2014-15 Crusader Women’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2014-15 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (1-0, 0-0 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result at Indiana (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) Nov. 1 Wisconsin-Parkside (exhibition) L 69-52 Game #2 - Tuesday, November 18 - 6:00 p.m. Nov. 14 Butler W 91-57 Assembly Hall (17,472) - Bloomington, Ind. Nov. 18 at Indiana 6 p.m. Nov. 20 at Northern Illinois 6 p.m. Nov. 22 Tennessee Tech 7:05 p.m. Next Up in Crusader Basketball: Valparaiso takes to the road for the first time Nov. 25 at Akron 6 p.m. Tuesday night when it squares off against Indiana. The Hoosiers waxed Nov. 30 Louisville 1:35 p.m. Gardner-Webb, 115-54, in their season opener Saturday at Assembly Hall. Indi- Dec. 3 at Miami (OH) 11 a.m. ana set program records for points in a game, three-pointers in a game (16), and Dec. 6 Tulsa 1:35 pm the 61-point margin of victory was the second-highest in school history. Tues- Dec. 9 at South Dakota 7 p.m. day represents the Crusaders’ first trip to Bloomington since Nov. 15th, 2006. Dec. 13 Illinois 1:35 p.m. Dec. 20 at SIU-Edwardsville 2 p.m. Last Time Out: Powered by 46 bench points, the Crusaders throttled Butler 91- Dec. 30 Purdue-Calumet 7:05 p.m. 57 at the ARC Friday night. Five players finished in double figures, including Jan. 3 Stetson 1:35 p.m. Jan. 8 at Cleveland State * 4 p.m. Abby Dean who registered a career-high 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting. Fresh- Jan. 10 UIC * 1:35 p.m. man Dani Franklin dazzled in her Valparaiso debut as the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Jan. 15 Oakland * 7:05 p.m. native tossed in 14 points (6-11 FG) in 16 minutes of action. Jan. 17 Wright State * 1:35 p.m. Jan. 21 at Milwaukee * 7 p.m. Following the Crusaders: Audio - Valpo Sports Radio Network (WVUR, Jan. 27 at UIC * 7 p.m. 95.1 FM, Valparaiso) - Brandon Vickrey (PxP), Tommy Mantice (Color) Jan. 29 Green Bay * 7:05 p.m. Links for the audio, as well as live stats, will be available at ValpoAthletics.com. Feb. 5 at Detroit * 6 p.m. In addition, ValpoGameday.com is a one-stop shop for live video, stats and Feb. 7 at Wright State * 1 p.m. social media interaction, all on the same page. Feb. 12 Milwaukee * 7:05 p.m. Feb. 19 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. Feb. 21 Youngstown State * 1:35 p.m. Head Coach Tracey Dorow: Tracey Dorow (18-45) is in her third season at the Feb. 25 Cleveland State * 7:05 p.m. helm of the Valparaiso women’s basketball program in 2014-15. She collected Feb. 28 Detroit * 1:35 p.m. her 250th career victory on Friday, Nov. 14th after a 91-57 walloping of Butler. Mar. 5 at Oakland * 6 p.m. In her first season, Dorow led the Crusaders to eleven victories overall, includ- Mar. 7 at Youngstown State * 1:05 p.m. ing five in Horizon League play. Dorow arrived in Valparaiso after 14 seasons at Mar. 9-15 Horizon League Championship TBD Ferris State. She compiled a 232-163 record while with the Bulldogs. Further- (campus sites) more, Ferris State posted the #1 grade point average in all of Division II for the 1999-2000 women’s basketball season as well as the #2 ranking in 2002-2003. Series Notes: Indiana leads the all-time series 6-2. The Crusaders have never won inside Assembly Hall in five attempts. Tracey Dorow won her first game as All times Central. Valparaiso’s head coach in a 64-52 contest over the Hoosiers at the ARC to Home games in bold and played at Athletics- open the 2012-13 season. Six of the tilts in the eight-game series were played Recreation Center. before 2006, including a January 20th, 1972 matchup in Bloomington that repre- * - indicates Horizon League game sents Valpo’s first single-game record in its current archives. @ValpoWBB Valpo #ValpoGameday Women’s #GoValpo Basketball 2014-15 Crusader Women’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Storylines... Abby Dean - Valparaiso head coach Tracey Dorow notched her 250th career - Registered a career-high 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting Friday. win Friday, while Indiana head coach Teri Moren collected her 200th - Finished in double figures 12 different times in 2013-14. career victory on Saturday. - Led the Brown and Gold in free-throw shooting (85.2%) last year. - After three seasons with Valpo, former Crusader Tabitha Gerardot - Scored first collegiate points at historic Cameron Indoor Stadium finished her career with the Hoosiers in 2013-14. She averaged 8.7 in November of 2012. points and 5.5 rebounds per game for Indiana last season. - Indiana is the first of two Big Ten teams Valpo will face this season Annemarie Hamlet (vs. Illinois, Dec. 13th). - Scored 11 points in her Crusader debut last Friday. - Two Crusaders made their collegiate debuts versus Indiana: Lexi - Last Friday represents the 616th day since Hamlet last played in a Miller and Jessi Wiedemann. regular season game (3/9/13 with Oakland). @ValpoWBB... Faith Miller ...looking back at last season - Drained both three-point attempts vs. Butler. - @ValpoWBB.wrapped up 2013-14 with three wins at the Athlet- ics-Recreation Center. - @ValpoWBB were champions of the Toledo Invite, defeating Chi- Dani Franklin cago State and the host Rockets. - Scored 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting in her first game with the - @ValpoWBB’s Liz Horton signed a contract to play professionally Brown and Gold Friday. with Germany’s TG Neuss following a senior season where she averaged 10.9 points/game and recorded the 9th-highest three-point Anne Hamilton field goal percentage in a season in school history (39.8%). - Was a perfect 2-for-2 from the field vs. Butler in her Crusader debut. - @ValpoWBB shot 77.6% from the free-throw line, the highest percentage ever by a Crusader team. Lexi Miller ...looking ahead to this season - @ValpoWBB was picked to finish eighth in the Horizon League in - One of two Crusaders to finish with more assists (59) than turn- the 2014-15 Preseason Poll. overs (56) last season. - @ValpoWBB returns 1,287 points, 732 rebounds, 244 assists, 4,132 - Made collegiate debut against the Indiana Hoosiers Nov, 9th, 2012. minutes played from 2013-14. Sharon Karungi @IndianaWBB - Tallied eight double-doubles in 2013-14. - @IndianaWBB finished 2013-14 with a 21-13 overall record, but - Posted a career-high 25 points at Cleveland State on 2/13/14.. just a 5-11 mark in the Big Ten. - Was Valpo’s leading rebounder last year (7.4 rebs/game). - @IndianaWBB’s Larryn Brooks became the first freshman in school history to score over 500 points in a single season. Jasmyn Walker - @IndianaWBB’s Brooks set program freshman records for points - Made the start versus Butler for her collegiate debut. scored, 3-pointers made, assists, and free-throws made in 2013-14. - Tossed in four points and snagged six boards vs. Butler on Friday. - @IndianaWBB welcomes first-year head coach Teri Moren. Moren had served as Indiana State’s head coach from 2010-2014. Jessi Wiedemann - Indiana University Athletics received a $40 million gift in Decem- - Has appeared in all 63 games since arriving to Valparaiso. ber of 2013 to provide renovations to historic Assembly Hall. - Canned multiple three-pointers in 13 games last season. - Made collegiate debut versus Indiana Jessica Carr - Registered a career-high 21 points vs. Cleveland State on 1/27/14. - One of two team captains (Wiedemann) this season. - Averaged 12.6 points in the final seven games of 2013-14. Roster Breakdown - Drained a career-high six three-pointers in Valpo’s season finale at - Valpo welcomes four new faces (all freshmen) to its team this season. Green Bay. - Valparaiso boasts players from eight different states and two countries. - The Crusaders possess five players 6’0’’ or taller. 2014-15 Crusader Women’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Horizon League Standings Valpo All-Time Versus (through games of Nov. 16) Horizon Overall Indiana Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Date Site W/L Score Wright State 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000 Jan. 20, 1972 Bloomington, Ind. L 70-40 Valparaiso 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Nov. 24, 1989 Bloomington, Ind. L 90-59 Green Bay 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Nov. 29, 1995 Bloomington, Ind. L 70-64 Dec. 3, 1996 Valparaiso, Ind. L 89-63 Cleveland State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Dec. 10, 1997 Bloomington, Ind. L 74-56 UIC 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Dec. 7, 1999 Valparaiso, Ind. W 64-60 Youngstown State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Nov. 15, 2006 Bloomington, Ind. L 85-51 Milwaukee 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Nov. 9, 2012 Valparaiso, Ind. W 64-52 Detroit 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Oakland 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Around the Horizon League Monday, November 17 Northern Illinois at UIC, 4:30 p.m.