2014 Atlantic & 2014 Regional Champions 2011, 2012, PSAC Champions EDINBORO FIGHTING SCOTS 2014-15 Women’s Basketball Game Notes Atlantic Region Challenge No. 6 Edinboro Fighting Scots (27-6 in 2013-14) Millersville, Pa. l Pucillo Gymnasium Saturday, November 15 l vs. Chowan (12-16) l 2:00 PM Sunday, November 16 l vs. Virginia-Wise (10-18) l 1:00 PM Probable Starters / Top Reserves SCHEDULE / RESULTS NOVEMBER Edinboro Fighting Scots 8 at St. Bonaventure (Exhibition) L, 51-61 Atlantic Region Challenge- Millersville, Pa. No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. G-GS PPG RPG Hometown 15 vs. Chowan 2:00 p.m. 00 Lauren Hippo Jr. G/F 5-10 33-12 8.8 2.4 Altoona, Pa. 16 vs. Virginia-Wise 1:00 p.m. 11 Laurel Lindsay Gr. G/F 6-0 33-33 12.6 4.9 South Park, Pa. 13 Aignee’ Freeland Jr. F/C 6-3 33-33 14.1 9.1 York, Pa. 19 at Seton Hill* 5:30 p.m. 22 CALIFORNIA (PA)* 1:00 p.m. 21 Nicole Johnson So. F. 6-0 31-14 3.1 2.7 Pittsburgh, Pa. 25 at Bloomsburg 5:30 p.m. 32 Hope Mancini Gr. G 5-8 13-8 12.2 1.7 Mayfield Hts., Ohio DECEMBER - Reserves - 3 at Slippery Rock* 6:00 p.m. 12 Lily Hospers So. G 5-11 18-0 0.7 0.7 Marybank, New 6 MERCYHURST* 1:00 p.m. Zealand 7 VIRGINIA STATE 1:00 p.m. 15 Anastasia Riabchenko Sr. F 6-6 28-2 4.8 2.3 Munich, Germany 16 CHEYNEY* 5:30 p.m. 24 Whitney Allen So. G/F 6-1 14-0 0.4 0.8 Dudley, United 17 MILLERSVILLE* 5:30 p.m. Kingdom 20 at Shippensburg* 1:00 p.m. 30 Valerie Majewski Sr. G 5-7 33-33 16.0 4.2 McKean, Pa. JANUARY 3 at Kutztown* 1:00 p.m. Chowan Hawks 4 at Mansfield* 1:00 p.m. 7 LOCK HAVEN* 5:30 p.m. No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. G-GS PPG RPG Hometown 10 at Gannon* 5:30 p.m. 5 Rachel Gostomski Sr. G 5-7 28-9 10.1 3.2 Newport News, Va. 14 at Indiana (Pa.)* 6:00 p.m. 11 Alisha Mobley Jr. F 5-11 28-0 13.3 7.3 Winchester, Va. 17 CLARION* 1:00 p.m. 24 at Pitt-Johnstown* 1:00 p.m. 12 Kaela Nelson Sr. F 6-0 28-10 4.3 5.4 Woodbridge, Va. 28 SETON HILL* 5:30 p.m. 21 Courtni Williams So. G 5-6 26-9 7.8 3.0 Chesapeake, Va. 31 at California (Pa.)* 3:00 p.m. 44 Summer Curtis Sr. F 6-3 24-0 5.4 6.0 Richmond, Va. FEBRUARY - Reserves - 4 GANNON* 5:30 p.m. 2 Chantel Roberts So. G 5-8 28-8 4.0 3.2 Suffolk, Va. 7 at Mercyhurst* 1:00 p.m. 3 Makya Alexander So. G 5-6 4-0 3.8 1.0 Salisburg, Md. 11 SLIPPERY ROCK* 5:30 p.m. 10 Naima Harrington Sr. G 5-7 28-1 4.5 2.1 Newport News, Va. 14 INDIANA (PA)* 1:00 p.m. 24 RyJae Anderson So. G 5-8 25-1 5.4 1.6 Roanoke, Va. 18 at Clarion* 5:30 p.m. 25 PITT-JOHNSTOWN* 5:30 p.m. Virginia-Wise Cavaliers PSAC Championship No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. G-GS PPG RPG Hometown 28 PSAC Championship First Round TBA 3 Taylor Sandidge So. G 5-5 27-27 11.1 5.5 Waynesboro, Va. MARCH 21 MaKenzie Cluesman Jr. G 5-9 27-26 11.6 6.9 Jonesville, Va. 3 PSAC Championship Quarterfinals TBA 7 PSAC Championship Semifinals TBA 23 Katie Jo Dockery Sr. G 5-10 27-27 9.9 4.7 Oakwood, Va. 8 PSAC Championship Finals TBA 30 Megan Smith So. F 5-11 14-0 1.1 0.6 Murfreesboro, Tenn. 42 Kayla Carey So. C 6-2 27-18 6.3 4.0 Knoxville, Tenn. Atlantic Regional - Reserves - 13 Round of 64 TBA 20 Blair Harding Jr. G 5-9 - - - Baltimore, Md. 14 Round of 32 TBA 22 Iris Hill So. G 5-6 - - - Norton, Va. 16 Atlantic Regional Championship TBA 25 Kehana Grayer Jr. G 5-9 - - - West Jordan, Utah Elite Eight - Sioux Falls, S.D. All-Time Series vs. Chowan ............ First Meeting 24 Elite Eight TBA All-Time Series vs. Virginia-Wise .... First Meeting 25 Final Four TBA Live Video ..................................... http://millersvilleathletics.com/ 27 Division II Championship TBA watch/?Live=520 Live Stats ...................................... http://sidearmstats.com/millersville/ * - PSAC Game wbball/ Home Games in BOLD CAPS. Edinboro University Sports Information Department, McComb Fieldhouse, 455 Scotland Road, Edinboro, Pa. 16444 Women’s Basketball Contact: Joshua Gleason • Office Phone: (814) 732-1834 • Email: [email protected] • www.GoFightingScots.com EDINBORO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES • GAME #1/#2: VS. CHOWAN/VIRGINIA-WISE TOP 25 POLL The Game Story USA TODAY Sports Coaches NCAA Division II • The Edinboro women’s basketball opens its season at the Atlantic Region Chal- Poll lenge hosted by Millersville. The Fighting Scots play on Saturday against Chowan (Preseason - November 4, 2014) and then Sunday against Virginia-Wise. The Scots enjoyed a historic season last Rk School LY Rec. Pts. year, winning their third PSAC Championship in the last four years and advancing 1. West Texas A&M 32-3 704 to the Elite Eight after claiming the Atlantic Regional Championship. Chowan went 2. Cal Poly Pomona 26-7 644 3. Drury 27-4 618 12-16 last year while Virginia-Wise finished 10-18. Edinboro is seeking its 14th 4. Nova Southeastern 29-5 600 consecutive season-opening victory, last losing to Northern Kentucky in 2000 by a 5. Bentley 35-0 532 score of 91-60. 6. Edinboro 27-6 509 7. Emporia State 30-4 503 8. Colorado Mesa 30-2 409 Series History 9. Lewis 23-6 409 • This is the first time Edinboro has played either Chowan or Virginia-Wise. 10. Concordia 28-9 390 11. Limestone 27-6 388 Scouting Chowan 12. Wayne State College 28-5 348 • The Hawks struggled at the end of last season finishing 12-16. The CIAA mem- 13. Gannon 28-4 343 bers lost five of their last six games and failed to score more than 57 points in 14. Tampa 24-7 332 15. Harding 29-3 291 any of those contests. Chowan averaged 63.5 points per game (ppg) while giving 16. Bloomsburg 26-5 274 up 64.3 ppg. The Hawks held nearly a +3 rebounding margin (40.0 rpg. to 37.4 17. Wayne State University 23-8 232 rpg allowed). They were among the worst in the nation in taking care of the ball, 18. West Liberty 20-11 213 ranking 15th worst in the nation with 21.3 turnovers per game. 19. Glenville State 39-4 211 20. Central Missouri 26-5 182 • 5’11” Alisha Mobley paced Chowan in multiple statistics last season. The pre- 21. Western Washington 19-10 181 season All-CIAA selection averaged 13.3 ppg. and 7.3 rpg. The junior forward 22. Delta State 24-6 144 opened last season with 22 points, her second-highest total of the season. 23. Rollins 25-7 142 24. Pittsburg State 23-8 101 T25. Northern State 24-7 80 • Courtni Williams earned CIAA Rookie of the Year honors last season. The sopho- T25. Virginia State 25-3 80 more guard averaged 7.3 ppg., 3.0 rpg., and led the Hawks with 60 assists. Others Receiving Votes: Academy of Art University (Calif.) 75; Montana State University Scouting Virginia-Wise - Billings 65; Northern Michigan University 56; • The Cavaliers won six of their first seven games to begin last season. A 101-65 Shaw University (N.C.) 47; Quincy University trouncing at the hands of Glenville State led to UVa-Wise losing 17 of its last 21 (Ill.) 46; Ashland University (Ohio) 41; Union games. The Cavaliers finished 10-18 and averaged 63.4 ppg. last year while giv- University (Tenn.) 39; Clayton State University ing up 69.7 ppg. They were outrebounded 40.9 to 37.5 on average and shot 38.4 (Ga.) 37; University of District of Columbia 37; percent from the field compared to opposing teams shooting 41.3 percent. Simon Fraser University (B.C.) 35; Lenoir-Rhyne University (N.C.) 32; Wingate University (N.C.) • Virginia-Wise returns four of its top five scorers and rebounders from last sea- 26; Washburn University (Kan.) 24; Bloomfield son. Makenzie Cluesman finished second on the team with 11.4 ppg. and was the College (N.J.) 23; Adelphi University (N.Y.) 22; California State University - Chico (Calif.) top rebounder at 6.8 rpg. The junior guard also led the way with 72 assists. 22; Long Island University - LIU Post (N.Y.) 21; University of Alaska - Anchorage 21; Midwestern • The Cavaliers only have four starters returning. Nobody else on the roster has State University (Texas) 20; Armstrong State started a game while at Virginia-Wise. They bring in multiple junior college trans- University (Ga.) 18; Stonehill College (Mass.) fers and also return Megan Smith, a sophomore forward who played in 14 games 17; West Chester University of Pennsylvania 14; last year before an injury ended her season. University of New Haven (Conn.) 12; California State University - Dominguez Hills 11; Fayetteville State University (N.C.) 11; Saint Mary’s University Last Time Out (Texas) 11; Lubbock Christian University (Texas) • Edinboro played at Division I St.