McPherson College 2009-2010 Bulldog Women’s Basketball Game Notes McPherson College Sports Information | Contact: Alan Grosbach | Office: 620-242-0431 | Cell: 816-803-6275 | E-mail: [email protected] |Fax 620-245-9706 Schedule/Results Game 18: McPherson College (3-13, 1-5) at University of Saint Mary (7-10, 1-6) Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 | 1:30 p.m. | Ryan Sport Center | Leavenworth, Kan. DATE OPPONENT TIME 10/29 at Peru State L 64-91 11/02 at Haskell Indian Nations W 70-64 11/05 Johnson & Wales Univ. L 57-65 11/06 at Mid-American Christian L 48-76 11/12 Mount Mercy College^ L 51-108 11/13 Iowa Wesleyan College^ L 44-61 McPherson College University of Saint Mary 11/16 at Central Christian W 60-57 Bulldogs Spires 11/19 Peru State College% L 40-58 Record ......................................................3-14, 1-6 Record ......................................................7-10, 1-6 11/20 Southwestern Christian% L 64-72 Ranking ............................................... Not Ranked Ranking ............................................... Not Ranked Head Coach.............................................. Cy Rolfs Head Coach.................................... Michael Basler 12/02 Kansas Wesleyan* L 43-71 Career Record .................................................3-14 Career Record ..................................... Unavailable 12/04 at Ottawa University* L 66-68 Last Game ................................L 50-58 at Bethany Last Game ...................................L 47-63 at Bethel 12/09 Bethel College* W 93-85 ot Bulldogs look to snap streak at USM 12/11 at Friends University* L 54-72 The McPherson women’s basketball team enters the weekend contest looking to snap a five game win- 01/03 at York College L 51-73 less streak, as the Bulldogs take on the University of Saint Mary Saturday afternoon at the Ryan Sport Center. 01/06 Southwestern College* L 48-60 01/08 Tabor College* L 44-49 Tipoff between the Bulldogs and Spires is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CST. A radio broadcast will be carried in the McPherson area by 96.7 FM KBBE Mid-Kansas Radio. Bulldog play-by-play announcer Nick Gos- 01/13 at Bethany College* L 50-58 nell will have the call. An audio stream with also be provided at www.macbulldogs.com. 01/15 at University of Saint Mary* 3:30 01/19 Sterling College* 8:00 The Bulldogs are 3-14 overall and 1-6 in conference play following a 50-58 loss at Bethany College on Thursday night. In that game, McPherson shot 29.3 percent (17-of-58) from the field. Defensively, MC 01/22 at Kansas Wesleyan* 7:00 forced Bethany into 23 turnovers, but the Bulldogs were outrebounded, 47-36. Senior guard Kristen Oz- 01/27 Ottawa University* 8:00 bun paced the MC offense with 16 points, while tallying five rebounds and a team-high four assists. 01/29 at Bethel College* 7:00 Ozbun, the Bulldogs leading scorer this season with 275 points, moved with 16 points of April Woody 02/03 Friends University* 8:00 for third on the all-time scoring list with her performance Thursday night. She currently has 1,133 career points in 95 games played. 02/05 at Southwestern College* 7:00 02/10 at Tabor College* 8:00 Much like the Bulldogs, the Spires (7-10, 1-6 KCAC) have had their struggles since opening conference 02/12 Bethany College* 7:00 play. USM is currently riding a six game losing streak, after they were defeated, 47-63, Thursday night at Bethel College. Much of USM’s success this season has been based around their defense. They rank in 02/17 University of Saint Mary* 8:00 the top 10 nationally in scoring defense (56.2) and field goal percentage defense (35.1 percent). 02/19 at Sterling College* 7:00 Following the Spires, McPherson returns home for a midweek contest with nationally ranked Sterling Col- lege. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. % - McPherson College Classic (McPherson, Kan.) Possible Starting Lineup ^ - Midland Lutheran Classic (Fremont, Neb.) (based on team’s previous game; all statistics are per game) * - KCAC Regular Season Game Exhibition Games in Italics; All times CST McPherson College Bulldogs (3-14, 1-6) No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Pts Reb A 13 Brooke Weisenburger G 5-6 Jr. 6.7 4.3 2.9 22 Kristen Ozbun G 5-6 Sr. 16.2 4.7 2.1 24 Elice Frey F 5-11 Jr. 7.9 5.2 0.5 34 Madison Chambers G 5-6 Fr. 5.5 4.8 2.0 42 Tori Verdieck F 5-11 Jr. 6.2 4.6 0.1 Radio Broadcast University of Saint Mary (7-10, 1-6) KBBE 96.7 FM No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Pts Reb A Nick Gosnell, Play-by-Play 3 Sarah Beshears G 5-7 Sr. 1.8 0.8 0.4 * Games also broadcast via the internet at 15 Jasmine Johnson F 5-11 Jr. 6.8 6.9 1.2 www.macbulldogs.com/sports/2010/9/2/LiveAudio. 22 Michelle Chrisman G 5-7 Jr. 5.8 1.9 1.1 aspx? 23 Adelyn Ezeh G 5-4 Fr. 4.6 2.6 2.8 44 Samantha Ciani F 6-0 Sr. 11.2 9.0 1.7 Game 18 | McPherson College at University of Saint Mary | Ryan Sport Center | Jan. 15, 2011 McPherson College Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School/High School) 3 Jacee Coberly G 5-5 So. Gove, Kan. (Quinter HS) 5 Whitney Slater G 5-6 Jr. Otis, Kan. (Pratt CC/Otis-Bison HS) 10 Breahna Gillespie G 5-8 Fr. Little River, Kan. (Little River HS) 13 Brooke Weisenburger G 5-6 Jr. Gardner, Kan. (Gardner-Edgerton HS) 20 Amanda Fleming G 5-6 Fr. Formoso, Kan. (Rock Hills HS) 21 Sierra Gillespie G 5-4 Jr. Chase, Kan. (Missouri Valley College/Chase HS) 22 Kristen Ozbun G 5-6 Sr. Rose Hill, Kan. (Rose Hill HS) 23 Brooke Sloan G 5-7 Jr. Buffalo, Kan. (Altoona-Midway HS) 24 Elice Frey F 5-11 Jr. Riley, Kan. (Hesston College/Riley County HS) 32 Natasha Chaney F 5-8 Fr. Gardner, Kan. (Gardner-Edgerton HS) 34 Madison Chambers G 5-6 Fr. Wellsville, Kan. (Wellsville HS) 40 Brandi Florian F 5-9 Jr. Russell, Kan. (Russell HS) 42 Tori Verdieck F 5-11 Fr. New Castle, Colo. (Coal Ridge HS) Coaching Staff Pronunciation Guide Head Coach ...............................Cy Rolfs (McPherson College,2008) Jacee Coberly...................................................... Jay-See Co-birr-lee Assistant Coaches ... Brian Ortmeier (University of Nebraska, 2009) Breahna Gillespie ............................................................... B-re-anna Manager ..........................................................................Tiffany Hahn Brooke Weisenburger ..................................................Wise-in-burger Head Athletic Trainer .................................................... Scott Hooker Tori Verdeick ....................................................................... V-er-Deck Assistant Athletic Trainer ................................. Philip Schoenwetter Athletic Director...............................................................Doug Quint Sports Information .................................................... Alan Grosbach Team Comparison McPherson College (3-14, 1-6) University of Saint Mary (7-10, 1-6) TEAM STATISTICS McPherson Opponent TEAM STATISTICS* USM Opponent SCORING 947 1178 SCORING 909 956 - Points/G 55.7 69.3 - Points/G 53.5 56.2 - Scoring Margin -13.6 -- - Scoring Margin -2.7 -- FIELD GOALS-ATT 314-1005 414-1006 FIELD GOALS-ATT 331-899 335-955 - Field Goal Pct. .312 .412 - Field Goal Pct. .368 .351 3-pt FG-ATT 75-297 120-347 3-pt FG-ATT 75-278 68-248 - 3-pt FG Pct. .253 .346 - 3-pt FG Pct. .270 .274 - 3-pt FG Made/G 4.4 7.1 - 3-pt FG Made/G 4.4 4.0 FREE THROWS-ATT 244-397 230-361 FREE THROWS-ATT 172-291 218-334 - Free Throw Pct. .615 .637 - Free Throw Pct. .591 .653 REBOUNDS 678 753 REBOUNDS 755 563 - Rebounds/G 39.9 44.3 - Rebounds/G 44.4 33.1 - Rebound Margin -4.4 -- - Rebound Margin 11.3 -- ASSISTS 188 256 ASSISTS 222 155 - Assists/G 11.1 15.1 - Assists/G 13.1 9.1 TURNOVERS 352 347 TURNOVERS 349 286 - Turnovers/G 20.7 20.4 - Turnovers/G 20.5 16.8 - Turnover Margin 0.3 -- - Turnover Margin -3.7 -- - Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.5 0.7 - Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.6 0.5 STEALS 153 184 STEALS 157 197 - Steals/G 9.0 10.8 - Steals/G 9.2 11.6 BLOCKS 23 51 BLOCKS 46 53 - Blocks/G 1.4 3.0 - Blocks/G 2.7 3.1 SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 Total SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 Total Opponents 548 613 17 - 1178 Opponents 435 521 -- -- 956 McPherson 408 522 17 - 947 USM 412 497 -- -- 909 Game 18 | McPherson College at University of Saint Mary | Ryan Sport Center | Jan. 15, 2011 Scouting USM KCAC Standings USM comes into the weekend with a 7-10 overall record and 1-6 conference mark, following a Team KCAC Overall Kansas Wesleyan University 6-1 17-1 47-63 loss at Bethel College. Against the Threshers, USM shot 34.0 percent from the field, but Sterling College 6-1 14-3 struggled handling the ball with 28 turnovers. The Spires held a 35-31 edge in rebounding. Southwestern College 5-2 12-4 Bethel College 4-3 10-7 Senior forward Samantha Ciani leads the Spire attack averaging a near double-double at 11.2 Friends University 4-3 9-8 points and 9.0 rebounds per contest. She has scored in double figures in 10-of-17 games for Ottawa University 4-3 7-10 the Spires and is shooting 48.8 percent from the field. Tabor College 3-4 6-11 University of Saint Mary 1-6 7-10 USM is a team that is built around the defensive side of the ball. The Spires rank among the Bethany College 1-6 3-14 McPherson College 1-6 3-14 top 10 nationally in total rebounding margin (11.3), scoring defense per game (56.2), total rebound defense (33.1), defensive rebounds per game (30.5) and field goal percentage * - as of 01/14/11 defense.