BYU Athletic Communications 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 OMEN S BASKETBALL Feb. 07, 20006 WBKB - Games 21and 22 W ’ BYU 2005 -06 Schedule/Results Game 21 Game 22 Date Opponent Time/Result No.18 BYU (19-1, 9-0) No.18 BYU (19-1, 9-0) N. 19 @ Cal St. Northridge W, 76-59 N 22 @ UCLA W, 71-67 vs. Utah @ UNLV N 26 vs. UC Santa Barbara W, 72-39 (15-5, 6-3) (13-7, 5-4) N 30 @ Stony Brook W, 77-54 Feb. 8, 2006 Feb. 11, 2006 D 3 @ Seton Hall W, 54-50 7 p.m. 7 p.m. D 7 @ UC Riverside W, 67-53 D 10 vs. Northern Arizona W, 82-48 D 17 vs. Utah Valley State W, 61-54 Undefeated Cougar Women Host Instate Rival Utah D 21 vs. North Carolina St L, 65-67 With an 19-1, 9-0 record, a no. 18 ranking, and all alone at the top of the D 28 @ Weber State W, 63-47 MWC standings, the Cougar women’s basketball team continues league D 30 vs. Portland W, 64-55 play at home this week hosting instate rival Utah (15-5, 6-3), Wed. Feb. J 5 vs. Air Force* W, 64-43 8, at 7 p.m. BYU then travels to Las Vegas for a game at UNLV (13-7, 5- J 7 @ Utah* (CSTV) W, 61-60 4) on Sat., Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. PT. J 11 vs. UNLV* W, 77-58 Teams:BYU(19-1,9-0) vs.Utah (15-5, 6-3) Date:02/08/06 Time: 7 p.m. Arena:Marriott Center J 18 @ Wyoming* W, 60-44 Teams:BYU(19-1,9-0) @ UNLV (13-7,5-4) Date:02/11/06 Time: 7 p.m. Arena:Cox Pavilion J 21 vs. San Diego State* W, 64-39 J. 25 @ TCU* W, 67-64 J 28 vs. Colorado State*(BYUTV) W, 70-54 The Cougars and Utes Game To Air Live on BYUTV F 2 vs. New Mexico* (CSTV) W, 60-55 Wednesday night’s MWC game between instate rivals BYU and Utah F 4 @ Air Force* W, 67-44 F 8 vs. Utah*(BYUTV) 7 p.m. will air live on BYUTV. Holly Rowe will call the action with analysis F 11 @ UNLV* 7 p.m. from former Cougar standout Kristin Kozlowski. F 18 vs. Wyoming* 2 p.m. F 22 @ San Diego State* 7 p.m. Follow the women’s basketball action on BYU Radio* F 25 vs. TCU* (BYUTV) 2 p.m. All of the women’s basketball games can be heard on BYU radio via the M 2 @ Colorado State* 7 p.m. internet at www.byuradio.org Veteran BYU broadcaster Jay Monsen M 4 @ New Mexico* 2 p.m. callsWednesday’s the action. game Fans vs.Utah can also will access air tape BYU delay Radio on BYU on Radio.the Dish Network. M 7-11 @ MWC Champs., Pepsi Center TBA * *MWC Games KUTR, Utah’s am820 (Local Radio) All Times Local to Site Saturday night women’s game from Las Vegas between BYU and UNLV will air live on KUTR. Utah’s 820. BYU’s Probable Starters Pos. # Name Ht. Yr. PPG RPG MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION G/F 15 Jennie Keele 5-10 Jr 4.9 3.4 Basketball Contact Norma Collett G 30 Mallary Gillespie 5-10 So 10.4 4.4 E-Mail [email protected] F 35 Melinda Johnsen 5-10 Jr 4.5 4.4 Office Phone (801) 422-4908 F 33 Ambrosia Anderson 6-2 Sr 18.5 7.6 Office FAX (801) 422-0633 C 45 Dani Kubik 6-3 Jr 9.6 6.0 Mobile Phone (801) 372-0989 Press Row Phone (801) 422-3675 Cougar Players Off The Bench Web Site www.byucougars.com/basketball_w/ Pos. # Name Ht. Yr. PPG RPG F 01 Nancy Seljaas 6-0 Sr 4.0 1.6 www.byucougars.com BYU Women’s Basketball Page 2 BYU Quick Facts Location:Provo, Utah 84602 G 10 Laura Stratton 5-6 Sr 1.4 0.5 Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) G 23 Brit Brown 5-7 So 0.4 0.3 Founded:Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints G 24 Vanessa Hutson 5-4 Fr 3.4 1.4 Colors: Blue and White G/F 32 Shawnee Slade 5-11 Fr 3.2 1.9 Nickname:Cougars F 41 Brittany Faddis 6-0 Fr 1.0 0.4 Mascot:Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation: NCAA Division I C 52 Lauren Riley 6-3 So 6.0 5.6 Conference:Mountain West C 54 Cassie King 6-3 Fr 1.2 1.5 Arena:Marriott Center (22,400) President:Cecil O. Samuelson Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe 2005-06 Team Stats -- Basketball Information Shooting from the field: (.432, 505-1170) Head Coach Jeff Judkins (Utah, 1978) Shooting from the free-throw line: (.625 , 202-323) Office Phone 801-422-8035 Shooting from three-point line: (.346, 130-376) Best time to call 9-10:00 a.m. daily Record at BYU/Yrs. 96-47/4 Average points per game: 67.1 Career Record same Assistant Coach Alli Bills Office Phone 801-422- 1548 Notables in 2005-06 Assistant Coach Jonas Chatterton Leading scorer: Ambrosia Anderson - 18.5 ppg Office Phone 801-422 -8155 Leading rebounder: Ambrosia Anderson - 7.6 rpg Assistant Coach Stacy Jensen Assist leader: Melinda Johnsen- 3.70 apg Office Phone 801-422-7682 Blocks leader(s): Dani Kubik- 13 to date and L. Riley- 12 t o date Team Facts Steals leader: Melinda Johnsen - 41 to date, 2.05 spg 2005-06 Record 19-1, 9-0 BYU continues its best record and start in school history. During the 2004-05 Record 19-11,9-5 2002-03 season they went 5-0 through the first five games before the 2004-05 Post Season 0-1 WNIT team’s first loss. Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 11/4 BYU has outrebounded its opponents in 14 of 20 games to date Newcomers 3 Roster Breakdown BYU Team Gets Top 25 Ranking STARTERS RETURNING: For the first time since the 2002-03 season, BYU’s women’s basketball Mallary Gillespie: 5-10 So, G (7.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg Melinda Johnsen: 5-10 Jr, G/F (3.9 ppg, 2.1 rpg) team and its 13-1 record breaks into this week’s 01/16/06 AP Poll at the no. 23 spot, and also rank 23rd in the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Coaches STARTERS LOST: Poll. The team’s last top 25 ranking came during the 2002-03 year when Julie Sullivan: (11.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.73 apg) the Cougars had tallied a 5-1 record before losing at George Washington Kristen Kozlowski: (9.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg) who was ranked 22nd, on 12/11/02. BYU also finished ranked 17th after Danielle Cheesman: (8.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg) its first-ever Sweet Sixteen finish in 2001-02. LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: For the week beginning Jan. 23, BYU jumped to the no.20 spot in both Ambrosia Anderson: 6-2 Sr, F (10.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg) polls. Dani Kubik: 6-3 Jr, C (7.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg) The week of Jan.30, the team is ranked 19th by both polls.The week of Nancy Seljaas: 6-0 Sr, G/F (3.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg) Feb. 6, the Cougars are ranked 18th in both polls. Lauren Riley: 6-3 So, C (2.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) Mary Martha Abell: 6:3 So, F (1.7 ppg, 1.6 rpg) Jennie Keele: 5-10 Jr, G/F (injury redshirt) Anderson Joins 1,000-Point Club LETTERWINNERS LOST: After the 14 points scored by Ambrosia Anderson in the game at Kali Taylor: (2.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg) Wyoming on Jan. 18., she becomes one of only 18 players in BYU Julie Cross: played in six games women’s basketball history to eclipse the 1,000 point mark. As of Feb. 7, NEWCOMERS: she has tallied, 1,081 total points in her four-year career. Vanessa Hutson: 5-8 Fr, G (Murray/UT, Brighton HS) Shawnee Slade: 5-11 Fr, G/F (Taylorsville, UT, Taylorsville HS Cassie King: 6-3 Fr, C (Provo, UT/Provo HS) Gillespie’s Buzzer Beater Winning Basket Makes ESPN Highlights Brit Brown: 5-7 G, So (Newhall, CA/Hart HS) Sophomore guard Mallary Gillespie’s game-winning basket at Utah on Rachel Aina: 5-9 G, Fr (Forest Grove, OR/Forest Grove 01/07/06 made that night’s ESPN Sports Center list of the 10 best Plays HS) of the Day. It also took the number seven spot on Chris Birman Plays of BYU Women’s Basketball Page 3 2005-06 AP NCAA Div. I Top 25 Poll the Week on Sunday, Jan. 8. (02/06/2006) Rank School Record 1. North Carolina 22-0 By The Numbers 2. Duke 20-1 2 games where four players have scored in double figures (@ Stony 3. LSU 20-1 Brook and @ UC Riverside) 4. Connecticut 21-2 5. Tennessee 21-2 3 games where the Cougars have shot at least 50 percent: @ AF on 6. Maryland 21-2 2/4/06, vs. UNLV 01/14/06 and vs. NAU, 50.8 7. Ohio State 18-2 8. Rutgers 17-3 6 games in which the Cougar defense has held opponents to under 30 9.