715 NORTH AVENUE • NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 914-633-2310 • FAX: 914-633-2072 2020-21 GAME NOTES WBB Contact: Jack Clark ([email protected]) WATCH LIVE - ESPN+ PxP: Cody Chrusciel | Analyst: Dei Lyman 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAELS VYING FOR FIRST-ROUND BYE IN MAAC TOURNEY Overall: 5-8 H: 3-4 A: 2-4 N: 0-0 MAAC: 4-6 Date Opponent Time/Result 11/29/20 at Army (ESPN+) L, 67-52 12/4/20 BRYANT (ESPN+) L, 62-46 12/12/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN3) L, 63-54 12/13/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN3) L, 45-38 12/18/20 RIDER* (ESPN3) W, 56-41 12/19/20 RIDER* (ESPN+) W, 56-40 Originally scheduled to play during the MAAC’s opening weekend of the 2020-21 season, the Iona 12/22/20 SACRED HEART (ESPN+) W, 72-64 College women’s basketball team now visits Monmouth for the league’s final weekend of regular season action. This week’s games serve as the final regular season tune up for both programs. 1/1/21 at Niagara* (ESPN3) W, 65-47 SCOUTING THE GAELS 1/2/21 at Niagara* (ESPN+) L, 81-63 IONA WBB TALE OF THE TAPE • Junior Juana Camilion entered the series 2/13/21 at Manhattan* (ESPN3) L, 64-48 IONA CATEGORY MON ranked second in the nation in steals per 2/14/21 at Manhattan* (ESPN3) L, 48-44 5-8 Overall Record 2-14 game (3.83). If that number holds, she would 4-6 Conference Record 2-10 2/17/21 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) L, 63-56 set a new program record for steals per 54.2 Scoring Offense 46.0 3/4/21 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) W, 55-48 game in an individual season. 56.4 Scoring Defense 60.9 3/5/21 at Monmouth* (ESPN+) 6 PM • Senior Olivia Vezaldenos is foruth in the -2.2 Scoring Margin -14.9 MAAC Championship league in 3PT/game, averaging 2.5 per 38.5% FG Pct. 33.3% contest, and fifth in three pointers made with 28.7% 3PT FG Pct. 28.5% 3/9/21 First Round (TBD) TBD 32 this season. 65.6% FT Pct. 59.1% 3/10/21 Quarterfinals (TBD) TBD • A win for the Maroon & Gold tonight would 38.2% Opp. FG Pct. 36.8% 3/11/21 Quarterfinals (TBD) TBD grant the Gaels the No. 6 seed and a first- 28.3% Opp. 3PT FG Pct. 30.5% 3/12/21 Semifinals (TBD) TBD round bye in the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC 5.8 3PT FG/G 3.8 3/13/21 Championship (TBD) TBD Women’s Basketball Championship. Iona 31.5 REB/G 36.8 would fall to No. 8 with a loss. Home events in CAPS and BOLD; 36.2 Opp. REB/G 37.9 SCOUTING THE HAWKS -4.6 Reb. Margin -1.1 MAAC Games noted by an asterisk; all times in Eastern Time • Junior Jen Louro leads the team in scoring, 3.1 BLK/G 5.0 averaging 8.9 points per game. Last night, DID YOU KNOW? 9.1 STL/G 5.0 Louro scored double-digit points for the • Iona is scheduled to play games 13 and 14 against +0.5 TO Margin -8.1 second straight game. Monmouth to wrap up the shortest regular season 0.6 AST/TO Ratio 0.5 • Freshman Belle Kranbuhl leads the MAAC in the 46-year history of the program. The Gaels in blocks per game and ranks fourth in played just 17 games in their inaugural season back Keep up with the latest news surrounding rebounds per game and seventh in field in 1974-75. Iona Women’s Basketball by following the goal percentage. • Monmouth is scheduled to play games 16 and 17 team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. • A victory for the Hawks tonight would on Thursday and Friday. The Hawks shortest season move them up to No. 9 in the standings and since joining Division I in the 1982-83 season was 23 grant them a date with the Gaels in the games in 1989-90. postseason for the second straight season. /IONAGAELSWBB @IONA_WBB @IONAWBB 2020-21 Iona Gaels at a Glance No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG APG Of Note ANTICIPATED STARTERS 1 Jenae Dublin Fr. G/F 6-2 6.0 3.2 0.5 Freshman from Suitland, MD... Career best 15 PTS, 7 FGM, 4 STL at Monmouth on March 4 11 Paulla Weekes So. F 5-10 6.6 5.1 1.9 2020-21 Preseason All-MAAC Third Team selection... 2019-20 MAAC All-Rookie selection 13 Lucia Becerra Perez So. G 5-7 2.4 1.5 2.2 Appeared in 29 games last season... Has started every game but one this season 22 Juana Camilion Jr. G 5-10 12.5 4.6 3.0 2020-21 Preseason All-MAAC First Team selection... 2019-20 All-MAAC Third Team honoree 30 Ketsia Athias Jr. F/C 6-2 10.0 6.8 2.0 Transfer from NYIT... Played first two games at Manhattan, starting nod in three straight BENCH 2 Olivia Vezaldenos Sr. G 5-7 10.0 2.9 0.5 Transfer from Concordia-Portland... GNAC Newcomer of the Year at Concordia-Portland 5 Shyan Mwai Jr. G 5-6 5.7 1.5 0.8 Scored career-best 22 PTS in 2019-20 season-opening win... 2x MAAC ROTW in 2018-19 10 Thoranna Hodge-Carr Fr. G 5-8 1.9 2.4 0.4 Freshman from Keflavik, Iceland... National Champion with Keflavik National Team in 2017 15 Sydney Avoletta Fr. F 6-4 1.3 0.6 0.1 Freshman from Sterling, VA... Two-time state champion with St. Paul VI Catholic HS 23 Anouschka Meijer Fr. PG 6-1 2.5 2.3 1.9 Freshman from Amsterdam, Netherlands... Has started six of 13 games this season 33 Hannah King Jr. F 6-2 1.3 0.6 0.1 Transfer from College of Central Florida... Second team selection in the Mid-Florida Conference 35 Jessica Rogers Jr. G 6-1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Transfer from Rhode Island... Appeared in 36 career games in two years at URI 2020-21 Iona College Women’s Basketball Game Notes March 4-5, 2021 | at Monmouth Page 2 BILLI CHAMBERS Head Coach Hofstra ‘03 - Eighth Season Iona College women’s basketball head coach Billi Madness Mid-Major Coach of the Year in 2014. Chambers enters her eighth season at the helm of the Prior to her arrival in New Rochelle, Chambers served Iona College women’s basketball program in 2020-21. as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech, on Dennis During the 2019-2020 season the Gaels out-did their Wolff’s staff when he took over the program in 2011-12. predicted finish in the MAAC Preseason Coaches’ The Hokies improved their Atlantic Coast Conference Poll, finishing in a tie for sixth in the standings. The mark in both seasons under Wolff and Chambers. Maroon & Gold began conference play with a win At UMBC, Chambers served as an assistant coach over Quinnipiac, snapping the Bobcats’ 52- game and recruiting coordinator under head coach Phil conference win streak. The Gaels also swept its annual THE CHAMBERS FILE Stern for three seasons. During the 2010-11 campaign, Western New York swing at Canisius and Niagara for the Retrievers finished 20-12, earning the America East Year at Iona: Eighth Season the first time since the 2016-17 season. regular season championship and a berth into the Birth Date: June 19, 1981 Juana Camilion, a 2018-19 MAAC All-Rookie selection, Women’s NIT. Age: 39 was selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Third Team. Hometown: Cheverly, MD Chambers spent two seasons as an assistant at She completed the 2019-20 season ranked No. 18 in Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York. Under High School: Archbishop Carroll the MAAC in scoring, No. 11 in assists per game and the tutelage of Tim O’Hagan, she helped guide the Alma Mater: BA, Hofstra University - Psychology No. 4 in steals per game. Camilion earned a spot on Lions to their first-ever East Coast Conference title MS, Adelphi University - Psychology the All-MAAC Third Team. Paulla Weekes, was named and a berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament in to the MAAC All-Rookie Team, marking the third 2008. Molloy posted a 34-26 overall record in her two consecutive season that a member of the Maroon seasons on the bench. COACHING EXPERIENCE & Gold appeared on the conference’s rookie list, 2006-2008 and seventh consecutive season that a Gael has While at Molloy, Chambers also served as an Molloy College - Assistant Coach appeared on an All-Conference squad athletics administrator. She was the Lions’ Associate 2008-2010 Director of Athletics, Senior Woman Administrator The Gaels sported one of the youngest teams in the and Compliance Officer. She joined the Molloy staff UMBC - Assistant Coach country in 2017-18. Toyosi Abiola carried the torch after two years in the conference office as Associate 2011-2013 as the unanimous selection for MAAC Rookie of the Commissioner for Operations and SWA for the ECC. Virginia Tech - Assistant Coach Year. The MAAC All-Rookie Team honoree was a nine- The Cheverly, Maryland native attended Archbishop 2014-Present time MAAC Rookie of the Week. Alexis Lewis was also named to the All-MAAC Third Team. Carroll High School, where she was inducted into the Iona College - Head Coach Hall of Fame in the spring of 2018.