2015-16 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1000 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Basketball Contact: Sarah VanMetre • [email protected] • Direct (734) 604-4606 2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS MICHIGAN TRAVELS TO HAPPY VALLEY TO TAKE ON PENN STATE PRESEASON Nov. 8 Ferris State W, 109-39 MICHIGAN AT PENN STATE REGULAR SEASON SUNDAY, JAN. 17 -- BRYCE JORDAN CENTER (STATE COLLEGE, PA.), 2 P.M. NOV. 14 BINGHAMTON W, 90-62 Radio: WTKA (AM 1050) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) Nov. 15 at Detroit W, 88-61 Internet: MGoBlue.com -- live audio and statistics NOV. 19 XAVIER W, 92-54 Michigan Wolverines Penn State Lady Lions (10-6, 2-3 Big Ten) Video: BTN Plus (6-10, 1-4 Big Ten) NOV. 23 USC UPSTATE W, 119-61 NOV. 27 HARTFORD W, 83-47 NOV. 29 ORAL ROBERTS W, 61-44 TOP STORYLINES SERIES INFORMATION DEC. 3 PITTSBURGH W, 82-45 Dec. 6 at Princeton L, 74-57 ► Michigan continues Big Ten action in today’s contest at Penn Penn State Penn State leads 31-10 DEC. 13 #20/RV UCLA L, 86-77 State. The teams will face off again in Ann Arbor on Feb. 20. Streak: Michigan has won one DEC. 19 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 97-55 Home: Penn State leads 14-6 Dec. 23 at Eastern Michigan L, 64-63 ► The Wolverines are looking for their first win in Happy Valley Away: Penn State leads 16-2 DEC. 31 PURDUE* L, 65-63 since Feb. 25, 2001. Neutral: Michigan leads 2-1 Jan. 3 at Indiana* L, 77-69 (OT) Last 10 meetings JAN. 7 RV/#23 IOWA W, 82-75 ► Each of Michigan’s three Big Ten losses -- including to No. 8 Maryland -- have come by nine points or less. 2/9/09 H L, 64-56 Jan. 10 at Minnesota* W, 93-86 1/31/10 H W, 66-62 JAN. 14 #8 MARYLAND* L, 74-67 2/18/10 A L, 71-65 (OT) Jan. 17 at Penn State* 2 p.m. ► Sophomore Katelynn Flaherty has scored at least 19 points in 2/3/11 H L, 81-63 Michigan’s last 10 games. She has topped 20 points 10 times this JAN. 21 OHIO STATE* 6 P.M. 1/17/12 A L, 78-63 season and scored at least 30 on three occasions. She is third in the 1/26/12 H L, 77-56 JAN. 24 NEBRASKA* 2 P.M. Big Ten and 11th nationally with 22.1 points per game 1/21/13 H L, 59-49 Jan. 28 at Iowa* 7 p.m. 2/24/13 A L, 68-57 JAN. 31 MINNESOTA* 12:30 P.M. ► Michigan is second in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (49.1) 3/1/14 A L, 77-62 1/1/15 H W, 89-53 Feb. 4 at Michigan State* 7 P.M. and third in scoring offense (80.2) entering Sunday’s game. U-M FEB. 7 ILLINOIS* 2 P.M. has topped 90 points five times this season and scored at least 80 FEB. 11 WISCONSIN* 7 P.M. in nine contests. Feb. 14 at Purdue* 2 p.m. Feb. 17 at Maryland* 7 p.m. ► With an appearance in today’s game, senior Madison Ristovski FEB. 20 PENN STATE* NOON. will move into the top 10 at Michigan in games played with 119. Feb. 23 at Northwestern* 5:30 p.m. Ristovski has appeared in every game since she came to Ann Ar- Feb. 28 at Rutgers* 2 or 4 p.m. bor. Nicole Elmblad (2012-15) holds the program record for games BIG TEN TOURNAMENT played at 133. on facebook ... March 2 First Round TBA “MICHIGAN Women’s March 3 Quarterfinal TBA ► Freshman Nicole Munger will be making her return to her Basketball” March 5 Semifinals TBA home state of Pennsylvania in today’s game. Other than the three March 6 Championship TBA Michigan natives on the roster, Munger joins Katelynn Flaherty on twitter ... NCAA TOURNAMENT (New Jersey) and Sam Trammel (Minnesota) as the Wolverines to @umichwbball March 18-21 First/Second Rounds TBA return to their home state this season. March 25-28 Regional Round TBA April 3 Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) TBA April 5 National Final (Indianapolis, Ind.) TBA POSSIBLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) * - Big Ten Conference game # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 1 G Sr. Madison Ristovski 6.4 2.4 .422 Season-high seven assists vs. Maryland (1/14) 3 G So. Katelynn Flaherty 22.1 1.9 .475 Scored at least 20 points 10 times this season 32 F Sr. Kelsey Mitchell 6.2 4.7 .625 Started last three games 2 G Jr. Siera Thompson 8.5 3.3 .376 Second on team with 22 three-pointers 30 F Fr. Hallie Thome 11.9 5.3 .638 Career-high five blocks vs. Maryland (1/14) OFF THE BENCH # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 11 F So. Jillian Dunston 5.6 6.4 .538 12th in the Big Ten in rebounding 10 G Fr. Nicole Munger 7.4 3.3 .462 Appeared in all 16 games, starting once 20 G Jr. Danielle Williams 2.2 3.1 .467 Played in all 16 games, starting twice 23 G/F So. Maria Backman 1.8 1.5 .563 Took two charges at Indiana (1/3) 34 G Fr. Boogie Brozoski 6.6 1.2 .435 Averaging 2.1 assists per game 21 F Fr. Sam Trammel 3.1 2.3 .556 Played in 12 games off the bench TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG Michigan 16 508-1034 .491 112-294 .381 155-229 .677 219-401 620 38.8 257 2 277 17.3 251 41 134 1283 80.2 Penn State 16 421-1027 .410 76-240 .317 214-312 .686 216-401 617 38.6 329 12 202 12.6 236 56 137 1132 70.8 2015-16 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 17 -- AT PENN STATE 2015-16 WOLVERINES Madison Ristovski Siera Thompson Katelynn Flaherty Halle Wangler Nicole Munger Sr./Sr. Jr./Jr. So./So. 5th/Sr. Fr./Fr. 1 G 2 G 3 G 4 G 10 G Jillian Dunston Danielle Williams Sam Trammel Maria Backman Emoni Jackson So./So. Jr./Jr. Fr./Fr. So./So. So./So. 11 F 20 G 21 F 23 G/F 24 F Hallie Thome Kelsey Mitchell Boogie Brozoski Kim Barnes Arico Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. Fr./Fr. Head Coach 30 F/C 32 F 34 G HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School (Last College) Roster Breakdown 1 Madison Ristovski G 5-10 Sr./Sr. Sterling Heights, Mich./University Liggett 2 Siera Thompson G 5-7 Jr./Jr. Gardena, Calif./Serra By Class 3 Katelynn Flaherty G 5-7 So./So. Point Pleasant, N.J./Metuchen Seniors (3): Wangler, Ristovski, Mitchell 4 Halle Wangler G 5-9 5th/Sr. Royal Oak, Mich./Shrine Catholic (Oakland) Juniors (2): Thompson, Williams 10 Nicole Munger G 5-11 Fr./Fr. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West Sophomores (4): Flaherty, Dunston, 11 Jillian Dunston F 5-11 So./So. Silver Spring, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross Backman, Jackson 20 Danielle Williams G 5-9 Jr./Jr. Phoenix, Ariz./St. Mary’s Freshmen (4): Brozoski, Munger, Thome, 21 Sam Trammel F 6-0 Fr./Fr Minnetonka, Minn./Eastview Trammel 23 Maria Backman F 6-1 So./So. Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman 24 Emoni Jackson F 6-1 So./So. Los Angeles, Calif./Long Beach Polytechnic 30 Hallie Thome F/C 6-5 Fr./Fr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls By Position 32 Kelsey Mitchell F 6-0 Sr./Sr. Detroit, Mich./Inkster Guards (7): Ristovski, Thompson, Wan- 34 Boogie Brozoski G 5-6 Fr./Fr. Cambria Heights, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran gler, Williams, Flaherty, Brozoski, Munger Forwards (6): Mitchell, Dunston, Jackson, Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (4th season) Backman, Thome, Trammel Assistant Coaches: Melanie Moore, Megan Duffy Joy McCorvey Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Assistant Director of Operations: Jay Mann Video Coordinator: D’Frantz Smart Pronunciation Graduate Assistant: Bryan Applin Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Athletic Trainer: Melissa Pohorence Emoni Jackson -- EE-mah-nee Strength and Conditioning Coach: Russ Barbarino Boogie Brozoski -- Breh-ZAH-ski Athletic Communications: Sarah VanMetre Hallie Thome -- THOAM PAGE 2 2015-16 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 17 -- AT PENN STATE 2015-16 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JAN. 17 -- AT PENN STATE PLAYER & TEAM NOTES THE NATIONAL POLLS Last Time Out Mitchell Breaks Out The Wolverines took a 52-50 lead with 4:48 left in the Senior Kelsey Mitchell has started the last three games AP Poll third quarter and was within four points with 7:54 left, for Michigan, recording a double-double and narrowly Rank, Team Record Pts but No. 8 Maryland used a 12-0 fourth quarter run to missing another. She had the best game of her career 1 Connecticut (32) 14-0 800 take a 74-67 win over Michigan Thursday evening (Jan. in Michigan’s 82-75 win over No. 23 Iowa (Jan. 7), go- 2 South Carolina 15-0 765 14) inside Crisler Center. ing for the first double-double of her career with 15 3 Notre Dame 15-1 735 points and 11 rebounds. In the second half alone, she 4 Texas 15-0 706 Michigan trailed by as many as 12 in the first half, be- played 14 minutes and went for nine points and eight 5 Ohio State 12-3 640 fore sophomore Katelynn Flaherty scored the first rebounds.