> GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL < 2018-19 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Media & Records Book 2018-19 TEAM INFORMATION 2017-18 REVIEW Jersey Number History 82 Quick Facts 2 Season Recap & Notes 28-29 Gophers in the National Polls 83 Schedules 3 2017-18 Statistics & Results 30-31 Statistics by Year 84-87 Rosters 4 2017-18 Game Recaps 32-42 1994 NCAA Tournament 88 Kenisha Bell 6 2002 NCAA Tournament 89 Kehinde Bello 7 RECORDS 2003 NCAA Tournament 90-91 Taiye Bello 8 Game Records 42-45 2004 NCAA Tournament 92-94 Jasmine Brunson 9 Half Records 45 2005 NCAA Tournament 95-96 Irene Garrido Perez 10 Attendance Records 46 2006 NCAA Tournament 97 Gadiva Hubbard 11 Season Records 47-50 2008 NCAA Tournament 98 Palma Kaposi 12 1,000 Point Scorers 51-54 2009 NCAA Tournament 99 Annalese Lamke 13 Career Records 55-56 2015 NCAA Tournament 100 Destiny Pitts 14 Statistical Leaders by Year 57-58 2018 NCAA Tournament 101 Delaynie Byrne 15 Overtime Games 59 NCAA Tournament Records 102-104 Mercedes Staples 15 All-Time Series Records 60-68 NCAA Tournament Results 105 Barbora Tomancova 16 Conference Series Records 69-70 Big Ten Tournament Records 106-108 Big Ten Tournament Results 109 COACHING STAFF HISTORY Results by Year 110-119 Head Coach Lindsay Whalen 18-21 Awards & Honors 72-75 Williams Arena 120 Assistant Coaches 22-24 All-Time Letterwinners 76 Athletes Village 121 Support Staff 25-26 Coaching History 77 Gophers in the WNBA 78 MEDIA High School Representation 79-81 Media Information 122 GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL 1 > GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL < > COACHING STAFF CREDITS Coach Position Alma Mater, Year Editor: Lindsay Whalen Head Coach Minnesota, ’04 Karl Anderson Danielle O'Banion Assistant Coach Boston College, '01 Layout & Design: Carly Thibault-DuDonis Assistant Coach Monmouth, ’13 Courtney Anderson, Jeff Keiser Kelly Roysland Assistant Coach Minnesota, ’07 Photography: Courtney Anderson, Melissa Maines Director of Basketball Operations Texas Tech, '98 Jerry Lee, Eric Miller, Christopher Greg Haag Video Coordinator Wisconsin Parkside, ’12 Garrett Solis Assistant to the Head Coach Eastern Michigan, '15 Mitchell, Brad Rempel, Jim Rosvold > SUPPORT STAFF Printing: University of Minnesota Name Position Printing Services; special thanks to Karl Anderson Athletic Communications Gary Stoll and the staff at University Mills Armbruster Marketing of Minnesota Printing Services Chris Cords Director of Basketball Academic Advising Lori Gislason Equipment Manager © 2018 University of Minnesota Everett Knowles Facilities Manager Intercollegiate Athletics. 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Director of Athletics: Mark Coyle Senior Woman Administrator: Julie Manning Head Coach: Lindsay Whalen Career Record: 0-0 (First Season) Assistant Coach: Danielle O'Banion Assistant Coach: Carly Thibault-DuDonis ATHLETIC Assistant Coach: Kelly Roysland Director of Operations: Melissa Maines COMMUNICATIONS Video Coordinator: Greg Haag CONTACT Athletic Trainer: Steve Patterson INFORMATION Assistant to the Head Coach: Garrett Solis Administrative Intern: Noah Olson Athletic Communications Basketball Office Phone: (612) 624-3563 Assistant Director WBB Contact: Karl Anderson First Season of Basketball: 1971-72 (2018-19 is 48th season) Office Phone: (612) 624-1023 All-Time Record: 683-655 (.510) Mobile Phone: (612) 910-2564 All-Time Big Ten Record: 256-354 (.420) Email: [email protected] 20-Win Seasons: 11 ('83, '02, '03, '04, '05, '08, '09, '14, '15, '16, '18) Office Phone (612) 625-4090 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 ('94, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '08, '09, '15, '18) Website www.gophersports.com Sweet 16 Appearances: 3 ('03, '04, '05) Email [email protected] Elite Eight Appearances: 1 ('04) Final Four Appearances: 1 ('04) Mailing Address Athletic Communications Arena (Capacity) / Year Opened: Williams Arena (14,625) / 1928 University of Minnesota Arena Press Row Phone: (612) 626-1308 244 Bierman Field Athletic Building Williams Arena Manager: Everett Knowles 516 15th Avenue SE Williams Arena Record (1971-93, '02-Pres.): 338-150 (.693) Minneapolis, Minn. 55455 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 GOPHER RADIO NETWORK Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4 General Manager Greg Gerlach 2017-18 Overall Record: 24-9 Play-by-Play Corbu Stathes 2017-18 Big Ten Record: 11-5 (T-3rd) Analyst Lynnette Sjoquist 2017-18 Postseason: NCAA Tournament Second Round 2 GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL > GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL < 2017-18 RESULTS (24-9, 11-5 BIG TEN) 2018-19 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result Score Date Opponent (TV) Time 11/11 Lehigh W 107-73 Nov. 9 New Hampshire 8 p.m. 11/13 at Rhode Island W 82-60 Nov. 14 at Xavier 6 p.m. 11/16 VCU W 108-63 Nov. 17 San Diego 7:30 p.m. 11/19 Boston College W 78-68 Nov. 20 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 p.m. 11/22 Xavier W 74-62 Nov. 23 Cornell 3 p.m. 11/25 vs. Wake Forest 1 W 93-81 Nov. 29 Syracuse (ACC/B1G Challenge) (BTN) 7:30 p.m. 11/26 at UNLV 1 W 79-72 Dec. 2 Air Force 3 p.m. 11/29 at North Carolina 2 L 83-88 Dec. 5 Incarnate Word 12 p.m. 12/3 Eastern Michigan W 80-56 Dec. 9 at Boston College 1 p.m. 12/7 at Georgetown W 73-63 Dec. 12 Coppin State 7 p.m. 12/10 at San Diego L 69-72 Dec. 22 Rhode Island 3 p.m. 12/13 Cal Poly W 112-68 Dec. 28 Wisconsin* (BTN) 8 p.m. 12/22 UC Riverside W 101-75 Dec. 31 at Michigan* 1 p.m. 12/28 at Northwestern* W 90-63 Jan. 6 Illinois* 3 p.m. 12/31 Nebraska* L 74-79 Jan. 9 at Michigan State* 6 p.m. 1/4 at #10 Ohio State* L 75-91 Jan. 14 Iowa* (ESPN2) 6 p.m. 1/7 Michigan State* W 83-77 Jan. 17 at Wisconsin* 7 p.m. 1/10 at Penn State* W 91-71 Jan. 20 at Nebraska* (ESPN2) 5 p.m. 1/13 at #21 Rutgers* L ot 70-80 Jan. 24 Purdue* 7 p.m. 1/18 Wisconsin* W 90-65 Jan. 28 Ohio State* (BTN) 6:30 p.m. 1/21 #20 Iowa* W 77-72 Jan. 31 at Northwestern* 7 p.m. 1/31 at Wisconsin* W 71-61 Feb. 3 Rutgers* 3 p.m. 2/4 at Iowa* L 84-92 Feb. 6 at Indiana* 6 p.m. 2/8 at Purdue* W 78-74 Feb. 10 Northwestern* (BTN) 1 p.m. 2/11 Penn State* W 101-68 Feb. 14 at Purdue* (BTN) 5 p.m. 2/14 #23 Michigan* W 93-87 Feb. 17 Penn State* (BTN) 1 p.m. 2/18 #10 Maryland* W 93-74 Feb. 21 at Maryland* 6 p.m. 2/20 Indiana* L 70-82 Feb. 28 at Rutgers* (BTN) 6 p.m. 2/25 at Illinois* W 84-75 March 3 Michigan State* 3 p.m. 3/2 vs. Iowa 3 W 90-89 March 6-10 Big Ten Tournament (BTN) TBA 3/3 vs. #13 Ohio State 3 L 88-90 3/16 vs. #22 Green Bay 4 W 89-77 *Big Ten game 3/18 at #6 Oregon 5 L 73-101 Home games in bold and played at Williams Arena Home games in bold and played at Williams Arena All times listed are Central and subject to change * - Big Ten Conference Game 1 - Lady Rebel Round-Up (Las Vegas, Nev.) 2 - Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 3 - Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) 4 - NCAA Tournament First Round (Eugene, Ore.) 5 - NCAA Tournament Second Round (Eugene, Ore.) > ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Position Name Deputy Athletics Director for Administration John Cunningham Assistant Athletics Director for Communications Paul Rovnak Associate Director Dan Reisig Associate Director Michelle Traversie Assistant Director Karl Anderson Assistant Director Brian Deutsch Assistant Director Mandy Hansen Assistant Director Ryan Tibbitts Director of Social Media Michelle Voss Social Media Coordinator Erin Godin Communications Assistant Joe Hansen Communications Assistant Austin Lagesse Communications Assistant Chris Langlois GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL 3 > GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL < > 2018-19 NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Barbora Tomancova F/C 6-2 Fr. Brno, Czech Republic (SGLD Brno) 3 Destiny Pitts G 5-10 So. Detroit, Mich. (Detroit Country Day HS) 5 Taiye Bello F 6-2 Jr. Southfield, Mich. (Southfield-Lathrup HS) 11 Delaynie Byrne F 6-2 Fr. Arvada, Colo. (Ralston Valley HS) 12 Mercedes Staples G 5-10 Fr. Centerville, Utah (Viewmont HS) 20 Kehinde Bello F 6-2 Jr. Southfield, Mich. (Southfield-Lathrup HS) 21 Jasmine Brunson G 5-8 Jr. Queens, N.Y. (Mary Louis Academy) 23 Kenisha Bell G 5-9 R-Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Marquette) 31 Irene Garrido Perez F 6-1 Sr. Granada, Spain (Western Wyoming CC) 25 Palma Kaposi F 6-1 Sr. Pecs, Hungary (University of Pecs) 34 Gadiva Hubbard G 5-9 Jr. Virginia Beach, Va. (Princess Anne HS) 41 Annalese Lamke C 6-3 Sr. Galesville, Wis. (Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau HS) > 2018-19 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 23 Kenisha Bell G 5-9 R-Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Marquette) 20 Kehinde Bello F 6-2 Jr. Southfield, Mich. (Southfield-Lathrup HS) 5 Taiye Bello F 6-2 Jr.