Game 6: at No. 23 Mississippi State Dec. 2, 2014 2014-15 NORTH DAKOTA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Contact: Ryan Anderson | (O): (701) 231-5591 | (C): (701) 412-6788 | [email protected] NDSU Women’s Basketball on Twitter: @NDSUwbb www.GoBison.com 2014-15 North Dakota State Bison Projected Starters BISON SCHEDULE/RESULTS Pos. No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG (3-2 Overall, 0-0 Summit League) G 4 Brooke LeMar 5-6 Sr. Canyon Country, Calif. 18.6 3.2 F 12 Holly Johnson 6-0 Jr. Minot, N.D. 12.4 7.8 November 14 KENT STATE W, 74-68 F 32 Marena Whittle 5-11 Jr. Vermont South, Victoria 11.4 10.2 16 MILWAUKEE L, 73-77 G 20 Kahla Becken 5-9 Jr. Lino Lakes, Minn. 8.6 1.2 19 at Western Michigan L, 59-74 F 21 Liz Keena 6-0 Sr. Hastings, Minn. 2.8 3.8 28 & vs. Northeastern (Mass.) W, 79-72 Head Coach: Maren Walseth (First Season, 3-2 record) 29 & vs. NJIT W, 60-48 December Media Coverage 2 at No. 23 Mississippi State 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2 - at No. 23 Mississippi State 6 % NORTH DAKOTA 7 p.m. Live Stats - HailState.com | Live Audio - GoBison.com/allaccess | Live Video - SECN+ 8 MAYVILLE STATE 7 p.m. Radio - 790-KFGO (Jack Michaels, pxp) | 6:40 p.m. airtime 11 at Northern Iowa 7 p.m. 14 at New Mexico State 3 p.m. NDSU Closes Out Three-Game Road Trip at No. 23 Mississippi State Tuesday 19 at Cal State Fullerton 9 p.m. The North Dakota State women’s basketball team will conclude a three-game road swing at 23rd-ranked 21 at Grand Canyon 3 p.m. Mississippi State on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Tip-off inside Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss., is slated for 7 p.m. January The game will air live on SEC Network Plus. 2 % *ORAL ROBERTS 4 p.m. 4 % *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1 p.m. The Series Against Mississippi State 8 *IUPUI 7 p.m. Tuesday’s contest in Starkville, Miss., will mark the second meeting, all-time, between the Bison and 11 *at Denver 2 p.m. Bulldogs in women’s basketball. NDSU lost the inaugural meeting in Fargo last season, 72-62. 15 *at South Dakota 7 p.m. The Bison are 1-3 against SEC opponents, all-time. 17 *FORT WAYNE 2 p.m. 22 *at Omaha 7 p.m. About Mississippi State 24 *at Western Illinois 4:30 p.m. The Bulldogs enter Tuesday’s game with an overall record of 6-0 after claiming an 85-45 win at New 31 *at South Dakota State 4 p.m. Orleans on Saturday, Nov. 29. Mississippi State is ranked 23rd in the latest Associated Press (AP) women’s February basketball top 25 poll released Monday, Dec. 1. 6 *WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 p.m. MSU, a Southeastern Conference (SEC) member, is led by three players averaging double-figure scoring. 8 *SOUTH DAKOTA 2 p.m. Freshman Victoria Vivians (Carthage, Miss.) leads the team in scoring with 16.3 ppg, while freshman Morgan 11 *at Oral Roberts 7 p.m. William (Birmingham, Ala.) is averaging 14 ppg, and sophomore Ketara Chapel (Temple, Texas) is averaging 14 *OMAHA 2 p.m. 11 ppg and six rebounds per game. Chapel leads the team in offensive rebounds with 22. Sophomore Chinwe 19 *at IUPUI 6 p.m. Okorie (Lagos, Nigeria) leads MSU in rebounds with an average of 6.8 per game. As a team, Mississippi State is averaging 86.2 ppg while holding its opponents to just 63.0 per game. 21 *at Fort Wayne 1 p.m. The Bulldogs have out-rebounded their opponents, 42.8 to 36.0, so far this season. 26 *DENVER 7 p.m. Mississippi State is under the direction of third-season head coach Vic Schaefer (Texas A&M, 1984), who March has a 41-31 record at MSU. In 10 seasons as a head coach, Schaefer has compiled a career-record of 121-141. 7-10 Summit League Tournament TBA Catching Up With The Bison Legend: &-Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving • The Bison enter Tuesday’s game at 3-2 overall after capturing the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.); %-Game played at Tournament Championship with a 60-48 win over NJIT Saturday, Nov. 29, in Boca Raton, Fla. Scheels Arena; *-Summit League games • Through five games, senior point guard Brooke LeMar leads the Bison with 18.6 points per game (ppg) Home games (BOLD CAPS) are played in the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse, unless noted. and 3.4 assists per game (apg), while junior forward Marena Whittle is averaging a double-double with All Times CENTRAL 11.4 ppg and a team-high 10.2 rebounds per game (rpg). Junior forward Holly Johnson is averaging 12.4 ppg and 7.8 rpg, and junior guard Kahla Becken is averaging 8.6 ppg and 2.0 steals per game (spg). • As a team, NDSU is averaging 69.0 ppg while holding its opponents to 67.8 ppg. The Bison are shooting 39 percent (123-317) from the field, compared to 43 percent (124-287) for their opponents. Last Time Out: NDSU Women’s Basketball Captures FAU Tournament Title with 60-48 Win over NJIT The North Dakota State women’s basketball team (3-2) captured the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Tournament Championship with a 60-48 victory over the NJIT Highlanders (3-4) inside FAU Arena on Saturday night, Nov. 29. Senior Brooke LeMar paced the Bison with a game-high 21 points on 6-for-16 shooting, with 19 of her 21 points coming in the second-half, and went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free-throw line. Junior Holly Johnson tallied a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while junior Marena Whittle snagged a game-high 11 rebounds. LeMar and Whittle were selected to the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Tournament All-Tournament team BISON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2014-15 NDSU TALE OF THE TAPE NDSU MSU NDSU’s Largest in 2014-15 RECORD WHEN... Scoring Offense 69.0 86.2 Lead 10 Overall 3-2 Scoring Defense 67.8 63.0 Deficit 25 Home 1-1 Scoring Margin +1.2 +23.2 Margin of victory 12 Road 0-1 Neutral 2-0 Field Goal Pct. .388 .420 Margin of defeat 15 BBF 1-1 Free Throw Pct. .699 .753 Halftime lead 5 Scheels Arena 0-0 3-Pt. Field Goal Pct. .347 .357 Halftime deficit 15 vs. Division I 3-2 vs. Division II 0-0 Field Goal Pct. Defense .432 .401 Deficit in win 11 vs. Division III 0-0 Rebound Avg. 40.2 42.8 Halftime deficit in win 4 vs. NAIA 0-0 Opp. Rebound Avg. 38.0 36.0 Lead in loss 2 vs. Top 25 0-0 Sunday 0-1 Rebound Margin +2.2 +6.8 Halftime lead in loss 0 Monday 0-0 Opp. Turnover Avg. 17.0 25.2 Points off bench 22 Tuesday 0-0 Turnover Avg. 14.8 16.3 Points in paint 32 Wednesday 0-1 Thursday 0-0 Turnover (+/-) Ratio +2.2 +8.8 Points off turnovers 33 Friday 2-0 for their performances in the two-day event. Saturday 1-0 The Bison shot 38 percent from the field, going 23-for-61, and were 5-for-20 from three-point range for Scoring 59-under 0-1 Scoring 60-69 1-0 25 percent. NDSU made nine of 12 free-throw attempts for 75 percent. The Bison posted a 45-38 rebound Scoring 70-79 2-1 advantage over NJIT and pulled down 11 offensive boards compared to nine for the Highlanders. North Dakota Scoring 80-89 0-0 State controlled the paint, outscoring NJIT inside, 30-14. Scoring 90-99 0-0 Scoring 100+ 0-0 The Last Time Against MSU: LeMar Tallies 21 Points, but Bison Women’s Basketball Falls to Mississippi State Opponents score 59-under 1-0 Junior Brooke LeMar scored 21 points, eclipsing the 20-point threshold for the fourth time during the Opponents score 60-69 1-0 2013-14 season, but it wasn’t enough, as the NDSU women’s basketball team (3-8) fell to Mississippi State (11-1) Opponents score 70-79 1-2 Tuesday evening, Dec. 17, inside the Bison Sports Arena, 72-62. Opponents score 80-89 0-0 The Bison shot 38 percent from the field in the game, going 23-for-60, but were just 4-for-17 (24 percent) Opponents score 90-99 0-0 from three-point range. NDSU made 12-of-15 free throws attempted for 80 percent. Opponents score 100+ 0-0 LeMar paced NDSU in scoring, tallying 21 points on 9-for-18 shooting. Whittle scored 17 points while fellow Outrebounding opponent 2-1 sophomore Kahla Becken tallied 10 to round out the Bison in double-figures. Outrebounded 1-0 Martha Alwal led Mississippi State, scoring a game-high 25 points, with 19 of her 25 occurring in the second Tied in Rebounding 0-1 half. Committing fewer turnovers 3-0 Committing more turnovers 0-1 Committing same turnovers 0-1 Breaking the 20-point Threshold Leading at halftime 2-0 Brooke LeMar has eclipsed the 20-point threshold twice this season after scoring more than 20 points nine Trailing at halftime 1-2 times in 30 games last season. LeMar netted 25 in the regular season opener against Kent State Nov. 16, before Tied at halftime 0-0 tallying 21 versus NJIT on Nov.