2020-21 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 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS NO. 12 WOLVERINES WRAP UP REGULAR SEASON AT HOME WITH NORTHWESTERN NOV. 25 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 93-75 Nov. 27 at Oakland W, 95-62 #12 MICHIGAN VS. NORTHWESTERN Dec. 3 at Notre Dame W, 76-66 MARCH 6 -- ANN ARBOR, MICH. (CRISLER CENTER), 3 P.M. DEC. 6 WRIGHT STATE W, 82-59 Video: Big Ten Network+ DEC. 9 BUTLER W, 93-54 Radio: WLBY(1290 AM) -- Matt Park (play-by-play) Dec. 19 at Illinois* Postponed #12 Michigan Wolverines Northwestern Wildcats Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com DEC. 23 PENN STATE* POSTPONED (13-4, 8-4 B1G) (13-6, 11-6 B1G) DEC. 31 WISCONSIN* W, 92-49 Jan. 3 at #15 Northwestern* W, 84-63 TOP STORYLINES Series History JAN. 7 NEBRASKA* W, 64-62 JAN. 10 ILLINOIS* W, 70-50 ► No. 12 Michigan will wrap up the regular season at home against Jan. 14 at Wisconsin* W, 69-40 Northwestern, marking the second time these teams have met this Northwestern JAN. 18 MICHIGAN STATE* POSTPONED Northwestern leads 40-38 Jan. 21 at #11 Ohio State* L, 81-77 season. Streak: Michigan has won two JAN. 24 PURDUE* POSTPONED Home: Michigan leads 18-17 Jan. 26 at Michigan State* Postponed ► In the last meeting between the two teams on Jan. 3, Michigan Away: NU leads 22-17 Jan. 28 MICHIGAN STATE* POSTPONED recorded an 84-63 victory in Evanston. Naz Hillmon scored 26 and Neutral: Michigan leads 3-1 Feb. 1 at Rutgers* Postponed Leigha Brown turned in 22 points as Michigan shot 63.0 percent FEB. 4 MINNESOTA* POSTPONED from the field in that contest. Last 10 meetings FEB. 7 MARYLAND* POSTPONED Feb. 11 at Purdue* W, 62-49 2/14/15 H L, 63-62 Feb. 16 MICHIGAN STATE* W, 86-82 ► Michigan will honor its two seniors, Hailey Brown and Akienreh 2/23/16 A W, 70-65 Feb. 18 at #14 Indiana* L, 70-65 Johnson, prior to the game. Brown is one of 14 Wolverines in pro- 1/25/17 H W, 80-54 FEB. 21 #15 OHIO STATE* W, 75-66 gram history to start at least 100 games and Johnson ranks 25th in 1/28/18 A W, 80-59 Feb. 25 at Iowa* L, 89-67 games played with 117. 2/8/18 H W, 84-63 Feb. 28 at Minnesota* Canceled 1/8/19 H W, 79-78 (OT) MARCH 4 #8 MARYLAND L, 88-63 ► Junior Naz Hillmon is second the Big Ten in scoring (25.4 ppg), 1/30/20 A L, 81-73 MARCH 6 NORTHWESTERN* 3 P.M. rebounding (11.2 rpg), double-doubles (11) and field goal percent- 2/13/20 H L, 66-60 3/6/20 N W, 67-59 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT age (.648). She is second nationally in field goal percentage, fourth in 1/3/21 A W, 84-63 March 10 Second Round TBA scoring and 19th in rebounding. Hillmon has four games this season March 11 Quarterfinals TBA with at least 30 points and was the first player nationally to score 50 March 12 Semifinals TBA points in a game this season. March 13 Championship 2 p.m. ► Michigan has three players scoring in double figures inNaz Hillm- * Big Ten games on (25.4 ppg), Leigha Brown (18.3 ppg) and Akienreh Johnson All times are site times Home games in BOLD CAPS (10.8 ppg). PROBABLE STARTING FIVE (BASED ON LAST GAME) # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 00 F Jr. Naz Hillmon 25.4 11.2 .648 Scored at least 18 points in all but one game 14 G Gr. Akienreh Johnson 10.8 6.2 .399 Has scored in double figures 10 times 15 F Sr. Hailey Brown 8.1 4.1 .387 11th all-time at U-M with 132 three's 32 G/F Jr. Leigha Brown 18.3 4.0 .526 Scored in double figures in all 13 games played 1 G Jr. Amy Dilk 7.5 4.8 .325 Third on the team in rebounding on instagram ... OFF THE BENCH @umichwbball # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING 3 G So. Maddie Nolan 5.0 3.9 .375 Second on the team with 17 three-pointers on facebook ... 33 F Jr. Emily Kiser 2.8 2.6 .423 Averaging 12.6 minutes per game off the bench “MICHIGAN Women’s 23 G Jr. Danielle Rauch 1.4 1.4 .269 Played in 15 games, starting twice Basketball” 44 F Fr. Cameron Williams 2.0 1.2 .700 Scored two points in each of last two games 24 G So. Michelle Sidor 2.7 1.2 .300 Has eight three-pointers 25 F Fr. Whitney Sollom 1.6 1.8 .667 Played in eight games off the bench on twitter ... 30 G/F Fr. Elise Stuck 1.2 1.1 .333 Appeared in nine games off the bench @umichwbball 13 G Fr. Meghan Fiso 0.0 0.4 .000 Played in six games off the bench 34 F/C So. Izabel Varejão - - - Has yet to appear this season 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 17 478-1036 .461 88-289 .304 269-363 .741 240-481 721 42.4 292 5 268 15.8 265 42 93 1313 77.2 Northwestern 19 488-1189 .410 79-300 .263 272-417 .652 252-405 657 34.6 296 3 304 16.0 218 75 234 1327 69.8 2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 6 -- VS. NORTHWESTERN 2020-21 WOLVERINES Naz Hillmon Amy Dilk Maddie Nolan Meghan Fiso Akienreh Johnson Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. 5th year 00 F 1 G 3 G 13 G 14 G Hailey Brown Danielle Rauch Michelle Sidor Whitney Sollom Elise Stuck Sr./Sr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. 15 F 23 G 24 G 25 F 30 G/F Leigha Brown Emily Kiser Izabel Varejao Cameron Williams Kim Barnes Arico Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Head Coach 32 G/F 33 F 34 F/C 44 F HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 00 Naz Hillmon F 6-2 Jr./Jr. Cleveland, Ohio/Gilmour Academy Roster Breakdown 1 Amy Dilk G 6-0 Jr./Jr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel 3 Maddie Nolan G 5-9 So./So. Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville By Class Graduate: Johnson 13 Meghan Fiso G 5-10 Fr./Fr. Seattle, Wash./Garfield Senior (1): H. Brown 14 Akienreh Johnson G 6-0 5th yr. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers Juniors (5): L. Brown, Dilk, Hillmon, Kiser, 15 Hailey Brown F 6-1 Sr./Sr. Hamilton, Ont./The RISE Centre Academy Rauch 23 Danielle Rauch G 5-8 Jr./Jr. Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden Sophomores (3): Nolan, Sidor, Varejão 24 Michelle Sidor G 5-8 So./So. Upper Saddle River, N.J./Saddle River Day Freshmen (4): Fiso, Sollom, Stuck, 25 Whitney Sollom F 6-4 Fr./Fr. Hartland, Mich./Hartland Williams 30 Elise Stuck G/F 6-1 Fr./Fr. Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix 32 Leigha Brown G/F 6-1 Jr./Jr. Auburn, Ind./DeKalb (Nebraska) 33 Emily Kiser F 6-3 Jr./Jr. Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville 34 Izabel Varejão F/C 6-4 So./So. Vitoria-Espirito Santo, Brazil/Neuse Christian Acad- emy (Raleigh, N.C.) 44 Cameron Williams F 6-3 Fr./Fr. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (9th season) Assistant Coaches: Toyelle Wilson, Yvonne Sanchez, Wesley Brooks Pronunciation Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Akienreh Johnson -- Uh-KEN-ray Director of Player Personnel: Danielle Edwards Naz Hillmon - NAHZ Video Coordinator: Dan Dardarian Michelle Sidor - SEE-door Graduate Manager: Harry Rafferty Meghan Fiso - FEE-zo Athletic Trainer: Christina Fanning Whitney Sollom - SOE-lum Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jamie Preiss Izabel Varejao - VAIR-uh-zhow PAGE 2 2020-21 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 6 -- VS. NORTHWESTERN PLAYER & TEAM NOTES THE NATIONAL POLLS Last Time Out Out to Break a Streak AP Poll The No. 12-ranked University of Michigan women's Michigan is looking to snap a two-game losing streak Rank, Team Record Points Pr. basketball team fell in an early hole and could not re- in today's contest against Northwestern. U-M had been 1 UConn (27) 20-1 747 1 cover, dropping an 88-63 decision to No. 8 Maryland on 2-0 following a loss this season before falling to No. 8 2 Texas A&M (2) 22-1 703 3 Thursday afternoon (March 4) at Crisler Center. Maryland Thursday (March 4). The Wolverines are 8-1 at 3 NC State 17-2 687 2 home this season and are looking for both their ninth 4 Stanford (1) 22-2 672 4 Junior Naz Hillmon paced the Wolverines with a dou- conference and home win of the season. Depending 5 Louisville 21-2 605 6 ble-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds, with class- on the results of the final days of action across the con- 6 Baylor 19-2 604 7 mate Leigha Brown chipping in 14 points and grad- ference, Michigan is still in the hunt for a top-four seed 7 South Carolina 19-4 575 5 uate student Akienreh Johnson going for 11 points.