Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 OMEN S BASKETBALL 2003-04 NOTES-- Game 11 (Jan. 2, 2004) W ’ BYU 2002 -03 Schedule/Results USF Game Finishes Three-Game Home Schedule Da te Opponent Time/Result The three-game home schedule ends this Saturday for the Cougar Nov. 4 @ Westminster Colg (exb) W 74-67 women when they host the University of San Francisco in a 7 p.m. tip Nov. 11 @ UVSC (exb) W 49-47 off. Nov. 21 @ Weber State W 68-51 Nov. 25-26 Great Alaska Shootout Tea m s : BYU (6-4) vs. USF (7-5) Date: Sat.. 1/3/04 Ti m e : 7 p.m. Ar e n a : Marriott Ctr. vs Clemson @ Anchorage L 56-62 vs Mount St. Mary’s W 70-47 Nov. 29 TCU L 79-74 Live Internet Broadcast Dec. 2 @ Nevada Reno W 63-53 All of BYU’s women’s basketball games will air live on the internet by Dec. 4 @ Santa Clara W 75-63 clicking on www.byuradio.org BYU radio is also available on the Dish Dec. 9 @ CSFullerton W 72-51 Network and on Direct TV. Veteran radio broadcaster Jay Monsen will Dec. 12 @ Arizona L 69-83 call the action. Dec. 20 Idaho State W 56-54 Dec. 30 Southern Utah L 70-72 BY U ’ s Probable Starters Jan. 3 San Francisco 7 p.m. Po s . # Na m e Ht . Yr . PP G RP G Jan. 6 @ Montana State 7: 0 5 p. m . F 15 Jennie Overdiek 5-10 So 5.8 3.7 Jan. 8 @ Northern Arizona 7 p.m Jan. 10 @ Portland State 2 p.m. F 51 Danielle Cheesman 6-2 Jr 12.3 7.1 Jan. 15 @ Colorado State * 7 p.m. C 40 Ashley Chamberlain 6-4 Sr. 6.0 7.1 Jan. 17 @ Wyoming * 2 p.m. F/G 25 Kali Taylor 5-11 Jr 7.7 1.5 Jan. 22 New Mexico * 7 p.m G 04 Kestlee Dooley 5-8 Sr 2.0 1.6 Jan. 24 Air Force * 4 p.m Jan. 31 Utah * 4 p.m Co u g a r Players Off The Bench Feb. 5 @ UNLV * 7:30 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Feb. 7 @ SDSU* 5 p.m. F 33 Ambrosia Anderson 6-2 So 10.6 6.4 Feb. 12 Wyoming * 7 p.m G 14 Julie Sullivan 5-8 Jr 11.0 2.2 Feb. 14 Colorado State * 4 p.m. G/F 01 Nancy Seljaas 6-0 So 8.6 1.9 Feb. 19 @ Air Force * 7 p.m. F 32 Kristin Kozlowski 6-2 Jr 2.7 2.0 Feb. 21 @ New Mexico * 7 p.m. G/F 35 Melinda Johnsen 5-10 Fr 1.2 0.7 Feb. 28 @ Utah 3 p.m Mar. 4 SDSU 7 p.m G 13 Tiari Goold 5-7 Fr 0.8 0.6 Mar. 6 UNLV 4 p.m. G 12 Angie Gatten 5-6 Sr 0.8 0.5 Mar. 10-13 @ MWCChamps G 23 Heather Hansen 5-9 Fr 0.5 0.7 *MWCGame G 24 Hollie Hansen 5-9 Fr 0.4 1.1 All home games are played at the Marriott Center 2003-04 Team Stats ◆ MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Shooting from the field: (.384, 238-620) ◆ Basketball Contact Norma Collett Shooting from the free-throw line: (.667, 142-213) ◆ E-Mail [email protected] Shooting from three-point line: (.335, 55-164) ◆ Office Phone (801) 422-4908 Average points per game: 67.3 Office FAX (801) 422-0633 Home Phone (801) 489-1217 Last Game Recap Mobile Phone (801) 372-0989 In their second of three games at the Marriott Center, the BYU women’s Press Row Phone (801) 378-3675 basketball team suffered a disappointing two-point loss to SUU 70-72. Web Site www.byucougars.com/basketball_w/ Both teams were tied at 37-37 at the break, but a poor shooting effort by www.byucougars.com BYU Women’s Basketball Page 2 BYU Quick Facts the Cougars left the window open for th Thunderbirds to squeak by Location: Provo, Utah 84602 with the two point victory. Three Cougars had double figure scoring in Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) the losing effort with Danielle Cheesman and Ambrosia Anderson each Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contributing with 15 points a piece. Julie Sullivan had 11 points. BYU Colors: Blue and White shot a low 34 percent from the field and 55 percent from the foul line. Nickname: Cougars Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation: NCAA Division I 2003-04 Season Outlook Conference: Mountain West To date the Cougar women have compiled a 6-4 record overall, 1-2 at Arena: Marriott Center (22,400) home and 4-1 on the road. They are a week away from opening up President: Cecil O. Samuelson Women’s AD: Elaine Michaelis MWC action on the road. Hoping to rebound from an injury-plugged season, this year’s team comes back with talent and experience from Basketball Information last season’s MWC Championship run in Las Vegas and a sixth consecu- Head Coach Jeff Judkins (Utah, 1978) tive post season appearance. Office Phone 801-422-1265 Best time to call 9-10:30 a.m. daily Record at BYU/Yrs. 49-25/2 Returning Players Career Record same Under third-year head coach Jeff Judkins, the Cougars will use the Assistant Coach Alli Bills experience gained by the younger players to build a winning season. Office Phone 801-422- 1548 Returning players, such as junior starter Danielle Cheesman, senior Assistant Coach Jonas Chatterton Office Phone 801-422 -8155 guard Kestlee Nelson, and underclassman with significant playing time, Assistant Coach Stacy Jensen will need to step up and fill leadership roles. Cheesman, the Cougars’ Office Phone 801-422-7682 second-leading scorer and leading rebounder, will provide the team with versatility with her outside shooting ability and solid presence Basketball Facts under the basket. Cheesman spent part of the 2003 summer trying out 2002-03 Record 19-12 for the USA Women’s Basketball Team. 2002-03 MWC Record/Finish 8-6/T2 2002-03 NCAA First Round 0-1 Senior center Ashleigh Chamberlain and junior forward Kristen Starters Returning/Lost 3/1 Kozlowski will also provide height in the paint and help Cheesman pull Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/4 down the boards. Juniors Julie Sullivan, who suffered a torn ligament in Newcomers 7 her knee and started in 13 of 14 games last season, along with guard Kali Taylor will return to the Cougar roster. Nelson, who replaced Roster Breakdown STARTERS RETURNING: Sullivan in the starting lineup, will return with experience playing in Danielle Cheesman: 6-2 Jr, F (11.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg) pressure situations. In MWC play Nelson toped the list in field goal per- Kestlee Nelson: 5-8 Sr, G (4.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg) centage from behind the arc (53.6). Sophomore Jennie Overdiek will be Jennie Overdiek: 5-10 So, G (3.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg) a strong threat on the defensive end with her 12 starts from last season. STARTERSLOST: Also back for a second season with BYU are Ambrosia Anderson and Erin Thorn: (18.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 5.7 apg) Nancy Seljaas. Both got significant playing experience as freshmen. LETTERWINNERSRETURNING: Newcomers Kali Taylor: 5-11 Jr, G (4.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg) With four new freshmen coming in, including three Utah natives, the Ashleigh Chamberlain: 6-4 Sr, C (4.2ppg, 3.4 rpg) Kristen Kozlowski: 6-2 Jr, F (1.9 ppg, 1.7 rpg) Cougars’ will be able to develop the perimeter players into excellent tal- Nancy Seljaas: 6-0 So, G/F (1.9 ppg, 0.9 rpg) ent. Mountain View High School standouts Hollie and Heather Hansen, younger sisters of BYU graduate and Atlanta Hawks Travis Hansen, led LETTERWINNERSLOST: their team to State championships and will add depth in the guard posi- Lisa Hansen: (3.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg) Jennifer Leitner: (12.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg) tion. Brittany Larson:0.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg) Joining the Hansen twins in the guard position is Melinda Johnson, Amy Lewis: (0.7 ppg, 0.3 rpg) younger sister of Ute standout Brinton Johnson, of Murray High School who will be a great addition on the outside. Tiari Goold, a guard from NEWCOMERS: Milwaukie, Ore., will also add talent with great passing skills and Mariam Sy: 6-3 Jr, F - Bamako, Mali, Africa/UVSC Heather Hansen: 5-9 Fr,G - Orem, UT/Mountain View knowledge of the game. Hollie Hansen: 5-9 Fr, G - Orem, UT/Mountain View Melinda Johnsen: 5-10 Fr, F -Murray, Ut/ Murray HS With the talent returning from last year and the incoming athletes, BYU Tiara Goold: 5-7 Fr, G-Milwaukie, OR/Oregon City HS will battle for a title at the MWC tournament and another run to the BYU Women’s Basketball Page 3 NCAA Tournament. USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Div. I Coaches Poll (Dec. 30, 2003) THE JUDKINS FILE Overall Record: 49-25, is in his third season at BYU. School Record Entering the 2003-04 season, head coach Je f f Judkins, is back 1. Connecticut 9-0 for a third year at the helm of the Cougar women’s program. Coach 2. Texas Tech 12-0 Judkins took the women’s team to back-to-back NCAA ap p e a r - 3.