2016-17 Crusader Women’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2016-2017 Schedule and Results Northern Kentucky (5-13, 1-5 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 3 Indianapolis (exh.) W 60-51 at Valparaiso (5-13, 0-7 Horizon) Nov. 12 at Stetson L 87-75 Game No. 19 - Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 - 7 p.m. CT Nov. 16 at Chicago State W 53-51 Athletics-Recreation Center – Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 19 at Illinois State L 77-56 Nov. 21 IU Kokomo W 102-47 Next Up in Crusader Basketball: Homer Drew Court will be a welcome sight Nov. 25 Liberty W 70-68 for the Valparaiso University women’s basketball team on Friday night. After Nov. 30 Evansville L 70-65 starting the Horizon League season with five of their first seven games on the Dec. 3 Eastern Illinois W 73-68 road, the Crusaders are more than ready for a return to the Athletics-Recreation Dec. 4 at Notre Dame L 114-54 Center. Valpo hopes a return to the win column will coincide with the home- Dec. 10 Grace W 71-49 coming as it welcomes in Northern Kentucky. Dec. 11 at Indiana L 87-58 Dec. 19 Bradley L 67-56 Dec. 29 at Detroit Mercy* L 85-60 Last Time Out: Dani Franklin reached a significant career milestone on Tuesday Dec. 31 at Oakland* L 104-63 night at the Kress Center in Green Bay, Wis. when she scored her 1000th career Jan. 5 Green Bay* L 75-36 point in a 56-35 loss to Green Bay. The Crusaders held the Phoenix, who entered Jan. 7 Milwaukee* L 85-74 the game ranked No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, to 56 points, their sec- Jan. 12 at Cleveland State* L 71-60 ond-lowest point total of the season and their lowest in league play. Green Bay’s Jan. 14 at Youngstown State* L 76-70 Mehryn Kraker, who entered Tuesday as the league’s leading scorer, was held to Jan. 17 at Green Bay* L 56-35 just seven points, her first time below double figures this season. Jan. 20 Northern Kentucky* 7 p.m. Jan. 22 Wright State* 5 p.m. Jan. 28 at UIC* 1 p.m. Following the Crusaders: Thursday’s game and every game for the remainder Feb. 2 Youngstown State* 7 p.m. of the season will be available on ESPN3, WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app. Feb. 4 Cleveland State* 1:30 p.m. In addition, the hometown call can be heard on 95.1 FM Valparaiso with Jordan Feb. 9 at Wright State* 3 p.m. Morandini (play-by-play) and Alex Adrian (color commentary) describing the Feb. 11 at Northern Kentucky* Noon action. Links to live video, audio and stats for Saturday’s game are available Feb. 16 Oakland* 7 p.m. on ValpoAthletics.com. Feb. 18 Detroit Mercy* 1:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Milwaukee* 7 p.m. Head Coach Tracey Dorow: Tracey Dorow is in her fifth season at the helm Feb. 25 UIC* 1:30 p.m. of the Valparaiso women’s basketball program in 2016-17. She collected her March 3-7 Horizon League Tournament# TBD 250th career victory on Nov. 14, 2014 with a 91-57 win over Butler. In her first season, Dorow led the Crusaders to 11 victories, including five in Horizon All times Central. League play. Last year, Valpo again reached a double-figure win total by notch- Home games in bold and played at Athletics-Recreation ing 10 triumphs, including an upset of Detroit Mercy in the Horizon League Center. Tournament. Dorow arrived in Valparaiso after 14 seasons at Ferris State. She # - at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. compiled a 232-163 record while with the Bulldogs. Ferris State posted the No. * - indicates Horizon League game 1 grade point average in all of Division II for the 1999-2000 women’s basketball season as well as the No. 2 ranking in 2002-03. Series Notes: The history between the two teams is a brief one, as they met for the first time last season, Northern Kentucky’s first year in the Horizon League. @ValpoWBB VALPO Women’s #ValpoGameday Basketball 2016-17 Crusader Women’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 The two squads hooked up three times during the 2015-16 campaign, - The Crusaders have had more all-freshman team honorees in the last including a 76-53 tournament quarterfinal loss that ended Valpo’s two years (3) than they did in the previous 12 seasons combined (2). season on March 11 in Green Bay. The Norse also prevailed in their - Valpo reached double-figure wins for the first time since 2012-2013 first trip to the ARC 68-50 on Feb. 6. Northern Kentucky opened the a year ago with 10 victories. They also captured five league wins for third quarter on a 16-0 run and outscored the Crusaders in the third the first time since ’12-13. 27-7. The first ever meeting with Northern Kentucky was one Valpo - Valpo has seven players on the roster listed at 6-foot or taller. The fans won’t soon forget, as the Crusaders squeaked out a 61-60 win at last time Valpo had that many players measure in at 6-foot or taller BB&T Arena behind 29 points from Meredith Hamlet. was the 2010-11 season. - The five freshmen are also Valpo’s most since 2010-11. The Justin Rees File - Since joining the Horizon League in 2007-08, Valpo is 49-108. - In his third season as an assistant coach at Valpo and his 18th in - Valpo has had one first team all-league selection (Launa Hochstetler, women’s college basketball. 2008-09) and two second team all-league players (Agnieszka Kulaga, - Will coach Friday’s game in place of head coach Tracey Dorow, 2007-08; Tabitha Gerardot, 2012-13). who is recovering from neck surgery. - Valpo also boasts five representatives on the all-newcomer team - Also serves as Valpo’s recruiting coordinator. (Lauren Kenney, 2008-09; Gerardot, 2010-11; Dani Franklin, - Has developed three All-Americans and 32 all-conference award 2014-15; Jasmyn Walker, 2014-15; Meredith Hamlet 2015-16), an winners. all-defensive team member (Laura Richards, 2011-12), one Freshman - Specializes in instructing forwards and has helped 13 post players of the Year (Franklin, 2014-15) and one Sixth Player of the Year earn individual success. (Franklin, 2014-15). - Served as the head coach at Missouri Valley College during the 2013-2014 campaign, an assistant at William Jewell in 2012-2013, Inside the Norse the head coach at Lake Superior State in 2011-12, spent four years - Picked to finish sixth of 10 in the Horizon League preseason poll. as an assistant at Maine and spent five seasons as an assistant under - Came close to upstaging Green Bay in last year’s Horizon League Dorow at Ferris State. semifinal, falling 80-78 in overtime. - In their first season eligible for the NCAA Tournament after com- Worth Noting pleting the transition process from Division-II to Division-I. - Franklin banked in a jumper with 1:06 remaining on Tuesday in - Coming off a 57-49 loss to Detroit Mercy on Monday night. Redshirt Green Bay to hit the 1,000 point mark. She became the 14th player freshman guard Taryn Taugher returned to the starting lineup and led in program history to get to 1,000 and the first since Tabitha Gerardot the way with a career-high 14 points. Northern Kentucky committed on Jan. 31, 2013. Gerardot reached 1,000 points in her 81st career 22 turnovers to Detroit Mercy’s nine. game and 79th career start, while Franklin hit the mark in her 77th - Worst scoring offense in the league at just 55.1 points per game. game and 21st start. However, Valpo has the worst scoring defense in the league, allowing - Franklin needs 10 points on Friday to pass Carrie Forsman (1992- 74.3 points per game. 1996) for 13th in career scoring. Forsman, who finished her Crusader - Rank 10th in the Horizon in both field goal percentage (37.1) and career with 1,015 points, is now the Director of Facilities for North- field goal percentage defense (43.8) along with assists (11 per game), western Athletics. defensive rebounding (23.1 per game) and steals (5.5 per game). - Tuesday was the second-best defensive performance in 41 all-time - This is a matchup of the two most turnover-prone teams in the meetings with Green Bay. The Crusaders held the Phoenix to 56 league. Northern Kentucky’s turnover margin is minus-4.2, while points, bettered only by the game on March 1, 2014, when Valpo Valpo’s stands at minus-5.5. lost 53-49. - Led in scoring by Kasey Uetrecht, who scores 11.1 points per game - If Valpo wins on Friday, Northern Kentucky would be the opponent to rank 18th in the league. for Valpo’s first Horizon League win for the second straight year. - Led in rebounding by Rebecca Lyttle (7.4 rpg), who is tied with - While playing on the road has been a struggle (1-9), Valpo is 4-4 in Franklin for sixth in the Horizon.