Liberty University Lady Flames Basketball 2007-08 Liberty University Quick Facts Women’s Basketball Game Notes General Information Name of School . .Liberty University City/Zip . .Lynchburg, Va. 24502 Game No. 7 - Nov. 30, 2007 Founded . .1971 Enrollment . .10,400 (Resident), 28.000 (Total) VIRGINIA UNION Panthers (0-2, 0-0 CIAA) Nickname . .Lady Flames School Colors . .Red, White & Blue Home Arena . .Vines Center at Capacity . .8,500 Affiliation . .NCAA Division I Conference . .Big South Founder . .Dr. Jerry Falwell LIBERTY Lady Flames (5-1, 0-0 Big South) Chancellor . .Jerry Falwell, Jr. Exec. Vice President . .Dr. Ronald Godwin Vines Center (8,500) - Lynchburg, Va. Director of Athletics . .Jeff Barber Alma Mater . .East Carolina, ‘81 The Game Athletic Dept. Phone . .(434) 582-2100 The Liberty Lady Flames (5-1, 0-0 Big South) will finally get to play their home Women’s Basketball Information opener, after starting the season with six contests away from the Vines Center. Head Coach . .Carey Green Meanwhile, NCAA Division II Virginia Union (0-2, 0-0 CIAA) will be venturing away from Alma Mater . .Coastal Carolina, '79 Record at school . .190-65 (Ninth year) Richmond for its lone road game until the calendar flips to 2008. They will be playing at Career record . .Same Liberty for the fourth-straight season. Assistant Coaches . .Alexis Sherard (St. Michael’s, ‘93) . .Andrea Bloodworth (Calvin, '98) The Last Time Out . .Heather Stephens (Wyoming, '03) Liberty picked up its biggest win of the young season, coming back from an 11-point WBB Certified Athletic Trainer . .Madeline Bosek second-half deficit to pull out a 61-56 win at Xavier on Sunday. The victory, the Lady Flames’ third in a row, enabled Liberty to win the National City Xavier Invitational and History First season of basketball . .1975-76 snap the Musketeers’ 13-game home winning streak. Megan Frazee, tabbed tourna- Overall all-time record . .461-393 ment MVP, scored 21 of her game-high 28 points during the second half. Apperances in NCAA Tourn. .10 Last NCAA Tourn. .2006 Opponent . .DePaul Lady Flames On The Air Result . .L/ 43-68 (First Round) All Lady Flames basketball games can be heard LIVE on WWMC 90.9 FM "The Final/Highest Ranking . .N/A Overall record last year . .19-12 Light." Jamie Hall, who is celebrating his 14th year of broadcasting Lady Flames bas- Conference record/finish .10-4/T-Second ketball, will once again be handling the courtside play-by-play duties for most road Starters returning/lost . .3/2 Letterwinners returning/lost . .9/5 games. Due to Hall’s television responsibilities, Jerod Brooks will serve as the primary Newcomers . .4 commentator for home games, although Nick Pierce will provide play-by-play coverage this evening. Athletic Media Relations Information Asst. AD/Ath. Media Rel. Dir. .Todd Wetmore Lady Flames On TV SID Office Phone . .(434) 582-2292 Cell Phone . .(434) 841-8974 For the fifth year in a row, the Flames Television Network (FTN) plans to broadcast Email Address . [email protected] all 13 home women's basketball games. FTN’s regular announcing team will consist of Assoc. Director . .Ryan Bomberger Ray Jones on play-by-play and Jamie Hall on color. Cell Phone . .(434) 221-5576 Email Address . [email protected] Probable Starters Asst. Director . .Vincent Briedis Cell Phone . .(434) 841-0839 Liberty Email Address . [email protected] No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG Other Stats Asst. Director . .Paul Carmany Cell Phone . .(434) 221-5575 10 Allyson Fasnacht G 5-8 Sr. 4.8 2.3 2.2 apg Email Address . [email protected] 4 Courtney Watkins G 5-9 Sr. 10.2 4.2 8-15 3PT WBB Contact . .Paul Carmany 40 Megan Frazee F 6-3 Jr. 18.5 10.2 88.9 FT% SID Fax . .(434) 582-2076 Website . .LibertyFlames.com 25 Rebecca Lightfoot F 6-2 Jr. 5.5 4.5 0.3 bpg 42 Moriah Frazee F 6-3 Jr. 11.3 5.3 1.0 bpg Radio Station: WWMC “The Light” (90.9 FM) Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Nick Pierce Reserves Color Commentary: None No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG Other Stats Television 11 Egle Smigelskaite F 6-5 Sr. --- --- --- Station: Flames Television Network 12 Heather Smith G 5-11 Fr. 2.0 2.0 0.5 bpg Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Ray Jones Color Commentary: Jamie Hall 22 Rachel Hammond G 5-9 Jr. 4.3 2.3 0.7 spg 32 Rachel McLeod G 5-10 Fr. 3.7 2.8 2.7 apg 35 Alexandria Bream G 5-9 Jr. 5.5 2.0 0.5 apg 41 Molly Frazee F 6-2 Jr. 8.5 4.8 0.8 bpg 43 Kittery Maine F 6-4 Fr. 1.0 1.8 2-2 FG Liberty University 2007-08 Basketball 2007-08 Liberty University Schedule Women’s Basketball Game Notes Overall: 5-1 Liberty University Head Coach: Carey Green (Coastal Carolina, '79) Big South: 0-0 Record at Liberty: 190-65 (Ninth year) 11/13 at UNC Greensboro W, 62-44 Overall Record: Same 11/16 at North Carolina A&T W, 68-64 11/19 at Virginia Tech L, 68-73 You must be doing something right as a collegiate head women’s basketball coach, National City Xavier Invitational if a 19-12 season is considered to be a bit of a letdown by many observers. That’s just 11/23 vs. McNeese State W, 92-52 the case for Carey Green, the ninth-year head coach of the Liberty Lady Flames, who 11/24 vs. Houston W, 70-61 11/25 at Xavier W, 61-56 has raised the program’s standards to an extremely high level. Green has accumulated a 190-65 record on the Liberty bench, good for a winning 11/30 VIRGINIA UNION ^ 7 p.m. percentage of .745. He ranked 12th among active NCAA Division I women’s basketball 12/4 JAMES MADISON ^ 6 p.m. coaches in winning percentage, at the beginning of the season. 12/8 BINGHAMTON ^ 1 p.m. More importantly, Liberty has won the Big South Tournament title and advanced to 12/15 GLENVILLE STATE ^ 2 p.m. the NCAA Tournament seven times with Green as head coach. Liberty has totaled 23 Lady Rebel Christmas Classic or more victories during six of those years, including the 2004-05 season, which saw 12/20 vs. Ball State 8 p.m. the Lady Flames reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. 12/21 vs. Austin Peay/UNLV 8/10:30 Green has actually been to the postseason on 19 occasions as a women’s basket- 12/30 at North Carolina 2 p.m. ball coach, a span which includes a dozen years as an assistant coach at Clemson. In all but one of the 19 appearances, he has experienced the NCAA Tournament. 1/5 RICHMOND ^ 7 p.m. Last season, the Lady Flames went 19-12 and tied for second place in the Big 1/8 at East Tennessee State 7 p.m. 1/15 GEORGE MASON ^ 7 p.m. South. The season was highlighted by a 75-71 win at Virginia, which made the Lady 1/19 at Charleston So. * 5:30 p.m. Flames the first visiting team ever to triumph in the brand-new John Paul Jones Arena. 1/21 at Coastal Car. * 7 p.m. Rebounding and defense have always been staples of Green-coached teams, and 1/26 PRESBYTERIAN ^ 2 p.m. 1/29 HIGH POINT *^ 7 p.m. the 2006-07 Lady Flames were no exception. Liberty outrebounded opponents by an average of 10.6 caroms per game, ranking fifth nationally. The Lady Flames have now 2/2 WINTHROP *^ 7 p.m. been listed among the nation’s top five teams in rebounding margin for four-straight 2/6 at Radford * 7 p.m. 2/9 UNC ASHEVILLE *^ 4 p.m. years. Liberty led the nation in the category in both 2003-04 and 2004-05. 2/16 COASTAL CAR. *^ 7 p.m. The 2005-06 season represented one of the best coaching jobs of Green’s career. 2/18 CHARLESTON SO. *^ 7 p.m. The Lady Flames had lost the top four scorers from the Sweet 16 squad to graduation. 2/23 at High Point * 7 p.m. 2/27 at Winthrop * 7 p.m. Moreover, freshman Megan Frazee averaged 18.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game through the first 14 games of her collegiate career, but was lost for the remainder of the 3/1 at UNC Asheville * 2 p.m. season due to injury. Yet, Liberty was still able to win 25 games, capture its 10th- 3/7 RADFORD *^# 7 p.m. 3/14 Big South WBB Champ. TBA straight Big South title and earn its 10th-consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. 3/15 Big South WBB Champ. TBA Green’s efforts were recognized by both the Big South Conference and the Virginia 3/16 Big South WBB Champ. TBA Sports Information Directors (VaSID). Both groups named Green as women’s basket- 3/22 NCAA Tourn. First Round TBA 3/23 NCAA Tourn. First Round TBA ball coach of the year at season’s end. It was the third time he has won each of those honors and marked Green’s second-straight selection as VaSID Coach of the Year. Home Games in BOLD CAPS A key late-season conference victory over High Point in 2006 made Green the win- * - Big South Conference Game All Times Are Eastern Standard Time ningest coach in Big South Conference history. The previous season, Green had ^ - Broadcast on passed Rick Reeves as Liberty’s career wins leader.