SAN FRANCISCO 2015-16 Women’s Basketball Nov. 25 • 5:30 p.m. • War Memorial at The Sobrato Center Game 5 San Francisco (2-2) vs. North Dakota (1-3) GAME INFORMATION 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Venue ........................................................ OVERALL: 2-2 • WCC: 0-0 .... War Memorial at the Sobrato Center (4,268) HOME: 1-1 • ROAD: 1-1 Tip-Off ......................................... 5:30 p.m. All-Time Series ..................... First meeting NOVEMBER 7 Sat. CS STANISLAUS (Exh.) W, 93-50 13 Fri. at North Texas W, 69-61 MEDIA HUB 2-2 • 0-0 WCC 17 Tue. HOLY NAMES W, 77-31 Video ............................................. theW.tv 20 Fri. CAL POLY L, 61-62 Audio .............................. usfdons.com/live 23 Mon. at Utah Valley L, 88-94 OT Play-by-play .......................George Devine 25 Wed. NORTH DAKOTA 5:30 p.m. In-game updates.............@USFDonsWBB 28 Sat. at Sacramento State 12:05 p.m. DECEMBER COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT 1 Tue. at Nevada 6:30 p.m. Jessica Lantz ............... [email protected] 4 Fri. UC RIVERSIDE 6 p.m. North Dakota Fighting Hawks 6 Sun. at San Jose State 2 p.m. 405.326.2836 (c) ............415.422.5248 (o) 1-3 • 0-0 Big Sky 8 Tue. at Long Beach State 7 p.m. 19 Sat. SAN FRANCISCO STATE 2 p.m. 21 Mon. SAINT MARY’S* 7 p.m. Probable USF Starters (based on last game) 23 Wed. PACIFIC* 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Class PPG RPG FG% 3PT% FT% 31 Thu. at Gonzaga* 5 p.m. 1 Zhané Dikes G 5-9 Sr. 12.0 6.5 .357 .231 .750 11 Rachel Howard G 5-10 Jr. 12.0 3.3 .395 .391 .625 JANUARY 21 Anna Seilund G 5-9 So. 8.3 2.3 .462 .412 .667 2 Sat. at Portland* 2 p.m. 22 Claudia Price F 5-11 Jr. 6.8 3.3 .579 .000 .625 7 Thu. SAN DIEGO* 7 p.m. 32 Taylor Proctor F 6-0 Sr. 24.5 10.5 .590 .385 .778 9 Sat. BYU* 2 p.m. 14 Thu. at Loyola Marymount* 7 p.m. #OneTeam • When the Dons have the ball • 16 Sat. at Pepperdine* 1 p.m. The Dons play their fourth in a swing of five Category Stat (NCAA Rank) 23 Sat. at Santa Clara* 2 p.m. games in the span of 12 days, taking on North USF Scoring Offense 73.8 (76) 28 Thu. PORTLAND* 7 p.m. Dakota at War Memorial at The Sobrato Center. North Dakota Scoring Defense 73.0 (282) 30 Sat. GONZAGA* 2 p.m. USF is looking to rebound from back-to-back heartbreakers against Cal Poly and an overtime USF Field Goal Pct. .462 (33) North Dakota FG Pct. Defense .424 (273) defeat at Utah Valley. FEBRUARY USF 3FG Pct. .329 (114) 4 Thu. SANTA CLARA* 7 p.m. Between the Baselines North Dakota 3FG Pct. Defense .359 (297) 11 Thu. at BYU* 5 p.m. The Dons are led by senior Taylor Proctor’s 24-5 13 Sat. at San Diego* 2 p.m. USF Free Throw Pct. .730 (73) points on .590 shooting and 10.5 rebounds per 18 Thu. PEPPERDINE* 7 p.m. game, and Zhane Dikes adds 12.0 points and • When the Fighting Hawks have the ball • 20 Sat. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* 2 p.m. a team-high 3.3 steals per night. Junior Rachel North Dakota Scoring Offense 62.3 (225) 25 Thu. PACIFIC* 7 p.m. Howard rounds out the double-figure scorers USF Scoring Defense 62.0 (155) 27 Sat. at Saint Mary’s* 1 p.m. with 12.0 points, hitting 39.1 percent of her at- tempts from beyond the arc. Proctor’s point tally North Dakota Field Goal Pct. .391 (188) USF FG Pct. Defense .374 (149) MARCH currently rates sixth in the NCAA. North Dakota 3FG Pct. .327 (119) 3-8 WCC Championships ^ TBD As a team, USF is leading the WCC in assists USF 3FG Pct. Defense .402 (332) per game with Anna Seilund, Dikes and Howard ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS; all landing in the league top 10. USF lands in the North Dakota Free Throw Pct .671 (188) played at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center national’s top 50 in multiple categories including in San Francisco field goal percentage (.462 - 33rd), assists per USF Comparison UND game (18.0 - 30th) and steals per game (11.8 - +11.8 .................Scoring Margin ............... -10.7 * - WCC Game 44th). 37.5................. Rebounds/Game ............... 42.2 ^ - Orleans Arena; Las Vegas, Nevada 18.0....................Assists/Game ................. 13.0 Call us ... DON’T call us ... 18.5................. Turnovers/Game ............... 21.3 Dons Lady Dons 1.0................Assist/Turnover Ratio ............. 0.6 San Francisco Dons San Fran 11.8 .................... Steals/Game .................... 5.3 - all times Pacific and subject to change - University of San Francisco 2.5...................... Blocks/Game .................... 5.0 USF Dons One Team, One Dream, One Stat 2015-16 USF DONS ROSTER Head Coach No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Jennifer Azzi 1 Zhané Dikes G 5-9 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS 2 Dagny McConnell F 6-3 Fr. Beaverton, ore./Beaverton HS 3 Raushan Gultekin G 5-7 Jr. Lund, Sweden/Salt Lake CC 11 Rachel Howard G 5-10 Jr. Berkeley, Calif./Berkeley HS 12 Jaylin Jones G 5-11 Fr. Placentia, Calif./Ed Dorado HS 14 Michaela Rakova F 6-3 So. Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia/Gymnazium Hubeneho Stanford ’90 20 Cierra Roufosse F 6-3 Fr. Abbotsford, B.C./W.J. Mouat Sixth Season (2010-present) 21 Anna Seilund G 5-9 So. Copenhagen, Denmark/Falkonergaarden Career Record - 54-104 (22-60 WCC) 22 Claudia Price F 5-11 Jr. Mesquite, Texas/West Mesquite HS 23 Alicia Roufosse F 6-3 Fr. Abbotsford, B.C./W.J. Mouat Now in her sixth season as head coach at USF, Azzi 25 Zayn Dornstauder C 6-4 Fr. Regina, Saskatchewan/Hamilton HS (Chandler, Ariz.) has transformed the women’s basketball program into 32 Taylor Proctor F 6-0 Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Sand Creek HS a bona fide postseason contender. 35 Kalyn Simon G 5-9 R-So. San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty HS 43 Ninni Salmi G 6-2 Fr. Kauhajoki, Finland/ Mäkelänrinne Sports HS The 2014-15 season saw the Dons finish with a 44 Hashima Carothers F 5-11 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev./Eastside College Prep (East Palo Alto, Calif.) WCC Championship finals appearance, earning a bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, HEAD COACH: Jennifer Azzi, Sixth Season (Stanford, 1990) the program’s first postseason appearance since the ASSOC. HEAD COACHES: Blair Hardiek, Sixth Season (Missouri, 2007); 2001-02 season. The Dons served notice they were a Shanele Stires, Fourth Season (Kansas State, 1995) program on the rise by winning 10 of its first 12 games ASSISTANT COACH: Brittinee Yasukochi, Second Season (Occidental, 2010) of the year and taking perennial power Gonzaga to quadruple overtime on the Zags’ home court. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Nikki Turner, First Season (CS Chico, 1999 & ‘02) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE - Junior Taylor Proctor earned first team All-WCC Players: Ninni Salmi Nee-nee SAWL-me honors while junior Zhane Dikes earned honorable Hashima Carothers Huh-SHEE-muh Anna Seilund AN-na SI-lund mention accolades. In addition, Paige Spietz (first team) along with Rachel Howard (honorable mention) Zhané Dikes Zhuhh-NAY Kalyn Simon KAY-lin and Alicia Scafidi (honorable mention) earned WCC Zayn Dornstauder ZANE DORN-stod-der All-Academic honors. Azzi’s commitment to academ- Raushan Gultekin Coaches: ics translated in the women’s basketball program RAU (rhymes with how)-shawn GOOL-tick-in Jennifer Azzi AY-zee garnering a perfect 1,000 Academic Progress Rating Michaela Rakova Mih-KAY-luh Ruh-KO-vuh Blair Hardiek HAR-deck in 2013-14. Alicia Roufosse ROO-foss Brittinee Yasukochi Yaw-soo-KO-chee Cierra Roufosse SEE-air-uh ROO-foss After a lifetime associated as both a player and an am- bassador for women’s basketball, the assignment at USF serves as Azzi’s first as a Division I head coach. Starting Five The Bay Area Sports Hall-of-Famer (BASHOF) brings The Dons have employed one starting lineup this season, featuring two seniors, two juniors and a an impressive playing resume featuring successful sophomore. tenures with the USA National Team, five seasons in the WNBA, a founding member of the American Basketball League (ABL), professional experience G G G F F Overall WCC overseas and an All-American collegiate career at Dikes Howard Seilund Price Proctor 2-2 0-0 Stanford. A four-year starter at Stanford from 1987-90, Azzi became the first Cardinal women’s basketball player *Most recent starting lineup in bold to earn the Wade Trophy, the James Naismith Player of the Year award, and the Honda-Broderick National Player of the Year honor. She was Stanford’s first WBCA/Kodak All-American as a junior in 1989, and she earned the award a second time as a senior in Records Versus Opponents on the 2015-16 Docket 1990. Versus All-Time Azzi era Home Away Neutral Last A three-time All-Pac-10 performer and the 1990 Pac- BYU 2-13 2-7 1-5 1-6 0-1 L, 65-76 (N) 03/10/15 10 Player of the Year, Azzi led the Cardinal to a pair of Cal Poly 13-8 1-4 10-4 3-4 -- L, 61-62 (H) 11/20/15 conference titles (1989, 1990) while being a catalyst Gonzaga 24-36 0-11 14-14 9-20 1-2 L, 83-91, 4OT(A) 02/07/15 for Stanford’s first national championship in 1990, Holy Names 1-0 1-0 1-0 W, 77-31 (H) 11/17/15 leading her squad to a 32-1 record as the squad’s Long Beach State 3-7 0-2 2-3 1-4 -- L, 58-70 (A) 12/07/14 captain.