of Utah Utah 3. LSU 1-0 from 1974-78. While playing for the Utes, he helped the team 4. Ohio State 0-0 win one conference championship and two berths in the 5. Baylor 1-0 NCAA Tournament. 6. Rutgers 0-0 7. Connecticut 2-0 He was a second-team academic All-American and three-time first-team District 8. North Carolina 0-0 VII academic selection. Judkins earned three first-team All-WAC honors and was 9. Stanford 0-0 a member of the 1977 United States World Games team that captured the gold 10.