2015-16 Women’s Basketball SacredHeartUniversityPioneers SHUBigRed GAME NOTES SacredHeartAthletics Sacred Heart (21-11, 16-2 NEC) vs. Drake (22-9, 14-4 MVC) Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 3:00 p.m. Des Moines, Iowa | Knapp Center 2015-16 Results At a Glance November SHU in the All-Time Series ................... 0-0 15 Hartford L, 68-67 Active Streak .................................................. 18 New Hampshire L, 81-69 Last Meeting ................................................... 21 at Fairfield L, 61-50 First Meeting .................................................. 27 vs. Coastal Carolina ^ W, 71-62 Live Stats .......................GoDrakeBulldogs.com 28 vs. LA-Lafayette ^ L, 60-58 OT Radio ......................1350 ESPN Des Moines December 3 at St. John’s (ESPN3) L, 67-54 6 at Vermont L, 53-51 Adaysha Williams Notes: 9 at Temple L, 92-62 3 Junior | 5-8 | G • Dished out a career high 9 assists in the LaCrosse, Wis. semifinal 12 Binghamton W, 69-60 • Recorded her 800th carer point against Brook- 20 at Penn State L, 83-46 Pts Reb Ast Min lyn, and her 100th steal the following Monday against Robert Morris 29 Buffalo L, 66-53 8.5 3.4 3.6 34.3 January Shelby Hickey Notes: 2 at Robert Morris* L, 78-63 20 Junior | 5-10 | F • Named to the NEC All-Tournament Team Littleton, Colo. • Scored a career-best 17 points in Wednesday’s 4 at Saint Francis U* W, 81-77 semifinal game thanks to a personal-best five 9 Fairleigh Dickinson* W, 72-61 Pts Reb Ast Min three-pointers and shooting 60% (6-10) from the field and 5-6 from downtown 11 Wagner* W, 73-62 6.1 4.0 1.7 30.3 16 at St. Francis Brooklyn* W, 68-51 Hannah Kimmel Notes: 18 at Central Conn. State* W, 61-57 2OT 22 RS-Junior | 6-0 | G/F • The program’s fourth NEC Player of the Year Harpursville, N.Y. and named to the All-NEC First Team for the 23 at Wagner* W, 77-73 second straight year 25 Mount St. Mary’s* W, 61-58 Pts Reb Ast Min • Has recorded double-digit points in the last 21 games 30 Bryant* L, 61-59 16.7 7.7 1.8 35.3 February Alissa Tarsi Notes: 1 at LIU Brooklyn* W, 62-53 34 Senior | 6-0 | F • Named the NEC’s Most Improved Player of the Clinton, N.J. Year and earned All-NEC Second Team honors 6 St. Francis Brooklyn* W, 63-55 • Recorded her ninth double-double of the 8 LIU Brooklyn* W, 71-47 Pts Reb Ast Min season with a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in the NEC semifinal 13 Central Conn. State* W, 79-69 11.7 8.3 1.3 26.0 15 Robert Morris* W, 62-52 Kelcey Castro Notes: 20 at Fairleigh Dickinson* (ESPN3) W, 80-65 Senior | 5-6 | G • Eclipsed the 300 career point milestone with 17 45 Fairlawn, N.J. 22 at Bryant* (ESPN3) W, 64-60 against the Bryant Bulldogs • Lit up the scoreboard with a career high 24 27 Saint Francis U* W, 80-67 Pts Reb Ast Min points against Wagner for her sixth straight 29 at Mount St. Mary’s* W, 60-52 10.3 2.2 2.1 28.8 game with double-digit points March ___ Sacred Heart Athletic Communications 6 Mount St. Mary’s # W, 66-47 Katie Sullivan Asst. Director of Ath. Comm./Women’s Basketball Contact 9 Saint Francis U # W, 92-71 203-396-8127 (w) * 203-980-3491 (c) * [email protected] Assoc. AD/Director of External Affairs: Chris O’Connor 13 Robert Morris # L, 56-51 Assistant Director: Mike Haase Home games in BOLD * NEC opponent Graduate Assistant: Zach Durham # NEC Tournament ^ San Juan Shootout Web: www.SacredHeartPioneers.com Individual SHU Leaders Individual Drake Leaders Points Per Game Points Per Game Hannah Kimmel 16.7 Lizzy Wendell 19.8 SHU Drake Alissa Tarsi 11.7 Sara Rhine 13.4 65.5 Points Per Game 79.8 Rebounds Per Game Rebounds Per Game Alissa Tarsi 8.3 63.3 Points Allowed Per Game 67.7 Maddy Dean 5.1 Hannah Kimmel 7.7 +2.2 Scoring Margin +12.1 Sara Rhine 5.0 Field Goal Percentage 41.6 Field Goal Percentage 46.6 Field Goal Percentage Lerae Ettienne 62.8 38.9 Opp. Field Goal Percentage 36.5 Sara Rhine 63.5 Alissa Tarsi 53.0 33.1 3-pt Field Goal Percentage 33.4 Caitlin Ingle 48.8 3-pt Field Goal Percentage 35.5 Opp. 3-pt Field Goal Percentage 30.5 3-pt Field Goal Percentage Hannah Kimmel 36.6 73.4 Free Throw Percentage 74.8 Paige Greiner 41.1 Kelcey Castro 32.2 36.8 Rebounds Per Game 43.0 Nicole Miller 35.1 Free Throw Percentage 35.8 Opp. Rebounds per Game 36.4 Free Throw Percentage Kelcey Castro 83.1 +1.0 Rebounding Margin +6.6 Sammie Bachrodt 83.3 Alissa Tarsi 82.5 Lizzy Wendell 78.1 12.2 Assists Per Game 18.8 Assists Per Game Assists Per Game Adaysha Williams 3.6 0.8 Assist to Turnover Ratio 1.1 Caitlin Ingle 6.9 Steals Per Game 6.8 Steals Per Game 8.9 Steals Per Game Hannah Kimmel 1.9 1.8 Blocks Per Game 3.7 Lizzy Wendell 2.1 Alissa Tarsi 1.3 L1 Current Streak L1 Sammie Bachrodt 1.6 Blocks Per Game Blocks Per Game Hannah Kimmel 0.6 Emma Donahue 1.8 Alissa Tarsi 0.5 Sara Rhine 0.5 Inside the Series... Scouting the Bulldogs... SHU Against the • This is the first meeting • Drake finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference posting a 14-4 record in league play MVC... between Sacred Heart and • Sara Rhine, who is second on the team in scoring averaging 13.4 • The Pioneers have never Drake points per game, was named MVC Freshman of the Year, as well as faced a member of the Mis- the league’s Sixth Man, and earned All-Rookie and First Team Hon- souri Valley Conference in orable Mention honors. The rookie is third in the country shooting 63.5% from the floor throughout the season program history • Two other Bulldogs picked up All-Conference nods. Lizzy Wendell, who paces Drake with 19.8 points per game, and Caitlin Ingle, who is seventh in the nation in assists (6.9 per game), earned spots on the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team for the second straight year • Drake was picked to finish second in the MVC receiving 15 first place votes • The Bulldogs are in the top eight in the country in five categories -in cluding ranking sixth in assists per game (18.8), defensive rebounds per game (30.0) and total assists (583). Drake in eighth amongst the Division I ranks in scoring (79.8 points per game) and field goal percentage (46.6%) • The Bulldogs are 11-3 when playing on their home court this sea- son, and finished out the year on a four-game home win streak • This is Drake’s second straight appearance in the WNIT, and third in the last five years. Last year, the Bulldogs were eliminated in the first round by an 80-70 loss at home to Eastern Michigan SHU Women’s Basketball Facts University Facts Affiliation:.................................................................NCAA Division I Location:..............................................Fairfield, Connecticut 06825 Conference:............................................................................Northeast Founded:..............................................................................1963 Home Court:......................................William H. Pitt Center (2,062) Enrollment:................................................4,232 undergraduates Coaching Staff: President:..........................................................Dr. John J. Petillo Jessica Mannetti, 3rd season...........................................Head Coach Athletics Director:.............................................Bobby Valentine Affiliation: ..............................................................NCAA Division I William Ingersoll, 3rd season...................................Assistant Coach Conference:..................................................................Northeast Yolanda Cole, 2nd season..........................................Assistant Coach Colors:.....................................................................Red & White Ali Heller, 1st Season.................................................Assistant Coach Nickname:......................................................................Pioneers SHU in the WNIT... Big Scorer... This is Sacred Heart’s second appearance in the WNIT. Hannah Kimmel kept her double-digit streak alive In 2012-13, the Pioneers bookended their season with on Wednesday. The RS-junior tallied 10 points in the a trip to the Preseason WNIT and earned the postsea- NEC semifinal to make it 20 straight games in which son WNIT bid. In March, they headed up to Boston she’s scored 10 or more points. She has done so in all to face the Terriers of Boston University. Despite a by three games this season. 16-point performance from Gabrielle Washington, and 14 points from Blair Koniszewski off the bench, Home Court Advantage... SHU fell to BU 61-49. Seniors Alissa Tarsi, Lerae SHU has won its last seven home games improving Ettienne and Johanna Lopez are the only Pioneers to their record to 11-5 this season when playing in the see WNIT action. For Tarsi it was her first collegiate Pitt Center. Sacred Heart has always had success at start, in which she scored two points and grabbed four home boasting a .721 winning percentage (215-83) on rebounds. Ettienne and Lopez both took the floor for its home court. While never posting a losing record five minutes. Ettienne tallied one point and each play- at home since the building’s opening in 1997, the er pulled down one board. Pioneers’ went undefeated at home twice in 2003-04 On the Road Again... (14-0) and 2005-06 (15-0). SHU is 15-5 (.750) when hosting an NEC Tournament game, and have won all The Pioneers finished the regular season with an 8-6 three titles on its home floor. road record. SHU dropped just one away NEC game, while picking up all eight wins in league foes’ gyms.