2018-19 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 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS WOLVERINES ADVANCE TO NCAA SECOND ROUND TO FACE LOUISVILLE PRESEASON MICHIGAN AT NCAA FIRST AND Nov. 1 FINDLAY (exh.) W, 84-38 REGULAR SEASON SECOND ROUNDS NOV. 9 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 88-40 MARCH 22-24 -- LOUISVILLE, KY. (KFC YUM! CENTER) Nov. 15 Western Michigan W, 79-42 NOV. 19 DETROIT MERCY W, 95-62 Nov. 23 #21 Missouri# W, 70-54 MICHIGAN VS. LOUISVILLE Nov. 24 #10 Texas# L, 69-52 MARCH 24 -- LOUISVILLE, KY. (KFC YUM! CENTER), TBA Nov. 25 Washington# W, 80-73 TV: ESPN2 - Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Nell Fortner (color) Nov. 29 #13 NC State L, 66-55 Radio: WLBY (1290) -- Matt Park (play-by-play), Jenny Ryan (color) Dec. 2 #22 Marquette L, 85-74 Michigan Wolverines Internet: Live stats/audio -- MGoBlue.com Louisville Cardinals DEC. 6 LIU BROOKLYN W, 83-38 (22-11) (30-3) Dec. 9 Oakland W, 85-58 DEC. 15 MORGAN STATE W, 70-47 TOP STORYLINES Series History DEC. 21 SOUTHERN W, 76-35 Dec. 28 Nebraska* L, 70-56 Louisville DEC. 31 #12 MINNESOTA* W, 76-60 ► Michigan has advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tourna- ment for the second straight season and fifth time in program history. Louisville leads 3-2 Jan. 5 Purdue* L, 71-70 Streak: Louisville has won two JAN. 8 NORTHWESTERN* W, 79-78 (OT) U-M knocked off Kansas State, 84-54, in the first round for its largest Home: Michigan leads 2-0 Jan. 12 #9 Maryland* L, 83-69 margin of victory in an NCAA game. Away: Louisville leads 3-0 Jan. 17 #22 Iowa* L, 75-61 Neutral: None JAN. 20 OHIO STATE* W, 62-58 ► The Wolverines will now face No. 1 seed Louisville, marking the Jan. 24 Indiana* L, 70-60 second straight season the two teams have squared off. 12/7/77 H W, 71-68 JAN. 27 #23 MICHIGAN STATE* L, 77-73 12/6/78 A L, 76-69 1/28/80 H W, 89-86 (OT) FEB. 1 #13 IOWA* W, 90-81 ► Senior Hallie Thome became the third player in program history Feb. 3 Wisconsin* W, 76-70 12/13/80 A L, 89-80 to reach the 2,000-point mark on Feb. 17. Thome is up to 2,075 career 11/16/17 A L, 74-49 FEB. 7 NEBRASKA* W, 67-61 points, ranking third all-time at U-M. Thome can move into second Feb. 10 Penn State* W, 66-62 place with one more point (Diane Dietz, 2076). FEB. 14 INDIANA* W, 67-58 Feb. 17 Illinois* W, 70-56 Michigan has recorded at least 20 assists in four of its last six FEB. 21 RUTGERS* W, 86-76 ► Feb. 24 Michigan State* L, 74-64 games after going for 22 against Kansas State. Prior to the current MAR. 3 WISCONSIN* W, 59-49 stretch, U-M only had four other games all season with 20 assists. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT (Indianapolis, Ind.) March 8 Wisconsin W, 73-65 (2OT) ► The Wolverines feature three double-figure scorers in Naz Hillm- March 9 #8 Maryland L, 73-72 on (13.4 ppg), Hallie Thome (12.0 ppg) and Nicole Munger (10.3 NCAA TOURNAMENT (Louisville, Ky.) ppg). U-M has six players averaging at least 7.3 points per contest. March 22 Kansas State W, 84-54 March 24 at Louisville TBA * Big Ten games POSSIBLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) # Gulf Coast Showcase - Estero, Fla. $ ACC/Big Ten Challenge # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING All times are site times 10 G Sr. Nicole Munger 10.3 3.1 .406 Reached 1,000 career points in last game Home games in BOLD CAPS 30 C Sr. Hallie Thome 12.0 6.0 .536 Scored in double figures 22 times 20 G So. Deja Church 8.8 4.0 .387 Had 12 points, 7 rebs and 7 assts last game 15 F So. Hailey Brown 8.0 4.0 .413 Second on the team with 37 three-pointers 1 G Fr. Amy Dilk 7.3 3.6 .392 Leads U-M with 132 assists OFF THE BENCH on instagram ... # POS YR PLAYER PPG RPG FG% WORTH NOTING @umichwbball 5 F Jr. Kayla Robbins 5.5 3.3 .428 13 points, five rebounds in last game 00 F Fr. Naz Hillmon 13.4 7.0 .633 Eight double-doubles on the season on facebook ... 14 G Jr. Akienreh Johnson 5.4 3.2 .426 Appeared in the last 30 games “MICHIGAN Women’s 21 F Sr. Samantha Trammel 0.7 0.7 .222 Made a free throw vs. Wisconsin (3/3) Basketball” 2 G So. Priscilla Smeenge 1.4 0.6 .258 Has one double figure scoring game 12 G Fr. Ariel Young 0.8 0.6 .333 Scored two points against Kanas State (3/22) 23 G Fr. Danielle Rauch 0.4 0.3 .231 Totaled 14 assists on the season on twitter ... 31 G/F Gr. Taylor Rooks 0.5 0.8 .231 Scored two points vs. Wisconsin (3/3) @umichwbball 33 F Fr. Emily Kiser 2.0 1.7 .440 Scored a point against Kansas State (3/22) 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 33 902-1997 .452 151-459 .329 432-618 .699 457-854 1311 39.7 566 8 508 15.4 538 115 243 2387 72.3 Louisville 33 963-2044 .471 263-724 .363 409-546 .749 390-835 1225 37.1 554 8 559 16.9 414 139 271 2598 78.7 2018-19 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 24 -- NCAA SECOND ROUND VS. LOUISVILLE 2018-19 WOLVERINES Naz Hillmon Amy Dilk Priscilla Smeenge Kayla Robbins Nicole Munger Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. So./So. Jr./Jr. Sr./Sr. 00 F 1 G 2 G 5 F/G 10 G Ariel Young Akienreh Johnson Hailey Brown Deja Church Samantha Trammel Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. So./So. So./So. Sr./Sr. 12 G 14 G 15 F 20 G 21 F Danielle Rauch Hallie Thome Taylor Rooks Emily Kiser Kim Barnes Arico Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. Gr./Gr. Fr./Fr. Head Coach 23 G 30 C 31 F 33 F HC No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School 00 Naz Hillmon F 6-2 Fr./Fr. Cleveland, Ohio/Gilmour Academy Roster Breakdown 1 Amy Dilk G 6-0 Fr./Fr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel 2 Priscilla Smeenge G 6-0 So./So. Jacksonville, Fla./Celebration By Class Seniors (4): Munger, Thome, Trammel, 5 Kayla Robbins G/F 6-1 Jr./Jr. Mitchellville, Md./St. John Academy Rooks (graduate student) 10 Nicole Munger G 5-11 Sr./Sr. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West Juniors (2): Johnson, Robbins 12 Ariel Young G 6-0 Fr./Fr. Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln Sophomores (3): Brown, Church, 14 Akienreh Johnson G 6-0 Jr./Jr. Toledo, Ohio/Rogers Smeenge 15 Hailey Brown F 6-1 So./So. Hamilton, Ont./The RISE Centre Academy Freshmen (5): Dilk, Hillmon, Kiser, 20 Deja Church G 5-10 So./So. Southfield, Mich./Southfield A&T Rauch, Young 21 Samantha Trammel F 6-0 Sr./Sr. Minnetonka, Minn./Eastview 23 Danielle Rauch G 5-8 Fr./Fr. Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden 30 Hallie Thome F/C 6-5 Sr./Sr. Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls 31 Taylor Rooks F/G 6-0 Gr./Gr. Bridgewater, N.J./Gill St. Bernard’s School (Harvard) 33 Emily Kiser F 6-3 Fr./Fr. Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (7th season) Associate Head Coach: Melanie Moore Assistant Coaches: Yvonne Sanchez, Wesley Brooks Pronunciation Kim Barnes Arico -- a-REE-co Director of Basketball Operations: Amy Mulligan Hallie Thome -- THOAM Director of Player Personnel: Alice De Fazio Akienreh Johnson -- Uh-KEN-ray Video Coordinator: Dan Dardarian Priscilla Smeenge -- SMEEN-gee (hard g) Graduate Assistant: Jenny Ryan Naz Hillmon - NAHZ Athletic Trainer: Melissa Pohorence Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jamie Preiss PAGE 2 2018-19 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 24 -- NCAA SECOND ROUND VS. LOUISVILLE 2018-19 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MARCH 24 -- NCAA SECOND ROUND VS. LOUISVILLE PLAYER & TEAM NOTES THE NATIONAL POLLS Last Time Out KBA in the NCAA Tournament AP Poll The No. 8-seeded University of Michigan women’s Head coach Kim Barnes Arico is making her seventh Rank, Team Record Points Pr. basketball team received a big lift from its bench and appearance in the NCAA Tournament, with the first 1 Baylor (28) 31-1 700 1 used multiple double-digit runs to score an 84-54 win four berths coming at St. John’s. Barnes Arico is 8-6 2 Connecticut 31-2 665 2 over No. 9 seed Kansas State in NCAA Tournament in the NCAA Tournament, with her teams winning 3 Notre Dame 30-3 648 3 first-round action Friday (March 22) at the KFC Yum! at least one game in all seven of her appearances. 4 Mississippi State 30-2 614 4 Center. The Wolverines built a 43-28 halftime lead and She is 3-2 as the Michigan head coach in the NCAA 5 Louisville 29-3 579 5 maintained a comfortable advantage throughout the Tournament after Friday’s (March 22) win. U-M has 6 Stanford 28-4 568 6 second half to advance to the second round for the sec- also knocked off No.