CConcordiaoncordia UniversityUniversity GGoldenolden BearsBears Women’sWomen’s BasketballBasketball CContact:ontact: PPatrickatrick RRydeenydeen | EEmail:mail: [email protected]@csp.edu | CCell:ell: 6651-442-600251-442-6002 RReleaseelease Date:Date: TThursday,hursday, DecemberDecember 1717 THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS 2015-16 SCHEDULE Saturday, 2:00 p.m. 5-5 overall, 1-3 NSIC at Minnesota State Date Opponent Time/Result 2-6 overall, 1-3 NSIC Nov. 8 at Iowa State (Exh.) L, 51-77 Taylor Center Nov. 13 at Puerto Rico-Bayamon L, 60-70 Nov. 14 at Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras W, 84-38 Mankato, Minn. Nov. 20 Jamestown (N.D.)# W, 93-91 (OT) Nov. 21 #8 Michigan Tech# W, 86-77 Nov. 27 at #8 Drury (Mo.)! L, 65-93 GAME INFORMATION Nov. 28 vs Maryville (Mo.)! W, 76-72 Dec. 4 at Wayne State (Neb.)* W, 74-59 WATCH: www.cugoldenbears.com/watch Dec. 5 at Augustana (S.D.)* L, 69-76 Dec. 11 #11 Winona State* L, 66-84 LIVE STATS: www.sidearmstats.com/mnsu/wbball/ Dec. 12 Upper Iowa* L, 68-71 Dec. 19 at Minnesota State* 2 p.m. Jan. 2 at Minnesota Duluth* 2 p.m. Jan. 3 at St. Cloud State* 2 p.m. Jan. 8 Augustana (S.D.)* 6 p.m. @cugoldenbears facebook.com/cugoldenbears flickr.com/photos/concordia youtube.com/ConcordiaUniversity Jan. 9 Wayne State (Neb.)* 4 p.m. Jan. 15 Minnesota Crookston* 6 p.m. GAME NOTES Jan. 16 Bemidji State* 4 p.m. Jan. 19 Minnesota State* 6 p.m. THE MATCH-UPS... Concordia-St. Paul closes out three but it wasn’t enough to stick with the Jan. 22 at Sioux Falls (S.D.)* 6 p.m. the 2015 calendar year with a matinee matchup Golden Bears. at Minnesota State at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Jan. 23 at Southwest Minnesota State* 4 p.m. LAST TIME OUT... Last weekend, the Golden Jan. 29 MSU Moorhead* 6 p.m. ABOUT THE MAVERICKS... The Mavericks are Bears were swept by #11 Winona State and Upper coming off a weekend split on their home court Iowa in their NSIC home opening weekend. Jan. 30 Northern State (S.D.)* 4 p.m. over the weekend with a win over UIU and a loss Feb. 5 at Minot State (N.D.)* 6 p.m. to WSU. On Friday, the Golden Bears made things interest- ing with a strong start in the fi rst half but the Feb. 6 at U-Mary (N.D.)* 4 p.m. Through eight games, the Mavericks have three high-powered, league-leading Warriors off ense Feb. 12 at Upper Iowa* 6 p.m. players averaging 10 points or more in junior proved to be too much as they pulled away in the Britney Scherber, senior McKenzie Hoelmenn and second half in an 84-66 loss for Concordia. Feb. 13 at #11 Winona State* 4 p.m. sophomore Madison Lee. Scherber leads the trio Feb. 19 Southwest Minnesota State* 6 p.m. with 14.0 points each game, while Hoelmenn On Saturday, CSP got off to a lightning quick start ranks second on the team with 10.5 points a as they ran out to a 19 point advantage in the Feb. 20 Sioux Falls (S.D.)* 4 p.m. contest. Lee rounds out the trio with 10.3 points opening quarter, but they were outscored by a Feb. 27-Mar. 2 NSIC Tournament TBD per game. scrappy Peacocks squad in each of the fi nal three quarters to drop their third in a row in NSIC play. Mar. 11-14 NCAA Region Tournament TBD On the glass, senior McKenzie Hoelmenn leads the team with 8.5 rebounds each game, which Anna Schmitt led the way in scoring for CSP with places her third in the NSIC 16.5 points and 3.0 assists per game while Kyrah * - NSIC games Fredenburg averaged a double-double with 10.0 home in bold, played at Gangelhoff Center SERIES HISTORY... The Golden Bears and Mav- points and 11.0 boards. ericks have nearly split the all-time series right # - Radisson Hotel Minneapolis/St. Paul North Classic down the middle as CSP has won 16 and MSU NSIC LEADERS... With a solid start to the season, ! - Drury Thanksgiving Classic has won 15 in 31 previous meetings. It has been a it has been a group eff ort with fi ve diff erent series of runs as Minnesota State won the fi rst six players registering in as top-10 performers in six meetings before Concordia won 14 of the next 18 diff erent statistical categories in the conference. meetings. MSU has regained control over the past Concordia University Quick Facts few years as they have won fi ve of the last seven. Perhaps most impressively, Kyrah Fredenburg has been a vacuum on the glass with a league- Location..................................................................................... ..St. Paul, Minn. LAST MEETING VS MSU... Concordia picked up leading 10.4 boards per game, a mark that is 0.5 an 86-73 win last February in Mankato as they rebounds higher than any other player in the Founded................................................................................. ........................1893 handed Minnesota State their fi rst loss of the NSIC. Her 7.4 defensive rebounds per game are Enrollment....................................................................................................4,400 season. also tops in the league while her 3.0 off ensive President.......................................................................................Rev. Tom Ries boards ranks fi fth. Ameshia Kearney scored a career-best 27 points NCAA Affi liation..................... ...............................................NCAA Division II on 8-15 shooting and a perfect 9-9 from the line Off ensively, Lauren Shiffl ett leads the way with Conference........................ ...........................................................Northern Sun while dishing out six assists to hand Mavericks 14.8 points per game, good for eighth in the their fi rst home loss of the year. NSIC, while she has also connected on 1.8 threes Nickname......................................................................................Golden Bears per game, eighth most in the league. Colors....................................................................Navy Blue and Vegas Gold As a team, the Golden Bears were excellent on Home arena (capacity)................ ..................Gangelhoff Center (1,200+) the off ensive end as they hit 51.8% (29-56) from the fl oor and 79.3% from the free throw line (23- In addition, the duo of Caitlyn Russell and Anna Director of Athletics.................................................................Tom Rubbelke 29) as they actively attacked the hoop and put Schmitt rank near the top in the NSIC in blocks Women’s Basketball SID Contact........................................Patrick Rydeen pressure on the Minnesota State defense. and steals, respectively. Russell sits in seventh Offi ce Phone................................................................................651-641-8893 in blocks per game with 1.6 while Schmitt sits in The defense also did a nice job of limiting the ninth in steals with 1.9 per game. Offi ce Fax ....................................................................................651-641-8787 high-paced Maverick off ense, holding them to Email.......................................................................................rydeenp@csp.edu just 20 made fi eld goals on 56 attempts (35.7%) Schmitt also ranks fourth in the league with an on the night. MSU did have some success beyond impressive 50.0% fi eld goal percentage. the arc as they connected on 47.4% (9-19) from www.cugoldenbears.com 2015-16 Concordia University Women’s Basketball Game Notes GOLDEN BEARS COACHING STAFF in the history of Concordia women’s basketball and is the league record, setting the stage for their fi rst NCAA Tourna- program’s all-time wins leader with an overall record of 321- ment appearance the following season in 2002-03 - their 142 at the University. fi rst year of eligibilty for the “big dance.” In league play, Fessler has guided the Golden Bears to a 198- The 2002-03 team’s 21-8 record provided the women’s 86 record in the Northern Sun. basketball with their fi rst back-to-back 20-win seasons since the 1984-85 and 1985-86 Comets. He was inducted into the Minnesota Girls Basketball Hall of Fame in the spring of 2012. Prior to Concordia - ARCC Dynasty Before stepping on the Gangelhoff Center sidelines, Fessler Concordia a Division II Power began his college basketball coaching career at the junior On a national scale, the Golden Bears have been ranked in college level with Anoka Ramsey Community College in the WBCA Top-25 Coaches Poll in many of Fessler’s seasons 1996. During his tenure at ARCC, Fessler turned the Golden as head coach, reaching the program’s highest-ever national Rams into a national power. In four seasons as head coach, ranking at #2 in the country during their 28-3 season in Fessler turned out an astonishing record of 101-18 (.849). 2007-08. His ARCC teams claimed three-straight NJCAA Division III Entering the 2015-16 season, Fessler is the 15th winningest National Championships and were national runner-up in the active coach with a .693 career winning percentage (321- 1999-2000 season. 142). That percentage also ranked 31st all-time in Division II women’s basketball history. His 321 wins also ranked 32nd The Golden Rams under Fessler held the #1 national ranking in Division II women’s basketball among active coaches. from November, 1997 through January, 1999. Long Term Success The 1998 championship team averaged 88 points per game, He has led the program to 20-plus win seasons in nine breaking the national scoring record. straight years (2001-10) and in 11 out of the last 14 overall. He’s taken the team to the NCAA Tournament in 10 of the Fessler coached six All-Americans at ARCC. past 13 years which included guiding the team to the school’s fi rst-ever NCAA Tournament in any sport in their First Coaching Experiences fi rst year of eligibility in 2002-03.