2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1000 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Basketball Contact: Sarah VanMetre • [email protected] • Direct (734) 604-4606 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS #22 MICHIGAN TO HOST #3 NOTRE DAME IN BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE PRESEASON Nov. 2 Grand Valley State (exh.) W, 65-43 #22 MICHIGAN VS. #3 NOTRE DAME NOVEMBER 29 -- CRISLER CENTER (ANN ARBOR, MICH.), 6 P.M. REGULAR SEASON Radio: WLBY (1290) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) NOV. 10 GEORGE MASON W, 75-61 Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com NOV. 12 LIBERTY W, 74-50 Michigan Wolverines Television: Big Ten Network -- Lisa Byington (play-by-play), Christy Notre Dame Fighting Irish NOV. 16 at #5 Louisville L, 74-49 (4-1) Winters Scott (color) (6-0) NOV. 22 OAKLAND W, 78-69 Nov. 25 Ohio W, 74-61 Series History NOV. 29 #3 NOTRE DAME 6 P.M. TOP STORYLINES Notre Dame Dec. 2 LIU Brooklyn Noon ► Michigan returns to Crisler Center to host No. 3 Notre Dame in Notre Dame leads 11-7 Dec. 4 Detroit Mercy 7 p.m. the 2017 Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Irish are the second top-five Streak: Notre Dame has won two DEC. 7 MARQUETTE 7 P.M. opponent for the Maize and Blue this season. It is the first time Home: Michigan leads 5-3 DEC. 10 KENT STATE 2 P.M. Away: Notre Dame leads 8-1 in program history that Michigan has faced two top-five teams Neutral: Michigan leads 1-0 DEC. 12 NORTH FLORIDA 7 P.M. during the non-conference portion of the schedule. 1/20/79 H W, 93-66 DEC. 16 FORT WAYNE 2 P.M. 12/8/79 A W, 66-60 (OT) DEC. 21 DELAWARE STATE 3:30 P.M. ► The Wolverines are participating in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge 2/20/81 H W, 96-65 for the 11th time in tonight’s game. U-M is 8-2 all-time in Chal- 1/24/82 A L, 71-48 DEC. 28 PENN STATE* 6 P.M. lenge games to lead the Big Ten in wins. Michigan is 4-1 in the 12/12/82 H L, 62-58 Dec. 31 Iowa* 3 p.m. Challenge under sixth-year head coach Kim Barnes Arico. 12/9/83 A L, 66-50 Jan. 4 Wisconsin* 7 p.m. 12/2/84 H W, 75-64 12/5/85 A L, 76-71 JAN. 7 OHIO STATE* Noon ► Senior Katelynn Flaherty is now Michigan’s career leading 12/13/91 H W, 86-75 JAN. 10 INDIANA* 7 P.M. scorer with 2,148 points in her illustrious career - second-most 12/12/92 A L, 62-54 Jan. 13 Nebraska* 7 p.m. among active NCAA Division I players. She is one of two players in 3/19/01 A L, 88-54 12/2/01 N W, 78-63 Jan. 16 Ohio State* 7 p.m. program history to top the 2,000-point mark. Flaherty is up to 309 three-pointers, seventh all-time in Big Ten history. 11/18/05 A L, 55-45 JAN. 20 ILLINOIS* 6 P.M. 12/1/06 H L, 61-58 JAN. 23 MICHIGAN STATE* 7 P.M. 12/2/07 A L, 77-46 ► Michigan features a pair of double-figure scorers in Katelynn 12/10/08 H W, 63-59 (OT) Jan. 28 Northwestern* 2 p.m. Flaherty (25.8 ppg) and Hallie Thome (16.6 ppg). Flaherty’s scor- 12/14/13 H L, 86-64 FEB. 1 PURDUE* 8 P.M. ing average is second both nationally and in the Big Ten. Thome is 12/13/14 A L, 70-50 Feb. 4 Rutgers* 2 p.m. second in the Big Ten and 12th nationally in field goal percentage FEB. 8 NORTHWESTERN* 7 P.M. (.667). Feb. 11 Michigan State* Noon ► The Wolverines remained in the Associated Press poll this week, Feb. 14 Minnesota* 2 p.m. coming in at No. 22. Michigan’s run of four weeks in the AP poll is the on facebook ... FEB. 22 MARYLAND* 6 P.M. second-longest streak in school history. “MICHIGAN Women’s BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Basketball” Feb. 28 First Round TBA March 1 Second Round TBA on twitter ... @umichwbball March 2 Quarterfinals TBA March 3 Semifinals TBA POSSIBLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) March 4 Championship TBA # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING * Big Ten games 11 F Sr. Jillian Dunston 2.6 9.6 .286 Had 9 points, 14 rebounds at Ohio (11/25) 3 G Sr. Katelynn Flaherty 25.8 2.8 .476 2nd nationally and in B1G in scoring average All times are site times 10 G Jr. Nicole Munger 7.8 3.8 .286 Second on team with seven three-pointers Home games in BOLD CAPS 30 C Jr. Hallie Thome 16.6 7.2 .667 Two double-doubles this season 15 F Fr. Hailey Brown 8.0 7.4 .410 Scored in double figures three times OFF THE BENCH # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 5 F So. Kayla Robbins 1.6 2.0 .231 Appeared in all five games 22 F So. KeAsja Peace 0.7 0.7 .000 Played in three games off the bench 14 G So. Akienreh Johnson 0.8 1.2 .500 Seen action in all five games 21 F Jr. Samantha Trammel 0.0 0.0 .000 Appeared in two games 20 G Fr. Deja Church 6.4 1.8 .526 Averaging 21.0 minutes per game off bench 2 G Fr. Priscilla Smeenge 0.0 0.0 .000 Made career debut at Ohio (11/25) TALE OF THE TAPE TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG Michigan 5 119-267 .446 24-79 .304 88-118 .746 59-143 202 40.4 78 2 60 12.0 96 19 37 350 70.0 Notre Dame 6 204-418 .488 21-73 .288 87-125 .696 114-169 283 47.2 96 0 102 17.0 83 24 42 516 86.0 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOV. 29 - VS. #3 NOTRE DAME 2017-18 WOLVERINES Priscilla Smeenge Katelynn Flaherty Kayla Robbins Nicole Munger Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. So./So. Jr./Jr. 2 G 3 G 5 F 10 G Jillian Dunston Akienreh Johnson Hailey Brown Deja Church Sr./Sr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. 11 F/G 14 G 15 F 20 G Samantha Trammel KeAsja Peace Hallie Thome Kim Barnes Arico Jr./Jr. So./So. Jr./Jr. Head Coach 21 F 22 F 30 C HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School 2 Priscilla Smeenge G 6-0 Fr./Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Celebration Roster Breakdown 3 Katelynn Flaherty G 5-7 Sr./Sr. Point Pleasant, N.J./Metuchen 5 Kayla Robbins G/F 6-1 So./So. Mitchellville, Md./St. John Academy By Class Seniors (2): Dunston, Flaherty 10 Nicole Munger G 5-11 Jr./Jr. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West Juniors (3) Munger, Thome, Trammel 11 Jillian Dunston F 5-11 Sr./Sr. Silver Spring, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross Sophomores (3): Johnson, Peace, 14 Akienreh Johnson G 6-0 So./So. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers Robbins 15 Hailey Brown F 6-1 Fr./Fr. Hamilton, Ont./The RISE Centre Academy Freshmen (3): Brown, Church, Smeenge 20 Deja Church G 5-10 Fr./Fr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield A&T 21 Samantha Trammel F 6-0 Jr./Jr. Minnetonka, Minn./Eastview 22 KeAsja Peace F 6-3 So./So. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers 30 Hallie Thome F/C 6-5 Jr./Jr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (6th season) Assistant Coaches: Melanie Moore, Joy McCorvey, Wesley Brooks Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Video Coordinator: Emma Golen Graduate Assistant: Danielle Williams Pronunciation Athletic Trainer: Melissa Pohorence Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jamie Preiss Katelynn Flaherty -- FLAIR-eh-tee Hallie Thome -- THOAM Athletic Communications: Sarah VanMetre Akienreh Johnson -- Uh-KEN-ray KeAsja Peace -- key-AY-juh PAGE 2 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOV. 29 - VS. #3 NOTRE DAME 2017-18 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOV. 29 - VS. #3 NOTRE DAME PLAYER & TEAM NOTES Last Time Out the poll is its second-longest streak in school history. THE NATIONAL POLLS The No. 25-ranked University of Michigan women’s Michigan made nine straight appearances from Nov. 6, AP Poll basketball team opened the fourth quarter on a 10-0 2001 through Jan. 7, 2002. Rank, Team Record Pts run and never looked back, defeating Ohio, 74-61, on 1 Connecticut (31) 5-0 775 Saturday afternoon (Nov. 25) inside the Convocation Early Season Challenges 2 Texas 5-0 723 Center. Michigan is facing its second top-five opponent of the 3 Notre Dame 6-0 698 season when it hosts No. 3 Notre Dame. U-M has al- 4 Louisville 6-0 695 Senior Katelynn Flaherty started the fourth quarter ready faced Louisville, which was No. 5 at the time and 5 South Carolina 6-1 611 with six straight points, four on two layups and a pair now checks in at No. 4. It is the first time in program his- 6 Mississippi State 6-0 610 at the free throw line, to give Michigan a 55-46 lead at tory that Michigan has faced two top-five opponents in 7 UCLA 5-1 609 the 8:30 mark.