Game 15 • at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi • Jan. 9, 2014 NORTHWESTERN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2003-04 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1988-89 • 2003-04 WNIT Appearances: 1985-86 • 1992-93 • 1994-95 • 1998-99 Matthew Fowler, Assistant Sports Infomation Director • Office: 318-357-6467 • Cell: 318-663-5701 • [email protected] • @nsufowler NSUDemons.com • /forkemdemons • @NSUDemons (Department) • @NSUDemonsWBB (Women’s Basketball) • Press Row: 318-357-4544 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Thursday, January 9, 2014 • 5:00 p.m. Corpus Christi, Texas • American Bank Center (8,100) 15 MATCH-UP 2013-14 SCHEDULE November Northwestern State A&M-Corpus Christi 8 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS W 77-53 Lady Demons Islanders 13 HOUSTON W 74-70 Record: 8-6 Record: 8-5 21 ^UT-San Antonio L 62-49 Last Game: L, 84-79 vs. Lamar Last Game: W, 58-53 at Oral Roberts 22 ^Baylor L 88-54 23 ^Savannah State W 77-56 Head Coaches: Brooke and Scott Stoehr Head Coach: Royce Chadwick Career Record: 20-24 (2nd season) Career Record: 573-327 (30th season) December Northwestern State Record: 20-24 (2nd season) School Record: 12-30 (2nd season) 2 JACKSON STATE W 71-52 Stoehrs’ Record vs. Opponent: 1-1 7 at Arkansas L 74-53 RADIO 11 at Louisiana Tech L 74-40 Demons Sports Radio (100.7-Natchitoches, NSUDemons.com) 17 ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO W 63-40 PXP: Tony Taglavore 20 at Texas L 90-60 OPENING TIP 28 $New Mexico State W 73-63 29 $North Dakota State W 57-50 • Northwestern State won its 700th game as a program on Dec. 17 when it beat Arkansas-Monticello 63-40. • NSU has a chance to have a winning record through 16 games for the first time since 2010. With one win this January week, NSU will achieve that feat. 2 *SAM HOUSTON W 78-59 • Last season the two teams won on each other’s floors. NSU won in Corpus 68-58 and lost in Natchitohes 51- 4 *LAMAR L 84-79 9 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5:00 49. 11 *at Houston Baptist 3:00 • According to RealTimeRPI.com, Northwestern State has the highest RPI in the league, 158. The next closest is 16 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 5:30 Central Arkansas (173) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (174). Houston Baptist, Saturday’s opponent, is 318. 23 *at Central Arkansas 5:30 25 *at Oral Roberts 3:00 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT 30 *INCARNATE WORD 5:30 • Texas A&M-Corpus Christi comes into the game with an 8-6 record and four wins in its last six games. NSU February and AMCC had one common opponent, UTSA. Both teams lost, AMCC lost 55-50 and NSU lost 62-49. 1 *ABILENE CHRISTIAN 1:00 • The Islanders average 66.2 and allow 63.4 points per game. They shoot 38% from the field and 34% from 6 *MCNEESE STATE 5:30 behind the arc. Corpus Christi turns over the ball 19.9 times per game and averages 8.7 steals a game. 8 *NICHOLLS 1:00 13 *at Sam Houston 5:30 • Jasmine Shaw leads the team in scoring (16.5 ppg) and Ashley Darley leads in rebounds (6.8 rpg). No other 15 *at Lamar 4:00 Islander averages in double-figure points, but Brittany Mbamalu averages 9.9. 22 *at Stephen F. Austin 4:00 • TAMUCC is 1-1 in conference play. It lost at Central Arkansas (66-62) and won at Oral Roberts (58-53). 27 *at Southeastern Louisiana 5:00 March PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAMES) 1 *at New Orleans 4:00 6 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS 5:30 8 *ORAL ROBERTS 1:00 12-15 Southland Conference Tourney TBA ^Athlete’s in Action Classic (Waco, Texas/Baylor University) $ UTSA Holiday Classic (San Antonio, Texas/Texas-San Antonio) * Southland Conference Game BOLD - Home Game Janelle Keisha Chelsea Trudy Presley PEREZ LEE ROGERS ARMSTEAD OWENS G • So. • 5-2 G • So. • 5-5 G • Jr. • 5-9 F • Sr. • 6-12 F • Jr. • 6-1 GP/GS ..............................14/14 GP/GS ..............................13/13 GP/GS ..............................14/14 GP/GS ..............................14/14 GP/GS ..............................14/13 PPG .....................................9.1 PPG ...................................15.8 PPG .....................................5.9 PPG ...................................14.9 PPG .....................................2.9 RBD .....................................2.6 RBD .....................................3.8 RBD .....................................5.9 RBD .....................................6.3 RBD .....................................1.5 AST ......................................4.4 AST ......................................2.0 AST ......................................1.6 AST ......................................0.8 AST ......................................0.3 BLK......................................0.1 BLK......................................0.2 BLK......................................0.1 BLK......................................0.9 BLK......................................0.6 STL ......................................1.0 STL ......................................1.3 STL ......................................0.7 STL ......................................0.9 STL ......................................0.5 MIN ...................................31.4 MIN ...................................30.1 MIN ...................................25.6 MIN ...................................26.1 MIN ...................................12.5 Game 15 • at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi • Jan. 9, 2014 CHASING THE EXCLUSIVE CLUB NSU senior Trudy Armstead is looking to become just the seventh member of the 1,000 points/ 700 rebound club. She has already jumped the 1,000 points (1,226 points- places her 20th all-time in scoring). She is five points away from the 19th spot and 22 points from the 18th spot. She is just 46 boards away from 700, and only has to average 3.4 rebounds in the regular season to reach the goal. LFTOJ3P 2013-14 Final Southland Conference Standings (as of 1/7/13) The NSU coaching staff constantly preaches the order for offense: Layups, free-throws, open jumpers, and 3-point- SLC Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. ers. So far this seaon, NSU has kept to that. Of NSU’s 905 points, 406 have come from within the paint (44.5 percent). Central Arkansas 2 0 1.000 8 5 .615 NSU’s point distribution this season has been: 56.7 percent 2-point field goals, 24.3 percent 3-point field goals, and Stephen F. Austin 2 0 1.000 8 6 .571 19.0 percent free throw. Based on shots: 53.9 percent 2-point field goals, 20.7 percent 3-point field goals, and 25.4 Nicholls State 2 0 1.000 7 6 .538 pecent free throws. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1 1 .500 8 5 .615 McNeese State 1 1 .500 8 5 .615 Northwestern State 1 1 .500 8 6 .615 LADY DEMONS LIKE IT IN PRATHER COLISEUM Lamar 1 1 .500 6 7 .571 Northwestern State is a different team at home than on the road. The Lady Demons have played six games in Oral Roberts 1 1 .500 2 10 .167 Prather Coliseum and are 5-1. They have played four games on the opponents floor, lost all four. They have four neu- Southeastern Louisiana 1 1 .500 2 12 .143 Abilene Christian* 0 0 .000 9 6 .600 tral court games and had a 3-1 finish. Although, the three of the four losses on the road were at ninth-ranked Baylor Incarnate Word* 0 0 .000 6 6 .500 and at Arkansas and Texas who were both receiving votes at the time of play. Sam Houston State 0 2 .000 5 8 .385 Houston Baptist 0 2 .000 4 9 .308 ‘VALUING THE BASKETBALL’ New Orleans 0 2 .000 0 13 .000 * - Ineligible for postseason play One phrase always heard around the Northwestern State women’s basketball team is “value the basketball,” and this season the adage has proven true. Through the first 14 games this season, the Lady Demons are 8-1 when they UNIVERSITY INFORMATION turn the ball over less than the opponent, and are 0-5 if more turnovers than the opposition. Under the Stoehrs, NSU Name: Northwestern State Founded: 1884, as Louisiana Normal is 15-2 when taking care of the ball. Location: Natchitoches, La. The Lady Demons are 7-0 when forcing the opponent into 15 or more turnovers. Enrollment: 8,944 Nickname: Lady Demons NSU IN NATIONAL RANKINGS Colors: Purple, White, and orange trim Print Specs: Purple (492f92)/Orange (f78426) Northwestern State ranks in the Top 100 in three statistical categories so far this season. It ranks 36th in turnovers Affliation: NCAA Division I, Southland Conference per game , 71st in assist-turnover ratio, 35th in personal fouls per game, and also 101st in turnover margin. President: Dr. Randall Webb NSU’s two standout sophomores rank among the nation’s best in their class. Lee ranks high among sophomores in Director of Athletics: Greg Burke points per game (37th), points per 40 minutes (45th), 3-point field goal percentage (38th). Perez ranks in the top 50 in field goal percentage (43rd), true shooting percentage (20th), assist per game (20th), assist/turnover ratio (47th), TEAM INFORMATION and points per shot (19th), effective field goal percentage (22nd). 2012-13 Overall Record: 12-18 In most categories, 421 sophomores qualified. 2012-13 Southland Record/Finish: 7-11/8th 2012-13: 0-1, SLC Tournament Letterman Returning/Lost: 7/4 NORTHWESTERN STATE ROSTER Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 -Starters Returning: # Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) • Janelle Perez (30-30, 10.8 ppg, 3.3 apg, 2.4 rpg) 1 Amy Staha G 5-10 FR-HS Pflugerville, TX (Pflugerville HS) • Keisha Lee (30-28, 12.0 ppg, 1.4 apg, 3.6 rpg) 2 Emily Spector G/F 5-10 FR-HS Keller, TX (Timber Creek HS) • Arianne Ausmer (28-27, 2.2 pgg, 2.1 apg, 4.6 rpg) 3 Keisha Lee G 5-5 SO-1L Denham Springs, LA (Denham Springs HS) • Jasmine Bradley (30-21, 8.0 ppg, 1.2 apg, 6.4 rpg) -Starters Returning: 11 Breanna Fuller P 6-2 SO-1L Huntsville, TX (Huntsville HS • Jasmine