2015-16 BASKETBALL UTSA mathilde HERGOTT akunna ELONU tesha SMITH niaga MITCHELL-COLE Number of championships in 3 program history Number of first team All- 4 conference honorees Number of players with 1,000 points and 7 500 rebounds Kamra King: Only player in school annals to lead 11 team in scoring all four years Number of players who have scored 1,000 points 13 in their career 14 Number of Years Luby has been at utsa Monica Gibbs: Only player in program 33 history to have jersey retired Table of Contents Media Information 500-rebound Club ........................................................... 61 Quick Facts ....................................................................... 4 Top-50 Rebounders ........................................................ 62 Media Information ............................................................. 4 Opponent records ........................................................... 63 Schedule ........................................................................... 5 Roster ............................................................................... 6 History TV Roster/Pronunciation Guide ........................................ 7 Honor roll ........................................................................ 65 This is UTSA ..................................................................... 8 Annual leaders ................................................................ 66 This is San Antonio ......................................................... 26 Year-by-year records ...................................................... 67 Year-by-year results ....................................................... 68 The Roadrunners All-time series results ..................................................... 75 Returners All-time letter winners ..................................................... 85 Mathilde Hergott ............................................................. 34 Monica Gibbs .................................................................. 86 Crystal Chidomere .......................................................... 35 Alana Heard .................................................................... 36 Niaga Mitchell-Cole ........................................................ 37 Akunna Elonu ................................................................. 38 Taylor Williams ................................................................ 39 Tesha Smith .................................................................... 40 Carlie Heineman ............................................................. 41 Newcomers Sara Anastasieska .......................................................... 42 Alexus Dukes .................................................................. 42 Kasia Kiejdrowska .......................................................... 42 Dempsey Thornton ......................................................... 43 Loryn Goodwin ............................................................... 43 Coaching Staff Head coach Lubomyr “Luby” Lichonczak ....................... 44 Associate head coach Kristen Holt ................................. 46 Assistant coach Nicole Dunson ...................................... 47 Assistant coach Ela Mukosiej ......................................... 47 Director of Operations Emily Sherman ........................... 48 2014-15 Season in Review 2014-15 results ............................................................... 50 2014-15 final statistics .................................................... 51 CREDITS 2014-15 Conference USA only statistics ........................ 52 2014-15 Conference USA standings/review ................... 53 The 2015-16 UTSA women’s basketball fact book was designed, written and edited by Assistant Athletics Records Communications Director Zena Rex. Assistance provided Team records .................................................................. 55 by Assistant AD/Athletics Communications Kyle Stephens Individual records ........................................................... 56 and Associate Athletics Communications Director Brian Career top-10 records .................................................... 57 Hernandez. Photography was provided by Jeff Huehn. Single-season top-10 records ......................................... 58 1,000-point Club ............................................................. 59 Top-50 Scorers ............................................................... 60 3 QUICK FACTS General Information History Institution The University of Texas at San Antonio First year of basketball 1981-82 Nickname Roadrunners All-time record 483-481 Colors Navy blue (289), orange (1665) and white All-time conference record 215-201 Founded 1969 All-time Oil Country Athletic Conference record 18-2 Enrollment 28,628 (24,342 undergraduate) All-time Southland Conference record 172-172 Affiliation NCAA Division I All-time Western Athletic Conference record 10-8 Conference Conference USA All-time Conference USA record 15-19 President Dr. Ricardo Romo NCAA tournament appearances 2 (2008, 2009) Athletics director Lynn Hickey Championships 3 Athletics phone (210) 458-4161 Southland Conference (regular season) 2003, ‘09, ‘11 (West) Last NCAA tournament appearance Coaching Staff 2009 (L, 87-82 (OT)) Baylor Head coach Lubomyr Lichonczak (Idaho, ‘78) Home arena / Capacity Convocation Center / 2,650 Record at UTSA 30-32 (2 years) Press row phone (210) 458-4587 Career record 181-183 (13 years) Associate head coach Kristen Holt Athletics Communications Assistant coach Nicole Dunson Assistant director (women’s basketball contact) Zena Rex Assistant coach Ela Mukosiej Email [email protected] Director of operations Emily Sherman Phone (956) 739-4878 Office phone (210) 458-4171 Fax (210) 458-4569 Website goUTSA.com Team Information Facebook (UTSA) UTSA Athletics 2014-15 record 16-15 Twitter @utsaathletics 2014-15 Conference USA record / place 11-7 /t-4 Facebook (women’s basketball) /UTSA Women’s Basketball 2014-15 final national ranking N/A Twitter @UTSAWBB Starters R/L 2/3 Instagram UTSAAthletics Letter winners R/L 11/4 UTSAWBB Newcomers 5 Hashtag #birdsup MEDIA INFORMATION WE ARE UTSA | When referencing The University of Texas at MEDIA SERVICES | Media members are encouraged to contact San Antonio Athletics, please use the acronym UTSA and the the UTSA Athletics Communications Office with credential nickname Roadrunners. Please refrain from using Texas-San requests at least 24 hours before a home match. Credentials can Antonio, UT-San Antonio, UT-SA or any other variation. be picked up with proper photo identification at the Convocation Center. Phone lines and complimentary wireless Internet access MEDIA COVERAGE | The UTSA Athletics Communications for radio, SIDs and members of the print media are available along Office assists members of the media with their coverage of all press row and the main press row phone number is 210.458.4566. Roadrunners sports by providing player and coach interviews, feature ideas, pregame notes and updated statistics. In addition to PRACTICES | UTSA welcomes all media to attend basketball the 2015-16 almanac, media members may check UTSA’s official practices during the season with 24 hours notice to the athletics athletics website – goUTSA.com – for the latest information on all communications office. In most cases, coaches and student- the department’s 17 sports. athletes are available after practice. Pre-match practices are closed to the media. INTERVIEWS | All interviews with coaches and student-athletes must be arranged at least 24 hours in advance through women’s INTERNET BROADCASTS | All of UTSA’s home games are basketball contact Zena Rex. Telephone interviews are available slated to be broadcast live (audio) on goUTSA.com this season. to the media on a “call-back” basis at a time that is convenient for Video streaming (subscription required) also will be available for the coach or student-athlete. Post-game interviews with coaches all home games. and student-athletes will be conducted on the court following a 10-minute “cooling off” period. 4 2015-16 SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent (TV) Location Time (CT) Sat. Oct. 31 Trinity # San Antonio, Texas 2 p.m. Sun. Nov. 8 St. Edward’s # San Antonio, Texas 7 p.m. Sat. Nov. 14 at Texas (LHN) Austin, Texas 7 p.m. Sat. Nov. 21 at Abilene Christian Abilene, Texas 2 p.m. Fri. Nov. 27 Illinois State ! San Antonio, Texas 4 p.m. Sun. Nov. 29 Houston Baptist ! San Antonio, Texas 2 p.m. Thurs. Dec. 3 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas 7 p.m. Sun. Dec. 13 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 2 p.m. Tues. Dec. 15 Howard Payne San Antonio, Texas 7 p.m. Sat. Dec. 19 Texas A&M-Kingsville San Antonio, Texas 2 p.m. Mon. Dec. 21 UT Arlington San Antonio, Texas 7 p.m. Mon. Dec. 28 Texas Southern ^ San Antonio, Texas 2 p.m. Tues. Dec. 29 Bowling Green ^ San Antonio, Texas 2 p.m. Fri. Jan. 1 at North Texas * Denton, Texas 2 p.m. Sun. Jan. 3 at Rice * Houston, Texas 2 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 7 UAB * San Antonio, Texas 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 9 Middle Tennessee * San Antonio, Texas 2 p.m. Sun. Jan. 17 at UTEP * (ASN) El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 21 at FIU * Miami, Fla. 6 p.m. Sat. Jan. 23 at Florida Atlantic * Boca Raton, Fla. 4 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 28 Louisiana Tech * San Antonio, Texas 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 30 Southern Miss * San Antonio, Texas 2 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 4 at WKU * Bowling Green, Ky. 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 6 at Marshall * Huntington, W.Va. 12 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 11 Florida Atlantic * San Antonio, Texas 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 13 FIU * San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m.