Game 2 • Houston • Nov. 13, 2013 NORTHWESTERN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2003-04 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1988-89 • 2003-04 WNIT Appearances: 1985-86 • 1992-93 • 1994-95 • 1998-99 Matthew Fowler, Assistant Sports Infomation Director • Office: 318-357-6467 • Cell: 318-663-5701 • [email protected] • @nsufowler NSUDemons.com • /forkemdemons • @NSUDemons (Department) • @NSUDemonsWBB (Women’s Basketball) • Press Row: 318-357-4544 vs. Houston Wednesday, November 13, 2013 • 7:00 p.m. Natchitoches, La. • Prather Coliseum (3,400) 2 MATCH-UP 2013-14 SCHEDULE November Northwestern State Houston 8 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS W 77-53 Lady Demons Cougars 13 HOUSTON 7:00 Record: 1-0 Record: 0-1 21 ^UT-San Antonio 5:00 Last Game: W, 77-53 vs. Southern Arkansas Last Game: L, 76-68 vs. Mississippi State 22 ^Baylor 7:00 23 ^Savannah State 5:00 Head Coaches: Brooke and Scott Stoehr Head Coach: Todd Buchanan Career Record: 13-18 (2nd season) Career Record: 141-154 (11th season) December Northwestern State Record: 13-18 (2nd Season) School Record: 42-50 (2nd season) 2 JACKSON STATE 7:00 Stoehr’s Record vs. Opponent: 0-1 7 at Arkansas 2:00 RADIO 11 at Louisiana Tech 6:00 Demons Sports Radio (100.7-Natchitoches, NSUDemons.com) 17 ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 7:00 Play-by-Play: Tony Taglavore 20 at Texas 7:00 OPENING TIP 28 $New Mexico State 12:00 29 $North Dakota State 12:00 • NSU and the Cougars meet up for the eighth time with NSU leading the series 4-3. • The last meeting with the Houston was last season in UH’s tournament; Lady Demons fell 67-51. January • Dating back to last season, the Lady Demons have won five of the last six games in Prather. The only loss was 2 *SAM HOUSTON 5:30 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 51-49. 4 *LAMAR 1:00 9 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5:00 • The Lady Demons will look to win the first two games of the year for the second time under second-year head 11 *at Houston Baptist 3:00 coaches Brooke and Scott Stoehr. Other than last year, the last time won back-to-back games to open a season 16 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 5:30 was 2007-08. 23 *at Central Arkansas 5:30 25 *at Oral Roberts 3:00 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT 30 *INCARNATE WORD 5:30 • Houston fell to Mississippi State 76-68, Friday night in Houston. February • The Cougars come in after a 13-17 season in 2012-13 and finished ninth in Conference-USA with a 7-9 record. 2 *ABILENE CHRISTIAN 1:00 This year they are a member of the American Athletic Confernece (formerly Big East). 6 *MCNEESE STATE 5:30 • They returned four starters, and only lost their leading scorer Porsche Landry. UH did return second-leading 8 *NICHOLLS 1:00 13 *at Sam Houston 5:30 scorer Marche' Amerson who had eight points vs. Mississippi State 15 *at Lamar 4:00 • Last season’s leading rebounder Yasmee Thompson is also back, she grabbed three boards against the 22 *at Stephen F. Austin 4:00 Bulldogs. 27 *at Southeastern Louisiana 5:00 • Houston also returned nine letterwinners. March PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) 1 *at New Orleans 4:00 6 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS 5:30 8 *ORAL ROBERTS 1:00 12-15 Southland Conference Tourney TBA ^Athlete’s in Action Classic (Waco, Texas/Baylor University) $ UTSA Holiday Classic (San Antonio, Texas/Texas-San Antonio) * Southland Conference Game BOLD - Home Game Janelle Keisha Meredith Trudy Presley PEREZ LEE GRAF ARMSTEAD OWENS G • So. • 5-2 G • So. • 5-5 G • Sr. • 5-8 F • Sr. • 6-12 F • Jr. • 6-1 PPG .....................................6.0 PPG ...................................18.0 PPG .....................................3.0 PPG ...................................27.0 PPG .....................................6.0 RBD .....................................1.0 RBD .....................................7.0 RBD .....................................1.0 RBD ...................................13.0 RBD .....................................6.0 AST ......................................7.0 AST ......................................5.0 AST ......................................0.0 AST ......................................0.0 AST ......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................3.0 BLK......................................0.0 STL ......................................2.0 STL ......................................1.0 STL ......................................0.0 STL ......................................1.0 STL ......................................1.0 MIN ...................................33.0 MIN ...................................34.0 MIN ...................................12.0 MIN ...................................36.0 MIN ...................................14.0 Game 2 • Houston • Nov. 13, 2013 BIG-TIME OPPONENTS IN PRATHER The last time a team from a “power conference” visited Prather Coliseum was on January 20, 1998 when Alabama defeated NSU 74-68. Houston is in its first season as a part of the American Athletic Conference (formally Big East, now a basketball league). They spent the past few seasons as a member of the Conferenence-USA. The Lady Demons have had decent success against TODAY’S power conference members holding a 9-6 2013-14 Final Southland Conference Standings record against teams in Natchitoches. SLC Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Abilene Christian* 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 OFFENSIVE OUTBURST AGAINST SAU WAS DUE Central Arkansas 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 Friday’s game was the first time that Northwestern State scored 77 points since Feb. 29, 2012 in a loss at Houston Baptist 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Nicholls State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Nicholls. The closest the Lady Demons came last season was 68 (twice) last season. Northwestern State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Incarnate Word* 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 STOEHR’S,YEAR TWO Lamar 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 McNeese State 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Co-head coaches Brooke and Scott Stoehr turned heads in 2012-13 after inheriting a team that won Oral Roberts 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 only six games the season before and missed the Southland Conference Tournament. The two led the Lady Southeastern Louisiana 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Demons to a 12-18 record, and advanced to the league tournament after being picked last in preseason Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 New Orleans 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 polls. They finished the year with seven league wins, four of those over teams that were ranked in the top Stephen F. Austin 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 five in final standings and three wins over teams that advanced to postseason tournaments. Sam Houston State 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 * - Ineligible for postseason play This season they have a very young, but still experienced squad. What seperates last season from this season is the bench. The coaching tandem only had eight players available for most of the year, but this UNIVERSITY INFORMATION year they will come into the season with 14 ladies. Name: Northwestern State Founded: 1884, as Louisiana Normal Location: Natchitoches, La. PREVIEWING THE 2013-14 LADY DEMONS Enrollment: 8,944 Nickname: Lady Demons The Lady Demons return six letterwinners including three starters from last year, Janelle Perez, Keisha Colors: Purple, White, and orange trim Lee, Arianne Ausmer. Two starters from the year before, Trudy Armstead and Meredith Graf return as well. Print Specs: Purple (492f92)/Orange (f78426) NSU returns 65.4-percent of its offense and 57.3 of its rebounds from 2012-13. Seventy-five percent of Affliation: NCAA Division I, Southland Conference President: Dr. Randall Webb the Lady Demons assists return as well as 73.9-pecent of steals. Director of Athletics: Greg Burke TEAM INFORMATION 2012-13 Overall Record: 12-18 2012-13 Southland Record/Finish: 7-11/8th NORTHWESTERN STATE ROSTER 2012-13: 0-1, SLC Tournament # Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) Letterman Returning/Lost: 7/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 1 Amy Staha G 5-10 FR-HS Pflugerville, TX (Pflugerville HS) -Starters Returning: 2 Emily Spector G/F 5-10 FR-HS Keller, TX (Timber Creek HS) • Janelle Perez (30-30, 10.8 ppg, 3.3 apg, 2.4 rpg) 3 Keisha Lee G 5-5 SO-1L Denham Springs, LA (Denham Springs HS) • Keisha Lee (30-28, 12.0 ppg, 1.4 apg, 3.6 rpg) 11 Breanna Fuller P 6-2 SO-1L Huntsville, TX (Huntsville HS • Arianne Ausmer (28-27, 2.2 pgg, 2.1 apg, 4.6 rpg) • Jasmine Bradley (30-21, 8.0 ppg, 1.2 apg, 6.4 rpg) 13 Janelle Perez G 5-2 SO-1L El Paso, TX (Horizon HS) -Starters Returning: 14 Meredith Graf G 5-8 SR-3L Natchitoches, LA (Natchitoches Central HS) • Jasmine Upchurch (29-28, 12.3 ppg, 1.5 apg, 6.0 rpg) 12 Chelsea Rogers G 5-9 JR-TR Ruston, LA (Ruston HS, Jacksonville College) Newcomers: 8 15 Presley Owens F 6-1 JR-TR Vancleave, MS (Vancleave HS/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) First Year of Basketball: 1974-75 Joined Southland Conference: 1987-88 20 Arianne Ausmer G 5-5 JR-2L Pass Christian, MS (Pass Christian HS) All-Time Record: 696-431 24 Jasmine Bradley G 5-8 JR-2L Pass Christian, MS (Pass Christian HS) Southland Conference Record/Years: 273-163/26 30 Beatrice Attura G 5-7 FR-HS McKinney, TX (Frisco Liberty HS) Southland Conference Titles: 3 (94-95, 98-99, 03-04) 31 Trudy Armstead F 6-1 SR-3L Dallas, TX (Roosevelt HS) Southland Tournament Titles: 1 (03-04) NCAA Appearances: 2 (88-89,03-04) 32 Breonna O’Conner G 5-7 FR-HS Ville Platte, LA (Ville Platte HS) WNIT Appeanances: 4 (85-86, 92-93, 94-95, 98-99) 34 Kourtney Pennywell F 5-10 FR-HS Shreveport, LA (Southwood HS) 50 Robin Richardson G 5-9 FR-HS Independence, LA (Ponchatoula