MARIST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 GAME NOTES GAME 7 MARIST (5-1) VS NIAGARA (1-5) DECEMBER 5, 2008 2008-09 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP: Marist opens the 2008-09 Metro Atlantic Date Opponent Time/Result 11/16 ALBANY (TWC) W, 74-56 Athletic Conference season on Friday night against the 11/21 at Northeastern W, 93-65 Niagara Purple Eagles. 11/23 at Harvard W, 76-63 11/26 at #4 Oklahoma L, 83-57 ON THE AIR: Geoff Brault and Mike Haase will call all the 11/28 at Tulsa W, 73-53 action from the Gallagher Center on GoRedFoxes.com 12/1 LAFAYETTE W, 66-55 12/5 at Niagara* 7 p.m. starting at 7:15 p.m. 12/7 at Canisius* 2 p.m. 12/13 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2 P.M. SERIES RECORD: Marist has an 11-10 series lead over 12/20 ST. BONAVENTURE 2 P.M. Niagara, winning the last eight meetings. 12/29 vs. East Carolina! 7 p.m. 12/30 FIU/Georgia Southern! 5/7 p.m. 1/4 at Rider* 1 p.m. LAST MEETING: In their first game as a ranked team, the 1/6 IONA* 7:30 P.M. Red Foxes defeated Niagara 66-51 at the McCann Center 1/9 NIAGARA* 7:30 P.M. on Feb. 15, 2008. Rachele Fitz scored her 1,000th career 1/11 at Loyola* 2 p.m. point in the game, becoming the first sophomore in Marist 1/16 SAINT PETER’S* (TWC) 7:30 P.M. history to reach that mark. She scored 20 points and had 1/18 at Siena* 2 p.m. 1/23 FAIRFIELD* (ESPNU) 4:30 P.M. eight rebounds. Nikki Flores also scored 20 points. 1/25 at Saint Peter’s* 12 p.m. 1/30 MANHATTAN* (TWC) 7:30 P.M. LAST TIME OUT: Marist returned home to the McCann 2/1 at Iona* 2 p.m. Center on Monday night and defeated Lafayette 66-55. 2/6 CANISIUS* (TWC) 7:30 P.M. The Red Foxes opened the game on a 16-2 run. Rachele 2/8 LOYOLA* (TWC) 2 P.M. 2/12 at Fairfield* 7 p.m. Fitz had her second straight double-double with 34 points 2/15 at Hartford (ESPN2) 1 p.m. and 13 rebounds. Julianne Viani added 13 points and tied 2/19 at Manhattan* 7 p.m. a career-high with nine assists. Marist dominated the lane, 2/22 SIENA* (TWC) 2 P.M. scoring 36 points in the paint. 2/28 RIDER* 7:30 P.M. 3/5-8 MAAC Tournament^ TBA All Times Eastern Home Games in BOLD CAPS * - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Game ! - FIU Sun & Fun Classic (Miami, Fla.) Probable Starters ^ - Played at Times Union Center (Albany, N.Y.) Pos. # Name Key Stats G 3 Julianne Viani 15.7 ppg, 6.7 apg, 2.5 spg G 5 Elise Caron 4.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.2 apg Marist Sports Information G 10 Erica Allenspach 8.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 47% FG Assistant SID/WBB Contact: Mike Haase F 12 Rachele Fitz 24.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 64.2% FG Email: [email protected] C 21 Maria Laterza 4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.5 bpg Office Phone: (845) 575-3699, x1-6047 Top Reserves Cell Phone: (630) 748-9847 F 31 Lynzee Johnson 5.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 52% FT Fax Number: (845) 471-0466 F 34 Brandy Gang 3.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.0 bpg G 22 Kristine Best 2.5 ppg, 2.0 apg, 6.0 a-t ratio MARIST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 GAME NOTES GAME 7 MARIST (5-1) VS NIAGARA (1-5) DECEMBER 5, 2008 2008-09 Roster Pronunciation Guide # Player Ht. Pos. Year Hometown/High School/Last School Allenspach - allen-SPOCK 0 Katheryn Lyons* 5-10 G RS-Fr. Kernersville, N.C./Bishop McGuinness/Maryland 3 Julianne Viani 5-7 G RS-Sr. Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes/Rhode Island Caron - ca-RON 5 Élise Caron 5-5 G So. Quebec, Canada/College Edouard Montpetit 10 Erica Allenspach 5-8 G/F So. Miamisburg, Ohio/Miamisburg Rachele (Fitz) - Rachel 11 Brittany Engle 5-9 G Jr. South Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames 12 Rachele Fitz 6-0 F Jr. Seven Hills, Ohio/Trinity Kolesar - COLA-sahr 20 Emily Stallings 6-0 F Fr. Newburgh, N.Y./Burke Catholic 21 Maria Laterza 6-3 C So. Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney Laterza - la-TAIR - za 22 Kristine Best 5-4 G Fr. Commack, N.Y./St. Anthony's 24 Corielle Yarde 5-8 G Fr. Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley Viani - Vee-ah-nee 31 Lynzee Johnson 5-10 G/F Jr. Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook 33 Courtney Kolesar 5-8 G RS-Sr. Concord, Ohio/Painesville-Riverside Corielle (Yarde) - CORY-elle 34 Brandy Gang 6-2 F Fr. Hartville, Ohio/Lake 42 Sarah Huff 6-3 F So. Canal Winchester, Ohio/Canal Winchester Giorgis - JOR-jis * - Lyons will redshirt the 2008-09 season per NCAA transfer rules Gebbia - JEB-ee-uh Head Coach: Brian Giorgis (SUNY Cortland, '77), Seventh Season Associate Head Coach: Megan Gebbia (Towson, '94), Sixth Season Keila (Whittington) - KEE-la Assistant Coaches: Keila Whittington (Dillard, '89), Second Season Erin Leger (Marist, '06), Fourth Season Leger - Ledger ON THE ROAD AGAIN: After taking on Lafayette at the McCann Center, Marist is promptly back on the road this weekend to take on Canisius and Niagara. The Red Foxes are 3-1 on the road this season, with the lone loss coming at #6 Oklahoma on Dec. 26. Marist is averaging 74.8 points per game on the road this season, shooting 45.9% from the field. FILL IT UP: Rachele Fitz scored over 30 points for the second time this season on Monday night when she scored 34 against Lafayette. Marist’s History Vs. Niagara Date H/R/N Result Score Her performance ties two other players as the fifth-best single-scoring 2/15/08 H W 66-51 game in Marist history. She is one of two players in Marist history to 2/8/08 R W 75-54 1/28/07 H W 80-59 score 36 points in a game, which she accomplished at Northeastern 1/14/07 R W 65-52 1/14/06 H W 70-56 on Nov. 21. In her two 30-plus efforts this season Fitz has made 15 1/5/06 R W 70-50 field goals, tying a program single-game record. She passed the 1,300 2/17/05 H W 62-43 1/30/05 R W 61-49 career-point plateau on Monday night. Fitz is currently leading the 2/6/04 R L 65-54 MAAC in scoring, averaging 24.8 points per game. 12/7/03 H W 61-51 2/14/03 R L 90-56 1/26/03 H W 64-51 2/2/02 R L 83-61 LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN(TY): The Red Foxes have won their last 1/11/02 H W 80-51 58 games in which they have scored at least 70 points. Marist has not 1/21/01 H L 63-61 12/8/00 R L 71-66 (OT) lost a game when they have scored 70 or more since Jan. 22, 2006 2/25/00 R L 72-56 when the Red Foxes lost at Saint Peter’s 84-74. 1/4/00 H L 59-53 2/25/99 N L 74-48 2/20/98 R L 71-55 1/18/98 H L 58-53 MARIST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 GAME NOTES GAME 7 MARIST (5-1) VS NIAGARA (1-5) DECEMBER 5, 2008 MAAC DOMINANCE: 2008-09 MAAC STANDINGS 2008-09 INDIVIDUAL MAAC Including conference tour- Team MAAC OVERALL LEADERS (thru 11/29/08) naments, the Red Foxes Marist 0-0 5-1 Points/Game PPG Iona 0-0 5-2 have won their last 27 1. Rachele Fitz, MAR 24.8 Loyola 0-0 4-2 games against MAAC 2. Julianne Viani, MAR 15.7 Fairfield 0-0 3-3 teams. Last season, Marist 3. Baendu Lowenthal, FFD 15.3 Saint Peter’s 0-0 2-2 became the first team to 4. Kaitlin Grant, LOY 13.7 Canisius 0-0 2-3 5. Marie Warner, CAN 13.6 Rider 0-0 2-3 go 18-0 in the regular sea- Manhattan 0-0 2-5 son since expansion in Rebounds/Game RPG Niagara 0-0 1-5 1997. Marist has won at 1. Heather Stec, SIE 10.2 Siena 0-0 0-6 least a share of the regular 2. Kaitlin Grant, LOY 9.2 3. Rachele Fitz, MAR 8.2 Upcoming Games season title in each of the last five seasons. 4. Shaunice Parker, RID 8.0 Friday, Dec. 5 5. Stephanie Geehan, FFD 7.8 Siena at Canisius, 12 p.m. Loyola at Manhattan, 5 p.m. Marist at Niagara, 7 p.m. PAINT IT RED: The Red Field Goal % FG% Fairfield at Saint Peter’s, 7 p.m. Foxes scored a season- 1. Rachele Fitz, MAR .642 Iona at Rider, 7 p.m. high 36 points in the paint 2. Micayla Drysdale, CAN .625 against Lafayette on 3. Kaitlin Grant, LOY .535 Sunday, Dec. 7 4. Sarah Fullmer, SIE .524 Iona at Fairfield, 1 p.m. Monday night. Marist has 5. Shireyll Moore, FFD .488 Saint Peter’s at Manhattan, 2 p.m. scored over 30 points in Marist at Canisius, 2 p.m.