Bucknell Women’s Basketball Game Notes - 1 BUCKNELL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL @Bucknell_Bison | @Bucknell_WBB | BucknellBison.com BUCKNELL (17-4, 9-1 PL) at HOLY CROSS (5-16, 3-7 PL) Game 22 • Saturday, Feb. 4 • 12 p.m. • Hart Center (3,600) BUCKNELL BISON: 2016-17 SCHEDULE Record ....................................................................17-4 11/11 at Binghamton W, 67-57 Patriot League ....................................................... 9-1 11/13 at Saint Joseph’s W, 64-61 2015-16 ............................................... 25-8 (17-1 PL) 11/17 NJIT W, 67-36 Head Coach ..................................... Aaron Roussell 11/20 at North Carolina L, 65-50 At Bucknell ...................................... 91-54 (fifth) 11/22 at Elon L, 64-58 Overall ..........................................252-104 (13th) 11/27 DREXEL W, 78-66 Location ............................................. Lewisburg, Pa. 11/30 at Akron W, 61-47 12/3 at Rutgers L, 57-53 HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS: 12/6 at St. Bonaventure W, 57-35 Record ....................................................................5-16 12/18 CLEVELAND STATE W, 77-66 Patriot League ....................................................... 3-7 12/20 MANHATTAN W, 69-64 2015-16 .............................................13-17 (10-8 PL) 12/30 NAVY* W, 67-64 Head Coach ...........................................Bill Gibbons 1/2 at Army West Point* W, 60-56 At Holy Cross............................ 586-377 (32nd) 1/5 AMERICAN* W, 73-67 (OT) Overall ........................................ 586-377 (32nd) 1/8 HOLY CROSS* W, 77-48 Location .........................................Worcester, Mass. 1/11 at Lehigh* W, 77-58 1/14 COLGATE* W, 79-56 1/18 at Loyola (Md.)* W, 72-66 GAME INFORMATION 1/21 at Boston University* W, 66-50 1/28 ARMY WEST POINT* W, 68-62 Tip ...................................................................... 12 p.m. Series ............................................. Holy Cross, 43-19 Radio ..........................................................90.5 WVBU First Game ................1/15/91 (Holy Cross, 78-59) 2/1 at American* L, 59-47 TV .................................. American Sports Network Last Bucknell Win ............................ 1/8/17 (77-48) 2/4 at Holy Cross* Noon Webcast .......................... Patriot League Network Last Holy Cross Win ........................... 2/7/15 (69-61) 2/8 LEHIGH* 6 p.m. Internet Audio ........................BucknellBison.com Current Streak ......................................... Bucknell, 3 2/11 at Colgate* 2 p.m. Live Stats ..................................... GoHolyCross.com 2/15 LOYOLA (Md.)* 6 p.m. 2/18 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 2 p.m. BUCKNELL TENTATIVE STARTING LINEUP 2/22 at Lafayette* 7 p.m. Probable Starters: 2/25 at Navy* 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. PPG RPG APG 3/1 LAFAYETTE* 6 p.m. 2 Kyi English G So. 5-5 7.1 2.7 1.7 3/4 Patriot League First Round TBA ...........32 career starts ... 2016 Patriot League All-Rookie Team and All-Tournament Team 3/6 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA 11 Megan McGurk G Sr. 5-7 4.5 3.7 2.8 3/10 Patriot League Semifinals TBA ...........91 career starts ... leads the team with 56 assists and assists per game (2.8) 3/12 PL Championship# 11 a.m. 12 Claire DeBoer G/F Sr. 6-1 15.7 7.1 2.3 ...........Preseason Patriot League Player of the Year ... two-time All-Patriot League ... 1,481 career points Home games in BOLD CAPS at Sojka Pavilion 41 Sune Swart F Sr. 6-2 11.9 6.0 1.1 * Patriot League game ...........Leads team with 56 percent shooting (94-167) ... one PL Player of the Week award this year # CBS Sports Network 50 Kaitlyn Slagus F So. 6-2 13.4 9.8 1.8 ...........10 double-doubles this season ... 2016 Patriot League Rookie of the Year The Reserves: No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. PPG RPG Notes ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 4 Gia Hayes G Fr. 5-8 2.5 0.5 Played in 19 games in her career Assistant Dir. of Athletic Communications: 13 Rachel Dumiak G So. 5-11 0.9 1.0 Played in 43 games in her career Matt Jackson 20 Kate Walker G So. 6-0 9.0 4.0 44% (32-72) on 3-pointers this season Phone: 412-944-6715 22 Maegan Mikkelsen F So. 6-3 1.1 0.5 Played in 19 games in her career E-Mail: [email protected] 32 Catherine Romaine F Jr. 6-2 1.8 1.8 Played in 71 games in her career 33 Carly Richardson G Jr. 5-11 0.1 0.5 Played in 42 games in her career Fax: 570-577-1660 40 Ellie Mack F Fr. 6-2 -- -- Out for season with an injury 54 MK Moore F Fr. 6-5 1.3 0.9 Played in eight games in her career Press Row Phone: 570-577-1087 Athletics Web Site: www.BucknellBison.com Twitter: @Bucknell_Bison Facebook: facebook.com/BucknellAthletics YouTube: youtube.com/BucknellAthletics Bucknell Women’s Basketball Game Notes - 2 STAT COMPARISON WHERE TO CATCH BISON BASKETBALL Offensive Breakdown Bucknell HC Defensive Breakdown Bucknell HC On the Radio: Scoring average 66.0 57.0 Scoring defense 57.3 64.3 • Every game, home and away, on WVBU 90.5 FM, FG% .433 .349 FG% defense .361 .392 unless otherwise noted 3FG% .318 .282 3FG% defense .287 .282 On the Internet (Audio): FT% .774 .616 FG/A per game allowed 21.8/60.4 22.1/56.4 • Bison Sports Network radio broadcast free of FG/A per game 23.2/53.7 20.1/59.1 3FG/A per game allowed 4.9/17.1 5.2/18.4 charge via BucknellBison.com 3FG/A per game 6.0/19.0 5.4/19.2 FT/A per game allowed 8.8/13.4 14.8/22.3 On the Internet (Video): FT/A per game 13.5/17.5 10.2/16.6 Reb. per game allowed 31.4 41.1 • Every non-league home game and every Patriot Rebounds per game 40.0 37.3 Rebound margin +8.6 -3.8 League contest avaliable free of charge on Bison Off. rebounds per game 11.5 13.8 Off. reb. allowed per game 11.5 13.7 Vison through the Patriot League Network (Patri- Assists per game 12.8 11.5 Steals per game 5.5 8.3 otLeague.tv) Asst/FG ratio 0.55 0.55 Blocks per game 3.8 4.4 • Justin Antweil is the voice of the Bucknell wom- Turnovers per game 17.0 17.8 Forced turnovers per game 12.3 16.6 en’s basketball team and can be heard at every Asst/TO ratio 0.7 0.6 Fouls per game 15.8 20.6 Bison game, home or away. Bucknell Leaders: Holy Cross Leaders: Scoring .................................... Claire DeBoer (15.7) Scoring ................Infiniti Thomas-Waheed (13.3) Rebounding.............................Kaitlyn Slagus (9.8) Rebounding.............................. Lauren Manis (8.1) Assists ..................................... Megan McGurk (2.8) Assists .............................................Tricia Byrne (2.5) Blocks .........................................Kaitlyn Slagus (1.8) Blocks ..................................... Amy Hasenauer (1.6) Steals ...........................................Claire DeBoer (1.0) Steals ..............................................Tricia Byrne (2.0) FG% ...............................Sune Swart (.562, 94-167) FG% ...................... Lauren Manis (.440, 111-252_ 3-pt. FG% .......................Kate Walker (.444, 32-72) 3-pt. FG% .......................Tricia Byrne (.351, 20-57) FT% ............................. Kaitlyn Slagus (.859, 61-71) FT% ..........Infiniti Thomas-Waheed (.703, 52-74) 2016-17 BUCKNELL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School Claire DeBoer ............................................de-BORE 2 Kyi English So. G 5-5 East Orange, N.J./East Orange Rachel Dumiak .................................... DOO-me-ack 4 Gia Hayes Fr. G 5-8 Maumelle, Ark./eStem High Public Charter School Kyi English ............................................................ Ky 11 Megan McGurk Sr. G 5-7 West Chester, Pa./Academy of Notre Dame Kaitlyn Slagus ............................................SLAY-gus 12 Claire DeBoer Sr. F 6-1 Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South Suné Swart ................................................. sue-NAY 13 Rachel Dumiak So. G 5-11 Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon Aaron Roussell .......................................... ruh-SELL 20 Kate Walker So. G 6-0 Red Oak, Iowa/Red Oak Community 22 Maegan Mikkelsen So. F 6-3 Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge 32 Catherine Romaine Jr. F 6-2 Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill 33 Carly Richardson Jr. G 5-11 Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra 40 Ellie Mack Fr. G 6-2 Paoli, Pa./Conestoga 41 Suné Swart Sr. F 6-3 Franklin, Pa./Cranberry 50 Kaitlyn Slagus So. F 6-2 Belle Vernon, Pa./Belle Vernon 54 MK Moore Fr. F 6-5 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas BISON BY STATE Head Coach: Aaron Roussell (Iowa ’01), fifth season Assistant Coaches: Mike Lane (Notre Dame ’93), fifth season Carissa Thielbar (Wisconsin-Superior ’09), second season Martina Wood (North Carolina ’10), second season Manager of Basketball Operations: Lindsey Burke (Mercyhurst ’13), first season Arkansas California Florida Athletic Trainer: Courey Schaetzle (Mercyhurst ’14) Hayes (1) Dumiak (1) Moore (1) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Cody Miller (West Virginia ’12) Iowa Michigan New Jersey Walker (1) DeBoer (1) English (1) North Carolina Pennsylvania Virginia Romaine (1) Mack, McGurk, Mikkelsen (1) Richardson, Slagus, Swart (5) • The Bucknell roster has players from eight states (Arkansas, Califor- nia, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia) and two countries. One of the Pennsylvania players, Sune Swart, was born in South Africa. Bucknell Women’s Basketball Game Notes - 3 2016-2017 BUCKNELL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2 4 11 12 13 KYI ENGLISH GIA HAYES MEGAN MCGURK CLAIRE DEBOER RACHEL DUMIAK SO. - G - 5-5 FR. - G. 5-8 SR. - G - 5-7 SR. - F - 6-1 SO. - G - 5-11 20 22 32 33 40 KATE WALKER MAEGAN MIKKELSEN CATHERINE ROMAINE CARLY RICHARDSON ELLIE MACK SO. - G - 6-0 SO. - F - 6-3 SO. - F - 6-2 JR. - G - 5-11 FR. - G - 6-2 41 50 54 SUNE SWART KAITLYN SLAGUS MK MOORE SR. - F - 6-3 SO. - F - 6-2 FR. - F - 6-5 AARON ROUSSELL MIKE LANE CARISSA THIELBAR MARTINA WOOD LINDSEY BURKE HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH MGR.