2014-15 La Salle Explorers Women’s Basketball La Salle Athletic Communications • Cell: 267-666-1832 • Offi ce: 215-951-1637 Women’s Basketball Contact: Michelle Serabian • [email protected] La Salle (12-13, 3-9 A-10) vs. Rhode Island (15-9, 7-5 A-10) 2014-15 Schedule Tom Gola Arena • Philadelphia, Pa. • Feb. 19, 2015 November 5 Series: La Salle leads 24-3 Fri. 14 @ Temple L, 75-72 Wed. 19 @ Penn5 L, 57-29 Last Meeting: Rhody 55, La Salle 54 (OT), 1/18/15 Sat. 22 HOWARD W, 65-64 Tue. 25 MANHATTAN W, 61-48 Fri. 28 @ LIU Brooklyn^ W, 71-66 Quick Hits... Sat. 29 vs. Towson^ W, 62-49 December Wed. 3 @ Robert Morris W, 75-61 • La Salle dropped its second straight, 72-60 at Richmond on Saturday. Sat. 6 WILLIAM & MARY W, 78-71 • Siobhan Beslow led the Explorers with 13 points against the Spiders, and Alicia Cropper added Sun. 14 @ Villanova5 L, 70-36 12 points. Fri. 19 vs. Ohio U% L, 74-63 • The Explorers have dropped nine of their last 11 after getting out to a 10-4 start, which Sat. 20 @ Georgia State% W, 76-68 included the best nonconference record in years. Sun. 28 FAIRFIELD W, 73-59 • Cropper drained her 1,000th career point in the Explorers’ 70-64 loss at Saint Joseph’s on Feb. Tue. 30 UMBC W, 65-62 4. Her 1,000th point came on a 3-pointer just over three minutes into the second half. January • Cropper scored a game-high 25 points at SJU, the most for an Explorer this season. 18 of those Sun. 4 @ Davidson* W, 63-54 points came in the second half. Thu. 8 FORDHAM* L, 70-59 • Cropper leads the team in scoring in A-10 play with 13.1 ppg against league foes. Sun. 11 GEORGE MASON* L, 73-71 Thu. 15 @ Massachusetts* L, 71-68 • Siobhan Beslow is shooting 51.8% against A-10 opponents, ranking third in the league. Sun. 18 at Rhode Island* L, 55-54 (OT) • The Explorers are fi rst in the the A-10 with a +4.42 turnover margin against league foes, Wed. 21 SAINT LOUIS* L, 76-47 • Jasmine Alston ranks fi rst in the A-10 with 2.4 steals overall, and is third with 2.2 steals Sat. 24 GEORGE WASHINGTON* L, 67-48 against A-10 foes. Sat. 31 @ VCU* W, 74-65 • La Salle wrapped up a 9-4 nonconference record, the most number of wins since 2008-09 and February best record under Jeff Williams. Wed. 4 @ Saint Joseph’s*5 L, 70-64 • The Explorers did not lose a nonconference home game this season, going 5-0. Sat. 7 MASSACHUSETTS* W, 71-69 • La Salle is 9-1 when not trailing at the half; the Explorers are also 9-5 in day games compared Wed. 11 DUQUESNE* L, 72-66 to 3-8 in night games. They are 6-2 on Saturdays this season. Sat. 14 @ Richmond* L, 72-60 • Alicia Cropper was named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Second Team. Thu. 19 RHODE ISLAND* 7 PM Sun. 22 @ Dayton* 2 PM Wed. 25 @ St. Bonaventure* 7 PM March Sun. 1 SAINT JOSEPH’S* 1 PM 2014-15 Numerical Roster Wed.-Sun. Probable Starters (Based on last game) # Name Yr Ht Pos Hometown/Previous School Pts Reb Ast 4-8 Atlantic 10 Championship 2 Siobhan Beslow R-Jr. 5-11 F Norfolk, Va./Westfi eld 8.1 5.8 0.8 Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Va.) 11 Jasmine Alston So. 5-9 G Long Island City, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin 6.2 4.9 3.5 ^ - LIU Turkey Classic (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 14 Alicia Cropper R-Sr. 5-7 G Brooklyn, N.Y./Providence 12.9 4.9 2.3 % - Holiday & Hoops Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 31 Ebony Wells R-Jr. 6-2 F/C Grovetown, Ga./Florida State/Chipola CC 5.3 3.0 0.4 * Atlantic 10 game; 5 - Big 5 game 34 Micahya Owens So. 5-11 F Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro 13.6 3.4 1.8 Off the Bench Media Information 3 Khristin Lee Sr. 5-9 G Birmingham, Ala./Alabama 5.5 3.8 2.4 4 Jordan Williams Fr. 5-11 G Grand Prairie, Texas/S. Grand Prairie 0.9 0.8 0.3 Live Statistics 12 Iyonna Crenshaw Fr. 6-0 G/F Neptune, N.J./Neptune 0.7 0.8 0.0 http://www.goexplorers.com/wbbstats 13 Indigo Dickens Sr. 6-2 F Washington, D.C./Wilde Lake (Md.) 3.0 2.0 0.1 21 Amy Griffi n Fr. 6-1 G/F Atlanta, Ga./SW Atlanta Christian 7.4 3.1 1.2 Social Media 22 Deja Bullock So. 6-0 F Magnolia, N.J./Triton - - - Facebook: @GoExplorers 44 Ashanti Freeland Fr. 6-3 F Brandywine, Md./Gwynn Park 1.7 1.8 0.2 Twitter: @GoExplorers, @LaSalle_WBB 55 Lisa Mintzer So. 6-4 F Havertown, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara 2.1 2.8 0.2 Instagram: @GoExplorers, @LaSalle_WBB YouTube: La Salle Athletics Head Coach: Jeff Williams (Howard ’87, Fifth season) Assistant Coach: Ervin Monier (St. Mary’s (Texas) ’85, Fifth season) Gola Arena Wireless Information Assistant Coach: Shayla Scott (Pittsburgh ’11, Fourth season) Network: La Salle Wireless Assistant Coach: Morra Gill (Dillard ’02, Third season) Username: media Director of WBB Operations: Gina Catanzariti (Rowan ’11, First season) Password: See a sports info staff member Pronunciations: Interview/Credential Requests Siobhan Beslow - shih-VON bez-low Please contact Michelle Serabian Khristin Lee - Kristin [email protected] Iyonna Crenshaw - eye-onna C: 267-666-1832 Micahya Owens - muk-EYE-uh Ervin Monier - mone-yay Gina Catanzariti - ka-TAN-za-REE-tee 2014-15 La Salle Women’s Basketball Head Coach Jeff Williams Howard ’87, Fifth Season Jeff Williams enters his fi fth season at the helm of the La Salle women’s basketball Williams also spent time as a women’s basketball coach at Howard (1995- program in 2014-15. 2000), Georgia Tech (2001-03) and Pittsburgh (2003-10). He recruited or coached six players who reached the WNBA, including Pitt All-American Sha- Williams’ 2013-14 squad turned heads, vonte Zellous, who was named to the WNBA all-rookie team in 2009. Three of as the Explorers posted the most Atlantic his recruiting classes have been ranked in the top 15 nationally and his teams 10 wins (9) since the 1996-97 season and have reached seven NCAA and three WNIT Tournaments. earned a No. 7 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship. His squad topped three of Under the tutelage of head coach Agnus Berenato, Williams helped Pitts- the league’s top six seeds over the course burgh to unprecedented success during his seven-year tenure. Williams of the regular season, including wins recruited and signed a pair of players--Zellous and Philadelphia’s Marcedes over all four A-10 teams that earned WNIT Walker (University City HS)--who would provide the most successful run in Jeff Williams bids. Williams’ squad topped the Atlantic the program’s history. Two years after a six-win fi rst season, the staff led the 10 in scoring defense, fi eld goal percent Panthers to a then school-record 22 wins and WNIT appearance in 2005-06. Howard ’87 • 5th Season defense and three-point fi eld goal percent In 2006-07, the Panthers broke the school record for wins (24) and advanced defense in league play. La Salle placed to their fi rst NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. The success Year Overall A-10 two players on Atlantic 10 postseason rewarded Pittsburgh with its fi rst national ranking in the Associated Press 2010-11 10-20 6-8 teams, including All-Conference Second poll in nearly 20 years. 2011-12 14-17 7-7 Team pick Alicia Cropper and All-Rookie 2012-13 8-21 4-10 Team selection Micahya Owens. Cropper Walker earned All-Region honors for the second straight year in 2007-08, 2013-14 15-15 9-7 also earned Philadelphia Big 5 First Team leading Pitt to its fi rst NCAA Sweet Sixteen and tying the school record 2014-15 12-13 3-9 honors. with 24 wins. The team also defeated a top 10 opponent for the fi rst time TOTAL 59-87 29-42 in program history and captured four wins over top 15 teams that season. In Williams’ third year on 20th and Olney Walker, who Williams worked with directly when he coached the post play- in 2012-13, two players under his watch ers, became the second player in program history to accumulate over 1,000 Atlantic 10 Tournament/Seed earned Philadelphia Big 5 honors. Brit- points and 1,000 rebounds. 2010-11 1st Round/#9 tany Wilson was a First Teamer and also 2011-12 2nd Round/#8 the city’s scoring champion, averaging One season later, the Panthers returned to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and 2013-14 2nd Round/#7 18.3 ppg, and Shanel Harrison earned won 25 games, marking the fourth straight year the team had tied or broken Second Team honors. the school record. Pitt was ranked #14 in the fi nal AP ranking, its highest in program history. Zellous was named an AP All-American and was the school’s He brought the Explorers to back-to-back Atlantic 10 Tournament berths in fi rst WNBA draft pick, going #11 overall to the Detroit Shock. 2011 and 2012, advancing to the second round in 2012.