RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Kimberly Zivkovich, Director (WBB) Cell: 732-690-6716 email: [email protected] Stephanie Mamakas, Asst. Director email: [email protected] Rutgers Athletic Communications • High Point Solutions Stadium, Suite A • 1 Scarlet Knight Way • Piscataway, NJ 08854 Game Three: Rutgers vs. CCSU - Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2018 - 7:00 p.m. 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall Record: 2-0 Big Ten Record: 0-0 Home: 2-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 RUTGERS CENTRAL NOVEMBER: SCARLET CONN. ST. Tue. Nov. 6 St. Francis (Pa.) ............... W, 96-52 Fri. Nov. 9 Stony Brook ................... W, 61-47 KNIGHTS BLUE DEVILS TUE. NOV. 13 CENTRAL CONN. ST. ......7:00 P.M. Friday Nov. 16 @ Charlotte .........................5:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 18 Albany ........................... 4:00 p.m. 2018-19 Record: 2-0 Overall, 0-0 Big Ten 2018-19 Record: 0-2 Overall, 0-0 Northeast Vancouver Showcase Rankings: NR/NR (AP; ESPN/USA Today) Rankings: NR/NR (AP; ESPN/USA Today) Thu. Nov. 22 vs. Drake ..............................5:30 p.m. Last Result: W, 61-47 - vs. Stony Brook - Nov. 9 Last Result: L, 62-88 - vs. Lehigh - Nov. 10 Fri. Nov. 23 TBD ............................................... TBA Head Coach: C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock ‘71) Head Coach: Beryl Piper (CCSU ‘87) Sun. Nov. 24 TBD ............................................... TBA Overall: 999-402/48th Season Overall: 142-190/12th Season Tournament Field Includes: Notre Dame, South Caro- At Rutgers: 479-267/24th Season At CCSU: 64-59/Fifth Season lina, Gongaza, Oregon St., W. Kentucky, ETSU 999 AND COUNTING ACC/Big Ten Challenge GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Wed. Nov. 28 @ Virginia Tech ..................7:00 p.m. Rutgers women’s basketball secured a 61-47 GAME THREE DECEMBER: victory over Stony Brook in its last contest DATE: November 13, 2018 Sat. Dec. 8 @ Harvard ............................2:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon at the RAC to give head VENUE: The RAC - Sat. Dec. 15 LSU ................................ 4:00 p.m. coach C. Vivian Stringer her 999th career Piscatway, N.J. Fri. Dec. 28 Northwestern * ............. 4:00 p.m. TIP-OFF: 7:00 p.m. Mon. Dec. 31 @ Maryland * ..............................Noon victory. On Tuesday night in front of the BTN cameras against Central Connecticut State, TV: BTN JANUARY: Stringer looks to become the sixth women’s Fri. Jan. 4 Brown ............................ 7:00 p.m. head coach in NCAA history join the elite Mike Monaco, Julianne Viani & Jillian Sakovits Sun. Jan. 6 Penn State * .................. 4:00 p.m. 1,000 career victory club. Wed. Jan. 9 @ Illinois * ............................8:00 p.m. RADIO: Rutgers IMG Radio Network Sun. Jan. 13 @ Nebraska * ......................3:00 p.m. Ralph Bednarczyk & Mark Peterson Wed. Jan. 16 Purdue * ........................ 7:00 p.m. Graduate senior guard Charise Wilson led the Scarlet Knights against the Seawolves Sun. Jan. 20 Michigan State *............ 2:00 p.m. WRSU - Rutgers Student Radio Wed. Jan. 23 @ Iowa * ...............................8:00 p.m. with 14 points, a game-high six assists and Sun. Jan. 27 @ Penn State * ....................2:00 p.m. six rebounds, while freshman guard Noga Jake Ostrove & Justin Sontupe Thu. Jan. 31 Indiana *........................ 7:00 p.m. Peleg Pelc joined Wilson in double figures with 11 points. Senior forwards Victoria Har- LAST TIME: Rutgers wins 73-32 FEBRUARY: Piscataway, N.J. - Dec. 5, 2010 Sun. Feb. 3 @ Minnesota * .....................4:00 p.m. ris and Caitlin Jenkins contributed eight and Sun. Feb. 10 Maryland * .................... 2:00 p.m. seven rebounds, respectively. Thu. Feb. 14 Ohio State * ................... 7:00 p.m. Mon. Feb. 18 @ Indiana * ..........................7:00 p.m. RU held the Seawolves to just 31 percent CCSU SERIES: Rutgers Leads 2-0 Thu. Feb. 21 @ Michigan * .......................7:00 p.m. shooting from the field, including a 27 Mon. Feb. 25 Wisconsin * ................... 7:00 p.m. percent shooting mark in the opening two VS. CCSU STREAK: W2 Thu. Feb. 28 Minnesota * ................... 6:30 p.m. quarters. Rutgers outrebounded Stony CURRENT SEASON STREAK: W2 MARCH: Brook, 41-24, and forced 16 turnovers in the Sun. Mar. 3 @ Ohio State * ............................. TBA convincing win. FOLLOW US Big Ten Tournament Following Tuesday’s game, the Scarlet Mar. 6-10 - Indianapolis, Ind. Knights hit the road for the first time in 2018- Home Games in BOLD 19 traveling to Charlotte to meet the 49ers *Denotes Big Ten Conference Game on Friday at 5 p.m. at Halton Arena. All Times are Eastern and subject to change RUTGERSWBB 2018-19 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS LINEUP NO. NAME POS. HT. PPG RPG APG/BPG* NOTES 1 Zipporah Broughton G 5-7 11.0 2.0 4.0 Missed SBU with ankle injury; Gatorade & USA Today Alabama Player of the Year 2 u Noga Peleg Pelc G 5-7 13.0 3.5 1.5 Played with Israel’s U16, U18 and U20 National Teams 3 u Charise Wilson G 5-5 9.5 3.0 4.5 First Scarlet Knight start vs. SBU - career-high six rebounds, six assists 4 Sierra Calhoun G 6-0 - -- -- Missed season opener with ankle injury - Averaged 10.5 pts, 3.6 reb in career 5 Ciani Cryor G 5-5 -- -- -- Will miss first 10 games due to violation of team policy 12 Khadaizha Sanders G 5-7 - -- -- Missed season opener with wrist injury - two-time Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree 13 u Mael Gilles G 6-1 7.5 9.5 2.5 * Career-high 13 pts, 16 rebs with first career double-double vs. SFU 15 Caitlin Jenkins F 6-3 11.5 11.0 0.5 * 19th career double-double in season opener with SFU 22 Tyia Singleton F 6-2 1.0 3.0 0.0 * Played in the Geirco High School National Championships 24 Arella Guirantes G 5-11 10.5 3.5 0.5 Double figures in RU debut vs. SFU; Transfer from Texas Tech 31 Tekia Mack F 6-1 - -- -- Missed season opener with elbow injury - Hails from same HS as Cappie Pondexter 35 u Stasha Carey F 6-2 10.5 7.5 2.5 * 18th career double-double vs. SFU;2018 Honorable Mention All-B1G 40 u Victoria Harris C/F 6-3 7.5 5.5 0.0 * Carer-high 11 rebounds at #13 OSU; First double-double 10 pts & 10 reb vs. Houston 44 Jordan Wallace C 6-3 2.0 4.5 0.5* New career-high with seven rebounds vs. SFU Game Three: Rutgers vs. CCSU - Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2018 - 7:00 p.m. 2018-19 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS RUTGERS MEDIA POLICY No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous School POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCES 1 Zipporah Broughton G Fr. 5-7 Wetumpka, Alabama/Robert E. Lee Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer, and 2 Noga Peleg Pelc G Fr. 5-7 Even Yehuda, Israel/ student-athletes will be made available to 3 Charise Wilson G Gr. 5-5 West Babylon, N.Y./St. Anthony’s/Rhode Island the media following a brief cooling-off pe- 4 Sierra Calhoun G Gr. 6-0 Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ the King/Ohio State riod. Rutgers’ freshmen are not available 5 Ciani Cryor G Jr.-R 5-5 Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti/Georgia Tech for post-game press conferences. 12 Khadaizha Sanders G Sr. 5-7 Kankakee, Ill./Bishop McNamara 13 Mael Gilles F So. 6-1 Montreal-Nord, Quebec, Canada/Montmorency Please direct any student-athlete requests 15 Caitlin Jenkins F Sr. 6-3 Shreveport, La./Huntington/Southern Mississippi to Rutgers Director of Athletic Communi- 22 Tyia Singleton F Fr. 6-2 Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven cations Kimberly Zivkovich (kzivkovich@ 24 Arella Guirantes G So.-R 5-11 Bellport, N.Y./Bellport/Texas Tech scarletknights.com/732.445.7882) or to 31 Tekia Mack F/G So. 6-1 Chicago, Ill./Marshall Assistant Director Stephanie Mamakas 35 Stasha Carey F Sr.-R 6-2 Cleveland, Ohio/Berea-Midpark/Pittsburgh ([email protected]). 40 Victoria Harris C/F Sr. 6-3 Snelville, Ga./Parkview 44 Jordan Wallace C Jr. 6-3 Somerdale, N.J./Sterling Please note freshmen can be requested for interviews during the week but not follow- Head Coach: C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock, ’71) ing game action. Visiting teams are given 48th season overall, 24th season at Rutgers the opportunity to meet the media first. Assistant Coaches: Timothy Eatman (Talladega ’88) – 4th season Kelley Gibson (Maryland ’99) – 4th season WEBSITES Nadine Domond (Iowa ‘98) -3rd season All of the latest information on Rutgers women’s basketball is available on the Assistant Athletic Director - World Wide Web on Rutgers’ site, www. Basketball Operations: Michelle Edwards (Iowa, ’89) scarletknights.com. In addition, Big Ten Assistant to the Head Coach: Betsy Yonkman (Central Michigan, ’86) Conference information can be accessed Video Coordinator: Brian Shank (Rutgers ’16) at www.BigTen.org. Recruiting Coordinator: Will Abrams (Utica ’11) IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY: PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Rutgers holds weekly media availabil- Zipporah Broughton zip-POUR-rah BROUGHT-on – Nickname Zippy ity (either in person or via teleconference). Charise Wilson SH-UH-reese Other requests for Head Coach C. Vivian Noga Peleg Pelc No-GA Pell-LEG PEL-K Stringer should be made at least three days Ciani Cryor SEE-on-ee CRY-or – Nickname CC in advance. Requests for student-athlete in- Khadaizha Sanders Kah-DAY-ZUH – Nickname KK terviews should be made-­­­ if possible - 48 Mael Gilles my-EL j-EYE-els hours in advance. All interviews must be Tyia Singleton TIE-uh – Nickname Slim coordinated through the Office of Athletic Arella Guirantes uh-REL-uh guh-RAHN-tez Communications, and interviews will not be Tekia Mack Tuh-KEY-UH granted on a game day. Stasha Carey stay-SH-UH NCAA CAREER WINNER ALL-TIME B1G WINNER QUICK FACTS Head coach C.