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TABLE OF OF TABLE CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS About the American................................................. 2-3 Commissioner Mike Aresco.................................... 4-5 Conference Staff.................................................... 6-10 Conference Headquarters.........................................10 American Athletic Conference Notebook............ 11-12 2015-16 Composite Schedule................................ 13-16 The American on Television........................................17 The American Digital Network....................................18 American Athletic Conference Championship....19-20
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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFF Commissioner...........................................................................................................................Michael L. Aresco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration)................................................................. Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content)............................. Thomas R. Odjakjian Associate Commissioner (Football) .......................................................................................... Scott A. Draper Associate Commissioner (Governance & Compliance) ...........................................................Ellen M. Ferris Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball)................................................................Barbara M. Jacobs Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball)............................................................................... Dan Leibovitz Chief Financial Officer.......................................................................................................................Stacy Martin
TEAMS UCF Knights......................................................... 22-25 Schedule & Roster............................................... 22 News & Quick Facts............................................. 23 Head Coach.......................................................... 24 2014-15 Statistics & Player Highlight................. 25 Cincinnati Bearcats.............................................. 26-29 UConn Huskies..................................................... 30-33 East Carolina Pirates............................................ 34-37 Houston Cougars................................................. 38-41 Memphis Tigers................................................... 42-45 USF Bulls.............................................................. 46-49 SMU Mustangs.................................................... 50-53 Temple Owls......................................................... 54-57 Tulane Green Wave.............................................. 58-61 Tulsa Golden Hurricane....................................... 62-65
Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports)......................................................................... James A. Siedliski
RECORDS
Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) ................................................................................Mark A. Hodgkin
Individual Records............................................... 67-75 Team Records....................................................... 76-81
Assistant Commissioner (Communications).............................................................................Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration)....................................... Robert A. Weygand, Jr.
HISTORY
Senior Director of Compliance....................................................................................................Andrea Dahley
NCAA Appearances............................................. 82-85 WNIT Championships.............................................. 86 WNBA Players........................................................... 87 Olympics and National Teams................................. 88
Director of Football & Video Administration...........................................................................Michael A. Costa Director of Business Affairs........................................................................................................ Karen M. Giblin Director of Communications........................................................................................Chevonne M. Mansfield Assistant Director of Sport Administration & Championships............................................ Patrick B. Colbert
Media Relations Directory.......................................IBC
Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling.......................................................................... Michael A. Coyne
CREDITS
Assistant to the Commissioner................................................................................................Lisa S. Zanecchia
Editors Gary Robinson, Chuck Sullivan
Executive Assistant for Administration.......................................................................................Lois A. DeBlois Branding and Sport Administration Coordinator.................................................... Catherine W. Carmignani Digital Communications Coordinator........................................................................................ Jamie L. Corun Multimedia Coordinator and Reporter......................................................................................... Hali Oughton Administrative Assistant for Officiating....................................................................................Wanda L. Factor Administrative Assistant................................................................................................................Linda M. Yates Receptionist...........................................................................................................................Kathy M. Kirkpatrick Administrative Fellow......................................................................................................................... Kauri Black Communications Assistant.........................................................................................................Kristina Ritacco Communications Assistant..........................................................................................................Gary Robinson Compliance Assistant.......................................................................................................................Kevin Gomer Digital Network Assistant.......................................................................................................Nicholas Aconfora Coordinator of Football Officiating.............................................................................................. Terry McAulay Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating...................................................................................Curtis Shaw Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating..................................................................Debbie Williamson
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Editorial Assistance Chevonne Mansfield, Kristina Rittaco Printing Charles Guillette - Colonial Lithograph, Inc., Attleboro, Mass. Photography Ben Solomon, Associated Press and member school communications offices. Cover photo by Ben Solomon. Special Thanks The American Athletic Conference would like to thank the athletics communications departments of its member schools for their valuable assistance and cooperation in producing this publication
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ABOUT THE AMERICAN The American Athletic Conference In the course of its first two seasons, the American Athletic Conference has taken a place at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics, earning a collection of national team and individual championships and football postseason wins that place The American among the elite Division I conferences. The American consists of 12 prestigious institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in and out of the competitive arena. The league has produced three NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014 and 2015 – and two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was the 2015 national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to the College World Series, the semifinal and final rounds of the NIT and the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Half of the conference’s baseball-playing members reached the NCAA Championship in 2015, while The American had the best men’s basketball postseason record of any conference in 2014, when conference teams were a combined 13-4. Teams from The American have registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf. The American is quickly making its mark in professional sports as well, beginning with the selection of UCF quarterback Blake Bortles by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. More recently, a number of American Athletic
Conference athletes have been selected in the first round of the professional entry drafts in football, basketball, baseball and soccer. UConn’s Cyle Larin was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Soccer SuperDraft as he was chosen by Orlando City SC. UCF’s Romario Williams was taken by the Montreal Impact at No. 3, giving The American two of the top three picks in the draft. UConn’s Sergio Campbell went at No. 19 to the Columbus Crew as the third pick from the conference in the first round. In the 2015 NFL Draft, UCF’s Breshad Perriman and UConn’s Byron Jones were selected consecutively in the first round – Perriman to the Baltimore Ravens at No. 26 overall and Jones to the Dallas Cowboys at No. 27. It was the second straight year in which The American had at least two first-round selections. UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was selected by the Seattle Storm with the No. 3 pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft, while UConn’s Kiah Stokes went 11th overall to the New York Liberty. Cincinnati outfielder Ian Happ, the 2015 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, was chosen by the Chicago Cubs with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. In football, two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll, while Memphis finished the season in the top 25 of the 2014 polls as Tigers tied UCF and Cincinnati for the conference title. Six of the 12 teams that compete in The American in 2015 played in bowl games to cap the 2014 season as Memphis, Houston and Navy earned postseason victories. Teams in The American have enjoyed almost unprecedented success since the conference’s formation. Memphis finished with 10 wins in football for the first time since 1938. SMU advanced to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the first time since 1993. UCF and Houston have both achieved top-10 rankings in baseball in the past two years. USF finished the 2014-15 season at No. 8 in the final men’s golf national ranking.The UConn women’s basketball team won its NCAA-record ninth and 10th national championships as a member of The American. The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which give the conference outstanding national exposure on
2014-15 American Athletic Conference Champions Sport........................................................................Regular-Season...................................................Postseason Women’s Cross Country................................................................................................................................. Tulsa Men’s Cross Country....................................................................................................................................... Tulsa Women’s Soccer..................................................UCF..................................................................................UConn Men’s Soccer........................................................UConn............................................................................... Tulsa Football...................................................................UCF, Cincinnati, Memphis Women’s Volleyball..............................................UCF Men’s Swimming & Diving............................................................................................................... East Carolina Women’s Swimming & Diving........................................................................................................................SMU Men’s Indoor Track & Field......................................................................................................................Houston Women’s Indoor Track & Field....................................................................................................................UConn Men’s Basketball..................................................SMU...................................................................................SMU Women’s Basketball............................................UConn.............................................................................UConn Men’s Tennis.......................................................................................................................................................USF Women’s Tennis.............................................................................................................................................. Tulsa Women’s Golf......................................................................................................................................................UCF Men’s Golf............................................................................................................................................................USF Men’s Outdoor Track & Field.......................................................................................................................UConn Women’s Outdoor Track & Field....................................................................................................................SMU Softball....................................................................UCF.......................................................................................UCF Women’s Rowing................................................................................................................................................UCF Baseball..................................................................Houston.............................................................. East Carolina
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the two industry leaders in sports television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played Dec. 5, 2015, will be carried on either ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday. In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the championship game, which will be on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3, while the conference has a multiyear agreement with CBS Sports Network for coverage of select baseball games. American Athletic Conference teams have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams in the CFP selection committee’s final ranking. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Vizio Fiesta Bowl or the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. Additionally, The American holds primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the current six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans. The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minute from T.F. Green Airport – gives the conference easy access to its memberschools. The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.
National Honors NCAA Team Championships (3) UConn Men’s Basketball - 2014 UConn Women’s Basketball - 2014, 2015 NCAA Individual Championships (3) Joao DeLucca, Louisville Men’s Swimming & Diving 100-yard freestyle - 2014 200-yard freestyle - 2014 Bryson DeChambeau SMU Men’s Golf- 2015 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (2) Sam Bombaugh, Louisville Indoor Track & Field - 2014 Emily Juhl, Louisville Women’s Volleyball - 2014
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ABOUT THE AMERICAN The American Athletic Conference
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Championship Schedule Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Oct. 31, 2015 Overton’s Lake Kristi Grimesland, N.C.
Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Feb. 28-29, 2016 Birmingham Crossplex Birmingham, Ala.
Women’s Golf April 17-19, 2016 Hammock Beach Golf & Spa Resort Palm Coast, Fla.
Women’s Soccer Quarterfinals, Semifinals & Final Nov. 3-8, 2015 Westcott Field Dallas, Texas
Women’s Basketball March 4-7, 2016 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Conn.
Men’s Golf May 1-3, 2016 Black Diamond Ranch, The Quarry Course Lecanto, Fla.
Men’s Basketball March 10-13, 2016 Amway Center Orlando, Fla.
Softball May 12-14, 2016 Tulsa Softball Complex Tulsa, Okla.
Women’s Tennis April 20-23, 2016 Memphis University School/ The Racquet Club of Memphis Memphis, Tenn.
Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field May 12-15, 2016 UCF Soccer & Track Complex Orlando, Fla.
Men’s Soccer Quarterfinals: Nov. 7, 2015 (campus sites) Semifinals & Final Nov. 13-15, 2015 Corbett Soccer Stadium Tampa, Fla. Football Dec. 5, 2015 (Campus Site) Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Feb. 17-20, 2016 Campus Recreation & Wellness Center (CRWC) Natatorium Houston, Texas
Men’s Tennis April 21-24, 2016 Memphis University School/ The Racquet Club of Memphis Memphis, Tenn.
Women’s Rowing May 15, 2016 Sacramento State Aquatic Center Sacramento, Calif. Baseball May 24-29, 2016 Bright House Field Clearwater, Fla.
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MICHAEL L. ARESCO Commissioner, American Athletic Conference Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the leading figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Athletic Conference.
BYU, in the bowl season as The American earned wins in the Miami Beach Bowl and Armed Forces Bowl.
Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation.
Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the announcement of a conference football championship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s successful staging of its own postseason bowl game, the Miami Beach Bowl, in 2014.
The American’s inaugural year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press poll. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball as American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball. The league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship game of the NIT. The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four and the College World Series in 2013-14. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf. The conference’s momentum continued in 2014-15 as Memphis, UCF and Cincinnati won the league title in football, while Memphis finished the season ranked No. 25 in the final national polls, giving The American at least one team in the final top 25 for the second time in as many years. Teams from the conference faced opponents from the SEC and ACC, along with
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In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference. He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the conference’s popular graphic identity. He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new
conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching The American Digital Network; successful site negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball championships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign. Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports marketing, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that is owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-its-kind venture. Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system that will determine the national champion, beginning in 2014. Aresco was instrumental in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the champions of five conferences.
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MICHAEL L. ARESCO Commissioner, American Athletic Conference Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 members of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees. In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests. Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the board of managers for both College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. He is also a member of the FBS commissioners’ media subcommittee. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia University/New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network. Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA governance redesign efforts and a strong and articulate spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the collegiate model. Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, day-to-day operations, contract negotiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives.
Aresco was the creator and executive producer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS Sports Network. In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including College Football Association, Big Ten, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various professional sports events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before moving to the programming department. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.). He practiced law privately in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years. Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association and was elected to the Middletown (Connecticut) Sports Hall of Fame in January of 2015. Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons: Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who lives in Connecticut with his wife, Elizabeth; and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.
Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship rights through 2024. He managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumental in the CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking bundled rights agreement with the NCAA, which granted CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category. Aresco also played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including March Madness On Demand, a highly successful streaming platform. In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous basketball agreements with major conferences and negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries.
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CONFERENCE STAFF The American Athletic Conference Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) Donna DeMarco has been part of the conference staff since 1988 and has been Senior Associate Commissioner for Administration since 2009. DeMarco serves as The American’s chief operating officer, overseeing the organizational aspects of the conference, including management of the conference staff. As the conference’s primary administrator, she ensures that direct lines of communication exist between the conference office and the 12 member institutions. Additionally, DeMarco assists with overall administration and management of conference matters pertaining to service, governance and facilitation. DeMarco has further oversight of the fiscal, legal and business affairs of The American and is the conference’s liaison with institutional personnel in those areas. She supervises the approval of the conference’s annual operating budget, ensures appropriate legal contract review and manages the league’s human resource operation. Before taking on her current role, DeMarco had been Associate Commissioner for Women’s Basketball from 2006-09, during which time she was the primary administrator for one of the conference’s most successful and high-profile sports. DeMarco was the conference’s Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration from 1996-2006, overseeing all operational and governance matters for 23 conference sports. She began her career as an administrative assistant for Public Relations & Championships in 1988 before being promoted to Director of Championship Operations and subsequently Assistant Commissioner for Championships. DeMarco completed a term on the NCAA Division I Administration Cabinet — which is responsible for addressing governance issues, the Divsion I membership process and all committee selections — in July of 2015. She was a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Committee from 1999-2003 and served as the committee chair from 2000-03. DeMarco is a 1987 graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism.
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Tom Odjakjian Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) Tom Odjakjian, who serves as the Senior Associate Commissioner for Broadcasting and Digital Content, is a longtime veteran of the conference’s senior staff, having joined the office from ESPN in 1995 as Associate Commissioner. Odjakjian has oversight of all external conference content, including its digital content, and is The American’s primary liaison with the league’s television partners, managing those relationships on a daily basis. Odjakjian has been the conference’s primary point person for a number of significant television agreements, including The American’s current partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports that have given member institutions unprecedented exposure. Under the conference’s current agreement, all conference-controlled football and men’s basketball games will be televised, with nearly 90 percent of the football games and more than 90 percent of the men’s basketball games available on either national broadcast or national cable platforms. Odjakjian also has direct involvement in the assembly of The American’s annual schedules in football and men’s and women’s basketball, in order to fulfill the network’s contractual obligations and maximize exposure for the conference while balancing institutional schedules. Odjakjian served in various executive roles at ESPN from 1981-94, including as the director of college sports. He was responsible for negotiation, acquisition, scheduling and budget supervision for the network’s collegiate sports programming. Odjakjian was the architect behind the creation of ESPN’s basketball Championship Week and football Bowl Week and had a hand in the network’s NFL, NBA, NHL and Olympic sports programming. Prior to joining ESPN, Odjakjian also served as Associate Commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and Assistant Sports Information Director at Princeton University. While at ESPN, in 1994, he was named as The Most Influential Person in College Sports by College Sports Magazine and was tabbed as one of the four most influential people in college basketball by Sporting News in 1990. Odjakjian is a 1976 graduate of Lafayette with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business. He played football and baseball as an undergraduate and was the recipient of George Wharton Pepper Prize, Lafayette’s most prestigious honor.
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CONFERENCE STAFF The American Athletic Conference Barbara Jacobs Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball)
Scott Draper Associate Commissioner (Football)
Barbara Jacobs, who has worked with the conference since 1995, was promoted to her current position of Associate Commissioner for Women’s Basketball in July of 2014. Jacobs oversees all aspects of The American’s women’s basketball operations, including television, scheduling, branding and messaging, and management of the conference championship. Jacobs was the Secretary/Rules Editor for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee from 1998-2006 and was the tournament manager for the 2004 NCAA East Regional. She was named Vice President of the CCA Coordinators of Officials from 1997-99 and was President from 1999-2001. Jacobs was head coach at Syracuse from 1978-93, helping the Orange to the 1985 Big East title. She was named Big East Coach of the Year in 1988. Jacobs was the head coach at Hartwick prior to leading the Syracuse program. During her eight-year tenure at Hartwick, she was also the head field hockey coach, head men’s tennis coach, coordinator of women’s athletics and a tenured professor of physical education. Jacobs was inducted into the Syracuse Orange Plus Hall of Fame in 1990 and to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Jacobs holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse and a master’s degree in education from SUNY Cortland.1998.
Scott Draper joined the American Athletic Conference staff in April 2014 as Associate Commissioner for Football. Draper is the conference’s primary football administrator and contact for all football initiatives and programs, including scheduling, officiating, operations and bowl relationships. As the conference’s liaison with administrators and coaches from each member institution, Draper works with the commissioner on football budgets and special projects and also provides oversight of the Miami Beach Bowl, and The American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which begins in 2015. Draper joins The American after most recently serving as Associate Director of Athletics and Director of Development for Athletics at Albion College, a position he held since 2011. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations at the University of Michigan, where he was a key staff member of teams that won four Big Ten Football championships, four Rose Bowls, played in 12 bowl games and won the 1997 National Championship. In his role, he supervised football sport administration, strength and conditioning, equipment operations, and athletic training operations. He also served as sport administrator and liaison to admissions, academic services, compliance and eligibility, and dining and housing. Previously, he was a Football Offensive Graduate Assistant (1995-97) and Assistant Video Coordinator (1992-95) at the University of Michigan. Draper holds a bachelor’s degree in general studies from Eastern Michigan University (1994). He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Madonna University in 2012.
Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) Dan Leibovitz joined the American Athletic Conference staff as Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball in May of 2014. Leibovitz is The American’s primary men’s basketball administrator and contact for all basketball initiatives and programs, including scheduling, officiating, operations and NCAA basketball relationships. As the commissioner’s liaison to the conference’s 11 men’s basketball programs, he works closely with coaches and administrators from each of The American’s institutions. He also supervises the annual men’s basketball championship. Leibovitz most recently served as Assistant Coach for Player Development for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. His extensive college coaching resume includes serving as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 2010-12 and head coach at the University of Hartford from 2006-2010, where he was the fourth-youngest coach in Division I when he was hired. At Hartford, he led the Hawks to the school’s best single-season win total and the team’s only appearance in the America East Championship Game. Leibovitz began his coaching career at Temple University, where he worked from 1996-2006 under Naismith Hall of Fame head coach John Chaney. During Leibovitz’s time with the Owls, Temple made five NCAA tournament appearances and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight twice. Leibovitz earned a bachelor of arts degree from Penn in 1996 and earned a master’s degree in sport and recreation administration from Temple in 1998.
Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Governance and Compliance) Ellen Ferris joined the American Athletic Conference staff in October of 2013 as Associate Commissioner for Governance and Compliance. Ferris’ responsibilities include coordination and administration of the conference’s day-to-day compliance services with member institutions, including interpretative support and rules education. Before joining the conference staff, Ferris served as Associate Vice President for Athletic Compliance at the University of Southern California. She also served four years at the NCAA and was the Assistant Commissioner for Compliance Services at the Big Sky Conference for three years. Ferris sits on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Athletic Compliance and has been a member of the NAAC Reasonable Standards Committee, the NCAA Division I Legislative Review and Interpretations Committee, the Division I Management Council and the Division I Men’s Tennis Committee Ferris holds an undergraduate degree in education from Texas State University-San Marcos and a master’s degree in sport management from the United States Sports Academy. She holds a juris doctor degree from Southern Methodist University.
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CONFERENCE STAFF The American Athletic Conference James Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships)
Stacy Martin Chief Financial Officer
James Siedliski was promoted to his current position of Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration & Championships in 2006. Siedliski oversees management and operations of the conference’s 18 Olympic sport programs, including scheduling, officiating, policy-making and oversight of postseason championships. He additionally serves as tournament manager for The American’s annual men’s basketball championship and is the conference’s liaison with member institutions with all matters pertaining to Olympic sport administration. In addition to his duties with the conference, Siedliski was a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee for three years, and chaired the committee in 2013. Siedliski came to the conference in 1998 as Director of Sport Administration and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner for Sport Administration in 2000 before assuming his current role on the conference’s senior staff. Before joining the conference, Siedliski had been Executive Director of the New Jersey Association of USA Track & Field. Siedliski is a 1989 graduate of Rutgers University.
Stacy Martin joined the American Athletic Conference as Chief Financial Officer in May of 2015. Before joining The American, Martin had been Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director for Finance and Administration at the University of Memphis since 2012 Before joining the staff at Memphis, Martin served as Assistant Athletic Director for Business at Kansas State. She served for eight years at her alma mater, San Jose State University, as Senior Associate Athletic Director and COO. She is a recent Past-President and five-year Executive Committee member of the Collegiate Athletic Business Management Association, has partnered with the NCAA on the development of a Global Business Travel Association workshop for athletic business officers, and was the tournament manager of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball South Regional. Martin holds an undergraduate degree, cum laude, in business administration, with a concentration in corporate financial management, and an MBA in finance, both from San Jose State University. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Global Business Travel Association Sports Committee and has participated in the Sports Management Institute’s Executive Education Program
Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Communications)
Mark Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media)
Robert Weygand Jr. Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships)
Chuck Sullivan joined the conference as Director of Communications in August 2007 and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in 2014. Sullivan manages the day-to-day communications operations for The American’s 21 Division I sports and serves as the primary external relations contact for football. Sullivan has served on the media coordination staff for the College Football Playoff, the BCS National Championship and the NCAA Final Four. Before coming to the conference, Sullivan served as Director of Athletic Communications at Harvard from 2003-07, where he managed the communications efforts for the nation’s largest intercollegiate athletics program. He also served as Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications at Bryant from 1999-2003. He was the Sports Information Director at UMass Boston from 1995-99. Sullivan is a 1993 graduate of Boston University.
Mark Hodgkin joined the conference staff in 2009 as Director of Internet Services. He was named Senior Director of Digital Media in 2013 and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in 2014. Hodgkin is responsible for the conference’s digital media efforts, including the official website, social media platforms and online marketing as well as management of The American Digital Network. Hodgkin came to the conference from Boston College, where he served as an Athletic Marketing and Media Relations Assistant. He also previously served as Director of Marketing at Bryant University. Hodgkin is a 2006 graduate of the University of Texas. He added a master’s degree from Bryant in 2008. Hodgkin is active with the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators, the Sports Video Group, and the Collegiate Athletics Internet/Digital Association.
Robert Weygand joined the conference staff in 2004 and serves as Assistant Commissioner of Sport Administration and Championships. Weygand serves as one of the primary administrators and contacts for several American Athletic Conference sports and is the lead office liaison for communication with member schools’ administrators, coaching staffs and game officials. He provides on-site management of select conference championships, oversees regular-season scheduling and is the conference’s liaison with the members’ sports medicine group. Weygand served as Director of Sport Administration since 2007 after spending three years as Assistant Director of Sport Administration. Weygand is a 2002 graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in sports medicine. He earned a master’s degree in education from Springfield College in 2004.
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CONFERENCE STAFF The American Athletic Conference Andrea Dahly
Patrick Colbert
Michael Costa
Senior Director of Compliance
Director of Sport Administration & Championships
Director of Football Administration
Joined Conference Staff: 2014
Joined Conference Staff: 2012
Joined Conference Staff: 2010
Chevonne Mansfield
Catherine Carmignani
Karen Giblin
Director of Business Affairs
Director of Communications
Joined Conference Staff: 2014
Joined Conference Staff: 2013
Assistant Director of Branding & Sport Administration
Joined Conference Staff: 2012
Michael Coyne
Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling
Lisa Zanecchia
Assistant to the Commissioner
Joined Conference Staff: 1982
Joined Conference Staff: 2012
Joined Conference Staff: 2006
Hali Oughton
Lois DeBlois
Multimedia Coordinator and Reporter
Executive Assistant for Administration
Joined Conference Staff: 2014
Joined Conference Staff: 1991
Kathy Kirkpatrick
Jamie Corun
Digital Communications Coordinator
Kauri Black
Wanda Factor
Administrative Assistant Joined Conference Staff: 1999
Alex Cluxton
Receptionist
Administrative Fellow
Digitsl Network Assistant
Joined Conference Staff: 1990
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Gary Robinson
Kristina Ritacco
Kevin Gomer
Communications Assistant
Communications Assistant
Compliance Assistant
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
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CONFERENCE STAFF The American Athletic Conference Debbie Williamson
Curtis Shaw
Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating
Coordinator Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium
Joined Conference Staff: 2013
Joined Conference Staff: 2013
Terry McAulay
Coordinator of Football Officiating Joined Conference Staff: 2008
American Athletic Conference Headquarters The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, Rhode Island. The location of the conference headquarters — situated just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green Airport — gives the conference easy access to its member schools and a direct connection to all of the major cities in the Northeast. The conference has been in its current location since 2010. The office is equipped with a complete video production studio, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to easily accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.
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NOTEBOOK
The American Athletic Conference Three-Peat UConn claimed its third consecutive, tenth overall, NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship in 2015. Great Company The Huskies’ tenth championship was also Coach Geno Auriemma’s tenth, tying only the legendary John Wooden for the most Division I basketball titles. Party of Six The American Athletic Conference had six teams qualify for postseason play last season – three in the NCAA Championship and three in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. USF made its 11th tournament appearance in 12 years while Tulane participated in the Big Dance for the first time since 2010. East Carolina, Temple and Tulsa all represented the conference in the WNIT. The Owls Coaching Milestones Five American women’s basketball coaches reached coaching milestones in the 2014-15 season:
• Geno Auriemma (UConn): 900th career win
• Lisa Stockton (Tulane): 500th career win
• Jose Fernandez (USF): 250th career win
• Heather Macy (East Carolina): 200th career win
• Matilda Mossman (Tulsa): 200th career win
Outstanding of UConn Breanna Stewart became the first woman ever to be named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player three times. Cleaning the Glass Alisia Jenkins of USF set the Bulls’ single-season rebounding record with 397 boards. She led The American in rebounding. Jenkins enters her senior season with 965 career rebounds, well on pace to shatter the USF career rebounding record of 1,077.
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The American Athletic Conference Five Receive AP All-America Accolades Moriah Jefferson (UConn), Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (UConn), Breanna Stewart (UConn), Morgan Tuck (UConn) and Courtney Williams (USF) each received AP laurels. Stewart was a unanimous selection to the All-America First Team while Jefferson and Mosqueda-Lewis each garnered Second Team honors. Tuck and Williams received Honorable Mention accolades. Repeat Performance Breanna Stewart was selected as the 2015 Naismith Trophy recipient for the second consecutive season. Can Do It All Courtney Williams of USF enters her senior campaign with 1,541 points, 645 rebounds and 231 assists. She is on pace to be the Bulls’ second 2,000-point scorer in program history and become the first USF player ever to post 2,000 points, 800 rebounds and 300 assists. Not a Bad Start During her freshman season, Alicia Froling set an SMU single-season blocks record (54) and became the first freshman since Janielle Dodds to lead the team in scoring. Froling averaged 11.5 points per game. Nancy Lieberman Award UConn guard Moriah Jefferson ,The American’s Most Improved Player of the Year, became the fourth Husky to receive the prestigious Nancy Lieberman Award in 2015. From Downtown East Carolina’s Jada Payne and UCF’s Zykira Lewis both set single-season 3-point records in 2014-15. Payne’s 80 3-point field goals made in 2014-15 broke her own single-season program record of 70 set just one year prior. Lewis sank 86 3-pointers to become the single-season record holder for the Knights.
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COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2015-16
Date/Game Friday, Nov. 13
Time (ET)
East Carolina vs UT Rio Grande Jacksonville at USF Houston at Charleston Florida at Temple UALR at Tulane Kansas State at Tulsa Jacksonville State at Memphis
3:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
TV
Sunday, Nov. 22 East Carolina at Delaware Temple at Rutgers Louisianna-Lafayette at Houston Georgetown at Memphis
2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 23 LSU at Tulane Kansas State at UConn Tulsa at Arkansas
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
Saturday, Nov. 14 Saint Francis (PA) at Cincinnati UCF at Nebraska-Omaha East Carolina vs Corpus Christi
Tuesday, Nov. 24
2 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m.
Temple at Quinnipiac UCF at South Alabama
Sunday, Nov. 15 Northwestern State at SMU Eastern Illinois at Memphis Drexel/Dartmouth at USF
Wednesday, Nov. 25 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m.
Butler at USF
Monday, Nov. 16 UConn at Ohio State
5:30 p.m.
ESPN2
Tuesday, Nov. 17 Jackson St. at Tulane Florida International at UCF Alcorn State at East Carolina Tulsa at St. Louis
7 p.m. 8 p.m. TBD
TBD 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 26 Cincinnati vs Baylor 2 p.m. Houston vs G. Washington 2:30 p.m. Tulane vs Rutgers 3:15 p.m. East Carolina vs Creighton 8:30 p.m. Houston vs Wright State Tulane vs Green Bay Cincinnati vs Michigan State East Carolina vs Eastern Washington Memphis at Arkansas-Little Rock Cal State Fullerton at SMU
Noon 1 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 28
Thursday, Nov. 19 USF at TBD Tulane at Florida State Long Beach State at Houston Memphis at Kansas
7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 18 Northern Kentucky at Cincinnati TCU at SMU Temple at La Salle
5 p.m. 7 p.m.
ESPN3
Nebraska at UConn Tulane vs Virginia Buffalo at UCF Houston vs Iowa Tulsa vs Drake Kansas/Northern Illinois at SMU East Carolina vs Northwestern
1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
Friday, Nov. 20 Presbyterian at East Carolina FAMU at UCF Oral Roberts at Tulsa
11:30 a.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov.21 Bowling Green at Cincinnati Arizona State at SMU
2 p.m. TBD
Sunday, Nov. 29 USF at St. John’s Butler/Clemson at UCF Saint Joseph’s at Temple Southern Illinois at Memphis Tulsa vs UNLV/George Mason
1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. TBD
Monday, Nov. 30 UConn at Chattanooga
6:30 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
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COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2015-16
Tuesday, Dec. 1 SMU at North Texas
Sunday, Dec 13 8 p.m.
Chattanooga at USF St. John’s at UCF Cincinnati at Xavier Tulsa at Arkansas-Little Rock
Wednesday, Dec. 2 Villanova at Temple UCF at Stetson Cincinnati at Detroit UConn at DePaul Grambling State at Tulsa Saint Louis at Memphis
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
Noon 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 15 FOX
Memphis at Central Michigan USF at Northern Colorado
Noon 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 16 Thursday, Dec. 3 Harvard at USF
Tulane at Mississippi
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 17 Saturday, Dec. 5 East Carolina at Auburn UCF at Akron Houston at Rice Notre Dame at UConn New Mexico at SMU
Houston at Texas A&M Corpus Christi 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 6 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18 ESPN
Sunday, Dec. 6 Penn State at USF Ohio State at Cincinnati George Washington at Memphis Indiana State at Tulsa Temple at Florida St. McNeese State at Tulane
CBSSN CBSSN
East Carolina at South Carolina Texas-Pan American at Houston Eastern Illinois at Cincinnati Tulsa at Northern Iowa Oklahoma State at USF SMU vs Gardner-Webb UNC Greensboro at Tulane
7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Temple
5:30 p.m.
UConn at Colgate Oklahoma at Tulsa
7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12 Temple at Fordham UNLV at Houston Memphis at Minnesota
Noon 1 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 3 p.m.
1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 6 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
Monday, Dec. 21
Friday, Dec. 11 6 p.m.
East Carolina vs Ohio Delaware State at Temple SMU vs Arizona Illinois at Memphis
Sunday, Dec. 20
Wednesday, Dec. 9
UConn at Florida State
5 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 19 1 or 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 7 Houston at Incarnate Word SMU at Texas A&M
Southern at Tulane Tennessee Martin at Cincinnati East Carolina vs Chattanooga
ESPN2
SMU vs Mississippi 1:15 p.m. LSU vs UConn 7 p.m. Cleveland State/Saint Louis vs Tulane TBD
SNY/ESPN3
Tuesday, Dec. 22 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
Oklahoma State at UCF
1 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 23 Cincinnati at Georgia
1 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 28 UConn vs Maryland
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ESPN2
Women’s Basketball
COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2015-16
Wednesday, Dec. 30
Thursday, Jan. 14
USF vs Mississippi State 4:30 p.m. SEC Network UCF vs Florida 7 p.m. SEC Network UConn at Cincinnati* 7 p.m. SNY/ESPN3 Memphis at Temple* 7 p.m. East Carolina at Tulsa* 8 p.m. ESPN3 Houston at Tulane* 8 p.m. American
Houston at East Carolina*
7 p.m.
American
2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.
American American
2 p.m.
ESPNU
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
Saturday, Jan. 16 UCF at Cincinnati* Tulane at Tulsa* Memphis at SMU* Temple at UConn*
CBSSN
Saturday, Jan. 2 USF at East Carolina* Temple at Houston* SMU at Tulsa* Cincinnati at UCF*
1 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
CBSSN
Sunday, Jan. 17 East Carolina at USF*
Wednesday, Jan. 20 Sunday, Jan. 3 Tulane at Memphis*
5 p.m.
ESPNU
Tuesday, Jan. 5 Houston at Memphis* UCF at USF* Tulane at East Carolina* Temple at SMU*
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
American
American
7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 23 7 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
American
Thursday, Jan. 7 Memphis at Cincinnati* SMU at USF* East Carolina at UCF*
ESPN3
Thursday, Jan. 21 Penn at Temple
Wednesday, Jan. 6 Tulsa at UConn*
UCF at UConn* Cincinnati at East Carolina* Tulane at SMU* Tulsa at Houston* USF at Memphis*
Houston at Temple* UConn at SMU* Memphis at Tulsa* East Carolina at Tulane*
2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
ESPN3 SNY/ESPN3
2 p.m.
ESPNU
8 p.m.
American
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3 American
American
Sunday, Jan. 24 USF at UCF*
Friday, Jan. 8 Tulsa at Temple* UConn at Houston*
5 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPNU ESPN2
2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m.
ESPN3 American
Sunday, Jan. 10 Cincinnati at Temple* Tulsa at Memphis* SMU at Houston* UConn at USF* UCF at Tulane*
Tuesday, Jan. 26 Temple at Tulane*
Wednesday, Jan. 27
ESPN/ESPN2
SMU at Cincinnati* Houston at USF* UConn at Tulsa* UCF at Memphis*
Saturday, Jan. 30 Wednesday, Jan. 13 UConn at Memphis* Temple at UCF* Cincinnati at Tulsa* USF at Tulane*
5 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3 ESPN3 American ESPN3
Memphis at UConn* Tulsa at UCF* Houston at Cincinnati* Temple at East Carolina*
Noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
2 p.m.
ESPNU
ESPN3
Sunday, Jan. 31 USF at SMU*
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COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2015-16
Wednesday, Feb. 3 SMU at Temple* Tulsa at East Carolina* Cincinnati at USF* UCF at Houston* UConn at Tulane*
Saturday, Feb. 20 Noon 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
American ESPN3
Tulsa at Tulane* Cincinnati at Houston* SMU at UCF* UConn at East Carolina*
1 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.
American
Noon
ESPNU
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
ESPN3
CBSSN
SNY/ESPN3
Sunday, Feb. 21 Saturday, Feb. 6 East Carolina at UConn* USF at Temple* Tulane at Houston* UCF at SMU* Cincinnati at Memphis*
Memphis at UCF* 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3 ESPN3 American ESPN3
Houston at UCF* Tulane at Temple*
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Tuesday, Feb. 9 UConn at South Carolina
Tuesday, Feb. 23
7 p.m.
ESPN2
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
American American
East Carolina at Cincinnati* SMU at UConn* USF at Tulsa*
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3 American
Tuesday, Feb. 9 Temple at Cincinnati* Tulane at USF* East Carolina at SMU*
Wednesday, Feb. 10 Memphis at UCF* Houston at Tulsa*
7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27 Tulane at UConn* Tulsa at Cincinnati* Houston at SMU* East Carolina at Memphis* Temple at USF*
1 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPN2
American ESPN3
Monday, Feb. 29 Friday, Feb. 12 USF at Cincinnati*
7 p.m.
American
Saturday, Feb. 13 USF at Tulsa* Memphis at East Carolina*
3 p.m. 5 p.m.
American ESPN3
ESPN3 * American Athletic Conference game All Times Eastern
Sunday, Feb. 14 UConn at Temple* SMU at Tulane*
USF at UConn* SMU at East Carolina* UCF at Temple* Memphis at Houston* Cincinnati at Tulane*
Noon 3 p.m.
ESPN2 American
9 p.m.
ESPN2
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3 American ESPN3
8 p.m.
American
Monday, Feb. 15 USF at Louisville
Wednesday, Feb. 17 Tulane at UCF* Cincinnati at UConn* East Carolina at Houston* Tulsa at SMU*
Thursday, Feb. 18 Temple at Memphis*
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TV/DIGITAL SCHEDULE 2015-16
Date Mon., Nov. 16
Game UConn at Ohio State
Time (ET) 5:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Date Sun., Dec. 6
Game Ohio State at Cincinnati
Time (ET) 1 p.m.
Jimmy V Classic (Storrs, Conn.)
Penn State at USF
3 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 5
Notre Dame at UConn
Sat., Jan. 2
USF at East Carolina
1 p.m.
Hall of Fame Classic (Uncasville, Conn.)
Sat., Jan. 16
Temple at UConn
6 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 11
Florida State vs. UConn
Sat., Feb. 20
UConn at East Carolina
6 p.m.
Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y.)
Mon., Dec. 28
Maryland vs. UConn
8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Sun., Jan. 3
Tulane at Memphis
5 p.m. (ESPNU)
Fri., Jan. 8
UConn at Houston
9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Sun., Jan. 10
UConn at USF
5 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Sun., Jan. 17
East Carolina at USF
2 p.m. (ESPNU)
Sun., Jan. 24
USF at UCF
2 p.m. (ESPNU)
Date Wed., Dec. 30
Game Houston at Tulane
Time (ET) 8 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 31
USF at SMU
2 p.m. (ESPNU)
Sat., Jan. 2
SMU at Tulsa
3 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 8
UConn at South Carolina
7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Tue., Jan., 5
Tulane at East Carolina
7 p.m.
Thu., Jan., 7
SMU at USF
7 p.m.
Sun., Jan., 10
Tulsa at Memphis
2 p.m.
Wed., Jan., 13
Cincinnati at Tulsa
8 p.m.
Thu., Jan., 14
Houston at East Carolina
7 p.m.
Sat., Jan., 16
UCF at Cincinnati
2 p.m.
Sat., Jan., 16
Tulane at Tulsa
2 p.m.
5:15 p.m. (ESPN)
6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Mon., Feb. 15
USF at Louisville
9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Sun., Feb. 21
Memphis at USF
Noon (ESPNU)
Mon., Feb. 29
USF at UConn
7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Date Sat., Nov. 28
Game Nebraska at UConn
Time (ET) 1 p.m.
Wed., Jan., 20
USF at Memphis
8 p.m.
Sat., Jan., 23
East Carolina at Tulane
3 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 30
UConn at Chattanooga
6:30 p.m.
Tue., Jan., 26
Temple at Tulane
8 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 9
UConn at Colgate
7 p.m.
Wed., Jan., 27
UCF at Memphis
8 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 30
UConn at Cincinnati
7 p.m.
Wed., Feb., 3
SMU at Temple
Noon
Wed., Jan. 13
UConn at Memphis
5 p.m.
Sat., Feb., 6
UCF at SMU
3 p.m.
Temple at UCF
7 p.m.
Tue., Feb., 9
Temple at Cincinnati
7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 20
Tulane at SMU
8 p.m.
Tue., Feb., 9
Tulane at USF
7 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 23
UConn at SMU
3 p.m.
Fri., Feb., 12
USF at Cincinnati
7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 30
Temple at East Carolina
2:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb., 14
SMU at Tulane
3 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 3
Tulsa at East Carolina
7 p.m.
Wed., Feb., 17
East Carolina at Houston
8 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 6
Cincinnati at Memphis
3 p.m.
Thu., Feb. 18
Temple at Memphis
8 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 13
Memphis at East Carolina
5 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 20
Tulsa at Tulane
2 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 17
Tulsa at SMU
8 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 24
USF at Tulsa
8 p.m.
Tue., Feb. 23
Houston at UCF
7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 27
East Carolina at Memphis
3 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 27
Temple at USF
7 p.m.
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AMERICAN DIGITAL NETWORK The American Athletic Conference
The most in-depth coverage of the 2015 American Athletic Conference season can be found on The American Digital Network, the over the-top streaming video platform of The American and its 12 member institutions. The American has extended its partnership with L2 Productions to provide video production services for more than 65 events annually on The American Digital Network through the 2018-19 academic year. The American and L2 Productions have collaborated on live video production of regular-season and championship events for the past two years. The American Digital Network produced 65 live events in 2014-15 and plans to showcase at least 80 for the 2015-16 season. All events are carried by professional-grade, multiple-camera productions which include accomplished play-by-play announcers and expert analysts.
Additionally, The American Digital Network will provide coverage of 25 regular-season women’s basketball games as well as select regular-season contests in soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball. The ADN will have full wraparound coverage of The American’s postseason championships in football and men’s and women’s basketball.
In addition to its coverage of regular-season and championship events, The American Digital Network is the home for ondemand previews and game highlights as well as “The Rise,” a weekly look at the conference that includes scores, highlights and feature As a result of the partnership, The American Digital Network stories. will provide complete live video coverage of The American’s postseason championships in cross country, swimming and All of The American Digital Network productions are available on desktop, tablet, mobile and Roku devices diving, indoor track and field,outdoor track and field, and at no charge. The ADN will include DVR functionality rowing. and immediate access to archived replays beginning in the 2015-16 season. The ADN will also provide coverage of any games of the conference’s women’s soccer, men’s soccer, softball and baseball championships that are not carried by one of the conference’s television partners.
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TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 2015-16
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TOURNAMENT SITE Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut The American Athletic Conference has awarded the 2016 American Women’s Basketball Championship to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Mohegan Sun Arena will serve host of The American’s women’s basketball championship for the third consecutive year. Home to the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun, the 10,000-seat arena has hosted championship boxing, college and professional men’s and women’s basketball, Davis Cup tennis, professional bull riding and professional bowling. The WNBA All-Star Game has been hosted by Mohegan Sun Arena four times. The championship includes all 11 teams. The tournament will begin on Friday, March 4 with matchups between the No. 9 and No. 8 seeds, No. 10 and No. 7 seeds and No. 11 and No. 6 seeds. The winners will advance to meet the first, second and third seeds, respectively, on Saturday, March 5. Also playing on Saturday will be the No. 5 and No. 4 seeds. The top five seeds in the championship will receive byes into Saturday’s quarterfinal round.
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TEAMS
UCF SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
14 at Nebraska-Omaha
3 p.m.
17 FIU
7 p.m.
20 Florida A&M
7 p.m.
24 at South Alabama
8 p.m.
UCF Thanksgiving Classic (Orlando, Fla.)
28 Buffalo
2:30 p.m.
29 Butler
2:30 p.m.
DECEMBER
2
at Stetson
5:30 p.m.
5
at Akron
1 p.m.
13 St. John’s
2 p.m.
22 Oklahoma State
1 p.m.
Aliyah GREGORY
American/SEC Challenge (Jacksonville, Fla.)
30 vs. Florida JANUARY
7 p.m.
SEC Network
2
Cincinnati *
2 p.m.
5
at USF *
7 p.m.
7
East Carolina *
7 p.m.
2015-16 ROSTER
5 p.m.
No. Name
13 Temple *
7 p.m.
ESPN3
4
16 at Cincinnati *
2 p.m.
American
10 at Tulane *
Pos.
Cl. Ht.
Hometown/Previous School
G
Fr. 5-5
Ottawa, Ont./SPIRE Academy (Ohio)
11 Thigpen, Kayla
G
Fr. 5-8
West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Lakes
F
Fr. 6-0
Orlando, Fla./Edgewater
Polacek, Ashley
20 at UConn *
7 p.m.
ESPN3
12 Shuler, Nyala
24 USF *
2 p.m.
ESPNU
13 Thomas, Kayla
C
Fr. 6-5
Philadelphia, Pa./Mastery Charter
American
14 Juarbe, Erica
G
Sr. 5-9
Brooklyn, N.Y./Lincoln
27 at Memphis *
8 p.m.
30 Tulsa *
1 p.m.
FEBRUARY
3
at Houston *
8 p.m.
6
at SMU *
3 p.m.
American
21 Reasor, Makenzi
F
Jr. 6-2
Fortville, Ind/Mount Vernon
22 Gregory, Aliyah
G
So. 5-10
Tampa, Fla./Strawberry Crest
23 Lewis, Zykira
G
Jr. 5-8
Bartow, Fla./Bartow
24 Ndour, Fifi
F
So. 6-1
Dakar, Senegal/Montverde Academy
25 Omokore, Tolulope
F
Fr. 5-11
Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt
32 Massey, Joslyn
F
Jr. 6-0
Detroit, Mich. /John Glenn
33 Paul, Jamesha
G
Fr. 5-8
Pompano Beach, Fla./Dillard
10 Memphis *
7 p.m.
13 at Tulsa *
3 p.m.
17 Tulane *
7 p.m.
20 SMU *
2 p.m.
23 Houston *
7 p.m.
ESPN3
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Ken Griffin
29 at Temple *
7 p.m.
American
ASSISTANT COACHES: Tamisha Augustin, Joe Silvestri
HEAD COACH: Joi Williams
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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Women’s Basketball
BRAD STRICKLIN Interim Director of Athletics
Joi Williams Head Coach
Jenna Marina Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES UCF’s tandem of Zykira Lewis and Aliyah Gregory are ready to lead the backcourt once again. The pair combined for 48 percent of the Knights’ offensive production last year, combining for 912 points. Gregory obtained a wealth of experience in her first season as one of the American’s top five leading rookie scorers while averaging 30.3 minutes per game.
Joslyn Massey will be able to suit up after sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules. She clocked time in 23 games for Purdue, including an appearance in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Makenzie Reasor (ACL) and Nyala Shuler (Lisfranc - foot) are expected to be back to form after suffering season-ending injuries in UCF’s seventh game of the 2014-15 season.
Three of UCF’s incoming freshmen helped guide their respective high school teams to state championships in 2015. Kayla Thigpen became a two-time Sun Sentinel Player of the Year after helping Palm Beach Lakes to its first state title in program history in March. Tolulope Omokore helped Eleanor Roosevelt (Va.) clinch back-toback state championships while Jamesha Paul led Dillard High School (Fort Lauderdale) to its ninth state championship. The Knights are also bringing in Kayla Thomas (Pa.) -- the first Mastery Charter student to sign with a Division I School on a full scholarship -- and Ashley Polacek, who won gold with Ontario’s U17 team at the 2012 National Championship.
Of the 12 student-athletes on UCF’s roster, eight are underclassmen. Nyala Shuler, Fifi Ndour and Gregory -- all rookies a year ago -- accounted for nearly a third of the team’s minutes played last season. Moreover, Gregory and Ndour each started at least 20 games in 2014-15. UCF’s lone senior, Erica Juarbe, started in 10 of 29 games played, averaging 1.4 points and 4.0 rebounds in 17.2 minutes per game last year.
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location............................................................... Orlando, Fla. Founded..............................................................................1963 Enrollment.......................................................................60,810 Nickname..................................................................... Knights Colors...............................................................Black and Gold President............................................... ......... Dr. John C. Hitt Interim Director of Athletics......................... Brad Stricklin Senior Woman Administrator.........................Brandi Stuart Women’s Basketball Office Phone.............. (407) 823-6266 Associate Head Coach.........................................Ken Griffin Assistant Coaches.......... Tamisha Augustin, Joe Silverstri
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................... 9-21 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish..........................5-13/8th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................4/6 Newcomers........................................................................Five Wome’s Basketball Contact..........................Jenna Marina Phone................................................................ (407) 823-2464 E-mail.......................................... jmarina@athletics.ucf.edu Website....................................................... UCFKnights.com Twitter.................................................................. @UCF_WBB
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UCF Joi Williams 9th Year at UCF Career Record (12 years).......... 161-201 (.444) UCF Record (8 years)................. 107-140 (.433) NCAA Record (2 appearances)....... 0-2 (.000) WNIT Record (1 appearance).......... 0-1 (.000) Conference Tournament .............. 14-10 (.583) (11 appearances) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, University of South Florida (1988)
Personal - Born and raised in Jacksonville, Fla.; played at the collegiate level at the University of South Florida from 19984-88; four-year starting point guard and currently ranks among USF’s career assist leaders Coaching File - Head coach, Murray State (2003-07); Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Clemson (2002-03); Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Florida (1990-2002)
WILLIAMS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL
OVERALL
NCAA POSTSEASON
WNIT POSTSEASON
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
2003-04 Murray State 13-15 2004-05 Murray State 9-19 2005-06 Murray State 11-17 2006-07 Murray State 21-10 0-1 2007-08 UCF 10-20 2008-09 UCF 17-17 0-1 2009-10 UCF 11-16 2010-11 UCF 22-11 0-1 2011-12 UCF 12-17 2012-13 UCF 16-18 2013-14 UCF 10-20 2014-15 UCF 5-13 CAREER (12 Years) 107-140 0-2 0-1 (.433) (.000) (.000)
0-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 (2nd) 0-1 4-0 (1st) 1-1 3-0 (1st) 0-1 3-1 (2nd) 0-1 0-1 14-10 (.583)
“We are very excited about this season. We have a competitive non-conference schedule that will challenge us and prepare us for play in the American Athletic Conference. We have a young and energetic team that has been working hard in the weight room and in the gym this off season. We are eager to get out on the floor and compete against some very good teams.” - Joi Williams, UCF
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Women’s Basketball
STATISTICS 2014-15 UCF Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 23 LEWIS, Zykira 30 29 1060 35.3 207 543 .381 86 252 .341 67 83 .807 17 82 99 3.3 52 0 59 80 13 55 567 18.9 22 GREGORY, Aliyah 30 28 909 30.3 140 361 .388 16 59 .271 49 71 .690 21 67 88 2.9 67 2 52 105 8 23 345 11.5 13 MONTGOMERY, Brittni 30 27 593 19.8 105 208 .505 0 0 .000 30 49 .612 87 122 209 7.0 101 2 22 50 26 23 240 8.0 21 REASOR, Makenzi 7 0 104 14.9 15 40 .375 0 3 .000 18 21 .857 8 13 21 3.0 20 0 3 8 2 5 48 6.9 12 SHULER, Nyala 7 5 177 25.3 16 55 .291 4 14 .286 9 12 .750 19 25 44 6.3 12 0 10 12 6 10 45 6.4 24 NDOUR, Fifi 30 20 620 20.7 75 211 .355 9 46 .196 27 45 .600 50 95 145 4.8 84 3 38 80 24 14 186 6.2 02 HINES, Andrea 30 21 1033 34.4 61 199 .307 15 54 .278 47 67 .701 30 89 119 4.0 48 1 130 88 4 34 184 6.1 11 GORDON, Yanique 21 3 336 16.0 43 87 .494 0 0 .000 29 55 .527 42 88 130 6.2 36 1 5 26 13 13 115 5.5 42 TAYLOR, Stephanie 25 6 412 16.5 25 54 .463 0 0 .000 14 22 .636 46 41 87 3.5 41 0 6 25 18 9 64 2.6 14 JUARBE, Erica 29 10 500 17.2 12 41 .293 0 1 .000 18 35 .514 52 63 115 4.0 74 2 35 46 11 17 42 1.4 04 JACKSON, Jordan 21 0 134 6.4 10 35 .286 3 10 .300 2 8 .250 9 25 34 1.6 16 0 13 8 1 5 25 1.2 10 BLAIR, Bryeasha 22 1 122 5.5 8 33 .242 2 10 .200 7 12 .583 4 10 14 0.6 14 1 8 19 0 3 25 1.1 TM TEAM 73 78 151 5.0 0 12 0 Total 30 717 1867 .384 135 449 .301 317 480 .660 458 798 1256 41.9 565 12 381 559 126 211 1886 62.9 Opponents 30 728 1818 .400 176 544 .324 435 642 .678 395 769 1164 38.8 510 - 402 475 108 269 2067 68.9
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT ZYKIRA LEWIS Jr. • G • 5-8 • Needs 55 POINTS to join UCF’s 1,000-point club (Will become 21st in school history) • UCF’s record holder for 3-POINTERS in a single season (86, 2014-15) • Lethal from long distance, ranking among the TOP 15 in the nation for 3-pointers per game a year ago (2.87)
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CINCINNATI SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
14 Saint Francis (Pa.)
2 p.m.
18 Northern Kentucky
7 p.m.
21 Bowling Green
2 p.m.
Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas)
26 vs. Baylor
2 p.m.
27 vs. Michigan State
5:45 p.m.
DECEMBER
2
at Detroit
7 p.m.
6
Ohio State
1 p.m.
13 at Xavier
5 p.m.
18 Tennessee-Martin
7 p.m.
20 Eastern Illinois
2 p.m.
23 at Georgia
1 p.m.
30 UConn *
7 p.m.
JANUARY
CBSSN
Alyesha LOVETT
ESPN3
2
at UCF *
2 p.m.
7
Memphis *
7 p.m.
2015-16 ROSTER
10 at Temple *
2 p.m.
ESPN3
13 at Tulsa *
8 p.m.
American
No. Name
Pos.
Cl. Ht.
Hometown/Previous School
16 UCF *
2 p.m.
American
2
Nikira Goings
G
Fr. 5-9
Marietta, Ga./Osborne
20 at East Carolina *
7 p.m.
3
Ana Owens
G
So. 5-6
Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North
27 SMU *
7 p.m.
12
Alyesha Lovett
G
Sr. 6-0
Newark, N.J./Malcolm X Shabazz
30 Houston *
2 p.m.
13
Brandey Tarver
G
Jr. 5-10 Chicago, Ill./Bogan Computer Technical
14
Trinity Hunter
F
So. 6-1
20
Maya Benham
G
Fr. 6-0
Douglasville, Ga./Osborne
21
Brianna Moore
F
Fr. 6-1
Locust Grove, Ga./Luella
22
Bianca Quisenberry
G
Jr. 5-8
Springfield, Ohio/Tecumseh
23
Jasmine Whitfield
G
Sr. 5-10 Crestwood, Ky./South Oldham
25
Chelsea Warren
F
Fr. 6-1
Red Oak, Texas/Red Oak
32
Shelbi Chandler
F
Sr. 6-3
Indianapolis, Ind./Pike
50
Shaqeia Stokes
F
Gs. 6-1
Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods/Saint Francis (Pa.)
FEBRUARY
3
at USF *
7 p.m.
6
at Memphis *
3 p.m.
ESPN3
9
Temple *
7 p.m.
American
12 USF *
7 p.m.
American
17 at UConn *
7 p.m.
ESPN3
20 at Houston *
2 p.m.
24 East Carolina *
7 p.m.
27 Tulsa *
1 p.m.
29 at Tulane *
8 p.m.
ESPN3
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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New Albany, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln
HEAD COACH: Jamelle Elliott ASSISTANT COACH: Tasha Brown ASSISTANT COACH: Katie Rokus ASSISTANT COACH: Aaron A. Swinson
Women’s Basketball
MIKE BOHN Director of Athletics
JAMELLE ELLIOTT Head Coach
DREW WEBER Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES The Bearcats enter the 2015-16 season deep at the guard position. Cincinnati will have its top-two returning scorers back in sophomore Ana Owens (11.7 ppg) and senior Jasmine Whitfield (9.9 ppg), as well as junior Bianca Quisenberry who started 23 games a year ago. The services of redshirt-senior guard Alyesha Lovett will be a welcomed addition after the veteran missed all of last season with an Achilles injury following averaging 10.2 points per contest in 2013-14.
points and 4.0 rebounds a contest as a senior. The Bearcats return 57 percent of their scoring and 46 percent of their rebounding from last year’s squad. A mix of steady veterans and dynamic underclassmen this season are reasons for plenty of optimism in the Queen City.
Cincinnati has a familiar connection amongst its incoming freshman guards. The duo of Nikira Goings and Maya Benham were teammates at Osborne High School in Marietta, Georgia where they led the Cardinals to a 27-3 overall record including a regional title and a No. 1 Georgia Class AAAAAA ranking in 2015. Also included amongst four newcomers for the Bearcats this season is graduate transfer and Cincinnati native Shaqeia Stokes. The forward comes home after spending four seasons at Saint Francis (Pa.) where she averaged 5.3
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location..........................................................Cincinnati, Ohio Founded..............................................................................1819 Enrollment.......................................................................44,096 Nickname.................................................................. Bearcats Colors................................................................Red and Black President.......................................................Dr. Santa J. Ono Director of Athletics............................................ Mike Bohn Senior Woman Administrator................. Maggie McKinley Women’s Basketball Office Phone.............. (513) 556-2255 Assistant Coaches... Tasha Brown, Katie Rokus, Aaron A. Swinson
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................... 8-23 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish..........................4-14/9th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................6/4 Newcomers......................................................................... Six Wome’s Basketball Contact........................... .Drew Weber Phone................................................................ (513) 556-5191 E-mail................................................andrew.weber@uc.edu Website................................................... GoBEARCATS.com Twitter................................................................@GoBearcats
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CINCINNATI Jamelle Elliott 7th Year at Cincinnati Career Record (6 years).............. 70-113 (.382) Cincinnati Record (6 years)....... 70-113 (.382) WNIT Record (1 appearance).......... 1-1 (.500) Conference Tournament ................. 2-5 (.286) (5 appearances)
Personal - Native of Washington, D.C.; attended H.D. Woodson High School (1989-92) l Played at UConn from 1993-1996 Coaching File - Assistant coach, UConn (1997-2009)
Education - Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, University of Connecticut (1996); M.A. in Sport Management, University of Connecticut (1997)
ELLIOTT’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL
OVERALL
NCAA POSTSEASON
WNIT POSTSEASON
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
2009-10 Cincinnati 12-18 2010-11 Cincinnati 9-20 2011-12 Cincinnati 16-16 1-1 2012-13 Cincinnati 12-18 2013-14 Cincinnati 13-18 2014-15 Cincinnati 8-23 CAREER (6 Years) 70-113 0-0 1-1 (.382) (.000) (.500)
1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 3-6 (.333)
“This year we have a solid core group of upperclassmen who display strong leadership and work ethic qualities. The return of senior guard Alyesha Lovett along with our most experienced returners, senior guard Jasmine Whitfield and sophomore point guard Ana Owens, provide us with a steady backcourt and lots of game experience. There are also great opportunities for our talented and capable underclassmen to play a significant and valuable role for us this year. The energy surrounding this team feels really good and we are all looking forward to what is in store for our team this season“ - Jamelle Elliott, Cincinnati
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Women’s Basketball
STATISTICS 2014-15 Cincinnati Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 03 OWENS, Ana 31 31 1160 37.4 120 371 .323 57 155 .368 66 90 .733 19 117 136 4.4 63 0 76 120 3 30 363 11.7 35 HILL, Marley 30 28 979 32.6 141 351 .402 0 9 .000 61 99 .616 70 180 250 8.3 61 0 23 81 32 10 343 11.4 23 WHITFIELD, Jasmine 31 31 1016 32.8 95 292 .325 37 145 .255 80 100 .800 36 93 129 4.2 82 3 55 94 4 30 307 9.9 05 CANN, Makenzie 31 1 710 22.9 66 191 .346 51 139 .367 33 39 .846 8 50 58 1.9 36 0 37 21 5 11 216 7.0 25 JAMISON, Chelsea 31 31 856 27.6 66 172 .384 2 9 .222 33 47 .702 68 108 176 5.7 79 3 32 79 10 21 167 5.4 22 QUISENBERRY, Bianca 30 23 624 20.8 48 150 .320 13 51 .255 33 46 .717 16 74 90 3.0 61 0 45 47 4 37 142 4.7 13 TARVER, Brandey 31 7 552 17.8 46 141 .326 0 1 .000 20 31 .645 30 72 102 3.3 42 0 19 46 11 8 112 3.6 32 CHANDLER, Shelbi 30 1 233 7.8 12 31 .387 0 0 .000 3 13 .231 20 32 52 1.7 32 0 5 19 4 5 27 0.9 44 NICKENS, Ashley 14 2 61 4.4 2 11 .182 0 0 .000 6 8 .750 5 8 13 0.9 6 0 2 3 1 2 10 0.7 14 HUNTER, Trinity 14 0 83 5.9 4 14 .286 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 6 10 16 1.1 10 0 1 2 2 3 8 0.6 TM TEAM 46 63 109 3.5 1 18 0 Total 31 600 1724 .348 160 509 .314 335 475 .705 324 807 1131 36.5 473 6 295 530 76 157 1695 54.7 Opponents 31 823 1986 .414 171 542 .315 298 454 .656 412 864 1276 41.2 500 - 444 384 133 261 2115 68.2
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT ANA OWENS So. • G • 5-6 • Led the team in scoring AND assists last season at 11.7 and 2.5 • Led the conference in minutes played by MORE THAN TWO MINUTES at 37.4 per game • Earned American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 2 after dropping a CAREER-HIGH 25 points during a 69-66 win over Houston
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UCONN SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 16 at Ohio State 23 Kansas State 28 Nebraska
5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.
ESPN2 SNY SNY/ESPN3
30 at Chattanooga
6:30 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
DECEMBER
2
at DePaul
Jimmy V Classic (Storrs, Conn.)
7:30 p.m.
FOX
5
Notre Dame
5:15 p.m.
ESPN
9
at Colgate
7 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
Hall of Fame Classic (Uncasville, Conn.) 11 Florida State 6 p.m. ESPN2 21 LSU
7 p.m.
SNY
Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y) 28 vs. Maryland 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 30 at Cincinnati *
7 p.m.
SNY
JANUARY 6 Tulsa * 8 at Houston * 10 at USF * 13 at Memphis * 16 Temple * 20 UCF * 23 at SMU * 27 at Tulsa *
7 p.m. 9 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY SNY/ESPN3 ESPN/ESPN2 SNY CBSSN SNY SNY SNY
30 Memphis *
Noon
SNY
FEBRUARY 3 at Tulane * 6 East Carolina * 8 at South Carolina 14 at Temple * 17 Cincinnati * 20 at East Carolina * 24 SMU * 27 Tulane *
8 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.
SNY SNY ESPN2 ESPN2 SNY CBSSN SNY SNY
29 USF *
7 p.m.
ESPN2
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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Moriah JEFFERSON
2015-16 ROSTER No. Name
Pos.
Cl. Ht.
Hometown/Previous School
G
Sr. 5-7
Miami, Florida/ Gulliver Preparatory
F
Jr. 6-2
Bolingbrook, Ill./ Bolingbrook
G
Sr. 5-7
Glenn Heights, Texas/Home School
2
Briana Pulido
3
Morgan Tuck
4
Moriah Jefferson
11
Kia Nurse
G
So. 6-0
Hamilton, Ontario/St. Thomas More
12
Saniya Chong
G
Jr. 5-8
Ossining, N.Y./Ossining
15
Gabby Williams
G
So. 5-11
Sparks, Nev./Reed
20
Tierney Lawlor
G
Jr. 5-7
Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia
22
Courtney Ekmark
G
So. 6-0
Phoenix, Ariz./St. Mary’s
24
Napheesa Collier
G/F
Fr. 6-1
O’Fallon, Missouri/Incarnate Word Academy
30
Breanna Stewart
F
Sr. 6-4
North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero North
33
Katie Lou Samuelson
G/F
Fr. 6-3
Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei
35
De’Janae Boykin
F
Fr. 6-2
Springdale, Md./Charles H. Flowers
51
Natalie Butler
C
So. 6-5
Fairfax Station, Va./Lake Braddock
HEAD COACH: Geno Auriemma ASSOCIATE COACH: Chris Dailey ASSISTANT COACH: Shea Ralph ASSISTANT COACH: Marisa Moseley
Women’s Basketball
WARDE MANUEL Director of Athletics
GENO AURIEMMA Head Coach
PAT MCKENNA Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES UConn won the national championship for the NCAA record 10th time in school history, defeating Notre Dame, 6353, on April 7 in Tampa, Fla. Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck were honored on the All-NCAA Tournament Team while Breanna Stewart was selected as the Final Four MOP for the third-straight year. Stewart is the only player in the history of the sport to be honored as the Final Four Most Outstanding Player three times.
for single-season triumphs with 40.
The Final Four trip was UConn’s 16th all-time, which is the second-most appearances in the history of the sport. Tennessee has appeared in a record 18 Final Fours. Stanford has the third-highest total of 12 Final Four trips. The Huskies enter the 2015-16 season having appeared in a record eight-straight Final Fours and UConn has now advanced to at least the Final Four 13 times since 2000.
Breanna Stewart is only 40 points shy of becoming UConn’s ninth member of the 2,000-point club. The two-time consensus national player of the year led the team at 17.6 points per game and shot a blistering 53.9 percent from the fi eld. The North Syracuse, N.Y. native is now a two-time winner of the AP and USBWA national player of the year awards and the Naismith Trophy.
Natalie Butler transferred to UConn from Georgetown and sat out the 2014-15 season due to transfer rules. She will have three years of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2015-16 season. Butler was selected as the Big East Freshman of the Year in 2013-14 after averaging 13.9 points and 13.4 rebounds per game with the Hoyas.
Connecticut finished 38-1 in 2014-15 to post its 10thstraight 30-win season. The Huskies eclipsed the 30-win plateau for the 20th time in the last 21 years and the 39 victories matches the second most in school history. (2002, 2009 and 2010) The 2013-14 team holds the school record
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location...............................................................Storrs, Conn. Founded............................................................................. 1881 Enrollment.......................................................................31,119 Nickname.....................................................................Huskies Colors.................................. Navy Flag Blue (Navy) & White President................................................. Susan Herbst, Ph.D Director of Athletics..................................... Warde Manuel Senior Woman Administrator....................... Debbie Corum Women’s Basketball Office Phone.............. (860) 486-4756 Associate Head Coach...................................... Chris Dailey Assistant Coaches................ Shea Ralph, Marisa Moseley
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................... 38-1 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish..........................18-0/1st Starters Returning/Lost......................................................4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................9/2 Newcomers.................................................................... Three Volleyball Contact........................................... Pat McKenna Phone.................................................................(860) 486-2394 E-mail..................................... patrick.mckenna@uconn.edu Website...................................................UConnHuskies.com Twitter................................................................@UConnWBB
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UCONN Geno Auriemma 31st Year at UConn Career Record (30 years).......... 917-134 (.873) UConn Record (30 years).......... 917-134 (.873) NCAA Record (27 appearances)... 103-17 (.858) Conference Tournament ............. 72-10 (.878) (30 appearances) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, West Chester University (1981)
Personal - Native of Montella, Italy until age 6, then Norristown, Pa.; attended Bishop Kenrick (Pa.) High School (1972) ; resides in Manchester, Conn. with his wife Kathy; father of three children and two grand children. Coaching File - Assistant women’s coach, University of Virginia (1981-85); Head boys’ coach, Bishop Kenrick (Pa.) High School (1979-81); Assistant women’s coach, St. Joseph’s (Pa.) University (1978)
AURIEMMA’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT 1985-86 UConn 12-15 0-1 1986-87 UConn 14-13 0-1 1987-88 UConn 17-11 0-1 1988-89 UConn 24-6 0-1 3-0 (1st) 1989-90 UConn 25-6 0-1 2-1 (2nd) 1990-91 UConn 29-5 3-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 1991-92 UConn 23-11 1-1 2-1 (2nd) 1992-93 UConn 18-11 0-1 1-1 1993-94 UConn 30-3 3-1 (Sweet 16) 3-0 (1st) 1994-95 UConn 35-0 6-0 (National Champions) 3-0 (1st) 1995-96 UConn 34-4 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 1996-97 UConn 33-1 3-1 (Elite Eight) 3-0 (1st) 1997-98 UConn 34-3 3-1 (Elite Eight) 3-0 (1st) 1998-99 UConn 29-5 2-1 (Sweet 16) 3-0 (1st) 1999-00 UConn 36-1 6-0 (National Champions) 3-0 (1st) 2000-01 UConn 32-3 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2001-02 UConn 39-0 6-0 (National Champions) 3-0 (1st) 2002-03 UConn 37-1 6-0 (National Champions) 2-1 (2nd) 2003-04 UConn 31-4 6-0 (National Champions) 1-1 2004-05 UConn 25-8 2-1 (Sweet 16) 3-0 (1st) 2005-06 UConn 32-5 3-1 (Elite Eight) 3-0 (1st) 2006-07 UConn 32-4 3-1 (Elite Eight) 2-1 (2nd) 2007-08 UConn 36-2 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2008-09 UConn 39-0 6-0 (National Champions) 3-0 (1st) 2009-10 UConn 39-0 6-0 (National Champions) 3-0 (1st) 2010-11 UConn 36-2 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2011-12 UConn 33-5 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2012-13 UConn 35-4 6-0 (National Champions) 2-1 (2nd) 2013-14 UConn 40-0 6-0 (National Champions) 3-0 (1st) 2014-15 UConn 38-1 6-0 (National Champions) 3-0 (1st) CAREER (30 Years) 917-134 103-17 72-10 (.873) (.858) (.878)
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Women’s Basketball
STATISTICS 2014-15 UConn Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 30 STEWART, Breanna 39 39 1104 28.3 264 490 .539 30 96 .313 128 159 .805 83 220 303 7.8 65 0 122 76 104 61 686 17.6 23 MOSQUEDA-LEWIS, K. 38 38 1092 28.7 205 396 .518 121 248 .488 34 38 .895 44 114 158 4.2 47 0 104 56 14 42 565 14.9 03 TUCK, Morgan 39 37 996 25.5 239 401 .596 21 72 .292 63 84 .750 79 137 216 5.5 65 1 115 67 13 31 562 14.4 04 JEFFERSON, Moriah 39 39 1121 28.7 193 329 .587 56 113 .496 43 51 .843 23 89 112 2.9 58 1 191 62 5 100 485 12.4 11 NURSE, Kia 39 36 976 25.0 138 284 .486 53 130 .408 70 97 .722 34 88 122 3.1 60 1 108 61 2 55 399 10.2 15 WILLIAMS, Gabby 38 0 591 15.6 137 215 .637 0 1 .000 42 91 .462 79 139 218 5.7 45 0 50 40 14 46 316 8.3 12 CHONG, Saniya 38 2 723 19.0 78 166 .470 34 93 .366 23 31 .742 14 59 73 1.9 23 0 74 41 8 26 213 5.6 41 STOKES, Kiah 39 4 715 18.3 73 128 .570 1 2 .500 30 40 .750 73 192 265 6.8 59 0 33 31 147 19 177 4.5 22 EKMARK, Courtney 28 0 272 9.7 21 64 .328 10 37 .270 1 6 .167 16 23 39 1.4 12 0 19 13 0 6 53 1.9 14 EDWARDS, Sadie 6 0 29 4.8 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 0 2 2 0.3 2 0 1 7 0 1 5 0.8 20 LAWLOR, Tierney 33 0 128 3.9 4 24 .167 3 17 .176 2 2 1.000 6 7 13 0.4 7 0 8 4 0 5 13 0.4 24 PULIDO, Briana 32 0 79 2.5 3 13 .231 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 9 9 0.3 0 0 3 8 2 2 7 0.2 TM TEAM 69 102 171 4.4 0 8 0 Total 39 1356 2513 .540 330 813 .406 439 605 .726 520 1181 1701 43.6 443 3 828 474 309 394 3481 89.3 Opponents 39 738 2389 .309 196 731 .268 224 326 .687 495 725 1220 31.3 586 - 345 700 85 229 1896 48.6
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT BREANNA STEWART Sr. • F • 6-4 • Only student-athlete in history to be honored as the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four THREE TIMES • Enters the year 40 POINTS SHY of becoming only the ninth player in UConn history to reach the 2,000-point plateau • Consensus National Player of the Year, and American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, in EACH OF THE LAST TWO SEASONS
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EAST CAROLINA SCHEDULE NOVEMBER Islanders Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas) 13 UTRGV 3:30 p.m. 14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8 p.m. 17 20 22 26 27 28
I’Tiana TAYLOR
Alcorn State 7 p.m. Presbyterian 11:30 a.m. at Delaware 2 p.m. Lone Star Showcase (Austin, Texas) vs. Creighton 8:30 p.m. vs. Eastern Washington 6 p.m. vs. Northwestern 8:30 p.m.
DECEMBER 5 at Auburn 1 p.m. UNCW Christmas Classic (Wilmington, N.C.) 18 vs. Chattanooga Noon 19 vs. Ohio Noon 20 South Carolina 30 at Tulsa *
1 p.m. 8 p.m.
JANUARY 2 USF * 5 Tulane * 7 at UCF * 14 Houston * 17 at USF * 20 Cincinnati * 23 at Tulane *
1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m.
30 Temple *
2:30 p.m. ESPN3
FEBRUARY 3 Tulsa * 6 at UConn * 9 at SMU * 13 Memphis * 17 at Houston * 20 UConn * 24 at Cincinnati * 27 at Memphis *
7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m.
29 SMU *
7 p.m.
CBSSN American American ESPNU American
ESPN3 SNY/ESPN3 ESPN3 American CBSSN American
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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2015-16 ROSTER
ESPN3
No. 1 2 3 4 5 11 13 15 20 22 23 24 25 40 55
Name Alexandra Frazier Khadidja Toure Manesha Womble DeVaughn Gray Chelsie Keys Khadijah Ellison Fanni Csutoras Derreyal Youngblood Bre McDonald Jasmine Phillips Jada Payne I’Tiana Taylor Zippy Khasoa Gabrielle Holston Marina Laramie
Pos. G G G/F F F G G/F F G/F G G/F F F G/F F
Cl. Ht. Fr. 5-9 Jr. 5-9 Jr. 5-11 Sr. 5-11 Sr. 6-0 Sr. 5-7 Jr. 5-11 Jr. 6-4 Jr. 6-0 Sr. 5-10 Sr. 6-2 Sr. 6-1 Jr. 6-5 So. 6-0 Jr. 6-2
Hometown/Previous School Lawrenceville, Ga./Central Gwinnett Kennewick, Wash./Kamiakan Atlanta, Ga./Carver Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington Muskogee, Okla./Muskogee Roxbury, Mass./Burke Bogad, Hungary/PTE Deak Ferenc Gyakorlo Harvey, La./John Curtis Lithonia, Ga./Chamblee Hartsville, S.C./Hartsville Hickory/Hickory Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville Nairobi, Kenya/Laiser Hill Academy Margaret, Ala./Center Point St. Louis, Mo./Fort Zumwalt West
HEAD COACH: Heather Macy ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: John Marcum ASSISTANT COACH: Dalila Eshe ASSISTANT COACH: Crayton Jones
Women’s Basketball
JEFF COMPHER Director of Athletics
HEATHER MACY Head Coach
ADAM MILLER Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES Following a historical 2014-15 campaign that saw East Carolina reach the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship in its first year of league membership and record its third-straight 20-win season, sixth-year head coach Heather Macy will look to lead the Pirates’ rapid rise into national spotlight in 2015-16. Macy begins the season just six shy of 100 wins at ECU, as her team returns its top two and three of the top four scorers from last season, including 2015 all-conference first team selection Jada Payne, along with 2015 American Conference Newcomer-of-the-Year and all-league second team pick I’Tiana Taylor.
point field goal percentages, and after sinking 150 threepoint field goals in her first two years, she needs just 52 more to take over the top spot on the all-time charts. All of these accomplishments will have been achieved in just three seasons in Greenville. Eligible for the Pirates in 2015-16 are four players who redshirted last season after transferring into the program, including sophomore Gabrielle Holston (Georgia Tech) and juniors Derreyal Youngblood (LSU), Khadidja Toure (Oregon State) and Marina Laramie (Indiana State).
If 2015-16 is anything similar to her previous two seasons, Payne will make a rapid climb up the ECU all-time scoring list, where she begins the year at No. 17. If she meets her two-year average (566 points), Payne will conclude her three-year career as the No. 3 scorer in program history. With 596 points, the Hickory, N.C., native will eclipse 2,000 for her playing career. Payne is also on pace to finish her collegiate career with the highest free throw and three-
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location.......................................................... Greenville, N.C. Founded............................................................................. 1907 Enrollment......................................................................28, 289 Nickname...................................................................... Pirates Colors.................................................................Purple & Gold Chancellor...................................................Dr. Steve Ballard Director of Athletics........................................Jeff Compher Senior Woman Administrator.................... Shelley Binegar Women’s Basketball Office Phone...............(252) 737-4586 Associate Head Coach...................................John Marcum Assistant Coaches....................Dalila Eshe, Crayton Jones
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................. 22-11 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish....................... 11-7/Fifth Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................6/6 Newcomers......................................................................Eight Women’s Basketball Contact...........................Adam Miller Phone.................................................................(252) 737-5112 E-mail............................................................millera@ecu.edu Website.............................................. www.ECUPirates.com Twitter.................................................. @ECUWomensHoops
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EAST CAROLINA Heather Macy 6th Year at East Carolina Career Record (10 years).......... 209-103 (.670) East Carolina Record (5 years)...... 94-64 (.594) NCAA Record (4 appearances)....... 3-3 (.500) WNIT Record (3 appearance).......... 1-3 (.250) Conference Tournament ................ 12-9 (.571) (10 appearances) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Sports and Exercise Studies (Cum Laude), Greensboro College (2000); Master’s degree in Human Performance and Recreation, University of Southern Mississippi (2002)
Personal - Native of Hamtponville, N.C.; four-year letterwinner at Greensboro College; finished her play career 11th in program history in scoring and top-10 in assists Coaching File - Head coach, Francis Marion (2007-10); Head coach, Pfeiffer (2005-07); Assistant coach, UMBC (2004-05); Assistant coach, High Point (2002-04); Assistant coach, LenoirRhyne (2001-02); Assistant coach; Catawba (2000-01)
MACY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL
OVERALL
NCAA POSTSEASON
WNIT POSTSEASON
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
2005-06 Pfeiffer 14-15 2006-07 Pfeiffer 26-5 0-1 2007-08 Francis Marion 21-9 0-1 2008-09 Francis Marion 27-5 2-1 2009-10 Francis Marion 27-5 1-1 2010-11 East Carolina 16-15 2011-12 East Carolina 12-19 2012-13 East Carolina 22-10 0-1 2013-14 East Carolina 22-9 0-1 2014-15 East Carolina 22-11 1-1 CAREER (10 Years) 209-103 3-3 1-3 (.670) (.500) (.250)
1-1 3-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 12-9 (.571)
“We’ve had an incredibly strong offseason and I think it builds confidence going into the 2015-16 season. Over the course of the next two years, we will have graduated more than 12 players. Continuing the winning tradition of our program is so important. This team will work extremely hard, knowing every game is a big one in the American [Athletic] Conference. They have huge shoes to fill but are definitely up for the challenge.” -Heather Macy, East Carolina
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STATISTICS 2014-15 East Carolina Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 23 PAYNE, Jada 33 32 1070 32.4 203 475 .427 80 191 .419 77 89 .865 84 97 181 5.5 55 0 59 77 22 43 563 17.1 24 TAYLOR, I’Tiana 32 26 926 28.9 149 348 .428 0 2 .000 62 125 .496 118 166 284 8.9 83 2 28 74 22 51 360 11.3 21 TRICE, Abria 32 27 792 24.8 118 310 .381 5 35 .143 73 101 .723 77 67 144 4.5 86 1 36 60 21 53 314 9.8 22 PHILLIPS, Jasmine 33 8 750 22.7 107 247 .433 10 22 .455 74 124 .597 75 90 165 5.0 76 1 60 80 30 60 298 9.0 01 NELSON, Shae 33 2 520 15.8 68 217 .313 41 133 .308 24 33 .727 10 46 56 1.7 73 1 32 72 9 31 201 6.1 04 GRAY, DeVaughn 33 0 403 12.2 63 171 .368 36 98 .367 20 29 .690 25 25 50 1.5 42 0 19 24 2 15 182 5.5 33 EBRON, Janesha 33 33 894 27.1 37 103 .359 15 41 .366 29 50 .580 15 94 109 3.3 73 1 144 107 10 58 118 3.6 20 CHAPPLE, Tatiana 33 23 674 20.4 29 68 .426 0 0 .000 28 43 .651 37 74 111 3.4 75 2 36 32 7 27 86 2.6 11 ELLISON, Khadijah 15 0 161 10.7 11 43 .256 5 17 .294 6 13 .462 8 18 26 1.7 47 3 29 33 3 23 33 2.2 40 SHAW, Ondrea 22 14 305 13.9 11 49 .224 0 1 .000 5 15 .333 25 56 81 3.7 64 2 9 24 53 11 27 1.2 05 KEYS, Chelsie 14 0 61 4.4 7 25 .280 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 5 9 14 1.0 6 0 5 3 2 2 14 1.0 03 JONES, Akia 9 0 53 5.9 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 3 4 7 0.8 3 0 10 1 0 4 3 0.3 25 STIASNA, Jenka 4 0 17 4.3 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 0.8 3 0 2 3 0 2 0 0.0 TM TEAM 66 62 128 3.9 1 18 0 Total 33 804 2066 .389 192 541 .355 399 623 .640 548 811 1359 41.2 687 13 469 608 181 380 2199 66.6 Opponents 33 678 1763 .385 145 464 .313 490 734 .668 407 824 1231 37.3 600 - 396 714 153 267 1991 60.3
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT JADA PAYNE Sr. • G/F • 6-2 • Ranks sixth all-time at East Carolina in career 3-pointers made (150) and NEEDS 52 to be No. 1 • Needs 596 POINTS for 2,000 in her career • Her 80 3-point field goals made in 201415 broke her own SINGLE-SEASON EAST CAROLINA RECORD of 70 set just one year prior
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HOUSTON SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
13 at Charleston
4 p.m.
19 vs. Long Beach State
8 p.m.
22 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
3 p.m.
Lone Star Showcase (Austin, Texas)
26 vs. George Washington
2:30 p.m.
27 vs. Wright State
Noon
28 vs. Iowa
Noon
DECEMBER
5
at Rice
5 p.m.
7
at Incarnate Word
8 p.m.
12 UNLV
3 p.m.
17 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
8 p.m.
20 UTRGV
2 p.m.
30 at Tulane *
8 p.m.
JANUARY
2
Temple *
3 p.m.
5
at Memphis *
6 p.m.
8
UConn *
9 p.m.
10 SMU *
3 p.m.
14 at East Carolina *
7 p.m.
20 Tulsa *
8 p.m.
23 at Temple *
2 p.m.
27 at USF *
7 p.m.
30 at Cincinnati *
2 p.m.
FEBRUARY UCF *
8 p.m.
6
Tulane *
3 p.m.
10 at Tulsa *
8 p.m.
17 East Carolina *
8 p.m.
20 Cincinnati *
2 p.m.
23 at UCF *
7 p.m.
27 at SMU *
3 p.m.
29 Memphis *
8 p.m.
2015-16 ROSTER
ESPN2 American ESPN3
3
American ESPN3
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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Marche’ AMERSON
American
No. 1 2 3 5 10 12 15 21 22 23 24 25 32 33 35
Name Chyanne Butler Jacqueline Blake Bianca Winslow Dionna Collins Cenecia Newman Brianne Coffman Alecia Smith Jessieka Palmer Marche’ Amerson Serithia Hawkins Mariah Mitchell Kierra Graves Sharayla Brown Tyler Gilbert Taylor Gilbert
Pos. G C G G G F G G F G G G C F F
Cl. Ht. So. 5-6 Jr. 6-2 Sr. 5-7 Jr. 5-5 Fr. 5-10 Jr. 6-3 Sr. 5-7 Sr. 6-1 Sr. 6-1 Fr. 5-11 So. 5-9 Jr. 5-7 Fr. 6-3 Sr. 6-2 R-Jr 6-2
Hometown/Previous School Costa Mesa, Calif./USC Miami, Fla./Coral Springs Christian Acad./Miami Dade CC
Houston, Texas/Bellaire Del City, Okla./Redlands CC Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill Jarrell, Texas/Jarrell HS/Oklahoma State Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill La Marque, Texas/La Marque Bryan, Texas/Rudder Moore, Okla./Southmoore McKinney, Texas/McKinney Chicago, Ill./Kaskaskia College Tulsa, Okla./East Central Missouri City, Texas/Hightower Missouri City, Texas/Hightower
HEAD COACH: Ronald Hughey ASSISTANT COACH: Ravon Justice ASSISTANT COACH: Tai Dillard ASSISTANT COACH: Tonya Benton
Women’s Basketball
HUNTER YURACHEK Vice President For Intercollegiate Athletics
RONALD HUGHEY Head Coach
ROB WALDEN Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES Houston returns six letterwinners, including all five starters, from last season’s roster. Leading the way for Ronald Hughey’s club is senior Jessieka Palmer, who paced the Cougars with 9.6 points per game last season and was a two-time American Honor Roll selection. Seniors Marche’ Amerson, Tyler Gilbert and Alecia Smith look to continue their assault on the Houston record books in 2014-15. Amerson opens the season with 859 career points and needs just 141 more to become Houston’s 23rd 1,000-point scorer. Smith enters the year with 111 career 3-pointers, seventh in program history, while Gilbert has blocked 82 shots, UH’s ninth-highest career total. Senior Bianca Winslow and sophomore Mariah Mitchell round out Houston’s returning talent. Winslow started the final 13 games of the season as a junior and set career highs in scoring, assists and steals, while Mitchell hit 23 3-pointers, the 10th-best freshman mark in UH history. 2014-15 junior college All-Americans Dionna Collins and Kierra Graves will add major scoring ability to the Houston
backcourt after both players averaged over 20 points per game last season. Fellow JuCo transfer Jacqueline Blake looks to add a scoring punch to the post after averaging a double-double in her sophomore season. Transfers Chyanne Butler and Brianne Coffman will also continue their collegiate careers under Hughey’s watch. Butler, a sophomore from USC, practiced with the Cougars for the second half of 2014-15 and will join the active roster for the second semester in 2015-16. Coffman, out of Oklahoma State, will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer requirements and have two years of eligibility remaining. Three true freshmen round Hughey’s group of newcomers. Oklahoma natives Sharayla Brown and Serithia Hawkins each earned All-State selections in their final prep seasons, and Cedar Hill, Texas, product Cenecia Newman was a district MVP. All three of the rookies were ESPN Hoopgurlz Class of 2015 top-100 recruits at their positions.
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location...........................................................Houston, Texas Founded..............................................................................1927 Enrollment.......................................................................40,914 Nickname....................................................................Cougars Colors......................................................... Scarlet and White President........................................................Dr. Renu Khator V. P. for Intercollegiate Athletics ............Hunter Yurachek Senior Woman Administrator.................... DeJuena Chizer Women’s Basketball Office Phone...............(713) 743-9460 Assistant Coaches.... Ravon Justice, Tai Dillard, Tonya Benton
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................... 6-24 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish........................1-17/11th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................5/0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................7/7 Newcomers......................................................................Eight Women’s Basketball Contact........................... Rob Walden Phone..................................................................(713)743-9391 E-mail..............................................rwalden@central.uh.edu Website............................................... www.uhcougars.com Twitter......................................................... @UHCougarWBB
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HOUSTON Ronald Hughey 2nd Year at Houston Career Record (1 year).................... 6-24 (.200) Houston Record (1 year)................. 6-24 (.200) Conference Tournament ................. 0-1 (.000) (1 appearance) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts, Limestone College (2006)
Coaching File - Assistant coach, Florida State (2012-14); Assistant coach, Texas (2010-12); Assistant coach, Rutgers (2009-10); Assistant coach, UCF (2008-09); Assistant coach, South Carolina (2007-08); Assistant coach, South Carolina State (200407)
Personal - Native of Columbia, S.C.; married to the former Alethea Barnes; has two daughters, Sanabarabara and Rhonda
HUGHEY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL
OVERALL
NCAA POSTSEASON
WNIT POSTSEASON
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
2014-15 Houston 6-24 CAREER (1 Year) 6-24 0-0 0-0 (.200) (.000) (.000)
0-1 0-1 (.000)
“I expect that our team will be much improved this season, and I think we will have a team that Cougar fans, alumni and students can rally behind. Our team, both newcomers and returners, has worked exceptionally hard in the offseason to better themselves and become more complete student-athletes.” -Ronald Hughey, Houston
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STATISTICS 2014-15 Houston Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 21 PALMER, Jessieka 28 26 766 27.4 101 269 .375 13 56 .232 54 87 .621 47 90 137 4.9 85 3 39 68 8 18 269 9.6 22 AMERSON, Marche’ 30 29 911 30.4 104 285 .365 21 69 .304 35 52 .673 27 89 116 3.9 50 2 32 68 17 34 264 8.8 33 GILBERT, Tyler 30 20 760 25.3 92 226 .407 0 0 .000 50 82 .610 60 126 186 6.2 92 4 4 59 63 22 234 7.8 00 SANDERS, Alexia 11 11 311 28.3 27 74 .365 3 16 .188 18 26 .692 17 15 32 2.9 24 0 22 25 2 18 75 6.8 15 SMITH, Alecia 30 25 850 28.3 71 257 .276 42 162 .259 18 27 .667 11 53 64 2.1 69 3 92 85 2 36 202 6.7 24 MITCHELL, Mariah 29 16 627 21.6 54 174 .310 23 80 .288 53 75 .707 38 37 75 2.6 62 0 11 45 1 26 184 6.3 03 WINSLOW, Bianca 29 13 692 23.9 39 128 .305 20 65 .308 36 49 .735 19 31 50 1.7 55 0 59 63 1 32 134 4.6 23 KINARD, Moesha 22 0 283 12.9 25 67 .373 10 29 .345 17 27 .630 16 33 49 2.2 18 0 6 22 0 7 77 3.5 34 ALFORD, Terran 26 8 387 14.9 28 71 .394 0 1 .000 22 39 .564 30 58 88 3.4 57 2 2 30 9 14 78 3.0 01 FOREMAN, Demetria 11 1 155 14.1 9 42 .214 1 10 .100 4 7 .571 6 5 11 1.0 24 1 14 23 0 13 23 2.1 25 JOSHUA, DeJah 25 0 143 5.7 12 47 .255 6 20 .300 2 2 1.000 5 19 24 1.0 18 0 4 10 0 9 32 1.3 10 DAVIS, Sandra 22 1 183 8.3 11 31 .355 0 0 .000 4 8 .500 7 21 28 1.3 16 0 1 11 7 2 26 1.2 12 ARNOLD, Janee 2 0 7 3.5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 57 88 145 4.8 0 17 0 Total 30 573 1671 .343 139 508 .274 313 481 .651 341 665 1006 33.5 570 15 288 526 110 231 1598 53.3 Opponents 30 730 1684 .433 142 408 .348 403 601 .671 408 849 1257 41.9 511 - 418 515 108 247 2005 66.8
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT JESSIEKA PALMER Sr. • G • 6-1 • Led the Cougars and finished 29th in The American in SCORING with 9.6 points per game in 2014-15 • Posted the first THREE double-doubles of her career in 2014-15 • Set CAREER HIGHS in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, minutes and made field goals in 2014-15, doubling her previous season high in five of the categories
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MEMPHIS SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
13 Jacksonville State
8 p.m.
15 Eastern Illinois
3 p.m.
19 at Kansas
8 p.m.
22 Georgetown
3 p.m.
27 at Little Rock
6:15 p.m.
29 Southern Illinois
3 p.m.
DECEMBER
2
Saint Louis
8 p.m.
6
George Washington
2 p.m.
12 at Minnesota
3 p.m.
15 at Central Michigan
Noon
19 Illinois
3 p.m.
30 at Temple *
7 p.m.
JANUARY
Asianna FUQUA-BEY
3
Tulane *
5 p.m.
5
Houston *
6 p.m.
7
at Cincinnati *
7 p.m.
ESPNU
10 Tulsa *
2 p.m.
American
13 UConn *
6 p.m.
ESPN3/SNY
16 at SMU *
3 p.m.
20 USF *
8 p.m.
23 at Tulsa *
3 p.m.
27 UCF *
8 p.m.
American
30 at UConn *
Noon
ESPN3/SNY
FEBRUARY 6
Cincinnati *
American
3 p.m.
ESPN3
10 at UCF *
7 p.m.
13 at East Carolina *
5 p.m.
ESPN3
18 Temple *
8 p.m.
American
21 at USF *
Noon
ESPNU
27 East Carolina *
3 p.m.
American
29 at Houston *
8 p.m.
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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2015-16 ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 21 22 24 25 33 34 40 44
Name Pos. Breigha Wilder-Cochran G Loysha Morris G Taylor Williams G Ariel Hearn G Brea Elmore G Cheyenne Creighton F Amber Holmes G Asianna Fuqua-Bey F Alexis Robinson G Mooriah Rowser G Brianna Porter C Brianna Wright F Ashia Jones F Damonique Miller F Milena Bajic F
Cl. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
Ht. 5-9 5-9 6-1 5-8 5-9 6-1 5-7 6-1 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-1
Hometown/Previous School Hoover, Ala./Hoover Toronto, Canada/Garden City CC Kansas City, Kan./Bishop Ward Memphis, Tenn./Arlington Stone Mountain, Ga./Redan Pickering, Ontario/Pope John Paul II Memphis, Tenn./Overton Chicago, Ill./Marist Macon, Ga./Hillsborough CC Rockville, Md./St. John’s College Nashville, Tenn./University School of Nashville Greenville, Miss./Chipola JC Covington, Tenn./UT Martin Little Rock, Ark./Joe T. Robinson Podogorica, Montenegro
HEAD COACH: Melissa McFerrin ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Darryl Brown ASSISTANT COACH: Erin Grant ASSISTANT COACH: Jessica Bogia
Women’s Basketball
TOM BOWEN Director of Athletics
MELISSA MCFERRIN Head Coach
LAMAR CHANCE Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES Memphis returns all five starters and nine letterwinners from last year’s squad. It is the first time in head coach Melissa McFerrin’s tenure that the Tigers have all five starters coming back. The last time a Tigers team was close to all five starters back was the 2010-11 and 2011-12 campaigns, when Memphis had four returning starters. Those seasons produced back-to-back 20-win ledgers (2113 in 2010-11; 25-8 in 2011-12) and consecutive postseason appearances (2011, 2012 WNIT). Showing just how much experience the Tigers have in 2015-16 can be seen in the numbers. Memphis returns 96.8 percent of its scoring (1,753 of 1,811 points), 93.4 percent of its rebounds (1,084 of 1,161), 98.6 percent of its assists (347 of 352) and 94.3 percent of its steals (246 of 261). With its first win of the 2015-16 season, Memphis will secure the program’s 750th victory since the 1972-73 season. The Tigers enter the 2015-16 season with a 749-561 all-time record. In their history, the Tigers have posted 19 20-win campaigns.
Head coach Melissa McFerrin enters 2015-16 needing three victories to reach the 125-win milestone. She is the third-winningest head coach in Tigers basketball history. McFerrin has a 122-103 record in her time at Memphis. The Tigers welcome their first European player in the Melissa McFerrin era in 2015-16. Milena Bajic, a 6-foot-1 forward, is from Podogorica, Montenegro. A member of the Montenegro U18 squad, she averaged 13.7 points and 6.9 rebounds at the European Championships. Bajic opted to attend college over signing a four-year professional contract. The Tigers have more of an international basketball flair in 2015-16. In addition to Milena Bajic, Memphis boasts two Canadians on its roster in sophomore Cheyenne Creighton and junior college transfer Loysha Morris. Creighton is from Pickering, Ontario, and Morris is from Toronto, Ontario. The three international players are the most for a Tigers team in head coach Melissa McFerrin’s tenure. Memphis had one international player in 2014-15 (Creighton) and one from 2008-12 (Ramses Lonlack from Cameroon).
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location..........................................................Memphis, Tenn. Founded............................................................................. 1912 Enrollment.......................................................................21,059 Nickname........................................................................Tigers Colors.................................................................... Blue & Gray President....................................................Dr. M. David Rudd Director of Athletics...........................................Tom Bowen Senior Woman Administrator................... Courtney Vinson Women’s Basketball Office Phone.............. (901)-678-4532 Associate Head Coach....................................Darryl Brown Assistant Coaches...................... Erin Grant, Jessica Bogia
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................. 14-17 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish..........................7-11/7th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................5/0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................9/1 Women’s Basketball Contact.......................Lamar Chance Phone.................................................................(901) 678-2349 E-mail.............................................Lchance1@memphis.edu Website............................................... www.gotigersgo.com Twitter.........................................................@MemphisWBKB
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MEMPHIS Melissa McFerrin 8th Year at Memphis Career Record (11 years).......... 172-173 (.498) Memphis Record (7 years)....... 122-103 (.542) WNIT Record (4 appearances)........ 1-4 (.200) Conference Tournament ............... 7-11 (.388) (11 appearances) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education (Cum Laude), University of Missouri (1983); Master’s degree in Physical Education, Central Michigan (1988)
Personal - Native of Cassville, Mo.; fouryear letterwinner and starting point guard for the University of Memphis Coaching File - Head coach, American University (2004-08); Associate head coach, University of Minnesota (2002-04); General manager, Washington Mystics (2000-01); Assistant coach, Washington Mystics (1999); Assistant coach, New York Liberty (199798); Assistant coach, Ohio State University (1991-97); Assistant coach, Central Michigan University (1985-91)
MCFERRIN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL
OVERALL
NCAA POSTSEASON
WNIT POSTSEASON
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
2004-05 American 12-16 2005-06 American 7-21 2006-07 American 13-19 2007-08 American 18-14 0-1 2008-09 Memphis 12-18 2009-10 Memphis 20-14 2010-11 Memphis 21-13 0-1 2011-12 Memphis 25-8 1-1 2012-13 Memphis 17-13 0-1 2013-14 Memphis 13-18 2014-15 Memphis 14-17 CAREER (11 Years) 172-173 0-0 1-4 (.498) (.000) (.200)
0-1 0-1 2-1 (2nd) 1-1 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 7-11 (.388)
“We’re excited that we have 10 returning players, including four seniors, for the upcoming season. The leadership from that group is going to be critical to the success of our team.” -Melissa McFerrin, Memphis
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Women’s Basketball
STATISTICS 2014-15 Memphis Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 04 HEARN, Ariel 31 30 1055 34.0 183 483 .379 68 201 .338 66 121 .545 14 121 135 4.4 98 4 101 96 13 58 500 16.1 24 ROWSER, Mooriah 31 24 898 29.0 116 349 .332 19 79 .241 59 76 .776 32 63 95 3.1 26 0 38 55 7 30 310 10.0 21 FUQUA-BEY, Asianna 31 30 833 26.9 96 213 .451 0 1 .000 54 78 .692 72 128 200 6.5 99 6 43 94 15 36 246 7.9 22 WRIGHT, Brianna 31 30 825 26.6 96 202 .475 0 0 .000 28 61 .459 100 153 253 8.2 84 2 25 72 19 28 220 7.1 01 WILDER-COCHRAN, B. 21 18 505 24.0 36 102 .353 10 24 .417 28 38 .737 22 36 58 2.8 44 1 43 50 8 36 110 5.2 03 WILLIAMS, Taylor 31 20 686 22.1 51 166 .307 11 54 .204 25 33 .758 40 64 104 3.4 72 2 40 45 4 20 138 4.5 40 MILLER, Damonique 2 0 12 6.0 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 3.5 10 CREIGHTON, Cheyenne 31 1 519 16.7 48 107 .449 2 9 .222 8 21 .381 42 47 89 2.9 39 0 13 23 8 9 106 3.4 05 ELMORE, Brea 29 0 426 14.7 33 137 .241 13 63 .206 2 5 .400 8 24 32 1.1 34 0 25 31 5 22 81 2.8 32 POWELL, Courtney 28 1 280 10.0 22 53 .415 0 0 .000 12 21 .571 30 41 71 2.5 50 1 5 26 5 15 56 2.0 11 HOLMES, Amber 25 1 177 7.1 13 31 .419 3 8 .375 6 10 .600 2 8 10 0.4 23 0 18 20 0 7 35 1.4 44 CELESTINE, Alisha 2 0 9 4.5 1 7 .143 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1.0 TM TEAM 62 45 107 3.5 0 10 0 Total 31 698 1854 .376 127 441 .288 288 464 .621 427 734 1161 37.5 572 16 351 524 87 261 1811 58.4 Opponents 31 696 1758 .396 168 514 .327 372 531 .701 417 815 1232 39.7 508 - 404 563 110 212 1932 62.3
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT ARIEL HEARN Sr. • G • 5-8 • TWO-TIME All-American Athletic Conference selection (first team in 2013-14; second team in 2014-15) • No. 12 on the Memphis ALL-TIME SCORING chart with 1,495 points entering her senior campaign in 2015-16 • Reached the 1,000-point milestone the FIFTH-FASTEST of any player in Memphis history; scored the 1,000th point in only her 64th career game
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USF SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
Preseason WNIT (Tampa, Fla.)
13 Jacksonville
6 p.m.
15 Drexel/Dartmouth
2 p.m.
25 Butler
7 p.m.
29 at St. John’s
1 p.m.
DECEMBER
3
Harvard
7 p.m.
6
Penn State
3 p.m.
13 Chattanooga
Noon
15 at Northern Colorado
9 p.m.
20 Oklahoma State
2 p.m.
CBSSN
Alisia JENKINS
American/SEC Challenge (Jacksonville, Fla.)
30 vs. Mississippi State JANUARY
4:30 p.m. SEC Network
2
at East Carolina *
1 p.m.
5
UCF *
7 p.m.
7
SMU *
CBSSN
7 p.m.
American
10 UConn *
5 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
13 at Tulane *
8 p.m.
ESPN3
17 East Carolina *
2 p.m.
ESPNU
20 Memphis *
8 p.m.
American
24 at UCF *
2 p.m.
ESPNU
27 Houston *
7 p.m.
31 at SMU *
2 p.m.
FEBRUARY
ESPNU
3
Cincinnati *
7 p.m.
6
at Temple *
2 p.m.
ESPN3
9
Tulane *
7 p.m.
American
12 at Cincinnati *
7 p.m.
American
15 at Louisville
9 p.m.
ESPN2
21 Memphis *
Noon
ESPNU
24 at Tulsa *
8 p.m.
American
27 Temple *
2 p.m.
ESPN3
29 at UConn *
7 p.m.
ESPN2
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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2015-16 ROSTER No. 2 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 20 22 23 24 32 33
Name Pos. Micah Kroll G Neena Pacholke G Trimaine McCullough G Courtney Williams G Ariadna Pujol G/F Maria Jespersen F Laura Marcos Canedo PG Paige Cashin F Laura Ferreira F Laia Flores PG Shalethia Stringfield PG Alisia Jenkins F Nancy Warioba C Kitija Laksa F
Cl. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr.
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Katelyn Weber
Jr. 6-5
C
Ht. 5-8 5-7 5-8 5-8 6-1 6-0 5-8 6-4 5-11 5-7 5-6 6-1 6-3 6-0
Hometown/Previous School Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic HS Tampa, Fla./Freedom HS Orlando, Fla./Edgewater HS Folkston, Ga./Charlton County High School Mataro, Spain/GEM Arhus, Denmark/Marselisborg Salamanca, Spain/Colegio Champagnat Newark, Ohio/Newark HS Lisboa, Portugal/Escola Secundaria De Santo Andre
Mataro, Spain/IES Miquel Biada Jacksonville, Fla./Potters House Christian Acad. Statesboro, Ga./Statesboro HS Kisumu, Kenya (Blinn College) Riga, Latvia/Rigas Francu Licejs Little Rock, Ark./Hall HS
HEAD COACH: Jose Fernandez ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Jeff Osterman ASSISTANT COACH: Michele Woods-Baxter ASSISTANT COACH: Desm Thomas Bateast
Women’s Basketball
MARK HARLAN Director of Athletics
JOSE FERNANDEZ Head Coach
TBA Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES Entering its 16th season under head coach Jose Fernandez, USF was ranked as high as No. 15 in the Preseason Top 20 women’s basketball ranking published in the Sporting News 2015-16 Basketball preview magazine. The top 20 ranking was the highest for the Bulls’ program, which also appeared in preseason top 25 polls by Lindy’s Sports (No. 22), ESPN (No. 21) and Athlon (No. 23) as USF picked up its first-ever preseason rankings in program history. USF returns all five starters and 12 letterwinners from a team that won a school-record 27 games and made the program’s third NCAA Tournament appearance. The Bulls returns their top two scorers and 83 percent of their scoring, including more than 2,000 points, from last year’s team.
been involved in nine NCAA or WNIT games, winning six. USF was among five schools nationally to have two players named to the preseason first- and second-team All-America lists by the Sporting News joining preseason No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 UConn, No. 4 Baylor and No. 5 Ohio State. The Sporting News named two-time American Conference first-team guard Courtney Williams to its first-team preseason All-America list and 2015 second-team all-conference forward Alisia Jenkins to its second-team preseason All-America list.
USF has reached the postseason in 11 of the last 12 seasons, including making the program’s third NCAA Tournament appearance and second in three seasons last year. During that span the Bulls have also won a WNIT title (2009) and reached the WNIT final four (2014). The Bulls have played in 25 postseason NCAA or WNIT tournament games during that span. Seniors on the 2015-16 team have
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location..................................................................Tampa, Fla. Founded............................................................................. 1956 Enrollment.......................................................................47,646 Nickname..........................................................................Bulls Colors..............................................................Green and Gold President....................................................Dr. Judy Genshaft Director of Athletics......................................... Mark Harlan Senior Woman Administrator.......................Jocelyn Fisher Women’s Basketball Office Phone...............(813) 974-2125 Associate Head Coach.................................. Jeff Osterman Assistant Coaches.... Michele Woods-Baxter, Desm Thomas Bateast
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................... 27-8 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish.........................15-3/2nd Starters Returning/Lost......................................................5/0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................12/3 Newcomers.................................................................... Three Women’s Basketball Contact......................................... TBA Phone.................................................................................. TBA E-mail.................................................................................. TBA Website............................................. www.GoUSFBulls.com Twitter.....................................................................@USFWBB
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USF Jose Fernandez 16th Year at USF Career Record (15 years).......... 261-216 (.547) USF Record (15 years)............... 261-216 (.547) NCAA Record (7 appearances)....... 2-3 (.400) WNIT Record (10 appearances).... 14-9 (.609) Conference Tournament ............... 8-10 (.444) (10 appearances) Education - Bachelors degree in Physical Education, Florida International University (1994)
Personal - Attended Miami Southwest Senior High School (1989); married (Tonya); father of five (Brianna, Brooke, Sidney, Alex and Taylor) Coaching File - Interim head coach, USF
(women) (2000); Assistant coach, USF (women) (2000); Assistant coach; Barry University (women) (1999-00); Head coach; Lourdes Academy (women) (1996-99); Assistant coach, Barry Universty (men) (1994-96); Assistant coach, Sunset HS (boys) (1992-94); Assistant coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1991-92); Student assistant coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1989-91)
FERNANDEZS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL
OVERALL
NCAA POSTSEASON
WNIT POSTSEASON
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
2000-01 USF 4-24 2001-02 USF 14-13 2002-03 USF 7-20 2003-04 USF 14-15 0-1 2004-05 USF 21-11 1-1 2005-06 USF 19-12 0-1 0-1 2006-07 USF 21-12 1-1 1-1 2007-08 USF 16-16 0-1 1-1 2008-09 USF 27-10 5-0 (Champions) 1-1 2009-10 USF 15-16 0-1 0-1 2010-11 USF 12-19 0-1 2011-12 USF 19-16 2-1 1-1 2012-13 USF 22-11 1-1 1-1 1-1 2013-14 USF 23-13 4-1 1-1 2014-15 USF 27-8 1-1 2-1 CAREER (15 Years) 261-216 2-3 14-9 8-10 (.547) (.400) (.609) (.444) “We have high expectations for our program and players this season. We took a nice step reaching a Top-25 ranking and the NCAA tournament last year, but now we have our eyes set on more as we return all five starters and versatility throughout our roster. It’s going to be a very exciting season and I’m really looking forward to seeing how we respond to the challenge of taking that next step.” -Jose Fernandez, USF
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Women’s Basketball
STATISTICS 2014-15 USF Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 10 WILLIAMS, Courtney 35 35 1156 33.0 286 681 .420 41 111 .369 97 123 .789 67 196 263 7.5 48 0 114 101 32 57 710 20.3 24 JENKINS, Alisia 35 35 1137 32.5 157 292 .538 0 3 .000 134 174 .770 117 280 397 11.3 83 0 31 84 79 56 448 12.8 03 TAYLOR, Tamara 35 5 583 16.7 101 259 .390 58 157 .369 28 39 .718 35 60 95 2.7 51 0 30 42 2 22 288 8.2 20 FERREIRA, Laura 34 32 927 27.3 89 254 .350 55 161 .342 31 51 .608 66 84 150 4.4 58 1 46 50 17 24 264 7.8 23 STRINGFIELD, Shaleth 35 9 764 21.8 62 159 .390 21 50 .420 73 90 .811 4 75 79 2.3 49 0 98 60 0 34 218 6.2 32 JESPERSEN, Maria 33 6 522 15.8 61 139 .439 12 54 .222 28 42 .667 39 73 112 3.4 49 0 9 39 11 6 162 4.9 45 WEBER, Katelyn 31 27 506 16.3 44 93 .473 0 0 .000 14 28 .500 46 63 109 3.5 65 0 2 29 20 5 102 3.3 11 PUJOL, Ariadna 27 0 257 9.5 29 80 .363 7 32 .219 18 29 .621 11 30 41 1.5 19 0 20 22 6 7 83 3.1 15 NAYLOR, Shavontae 31 0 375 12.1 30 51 .588 0 0 .000 32 48 .667 36 45 81 2.6 43 0 5 17 5 10 92 3.0 22 FLORES, Laia 24 2 226 9.4 14 40 .350 6 20 .300 16 23 .696 3 19 22 0.9 10 0 26 10 0 5 50 2.1 12 BROOKS, Bre 15 0 69 4.6 9 27 .333 0 1 .000 10 14 .714 1 10 11 0.7 7 0 7 8 0 2 28 1.9 13 MARCOS CANEDO, Laura 31 24 379 12.2 16 45 .356 2 13 .154 10 14 .714 3 27 30 1.0 28 0 48 33 2 2 44 1.4 02 KROLL, Micah 6 0 11 1.8 0 4 .000 0 4 .000 3 4 .750 0 1 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.5 14 CASHIN, Paige 21 0 103 4.9 1 9 .111 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 5 8 13 0.6 14 0 1 1 4 0 4 0.2 04 PACHOLKE, Neena 6 0 8 1.3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 01 VULETIC, Ivana 2 0 2 1.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 77 77 154 4.4 0 17 0 Total 35 899 2134 .421 202 606 .333 496 681 .728 510 1048 1558 44.5 525 1 437 515 178 230 2496 71.3 Opponents 35 792 2210 .358 185 573 .323 319 478 .667 460 820 1280 36.6 655 - 406 500 169 234 2088 59.7
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT COURTNEY WILLIAMS Sr. • G • 5-8 • Led The American in scoring (20.3 ppg) and finish among the top 11 CONFERENCE LEADERS in 10 categories, including assists (7th, 3.3 apg), rebounds (8th, 7.5 rpg) and blocked shots (10th, 0.9 bpg). • She enters her senior campaign fifth all-time on the USF career scoring chart with 1,541 points, 10th on the career rebounding chart (645) and 14th on the career assists chart (231). She is on pace to join Dickson as the Bulls’ second 2,000-point scorer in program history and become the FIRST USF PLAYER ever to post 2,000 points, 800 rebounds and 300 assists.
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SMU SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
15 Northwestern State
6 p.m.
18 TCU
8 p.m.
21 Arizona State
2 p.m.
SMU Thanksgiving Classic (Dallas, Texas)
27 vs. Cal State Fullerton
6:30 p.m.
28 Kansas/Northern Illinois TBA DECEMBER
1
at North Texas
8 p.m.
5
New Mexico
6 p.m.
7
at Texas A&M
Noon
Puerto Rico Classic (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
19 vs. Arizona
1:15 p.m.
20 vs. Gardner-Webb
3:30 p.m.
21 vs. Mississippi State
1:15 p.m.
JANUARY
SEC Network
Morgan BOLTON
2
at Tulsa *
3 p.m. American
5
Temple *
8 p.m.
7
at USF *
7 p.m. American
10 at Houston *
3 p.m.
16 Memphis *
3 p.m.
20 Tulane *
8 p.m. ESPN3
23 UConn *
3 p.m. ESPN3/SNY
27 at Cincinnati *
7 p.m.
31 USF *
2 p.m. ESPNU
FEBRUARY
3
at Temple *
Noon
American
6
UCF *
3 p.m. American
9
East Carolina *
8 p.m.
14 at Tulane *
3 p.m. American
17 Tulsa *
8 p.m. ESPN3
20 at UCF *
3 p.m.
24 at UConn *
7 p.m. ESPN3/SNY
27 Houston *
3 p.m.
29 at East Carolina *
7 p.m.
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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2015-16 ROSTER No. 0 2 3 4 5
Name Kiara Perry McKenzie Adams Gabrielle Wilkins Mikayla Reese Aurmani DeGar
Pos. G G G G G
Cl. Jr. So. Sr. So. So.
Ht. 5-10 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-8
Hometown/Previous School Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville Frisco, Texas/Arkansas Garland, Texas/Garland Colorado Springs, Colo./Sand Creek Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Timberview
10 11 12 13 14 15 20 24
Alicia Froling Keely Froling Morgan Bolton Klara Bradshaw Karlie Cronin Stephanie Collins Dai’ja Thomas Kamray Mickens
F F G C G F F G
So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr.
6-3 6-2 5-6 6-6 5-9 6-5 6-2 5-8
Queensland, Australia/Australia Institute of Sport Queensland, Australia/Australia Institute of Sport Duncanville, Texas/Ark.-Little Rock Emory, Texas/TCU Vienna, Va./Oakton Melbourne, Australia/Australia Institute of Sport Dallas, Texas/Skyline Westlake, Texas/Trinity Valley
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Ashley Gibson
G
Jr. 5-10 Edmond, Okla./Butler Community College
HEAD COACH: Rhonda Rompola ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Lisa Dark ASSISTANT COACH: Deneen Parker ASSISTANT COACH: Danny Hughes
Women’s Basketball
RICK HART Director of Athletics
RHONDA ROMPOLA Head Coach
TRAVIS CHAMBLEE Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES The Mustangs return eight players, including four starters, from last season’s squad, which was one of the youngest in the American Athletic Conference. SMU added five players, two freshmen and three transfers, including junior college All-American Kamray Mickens. McKenzie Adams joins the active roster after transferring from Arkansas, giving SMU more depth at the guard position, and Klara Bradshaw, a 6-6 center, will be on the practice squad after transferring from TCU. Alicia Froling was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Freshman team last season after scoring a team-high 11.5 points per game, becoming the ninth freshman in SMU’s history named to a league’s rookie team. Froling became the first freshman to lead the team in scoring since Janielle Dodds averaged 14.1 ppg in 200405. The Queensland, Australia, native also set an SMU single-season record with 54 during her inaugural season. A 6-3 forward, Froling is also the team’s top returning rebounder, posting 7.2 per game.
U19 Women’s World Championships in Russia, winning a Bronze medal with the team, her second career medal at the World Championships with Australia. A native of Queensland, Australia, Froling averaged 8.1 points per game, reaching double-figures twice, including a tournament-high 19 points during group play. She also averaged 6.9 rebounds per game, and shot just under 70 percent from the free throw line. Stephanie Collins was one of two Mustangs to represent Australia in an international tournament, competing in the 2015 World University Games. After joining the SMU women’s basketball team in December, Collins played in 20 games with eight starts. She scored a season-high 13 points at East Carolina on Feb. 18, and scored 10 at home against Cincinnati on Feb. 28. The Melbourne native finished with 25 blocks, averaging 1.3 per game, and recorded four in a game three times.
Alicia Froling represented Australia at the 2015 FIBA
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location.............................................................. Dallas, Texas Founded............................................................................. 1911 Enrollment.......................................................................10,981 Nickname.................................................................Mustangs Colors..................................................................Red and Blue President.................................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner Director of Athletics............................................... Rick Hart Senior Woman Administrator.................. Monique Holland Women’s Basketball Office Phone...............(214) 768-3536 Associate Head Coach........................................... Lisa Dark Assistant Coach.................Deneen Parker, Danny Hughes
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................... 7-23 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish........................3-15/10th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................8/4 Newcomers......................................................................... Six Women’s Basketball Contact................... Travis Chamblee Phone.................................................................(214) 768-3735 E-mail.................................................... tchamblee@smu.edu Website........................................www.SMUMustangs.com Twitter..................................................... @SMUBasketballW
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SMU Rhonda Rompola 25th Year at SMU Career Record (24 years).......... 426-300 (.586) SMU Record (24 years)............. 426-300 (.586) NCAA Record (7 appearances)....... 3-7 (.300) WNIT Record (6 appearances)........ 3-6 (.333) Conference Tournament ............. 25-21 (.543) (24 appearances) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Business, SMU (1983)
Personal - Native of New Jersey; attended War Memorial High School in Sayreville, N.J. where she was a three-time all-state and all-conference selection; inducted into her high school’s hall of fame in 2005; played for Old Dominion and SMU; holds the SMU school records for total scoring, scoring average and free throw percentage; married husband Mike Dement in June 2007 Coaching File - Assistant coach, SMU (1983-1991)
ROMPOLAS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL OVERALL NCAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT 1991-92 SMU 17-12 1-1 1992-93 SMU 20-10 2-1 2-1 1993-94 SMU 18-9 0-1 1-1 1994-95 SMU 21-10 1-1 2-1 1995-96 SMU 19-11 0-1 0-1 1996-97 SMU 19-11 2-1 1997-98 SMU 21-8 0-1 1-1 1998-99 SMU 20-11 1-1 3-0 (1st) 1999-00 SMU 22-9 1-1 2-1 2000-01 SMU 17-12 1-1 2001-02 SMU 12-18 1-1 2002-03 SMU 16-15 2-1 2003-04 SMU 13-15 0-1 2004-05 SMU 19-11 0-1 0-1 2005-06 SMU 16-14 1-1 2006-07 SMU 18-12 1-1 2007-08 SMU 24-9 0-1 3-0 (1st) 2008-09 SMU 20-12 0-1 1-1 2009-10 SMU 20-11 0-1 0-1 2010-11 SMU 14-16 0-1 2011-12 SMU 14-17 1-1 2012-13 SMU 21-10 0-1 0-1 2013-14 SMU 18-14 0-1 0-1 2014-15 SMU 7-23 0-1 CAREER (24 Years) 426-300 3-7 3-6 25-21 (.586) (.300) (.333) (.543)
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Women’s Basketball
STATISTICS 2014-15 SMU Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 10 FROLING, Alicia 30 28 856 28.5 126 292 .432 8 31 .258 86 123 .699 87 130 217 7.2 77 2 19 85 54 19 346 11.5 31 HIVES-McCRAY, D. 28 24 756 27.0 109 230 .474 0 0 .000 60 84 .714 85 125 210 7.5 73 5 32 78 20 18 278 9.9 03 WILKINS, Gabrielle 27 23 758 28.1 71 256 .277 14 70 .200 71 100 .710 42 87 129 4.8 62 1 56 68 14 35 227 8.4 00 PERRY, Kiara 20 18 608 30.4 62 190 .326 7 44 .159 27 42 .643 17 55 72 3.6 55 0 57 64 10 39 158 7.9 12 BOLTON, Morgan 30 26 713 23.8 62 201 .308 34 127 .268 20 28 .714 4 60 64 2.1 56 0 73 94 0 35 178 5.9 11 FROLING, Keely 28 16 691 24.7 47 163 .288 14 69 .203 33 38 .868 46 103 149 5.3 60 2 32 59 12 15 141 5.0 32 SHORT, Raven 28 4 518 18.5 39 140 .279 24 92 .261 7 9 .778 24 59 83 3.0 49 0 41 43 20 20 109 3.9 15 COLLINS, Stephanie 20 8 254 12.7 23 72 .319 0 0 .000 8 21 .381 23 25 48 2.4 32 0 8 23 25 4 54 2.7 25 BRAME, Taylor 30 1 353 11.8 34 73 .466 0 1 .000 8 19 .421 33 62 95 3.2 33 0 13 35 3 3 76 2.5 04 REESE, Mikayla 26 0 281 10.8 18 74 .243 10 39 .256 17 26 .654 3 12 15 0.6 34 0 23 30 1 3 63 2.4 05 DeGAR, Aurmani 25 0 152 6.1 8 33 .242 5 18 .278 8 13 .615 1 6 7 0.3 14 0 9 12 0 6 29 1.2 42 LAUER, Rochelle 12 2 59 4.9 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 2 5 7 0.6 5 0 3 7 1 0 6 0.5 TM TEAM 60 70 130 4.3 0 14 0 Total 30 602 1733 .347 116 491 .236 345 505 .683 427 799 1226 40.9 550 10 366 612 160 197 1665 55.5 Opponents 30 699 1817 .385 191 570 .335 393 578 .680 422 794 1216 40.5 534 - 434 469 134 347 1982 66.1
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT ALICIA FROLING So. • F • 6-3 • Set an SMU SINGLE-SEASON RECORD with 54 blocks in 2014-15 • Won a Bronze medal with AUSTRALIA at the U19 FIBA Women’s World Championships • Became first freshman since Janielle Dodds to lead the team in SCORING, averaging 11.5 points per game
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TEMPLE SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
13
Florida
7 p.m.
18
at La Salle
7 p.m.
22
at Rutgers
2 p.m.
24
at Quinnipiac
5 p.m.
29
Saint Joseph’s
2 p.m.
DECEMBER
Feyonda FITZGERALD
2
Villanova
5 p.m.
6
at Florida State
2 p.m.
9
Sacred Heart
5:30 p.m.
12
at Fordham
Noon
19
Delaware State
1 p.m.
30
Memphis *
7 p.m.
JANUARY
2
at Houston *
3 p.m.
5
at SMU *
8 p.m.
8
Tulsa *
5 p.m.
10 Cincinnati *
2 p.m.
13 at UCF *
7 p.m.
16 at UConn *
6 p.m.
21
Penn
7 p.m.
23 Houston *
2 p.m.
26 at Tulane *
8 p.m.
30 at East Carolina *
2:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY
ESPNU
CBSSN
2015-16 ROSTER No. Name
Pos.
Cl. Ht.
Hometown/Previous School
0
Alliya Butts
So.
G 5-4
Edgewater Park, N.J./Holy Cross
1
Erica Covile
Sr.
G 6-1
Detroit, Mich./John Glenn
2
Feyonda Fitzgerald
Jr.
G 5-7
Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor
5
Ugo Nwaigwe
Gr.
C 6-3
Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream South Wagner Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison Hofstra
12
Ruth Sherrill
Sr.
F 6-0
3
SMU *
Noon
21
Khadijah Berger
So.
G 5-10 Hampton, Va./Hampton
6
USF *
2 p.m.
22
Tanaya Atkinson
So.
G 5-9
New Haven, Conn./Hill Regional
9
at Cincinnati *
7 p.m.
23
Deja Reynolds
Fr.
G 5-9
Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter
14 UConn *
Noon
ESPN2
31
Chyanna Canada
Fr.
F 6-2
Syracuse, N.Y./William Nottingham
18 at Memphis *
8 p.m.
32
Donnaizha Fountain
Jr.
G 6-0
Roxbury, Mass./Georgia Tech
23 Tulane *
7 p.m.
33
Monasia Bolduc
Jr.
F 6-2
Clintondale, N.Y./Walters State
27 at USF *
2 p.m.
35
Safiya Martin
Jr.
C 6-4
Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy Creek
29 UCF *
7 p.m.
42
Taylor Robinson
Jr.
C 6-4
St. Louis, Mo./Ladue Horton Watkins
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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HEAD COACH: Tonya Cardoza ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Way Veney ASSISTANT COACH: Meg Barber ASSISTANT COACH: Willnett Crockett
Women’s Basketball
PATRICK KRAFT Director of Athletics
TONYA CARDOZA Head Coach
LAUREN FERRETT Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES Temple returns to the court after a 2014-15 season that saw the Owls go 20-17 overall and 12-6 in the American Athletic Conference. Temple finished fourth in the conference, but fell in the tournament quarterfinals to fifth-seeded East Carolina. The Owls saw their season kept alive with a bid to the 2015 WNIT, where the team rattled off four-straight victories to advance to the first postseason final four in program history. The Owls return a core of the 2014-15 team, including four players who averaged in double-figures last season. Senior Erica Covile will look to follow up on a breakout season in which she ranked second in the conference in rebounding (8.3 rpg), while also averaging 11.4 points per contest. Covile, along with sophomore Alliya Butts, return as All-Conference selections.
5 Rookie of the Year. Butts and Covile will join two other talented guards that return for the Owls in junior Feyonda Fitzgerald and sophomore Tanaya Atkinson. Both averaged in double-figures last season. New for 2015-16 are four transfers and two freshmen. Monasia Bolduc, Donnaizha Fountain, and Ruth Sherrill were with the team last season and are eligible to suit up in the cherry and white for the first time. Ugo Nwaigwe joins the Owls as a graduate student after a great career at Wagner, and will join two other newcomers in freshmen Chyanna Canada and Deja Reynolds.
Butts also had a breakout season in 2014-15, leading Temple with 12.3 points per game and 72 total steals. In addition to her All-Conference nod, she also earned a spot on the All-Rookie team and was named the Philadelphia Big
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location........................................................Philadelphia, Pa. Founded............................................................................. 1884 Enrollment.......................................................................39,000 Nickname..........................................................................Owls Colors.............................................................. Cherry & White President...................................................... Neil D. Theobald Director of Athletics................................... Dr. Patrick Kraft Senior Woman Administrator....................... Mary McElroy Women’s Basketball Office Phone...............(215) 204-1955 Associate Head Coach........................................Way Veney Assistant Coaches......................Meg Barber, Willnett Crockett
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................. 20-17 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish..........................12-6/4th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................7/2 Newcomers......................................................................... Six Women’s Basketball Contact....................... Lauren Ferrett Phone.................................................................(215) 204-1608 E-mail...........................................lauren.ferrett@temple.edu Website................................................www.OwlSports.com Twitter......................................................... @TUOWLS_WBB
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TEMPLE Tonya Cardoza 8th Year at Temple Career Record (7 years).............. 121-73 (.623) Temple Record (7 years)...............121-73 (.623 NCAA Record (3 appearances)....... 2-3 (.400) WNIT Record (2 appearances)........ 6-2 (.750)
Personal - Native of Roxbury, Mass. (Boston English High School) Coaching File - Assistant coach, UConn (1994-2008)
Conference Tournament ................. 7-7 (.500) (6 appearances) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Anthropolgy, University of Virginia (1991)
CARDOZAS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL OVERALL NCAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT 2008-09 Temple 21-10 0-1 1-1 2009-10 Temple 25-9 1-1 2-1 2010-11 Temple 24-9 1-1 1-1 2011-12 Temple 23-10 2-1 1-1 2012-13 Temple 14-18 2-1 2013-14 Temple 14-16 0-1 2014-15 Temple 20-17 4-1 (Semi-finals) 0-1 CAREER (7 Years) 121-73 2-3 6-2 7-7 (.623) (.400) (.750) (.500)
“We’re excited for another year of competition in The American. The level of play in the conference keeps getting better and better. We ended last season with a significant postseason run in the WNIT and we’re excited to see how we stack up against our conference opponents this year.” - Tonya Cardoza, Temple
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STATISTICS 2014-15 Temple Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 00 BUTTS, Alliya 37 25 899 24.3 148 445 .333 71 203 .350 87 106 .821 25 50 75 2.0 71 0 76 108 2 72 454 12.3 01 COVILE, Erica 37 37 1146 31.0 160 383 .418 25 78 .321 76 105 .724 107 201 308 8.3 117 6 66 98 23 66 421 11.4 02 FITZGERALD, Feyonda 37 12 1018 27.5 146 454 .322 31 109 .284 86 115 .748 25 88 113 3.1 79 1 104 84 3 46 409 11.1 23 WILLIAMS, Tyonna 37 37 1213 32.8 124 355 .349 67 210 .319 84 101 .832 18 80 98 2.6 65 2 124 72 5 32 399 10.8 22 ATKINSON, Tanaya 37 37 1054 28.5 155 364 .426 21 61 .344 62 106 .585 95 158 253 6.8 90 5 36 69 10 43 393 10.6 42 ROBINSON, Taylor 25 9 312 12.5 41 90 .456 0 0 .000 16 24 .667 37 25 62 2.5 55 1 5 29 9 9 98 3.9 21 BERGER, Khadijah 35 0 525 15.0 37 124 .298 30 82 .366 5 9 .556 19 72 91 2.6 33 0 32 21 2 21 109 3.1 35 MARTIN, Safiya 30 21 741 24.7 28 66 .424 0 0 .000 29 41 .707 63 98 161 5.4 73 0 9 26 50 11 85 2.8 13 TRAORE, Mama 36 7 569 15.8 29 88 .330 0 0 .000 29 45 .644 63 81 144 4.0 71 2 14 24 6 21 87 2.4 TM TEAM 109 74 183 4.9 0 7 0 Total 37 868 2369 .366 245 743 .330 474 652 .727 561 927 1488 40.2 654 17 466 538 110 321 2455 66.4 Opponents 37 883 2204 .401 178 537 .331 468 672 .696 486 1016 1502 40.6 622 - 521 597 208 251 2412 65.2
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT ERICA COVILE Sr. • G • 6-1 • Racked up a TEAM-BEST nine double-doubles in 2014-15, leading Temple in scoring in 12 games. • Notched 21 GAMES with double-figures in scoring and pulled down double-digit rebound totals in 14 games. • Earned the program’s FIRST American Athletic Conference Player of the Week award in 2014-15, and closed the season with All-Conference and All-Big 5 honors.
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TULANE SCHEDULE NOVEMBER
13 Arkansas-Little Rock
6:30 p.m.
17 Jackson State
8 p.m.
19 at Florida State
7 p.m.
23 LSU
8 p.m.
ESPN3
Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)
26 vs. Rutgers
3:15 p.m.
27 vs. Green Bay
1 p.m.
28 vs. Virginia
1 p.m.
DECEMBER 6
McNeese State
3 p.m.
16 at Ole Miss
7 p.m.
18 Southern
6 p.m.
SEC Network
Tulane Classic (New Orleans, La.)
20
UNC Greensboro
21
Cleveland State/St. Louis TBA
30 Houston * JANUARY
6 p.m.
8 p.m.
American
2015-16 ROSTER
3
at Memphis *
5 p.m.
ESPNU
5
at East Carolina *
7 p.m.
American
10 UCF *
5 p.m.
13 USF *
8 p.m.
ESPN3
16 at Tulsa *
2 p.m.
American
20 at SMU *
8 p.m.
ESPN3
23 East Carolina *
3 p.m.
American
26 Temple *
8 p.m.
American
FEBRUARY
Leslie VORPAHL
3
UConn *
8 p.m.
6
at Houston *
3 p.m.
9
at USF *
ESPN3/SNY
No. Name
Pos.
Cl. Ht.
Hometown/Previous School
1
Shakira Harding
G
Jr. 5-7
Houma, La./Vanderbilt Catholic
3
Kolby Morgan
G
So. 5-8
New Orleans, La./John Curtis Christian
11
Leslie Vorpahl
G
Jr. 5-6
San Antonio, Texas/Winston Churchill
13
Caylah Cruickshank
G
So. 5-9
Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College
14
Taylor Emery
G
Fr. 5-10 Tampa, Fla./Freedom
15
Tene Thompson
G
Fr. 5-11 Powder Spring, Ga./Hillgrove
22
Meredith Schulte
G
Fr. 6-0
25
Harlyn Wyatt
F
Fr. 6-2
Atlanta, Ga./Benjamin E. Mays
30
Tierra Jones
F
Sr. 5-9
Madison, Ala./Bob Jones
Braselton, Ga./Mill Creek
7 p.m.
American
33
Courtnie Latham
G
Jr. 5-11 Houston, Texas/Clear Springs
14 SMU *
3 p.m.
American
34
Ksenija Madzarevic
C
Fr. 6-5
Novi Sad, Serbia/Rabun Gap Nacoochee
17 at UCF *
7 p.m.
45
Chinwe Duru
C
Sr. 6-2
Round Rock, Texas/Vista Ridge
20 Tulsa *
2 p.m.
23 at Temple *
7 p.m.
27 at UConn *
1 p.m.
ESPN3/SNY
29 Cincinnati *
8 p.m.
ESPN3
American
HEAD COACH: Lisa Stockton ASSISTANT COACH: Alan Frey ASSISTANT COACH: Doshia Woods ASSISTANT COACH: Beth Dunkenberger
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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Women’s Basketball
RICK DICKSON Director of Athletics
LISA STOCKTON Head Coach
JOSH BATES Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES The Green Wave ended a five-year NCAA tournament drought in 2015, marking the program’s 11th overall appearance in the Big Dance. The Wave’s NCAA tournament showing also marked their first at-large bid since 2003. Last season during the conference tournament, Lisa Stockton became the 32nd active Division I head coach to reach the 500-career-win milestone. Kolby Morgan was ranked second among the conference freshmen in scoring with 12.2 ppg and 12th overall - also leading the team. Morgan was sleceted to the American All-Freshman Team, Third Team All-Conference and she was a four-time Freshman of the Week. She was also named Louisiana Freshman of the Year. Morgan led the Green Wave in scoring, field goals made (4.4), free throws made (2.2), steals (2.1) and minutes played (28.5).
She tallied 20 double-digit scoring efforts, leading the team in scoring in 12 games. Tulane will look to fill the void of graduates Danielle Blagg, Adesuwa Ebomonwyi, Tiffany Dale and Jamie Kaplan, who combined for 3,935 points, which accounted for 46.1 percent of the team’s scoring over the past four years. The last time the Green Wave had at least five true freshmen on the squad was the 2010-11 season. Courtnie Latham produced the strongest finish to last season, registering double-digit points in seven of the final 13 games, including four of the last six. Over those 13 games, Latham averaged 8.6 ppg, while shooting 47 percent from the field and 14-of-33 from three-point range. Leslie Vorpahl averaged 8.9 points in true road games, shooting 51.7 percent from the floor and 51.5 percent from
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location....................................................... New Orleans, La. Founded............................................................................. 1834 Enrollment......................................................................13, 531 Nickname.............................................................Green Wave Colors................................................ Olive Green & Sky Blue President........................................................Michael A. Fitts Director of Athletics.........................................Rick Dickson Senior Woman Administrator.............................Sue Bower Women’s Basketball Office Phone...............(504) 865-5672 Assistant Coaches.. Alan Frey, Doshia Woods, Beth Dunkenberger
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................. 22-11 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish...................... 11-7/T-5th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................7/6 Newcomers......................................................................... Six Women’s Basketball Contact.............................Josh Bates Phone.................................................................(504) 865-5504 E-mail...................................................... jbates3@tulane.edu Website................................. www.TulaneGreenWave.com Twitter...................................................... @GreenWaveWBB
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TULANE Lisa Stockton 22nd Year at Tulane Career Record (24 years).......... 501-242 (.674) Tulane Record (21 years).......... 438-215 (.671) NCAA Record (11 appearances)..........3-11 (.214) WNIT Record (5 appearance).......... 5-5 (.500) Conference Tournament ............. 28-15 (.651) (20 appearances)
Personal - Native of Greensboro, N.C.; Four-year letterwinner at Wake Forest (198286) Coaching File - Assistant coach, Georgia Tech (1990-94); Head coach, Greensboro College (1987-90); Graduate assistant, North Carolina (1986-87)
Education - Bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest (1986); Master’s degree from North Carolina
STOCKTONS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY
YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL NCAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT 1987-88 Greensboro 20-7 1988-89 Greensboro 25-12 1989-90 Greensboro 18-8 1994-95 Tulane 19-10 0-1 1-1 1995-96 Tulane 21-10 0-1 1-1 1996-97 Tulane 27-5 1-1 3-0 (1st) 1997-98 Tulane 21-7 0-1 0-1 1998-99 Tulane 24-6 0-1 3-0 (1st) 1999-00 Tulane 27-5 1-1 3-0 (1st) 2000-01 Tulane 22-10 0-1 3-0 (1st) 2001-02 Tulane 24-11 1-1 2-1 2002-03 Tulane 19-10 0-1 0-1 2003-04 Tulane 10-18 0-1 2004-05 Tulane 11-16 2005-06 Tulane 15-12 1-1 2006-07 Tulane 26-7 1-1 1-1 2007-08 Tulane 16-14 0-1 2008-09 Tulane 18-14 1-1 2009-10 Tulane 26-7 0-1 3-0 (1st) 2010-11 Tulane 23-11 1-1 2-1 2011-12 Tulane 23-11 1-1 2-1 2012-13 Tulane 24-9 2-1 0-1 2013-14 Tulane 20-11 0-1 0-1 2014-15 Tulane 22-11 0-1 2-1 CAREER (24 Years) 501-242 3-11 5-5 28-15 (.674) (.214) (.500) (.651)
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STATISTICS 2014-15 Tulane Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 03 MORGAN, Kolby 33 31 942 28.5 146 338 .432 37 123 .301 72 98 .735 49 101 150 4.5 62 1 50 72 8 69 401 12.2 20 BLAGG, Danielle 33 28 834 25.3 106 322 .329 58 167 .347 39 57 .684 26 86 112 3.4 43 0 44 40 5 37 309 9.4 11 VORPAHL, Leslie 31 5 609 19.6 78 183 .426 37 95 .389 35 50 .700 10 50 60 1.9 41 1 74 60 4 44 228 7.4 23 KAPLAN, Jamie 32 31 876 27.4 71 201 .353 19 67 .284 61 81 .753 13 70 83 2.6 24 0 150 93 1 36 222 6.9 45 DURU, Chinwe 32 14 639 20.0 84 170 .494 0 0 .000 44 71 .620 52 75 127 4.0 79 1 8 51 39 11 212 6.6 22 DALE, Tiffany 33 30 826 25.0 87 169 .515 0 1 .000 43 77 .558 84 121 205 6.2 77 1 32 64 35 42 217 6.6 33 LATHAM, Courtnie 33 4 600 18.2 68 169 .402 16 49 .327 28 36 .778 17 62 79 2.4 33 0 49 50 4 25 180 5.5 15 EBOMWONYI, Adesuwa 33 0 615 18.6 66 169 .391 9 39 .231 24 34 .706 46 91 137 4.2 47 0 22 27 7 34 165 5.0 30 JONES, Tierra 30 22 420 14.0 48 90 .533 0 0 .000 27 56 .482 38 61 99 3.3 79 3 19 46 1 18 123 4.1 24 HALL, Paije 3 0 15 5.0 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 1 5 6 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3 13 CRUICKSHANK, Caylah 19 0 113 5.9 8 29 .276 1 8 .125 7 12 .583 3 8 11 0.6 4 0 4 9 2 6 24 1.3 42 ROGERS, Morgan 19 0 104 5.5 10 20 .500 0 0 .000 4 7 .571 4 25 29 1.5 21 0 1 15 5 2 24 1.3 01 LAFLOE, Brook 4 0 7 1.8 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 TM TEAM 69 55 124 3.8 1 17 0 Total 33 774 1867 .415 177 551 .321 386 583 .662 412 810 1222 37.0 511 7 453 544 111 324 2111 64.0 Opponents 33 711 1873 .380 180 606 .297 321 483 .665 443 787 1230 37.3 562 - 415 621 104 294 1923 58.3
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT KOLBY MORGAN So. • G • 5-8 • Ranked SECOND among all freshmen in The American in scoring and 12th overall with 12.2 points per game • Led Tulane in scoring in 12 GAMES and recorded two games of 20 points or more, including a career-high of 25 against Western Kentucky on Nov. 28, 2014 • Earned American Freshman of the Week honors four times, tying 2015 grad Danielle Blagg’s record while in Conference-USA, and became the ninth Green Wave player to be picked for a All-Freshman team
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TULSA SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 13
Kansas State
8 p.m.
17 at Saint Louis
8 p.m.
20 Oral Roberts
8 p.m.
23 at Arkansas
8 p.m.
Teanna REID
UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up (Las Vegas, Nev.)
28 vs. Drake
5:30 p.m.
29 vs. UNLV /George Mason TBA DECEMBER
2
Grambling State
8 p.m.
6
Indiana State
2 p.m.
9
Oklahoma
8 p.m.
13 at Arkansas-Little Rock 3 p.m. 20 at Northern Iowa
2 p.m.
30 East Carolina *
8 p.m.
JANUARY
2
SMU *
3 p.m.
6
at UConn *
7 p.m.
ESPN3
8
at Temple *
5 p.m.
ESPNU
10 at Memphis *
2 p.m.
13 Cincinnati *
8 p.m.
16 Tulane *
2 p.m.
20 at Houston *
8 p.m.
23 Memphis *
3 p.m.
27 UConn *
8 p.m.
30 at UCF *
1 p.m.
2015-16 ROSTER No. 00 1 2 3 4 5
Name Kelsee Grovey Jordyn Holmes Tatyana Perez Erika Wakefield Teanna Reid Jasmine Butler Ashley Hughes Antoinet Webster Te’era Williams Jessica Pongonis Ashley Clark Tyjae’ Scales Crystal Polk
G G F F G F F
Jr. 5-7 Sr. 5-9 Jr. 5-11 Jr. 6-1 Sr. 5-111 Fr. 6-1 Fr. 6-2
Sulphur, Okla./Sulphur Oklahoma City, Okla./Western Heights Oklahoma City, Okla./Butler CC Fishers, Ind./Saint Joseph’s Midwest City, Okla./Midwest City Houston, Texas/Kinkaid Lawton, Okla./Lawton Ike
Liesl Spoerl
F
So. 6-1
Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall
10 Houston *
8 p.m.
13 UCF *
3 p.m.
17 at SMU *
8 p.m.
ESPN3
20 at Tulane *
2 p.m.
American
13 15 21 22 23 25 33
24 USF *
8 p.m.
American
35
27 at Cincinnati *
1 p.m.
FEBRUARY 3
at East Carolina *
7 p.m.
All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference games denoted with asterisk
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Pos. G G G G G G
Cl. Sr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr.
Ht. 5-8 5-11 5-6 5-4 5-6 6-0
Hometown/Previous School Shawnee, Okla./Shawnee Austin, Texas/Crockett Cypress, Texas/Cypress Woods Moore, Okla./Heritage Hall Oklahoma City, Okla./Butler CC Pearland, Texas/Pearland
HEAD COACH: Matilda Mossman ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Shane Coffey ASSISTANT COACH: Megan Robbins ASSISTANT COACH: Leah Foster
Women’s Basketball
DERRICK GRAGG VP & Director of Athletics
MATILDA MOSSMAN Head Coach
STEPHANIE HALL Sports Information Director
NEWS & NOTES The 2014-15 campaign saw the Tulsa women’s basketball team post a winning record (18-14) for the first time since 2006, finish third in its inaugural year in the American Athletic Conference and advance to the WNIT Second Round. This year, seniors Ashley Clark, Kelsee Grovey and Antoinet Webster have their sights set on an NCAA Championship appearance, a feat the trio have not accomplished since their freshman campaign.
The Golden Hurricane returns eight letterwinners, including three starters, and one squad member and adds five newcomers this season. Tulsa gets back two players who missed last season with medical hardships, both of who were forwards, adds a junior-transfer forward and two freshman forwards, which will help fill the 4 and 5 positions, which were lacking in depth last season.
Clark and Grovey have already scored more than 1,000 career points, something only eight other TU women’s basketball players have accomplished before them, with 1,069 and 1,032, respectively. Clark, Grovey, Webster, and juniors Teanna Reid and Ashley Hughes, combine for 15 other top-10 career marks in school history, including a program-best 42.4 3-point field goal percentage by Reid.
QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location................................................................. Tulsa, Okla. Founded............................................................................. 1894 Enrollment.........................................................................4,682 Nickname................................................... Golden Hurricane Colors.....................................Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson President..............................................Dr. Steadman Upham VP & Director of Athletics.......................Dr. Derrick Gragg Senior Woman Administrator.......................Crista Troester Women’s Basketball Office Phone...............(918) 631-2128 Associate Head Coach....................................Shane Coffey Assistant Coaches.................Megan Robbins, Leah Foster
2014-15 Overall Record.................................................. 18-14 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish......................... 12-6/3rd Starters Returning/Lost......................................................3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................8/4 Newcomers........................................................................Five Women’s Basketball Contact.......................Stephanie Hall Phone.................................................................(918) 631-2163 E-mail..........................................stephanie-hall@utulsa.edu Website........................................ www.tulsahurricane.com Twitter......................................................... @TUWBasketball
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TULSA Matilda Mossman 5th Year at Tulsa Career Record (12 years).......... 207-155 (.571) Tulsa Record (4 years)................... 60-62(.491) NCAA Record (2 appearances)............ 0-2 (.000) WNIT Record (1 appearance).......... 1-1 (.500) Conference Tournament ................. 9-8 (.529) (9 appearances) Education - Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, Western Kentucky (1979); Master’s degree in Education, Western Kentucky (1980)
Personal - Has two sons, Scott and Matt. Coaching File - Head coach, Norman (Okla.) High School (2002-11); Assistant coach, Norman (Okla.) High School (200102); Coach, Normal (Ill.) Comunity High School (1994-01); Assistant coach, Illinois (1991-94); Head coach, Kansas State (198489); Head coach, Arkansas(1981-84); Assistant coach, Arkansas (1980-81); Assistant coach, Western Kentucky (1979-80)
MOSSMANS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR
SCHOOL
OVERALL
NCAA POSTSEASON
WNIT POSTSEASON
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
1981-82 Arkansas 26-10 1982-83 Arkansas 21-8 1983-84 Arkansas 20-9 1984-85 Kansas State 16-13 1-1 1985-86 Kansas State 16-13 1-1 1986-87 Kansas State 22-9 0-1 2-1 1987-88 Kansas State 8-20 0-1 1988-89 Kansas State 18-11 1-1 2011-12 Tulsa 13-15 0-1 2012-13 Tulsa 17-17 0-1 4-0 (1st) 2013-14 Tulsa 12-16 0-1 2014-15 Tulsa 18-14 1-1 0-1 CAREER (12 Years) 207-155 0-2 1-1 9-8 (.571) (.000) (.500) (.529)
“I really like our team right now. We have inexperience in the 5 spot and some question marks in the 4 spot, but our guards are really good. Our nonconference schedule will be a good barometer of where we are when we get to conference play.” - Matilda Mossman, Tulsa
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STATISTICS 2014-15 Tulsa Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 23 CLARK, Ashley 32 17 898 28.1 187 392 .477 20 64 .313 69 103 .670 63 179 242 7.6 70 1 70 114 15 39 463 14.5 32 TURNER, Mariah 32 31 957 29.9 141 275 .513 0 1 .000 98 145 .676 59 117 176 5.5 83 1 36 68 11 32 380 11.9 00 GROVEY, Kelsee 32 28 989 30.9 118 281 .420 51 138 .370 59 71 .831 22 57 79 2.5 70 2 73 45 2 48 346 10.8 35 BRADY, Kadan 32 28 915 28.6 81 210 .386 34 100 .340 41 55 .745 19 80 99 3.1 32 0 76 54 1 53 237 7.4 04 REID, Teanna 30 20 763 25.4 64 163 .393 36 85 .424 49 69 .710 19 82 101 3.4 73 0 94 92 1 44 213 7.1 15 WEBSTER, Antoinet 32 10 478 14.9 53 152 .349 15 61 .246 15 16 .938 8 44 52 1.6 35 0 18 39 0 12 136 4.3 01 HOLMES, Jordyn 18 1 208 11.6 28 77 .364 7 30 .233 12 17 .706 8 35 43 2.4 32 0 7 18 0 15 75 4.2 13 HUGHES, Ashley 28 15 410 14.6 37 91 .407 23 60 .383 14 16 .875 11 37 48 1.7 28 0 28 18 1 20 111 4.0 03 WAKEFIELD, Erika 31 9 521 16.8 50 126 .397 3 14 .214 18 29 .621 12 41 53 1.7 42 0 59 64 1 38 121 3.9 24 CAMPBELL, Autura 28 1 200 7.1 11 42 .262 0 0 .000 5 12 .417 22 26 48 1.7 33 1 2 12 3 4 27 1.0 11 JINKS, Rickae 16 0 86 5.4 5 15 .333 0 0 .000 1 6 .167 2 14 16 1.0 24 0 1 6 4 1 11 0.7 TM TEAM 74 70 144 4.5 0 15 0 Total 32 775 1824 .425 189 553 .342 381 539 .707 319 782 1101 34.4 522 5 464 545 39 306 2120 66.2 Opponents 32 812 1877 .433 177 555 .319 342 491 .697 370 821 1191 37.2 541 - 414 558 127 283 2143 67.0
PLAYER HIGHLIGHT ASHLEY CLARK Sr. • G • 5-11 • Has scored over 1,000 career points, the NINTH PLAYER in school history to reach the milestone • Selected as the 2015 American Athletic Conference Sixth Man of the Year AND represented Tulsa on The American second team
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RECORDS &
HISTORY
POINTS
Individual Conference Records GAME 41
Zykira Lewis, UCF vs. Florida Atlantic, 11/14/14
37
Breanna Stewart, UConn vs. Temple, 1/23/14
35
Courtney Williams, USF vs. Temple, 2/22/14
SEASON 777
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games)
710
Courtney Williams, USF, 2014-15 (35 games)
691
Keena Mays, SMU, 2013-14 (32 games)
686
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2014-15 (39 games)
663
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville, 2013-14 (38 games)
POINTS PER GAME, SEASON 21.6
Keena Mays, SMU, 2013-14 (691 points, 32 games)
20.3
Courtney Williams, USF (710 points, 35 games)
19.4
Breanna Stewart, 2013-14 (777 points, 40 games)
18.9
Zykira Lewis, UCF, 2014-15 (567 points, 30 games)
17.8
Ariel Hearn, Memphis, 2013-14 (553 points, 31 games)
Zykira Lewis, UCF
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FIELD GOALS
Individual Conference Records FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 15
Breanna Stewart, UConn vs. Temple, 1/28/14
15
Courtney Williams, USF vs. Temple, 2/22/14
FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON 291
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2013-14
286
Courtney Williams, USF, 2014-15
264
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2014-15
240
Bria Hartley, UConn, 2013-14
228
Shoni Schimmel, Lousiville, 2013-14
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 33
Zykira Lewis, UCF vs. Akron, 12/17/14
29
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville vs. Maryland, 4/22/14
Courtney Williams, USF at Penn State, 12/21/14
Zykira Lewis, UCF vs. UConn, 1/21/15
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Breanna Stewart, UConn
Women’s Basketball
FIELD GOALS
Individual Conference Records FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 586
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2013-14
574
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville, 2013-14
560
Courtney Williams, USF, 2013-14
528
Keena Mays, SMU, 2013-14
511
Bria Hartley, UConn, 2013-14
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 8 made) 1.000 Stefanie Dolson, UConn vs. Houston, 2/22/14 (8-8)
Breanna Stewart, UConn vs. Creighton, 11/23/14 (10-10)
Tierra Jones, Tulane at McNeese State, 11/16/14 (8-8)
.909
Stefanie Dolson, UConn vs. Oregon, 11/20/13 (10-11)
Akila McDonald, USF vs. Stetson, 3/23/13 (10-11)
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON .637
Gabby Williams, UConn, 2014-15 (137-215)
.596
Morgan Tuck, UConn, 2014-15 (239-401)
.587
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2014-15 (193-329)
.575 .564
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2013-14 (157-273) Stefanie Dolson, UConn, 2013-14 (207-367)
Tierra Jones, Tulane
69
3-POINT FIELD GOALS Individual Conference Records
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 10
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn at UC Davis, 11/14/14
9
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville vs. Memphis, 1/26/14
8
Zykira Lewis, UCF vs. Florid Atlantic, 11/14/14
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON 121
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn, 2014-15
118
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville, 2013-14
88
Keena Mays, SMU, 2013-14
82
Bria Hartley, UConn, 2013-14
81
Inga Orekhova, USF, 2013-14
3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 16
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville vs. UConn, 3/10/14
Ariel Hearn, Memphis vs. Minnesota, 11/23/14
Zykira Lewis, UCF vs. UConn, 1/21/15
70
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn
Women’s Basketball
3-POINT FIELD GOALS Individual Conference Records
3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 314
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville, 2013-14
248
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn, 2014-15
224
Bria Hartley, UConn, 2013-14
222
Keena Mays, SMU, 2013-14
221
Inga Orekhova, USF, 2013-14
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME 1.000 Bria Hartley, UConn vs. UC Davis, 12/5/13 (5-5) .875
DeVaughn Gray, East Carolina vs. Fairfield, 11/14/14 (7-8)
.857
Bria Hartley, UConn vs. Rutgers, 1 /26/14 (6-7)
Alecia Smith, Houston vs. USF, 1/21/15 (6-7)
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON .496
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2014-15 (56-113)
.488
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn, 2014-15 (121-248)
.424
Teanna Reid, Tulsa, 2014-15 (36-85)
.419
Jada Payne, East Carolina, 2014-15 (80-191)
.408
Kia Nurse, UConn, 2014-15 (53-130)
Jada Payne, East Carolina
71
FREE THROWS Individual Conference Records FREE THROWS MADE, GAME 14
Alexis Durley, Cincinnati vs. Kent State, 11/17/13
Marche’ Amerson, Houston vs. Memphis, 3/7/14
FREE THROWS MADE, SEASON 153
Keena Mays, SMU, 2013-14
147
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2013-14
142
Kahleah Copper, Rutgers, 2013-14
134
Alisia Jenkins, USF, 2014-15
128
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2014-15
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, GAME 23
Marche’ Amerson, Houston vs. Memphis, 3/7/14
16
Keena Mays, SMU vs. UTEP, 12/7/13
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville vs. Colorado, 12/21/13
Marche’ Amerson, Houston
72
Women’s Basketball
FREE THROWS Individual Conference Records
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, SEASON
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, SEASON
202
Keena Mays, SMU, 2013-14
.865
Jada Payne, East Carolina, 2014-15 (77-89)
200
Kahleah Copper, Rutgers, 2013-14
.832
Tyonna Williams, Temple, 2014-15 (84-101)
190
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2013-14
.821
Alliya Butts, Temple, 2014-15 (87-106)
174
Alisia Jenkins, USF, 2014-15
.817
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville, 2013-14 (89-109)
159
Alisia Jenkins, USF, 2013-14
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2014-15
.811
Shaleth Stringfield, USF, 2014-15 (73-90)
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 9 made) 1.000 Alexis Durley, Cincinnati vs. Kent State, 11/17/13 (14-14)
Breanna Stewart, UConn vs. Baylor, 1/13/14 (10-10)
Tyler Scaife, Rutgers vs. Delaware, 3/20/14 (10-10)
Dayeesha Hollins, Cincinnati vs. Morehead State, 12/4/13 (9-9)
Breanna Stewart, UConn vs. Cincinnati, 3/8/14 (9-9)
Kia Nurse, UConn at Memphis, 2/7/15 (9-9)
Alisia Jenkins, USF vs. Memphis, 3/7/15 (9-9)
Kia Nurse, UConn
73
REBOUNDS
Individual Conference Records GAME 24
Brittni Montgomery, UCF vs. Florida Atlantic, 12/13/13
Brittni Montgomery, UCF at Iona, 12/14/14
21
Brittni Montgomery, UCF vs. Akron, 12/17/14
Alisia Jenkins, USF at Penn State, 12/21/14
SEASON 397
Alisia Jenkins, USF, 2014-15 (35 games)
371
Stefanie Dolson, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games)
369
Alisia Jenkins, USF, 2013-14 (36 games)
324
Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games)
296
Betnijah Laney, Rutgers, 2013-14 (35 games)
REBOUNDS PER GAME, SEASON 11.3
Alisia Jenkins, USF, 2014-15 (397 rebounds, 35 games)
10.3
Alisia Jenkins, USF, 2013-14 (369 rebounds, 36 games)
9.3
Stefanie Dolson, UConn, 2013-14 (371 rebounds, 40 games)
8.9
I’Tiana Taylor, East Carolina, 2014-15 (284 rebounds, 32 games)
8.7
Jeanise Randolph, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (271 rebounds, 31 games)
74
Alisia Jenkins, USF
Women’s Basketball
ASSISTS
Individual Conference Records GAME
ASSISTS PER GAME, SEASON
13
Jamie Kaplan, Tulane vs. Memphis, 2/21/15
4.9
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2013-14 (195 assists, 40 games)
12
Moriah Jefferson, UConn vs. Temple, 1/28/14
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2014-15 (191 assists, 39 games)
11
Shoni Schimmel, Louisville vs. Quinnipiac, 11/11/13
4.7
Jamie Kaplan, Tulane, 2014-15 (150 assists, 32 games)
Stefanie Dolson, UConn vs. Oregon, 11/20/13
4.4
Janesha Ebron, East Carolina, 2014-15 (144 assists, 33 games)
Tyonna Williams, Temple vs. Oakland, 11/30/13
4.3
Bria Hartley, UConn, 2013-14 (173, 40 games)
Bria Hartley, UConn vs. Temple, 1/28/14
Andrea Hines, UCF, 2014-15 (130 assists, 30 games)
SEASON 195
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games)
191
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2014-15 (39 games)
173
Bria Hartley, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games)
154
Syessence Davis, Rutgers, 2013-14 (37 games)
150
Jamie Kaplan, Tulane, 2014-15 (32 games)
Moriah Jefferson, UConn
75
TEAM POINTS Team Conference Records
2014-15 UConn Huskies
GAME 114
UConn vs. Oregon, 11/20/13
108
Louisville vs. Austin Peay, 12/14/13
SEASON 3481
UConn, 2014-15 (39 games)
3283
UConn, 2013-14 (38 games)
2450
Rutgers, 2013-14 (37 games)
2496
USF, 2014-15 (35 games)
2412
USF, 2013-14 (36 games)
76
POINTS PER GAME, SEASON 89.3
UConn, 2014-15 (3,481points, 39 games)
82.1
UConn, 2013-14 (3,283 points, 40 games)
78.9
Louisville, 2013-14 (2,999 points, 38 games)
71.3
USF, 2014-15 (2,496 points, 35 games)
68.2
SMU, 2013-14 (2,182 points, 32 games)
Women’s Basketball
TEAM FIELD GOALS Team Conference Records FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON
44
UConn vs. Oregon, 11/20/13
.540
UConn, 2014-15 (1,356-2,513)
43
Louisville vs. Austin Peay, 12/14/13
.503
UConn, 2013-14 (1,251-2,487)
Louisville at Ball State, 12/17/13
.456
Louisville, 2013-14 (1,097-2,405)
.442
Rutgers, 2013-14 (975-2,206)
.425
Tulsa, 2014-15 (775-1,824)
FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON 1,356 UConn, 2014-15 1,097 UConn, 2013-14 975
Rutgers, 2013-14
899
USF, 2014-15
880
USF, 2013-14
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 85
UCF vs. Akron, 12/17/14
83
Louisville vs. Austin Peay, 12/14/13
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 2,513 UConn, 2014-15 2,487 UConn, 2013-14 2,405 Louisville, 2013-14 2,369 Temple, 2014-15 2,222 USF, 2013-14
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME (MINIMUM 8 MADE) .702
UConn vs. St. Francis (N.Y.), 3/21/15 (40-57)
.661
UConn vs. East Carolina, 3/8/15 (39-59)
Head Coach Matilda Mossman, Tulsa
77
TEAM 3-POINT FIELD GOALS Team Conference Records
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 18
UConn at UC Davis, 11/14/14
15
Tulsa at Valparaiso, 12/06/14
Temple vs Memphis, 02/04/15
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON 330
UConn, 2014-15
295
UConn, 2013-14
257
Louisville, 2013-14
245
Temple, 2014-15
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME .727
UConn vs South Carolina, 2/9/15 (8-11)
.667
UCF at East Carolina, 03/02/15 (8-12)
Cincinnati vs. Morehead State, 12/4/13 (6-9)
Rutgers at UCF, 1/22/14 (4-6)
202 USF, 2014-15
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON
3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME
.406
UConn, 2014-15
.366
UConn, 2013-14
34
Temple at UConn, 1/14/15
.355
East Carolina, 2014-15
31
Tulsa at Valparaiso, 12/06/14
Louisville, 2013-14
31
UConn vs Tulane, 02/14/15
.342
Tulsa, 2014-15
31
UConn vs Texas, 3/28/15
3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 805
UConn, 2013-14
731
UConn, 2014-15
724
Louisville, 2013-14
606
Tulane, 2014-15
573
USF, 2014-15
78
Women’s Basketball
TEAM FREE THROWS Team Conference Records FREE THROWS MADE, GAME
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, SEASON
35
Rutgers vs. Seton Hall, 3/27/14
.750
UConn, 2013-14 (486-548)
32
UCF vs Oakland, 11/17/14
.728
USF, 2014-15 (496-681)
.727
Temple, 2014-15 (474-652)
.726
UConn, 2014-15 (439-605)
.712
Cincinnati, 2013-14 (297-417)
FREE THROWS MADE, SEASON 548
Louisville, 2013-14
496
USF, 2014-15
491
USF, 2013-14
486
UConn, 2013-14
474
Temple, 2014-15
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, GAME 45
Houston vs. North Texas, 11/20/13
43
Houston vs. Memphis, 3/7/14
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 810
Louisville, 2013-14
711
USF, 2013-14
685
Rutgers, 2013-14
667
SMU, 2013-14
652
Temple, 2014-15
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 9 made) 1.000 Cincinnati vs. Rutgers, 1/7/14 (16-16)
Cincinnati vs. Youngstown State, 12/8/13 (13-13)
Head Coach Tonya Cardoza, Temple
79
TEAM REBOUNDS Team Conference Records GAME 68
Louisville vs. Loyola Chicago, 1/9/13
62
USF at Bradley, 11/17/13
SEASON 1,716 UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 1,701 UConn, 2014-15 (39 games) 1,623 Louisville, 2013-14 (38 games) 1,595 USF, 2013-14 (36 games) 1,558 USF, 2014-15 (35 games)
REBOUNDS PER GAME, SEASON 44.5
USF, 2014-15 (1,558 rebounds, 35 games)
44.3
USF, 2013-14 (1,595 rebounds, 36 games)
43.6
UConn, 2014-15 (1,701 rebounds, 39 games)
42.9
UConn, 2013-14 (1,716 rebounds, 40 games)
42.7
Louisville, 2013-14 (1,623 rebounds, 38 games
Head Coach Jose Fernandez, USF
80
Women’s Basketball
TEAM ASSISTS Team Conference Records
Head Coach Rhonda Rompola, SMU
GAME
REBOUNDS PER GAME, SEASON
31
UConn vs. Temple, 1/28/14
UConn vs. SMU, 2/4/14
SEASON 850
UConn, 2013-14 (40 games)
828
UConn, 2014-15 (39 games)
626
Louisville, 2013-14 (38 games)
546
Rutgers, 2013-14 (37 games)
497
USF, 2013-14 (36 games)
21.3
UConn, 2013-14 (850 assists, 40 games)
21.2
UConn, 2014-15 (828 assists, 39 games)
16.5
Louisville, 2013-14 (626 assists, 338 games)
14.8
SMU, 2013-14 (475 assists, 32 games)
14.5
Tulsa, 2014-15 (464 assists, 32 games)
81
NCAA APPEARANCES Year-by-Year
UConn - 2015 National Champions
School (Apps)
NCAA Record Years Participated
Highest Advancement
UCF (4)
0-4
1996, 1999, 2009, 2011
Region First Round, 1996, ‘99, ‘09, ’11
Cincinnati (4)
1-4
1989, 1999, 2002-03
Region Second Round, 2002
UConn (27)
103-17
1989-2015
National Champions, 1995, ’00, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’09, ’10, ’13, ’14, ’15
East Carolina (2)
0-2
1982, 2007
Region First Round, 1982, ’07
Houston (5)
1-5
1988, 1992, 2004, 2005, 2011
Region Second Round, 2011
Memphis (7)
2-7
1982, 1985, 1987, 1995-98
Region Semifinals, 1982
USF (3)
2-3
2006, 2013, 2015
Region Second Round, 2013, ’15
SMU (7)
3-7
1994-96, 1998-00, 2008
Region Second Round, 1995, ’99, ’00
Temple (10)
5-10
1989, 2002, 2004-11
Region Second Round, 1989, ’05, ’07, ‘10, ’11
Tulane (11)
3-10
1994-2003, 2010, 2015
Region Second Round, 1997, ’00, ’02
Tulsa (2)
1-2
2006, 2013
Region Second Round, 2006
ALL-TIME POSTSEASON RECORDS UCF
NWIT: 1 appearance, 2 wins, 1 loss
Cincinnati
USF
NCAA: 4 appearances, 0 wins, 4 losses
NCAA: 4 appearances, 1 win, 4 losses WNIT: 6 appearances, 2 wins, 8 losses NWIT: 1 appearance, 1 win, 2 losses
UConn
NCAA: 27 appearances, 103 wins, 17 losses (1995, ‘00, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘09, ‘10, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15 National Champion)
East Carolina
NCAA: 2 appearances, 0 wins, 2 losses WNIT: 4 appearances, 2 wins, 4 losses
Houston
NCAA: 5 appearances, 1 win, 5 losses WNIT: 4 appearances, 5 wins, 5 losses
Memphis
NCAA: 7 appearances, 2 wins, 7 losses WNIT: 7 appearances, 6 wins, 7 losses
82
WBI: 1 appearance, 3 wins, 1 loss
NCAA: 3 appearances, 2 wins, 3 losses WNIT: 7 appearances, 13 wins, 6 losses
SMU
NCAA: 7 appearances, 3 wins, 7 losses WNIT: 6 appearances, 3 wins, 6 losses
Temple
NCAA: 10 appearances, 5 wins, 10 losses WNIT: 5 appearances, 9 wins, 6 losses
Tulane
NCAA: 11 appearances, 3 wins, 10 losses WNIT: 5 appearances, 5 wins, 5 losses NWIT: 1 appearance, 1 win, 2 losses
Tulsa
NCAA: 2 appearances, 1 win, 2 losses WNIT: 3 appearances, 1 wins, 3 losses
Women’s Basketball
NCAA APPEARANCES Year-by-Year 2014-15
2009-10
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 89-33 W 91-55 W 105-54 W 91-70 W 81-58 W 63-53
No. 16 seed St. Francis (N.Y.) (Albany Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 8 seed Rutgers (Albany Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 5 seedTexas (Albany Region Semifinal, Albany, N.Y.) No. 7 seed Dayton (Albany Region Final, Albany, N.Y.) No. 1 seed Maryland (National Semifinal,Tampa, Fla.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Championship,Tampa, Fla.)
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 95-39 W 90-36 W 74-36 W 90-50 W 70-50 W 53-47
No. 16 seed Southern (Dayton Region First Round, Norfolk,Va.) No. 8 seedTemple (Dayton Region Second Round, Norfolk,Va.) No. 4 seed Iowa State (Dayton Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) No. 3 seed Florida State (Dayton Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) No. 4 seed Baylor (National Semifinal, San Antonio,Texas) No. 1 seed Stanford (National Championship, San Antonio,Texas)
USF (No. 6 seed) W 73-64 L 60-52
No. 11 seed LSU (Albany Region First Round,Tampa, Fla.) No. 3 seed Louisville (Albany Region Second Round,Tampa, Fla.)
Temple (No. 8 seed) W 65-53 L 90-36
No. 9 seed James Madison (Dayton Region First Round, Norfolk,Va.) No. 1 seed UConn (Dayton Region Second Round, Norfolk,Va.)
Tulane (No. 12 seed) L 57-47
No. 5 Mississippi State (Spokane Region First Round, Durham, N.C.)
Tulane (No. 12 seed) L, 64-59
No. 5 seed Georgia (Sacramento Region First Round,Tempe, Ariz.)
2013-14 UConn (No. 1 seed)
W W W W W W
87-44 91-52 70-51 69-54 75-56 79-58
No. 16 seed PrairieView A&M (Lincoln Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Saint Joseph’s (Pa.) (Lincoln Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 12 seed BYU (Lincoln Region Semifinal, Lincoln, Neb.) No. 3 seedTexas A&M (Lincoln Region Final, Lincoln, Neb.) No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, Nashville,Tenn.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Championship, Nashville,Tenn.)
2012-13 UConn (No. 1 seed) W 105-37 W 77-44 W 76-50 W 83-53 W 83-65 W 93-60
No. 16 seed Idaho (Bridgeport Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 8 seedVanderbilt (Bridgeport Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed Maryland (Bridgeport Region Semifinal, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 2 seed Kentucky (Bridgeport Region Final, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, New Orleans, La.) No. 5 seed Louisville (National Championship, New Orleans, La.)
USF (No. 10 seed) W 71-70 L 82-78
No. 7 seedTexasTech (Spokane Region First Round, Lubbock,Texas) No. 2 seed California (Spokane Region Second Round, Lubbock,Texas)
Tulsa (No. 16 seed) L 72-56
No. 1 seed Stanford (Stanford Region First Round, Stanford, Calif.)
2011-12 UConn (No. 1 seed) W 83-47 W 72-26 W 77-59 W 80-65 L 83-75
No. 16 seed PrairieView (Kingston Region First Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 8 seed Kansas State (Kingston Region Second Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 4 seed Penn State (Kingston Region Semifinal, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 2 seed Kentucky (Kingston Region Final, Kingston, R.I.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, Denver, Colo.)
2010-11 UCF (No. 13 seed) L 80-69
No. 4 seed Ohio State (Dayton Region First Round, Columbus, Ohio)
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 75-39 W 64-40 W 68-63 W 75-40 L 72-63
No. 16 seed Hartford (Philadelphia Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Purdue (Philadelphia Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 5 seed Georgetown (Philadelphia Region Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 2 seed Duke (Philadelphia Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 2 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, Indianapolis, Ind.)
Houston (No. 8 seed) L 79-73
No. 9 seedWestVirginia (Dallas Region First Round,Waco,Texas)
Temple (No. 10 seed) W 63-45 L 77-64
No. 7 seed Arizona State (Dayton Region First Round, Salt Lake City, Utah) No. 2 seed Notre Dame (Dayton Region Second Round, Salt Lake City, Utah)
2008-09 UCF (No. 14 seed) L 85-80
No. 3 seed North Carolina (Oklahoma City Region First Round, Chattanooga,Tenn.)
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 104-65 W 87-59 W 77-53 W 83-64 W 83-64 W 76-54
No. 16 seedVermont (Trenton Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 8 seed Florida (Trenton Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed California (Trenton Region Semifinal,Trenton, N.J.) No. 6 seed Arizona State (Trenton Region Final,Trenton, N.J.) No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, St. Louis, Mo.) No. 3 seed Louisville (National Championship, St. Louis, Mo.)
Temple (No. 9 seed) L 70-57
No. 8 seed Florida (Trento Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.)
2007-08 UConn (No. 1 seed) W 89-47 W 89-55 W 78-63 W 66-56 L 82-73
No. 16 seed Cornell (Greensboro Region First Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 8 seedTexas (Greensboro Region Second Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 5 seed Old Dominion (Greensboro Region Semifinal, Greensboro, N.C.) No. 2 seed Rutgers (Greensboro Region Final, Greensboro, N.C.) No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal,Tampa, Fla.)
SMU (No. 12 seed) L 75-62
No. 5 seed Notre Dame (Oklahoma City Region First Round,West Lafayette, Ind.)
Temple (No. 11 seed) L 61-54
No. 6 seed Arizona State (Oklahoma City Region First Round, College Park, Md.)
2006-07 UConn (No. 1 seed) W 82-33 W 94-70 W 78-71 L 73-50
No. 16 seed Maryland-Baltimore County (Fresno Region First Round, Hartford, Conn.) No. 9 seedWisconsin-Green Bay (Fresno Region Second Round, Hartford, Conn.) No. 4 seed NC State (Fresno Region Semifinal, Fresno, Calif.) No. 3 seed LSU (Fresno Region Final, Fresno, Calif.)
East Carolina (No. 13 seed) L 77-34 No. 4 seed Rutgers (Greensboro Region First Round, East Lansing, Mich.) Temple (No. 8 seed) W 64-61 L 62-52
No. 9 seed Nebraska (Greensboro Region First Round, Raleigh, N.C.) No. 1 seed Duke (Greensboro Region Second Round, Raleigh, N.C.)
83
NCAA APPEARANCES Year-by-Year 2005-06 UConn (No. 2 seed) W 77-54 No. 15 seed Coppin State (Bridgeport Region First Round, State College, Pa.) W 79-56 No. 7 seedVirginiaTech (Bridgeport Region Second Round, State College, Pa.) W 77-75 No. 3 seed Georgia (Bridgeport Region Semifinal, Bridgeport, Conn.) L 63-61 (OT) No. 1 seed Duke (Bridgeport Region Final, Bridgeport, Conn.) USF (No. 9 seed) L 67-65 Temple (No. 6 seed) L 64-58 Tulsa (No. 12 seed) W 71-61 L 71-67
Temple (No. 14 seed) L 72-57
No. 3 seed Iowa State (Midwest Region First Round, Ames, Iowa)
Tulane (No. 10 seed) W 73-69 L 77-55
No. 7 seed Colorado State (West Region First Round, Palo Alto, Calif.) No. 2 seed Stanford (West Region Second Round, Palo Alto, Calif.)
No. 11 seed Hartford (Bridgeport Region First Round,Trenton, N.J.)
No. 5 seed NC State (San Antonio Region First Round, Chicago, Ill.) No. 13 seed DePaul (San Antonio Region Second Round, Chicago, Ill.)
No. 14 seed Dartmouth (Kansas City Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 6 seed Florida State (Kansas City Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 2 seed Stanford (Kansas City Region Semifinal, Kansas City, Mo.)
Houston (No. 10 seed) L 65-43 No. 7 seed Boston College (Chattanooga Region First Round, Chapel Hill, N.C.) Temple (No. 6 seed) W 66-61 L 61-54
No. 16 seed St. Francis (Pa.) (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Iowa (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed Penn State (Mideast Region Semifinal, Milwaukee,Wis.) No. 7 seed Old Dominion (Mideast Region Final, Milwaukee,Wis.) No. 2 seedTennessee (National Semifinal, San Antonio,Texas) No. 1 seed Oklahoma (National Championship, San Antonio,Texas)
No. 8 seed USC (Bridgeport Region First Round, Norfolk,Va.)
2004-05 UConn (No. 3 seed) W 95-47 W 70-52 L 76-59
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 86-37 W 86-48 W 82-64 W 85-64 W 79-56 W 82-70
No. 11 seed LouisianaTech (Philadelphia Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 3 seed Rutgers (Philadelphia Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.)
2003-04 UConn (No. 2 seed) W 91-55 W 79-53 W 63-55 W 66-49 W 67-58 W 70-61
No. 15 seed Pennsylvania (East Region First Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 7 seed Auburn (Easr Region Second Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 11 seed UC Santa Barbara (East Region Semifinal, Hartford, Conn.) No. 1 seed Penn State (East Region Final, Hartford, Conn.) No. 7 seed Minnesota (National Semifinal, New Orleans, La.) No. 1 seedTennessee (National Championship, New Orleans, La.)
Houston (No. 3 seed) W 62-47 L 56-52
No. 14 seedWisconsin-Green Bay (West Region First Round, Santa Barbara, Calif.) No. 10 seed UC Santa Barbara (West Region Second Round, Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Temple (No. 11 seed) L 70-57
No. 6 seedTCU (West Region First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.)
2000-01 UConn (No. 1 seed) W 101-29 W 89-44 W 72-58 W 67-48 L 90-75
No. 16 seed Long Island (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Colorado State (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed NC State (East Region Semifinal, Pittsburgh, Pa.) No. 3 seed LouisianaTech (East Region Final, Pittsburgh, Pa.) No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, St. Louis, Mo.)
Tulane (No. 10 seed) L 72-70
No. 7 seed Florida State (Midwest Region First Round, Ames, Iowa)
1999-00 UConn (No. 1 seed) W 116-46 W 83-45 W 102-80 W 86-71 W 89-67 W 71-52
No. 16 seed Hampton (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Clemson (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 5 seed Oklahoma (East Region Semifinal, Richmond,Va.) No. 3 seed LSU (East Region Final, Richmond,Va.) No. 2 seed Penn State (National Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 1 seedTennessee (National Championship, Philadelphia, Pa.)
SMU (No. 12 seed) W 64-63 L 96-76
No. 5 seed N.C. State (Midwest Region First Round, Athens, Ga.) No. 4 seed Old Dominion (Midwest Region Second Round, Athens, Ga.)
Tulane (No. 6 seed) W 65-60 L 76-59
No. 11 seedVermont (Mideast Regional First Round, Lubbock,Texas) No. 3 seedTexasTech (Mideast Regional Second Round, Lubbock,Texas)
1998-99 UCF (No. 16 seed) L 90-48
2002-03
No. 1 seed LouisianaTech (West Region First Round, Ruston, La.)
Cincinnati (No. 10 seed) L 71-57 No. 7 seed Arkansas (West Region First Region, Austin,Texas)
Cincinnati (No. 12 seed) L 65-56 No. 5 seed Oregon (Mideast Region First Round, Ames, Iowa)
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 91-44 W 81-66 W 70-49 W 73-64 W 71-69 W 73-68
No. 16 seed Boston University (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seedTCU (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 5 seed Boston College (East Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) No. 2 seed Purdue (East Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) No. 2 seedTexas (National Semifinal, Atlanta, Ga.) No. 1 seedTennessee (National Championship, Atlanta, Ga.)
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 97-46 W 86-84 L 64-58
No. 16 seed St. Francis (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 8 seed Xavier (Mideast Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed Iowa State (Mideast Region Semifinal, Cincinnati, Ohio)
SMU (No. 11 seed) W 91-76 L 68-55
No. 6 seedToledo (Mideast Region First Round, Athens, Ga.) No. 3 seed Georgia (Mideast Region Second Round, Athens, Ga.)
Tulane (No. 11 seed) L 68-48
No. 6 seed Minnesota (West Region First Round, Palo Alto, Calif.)
Tulane (No. 6 seed) L 83-72
No. 11 seed Saint Joseph’s (PA) (East Region First Round, Durham, N.C.)
2001-02 Cincinnati (No. 6 seed) W 76-63 (OT) No. 11 seed St. Peter’s (East Region First Round, Columbia, S.C.) L 75-56 No. 3 seed South Carolina (East Region Second Round, Columbia, S.C.)
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NCAA APPEARANCES Year-by-Year 1997-98 UConn (No. 2 seed) W 93-52 W 75-67 W 74-57 L 60-52
No. 15 seed Fairfield (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 10 seed GeorgeWashington (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 3 seed Arizona (East Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) No. 4 seed North Carolina State (East Region Final, Dayton, Ohio)
Tulane (No. 15 seed) L 87-72
No. 2 seedTexasTech (Mideast Region First Round, Lubbock,Texas)
1993-94
Memphis (No. 5 seed) L 91-80 No. 12 seedYoungstown State (East Region First Round, Raleigh, N.C.)
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 79 60 W 81 59 W 78 64 L 81-69
No. 16 seed Brown (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Auburn (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No 4 seed So. Mississippi (East Region Semifinal, Piscatway, N.J.) No. 3 seed North Carolina (East Region Final, Piscataway, N.J.)
SMU (No. 11 seed) L 77-68
No. 6 seedVirginia (East Region First Round,Tucson, Ariz.)
SMU (No. 13 seed) L 69-62
No. 4 seed LouisianaTech (Mideast Region First Round, Ruston, La.)
Tulane (No. 12 seed) L 72-68
No. 5 seed Kansas (West Region First Round, Iowa City, Iowa)
1992-93
1996-97 UConn (No. 1 seed)
W W W L
103-35 72-53 78-73 91-81
No. 16 seed Lehigh (Midwest Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 9 seed Iowa (Midwest Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed Illinois (Midwest Region Semifinal, Iowa City, Iowa) No. 3 seedTennessee (Midwest Region Final, Iowa City, Iowa)
Memphis (No. 11 seed) L 93-62 No. 6 seed Notre Dame (East Region First Round, Austin,Texas)
UConn (No. 6 seed) L 74 71
Louisville (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.)
1991-92 UConn (No. 6 seed) W 83 66 L 75-47
No. 11 seed St. Peter’s (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 3Vanderbilt (East Region Second Round, Nashville,Tenn.)
Houston (No. 8 seed) L 80-69
No. 9 seed UC Santa Barbara (West First Round, Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1990-91
1995-96
UConn (No. 3 seed) W 81 80 W 82 71 W 60 57 L 61-55
UCF (No. 16 seed) L 98-41
1989-90
Tulane (No. 4 seed) W 72-69 L 81-67
No. 13 seed UC Santa Barbara (East Region First Round,Washington, D.C.) No. 5 seed GeorgeWashington (East Region Second Round,Washington, D.C.)
No. 1 seed LouisianaTech (Midwest Region First Round, Ruston, La.)
UConn (No. 1 seed) W 94-63 No. 16 seed Howard (Mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 88-68 No. 9 seed Michigan State (Mideast Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 72-44 No. 12 seed San Francisco (Mideast Region Semifinal, Rosemont, Ill.) W 67-57 No. 3 seedVanderbilt (Mideast Region Final, Rosemont, Ill.) L 88-83 (OT) No. 1 seedTennessee (National Semifinal, Charlotte, N.C.) Memphis (No. 8 seed) L 97-75 No. 9 seed Ohio State (East Region First Round, Knoxville,Tenn.) SMU (No. 10 seed) L 96-82
No. 7 seed DePaul (Mideast Region First Round, Iowa City, Iowa)
Tulane (No. 14 seed) L 83-75
No. 3 seed Colorado (West Region First Round, Boulder, Colo.)
No. 16 seed Maine (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 8 seedVirginiaTech (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 4 seed Alabama (East Region Semifinal, Storrs, Conn.) No. 3 seedVirginia (East Region Final, Storrs, Conn.) No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, Minneapolis, Minn.) No. 1 seedTennessee (National Championship, Minneapolis, Minn.)
Memphis (No. 8 seed) W 74-72 No. 9 seed USC (West Region First Round, Nashville,Tenn.) L 95-68 No. 1 seedVanderbilt (West Region Second Round, Nashville,Tenn.) SMU (No. 10 seed) W 96-95 L 95-73
No. 5 seed Clemson (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.)
1988-89 Cincinnati (No. 8 seed) L 69-59 No. 9 seed Bowling Green (West Region First Round, Bowling Green, Ohio) UConn (No. 8 seed) L 72-63
No. 9 seed La Salle (East Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.)
Temple (No. 8 seed) W 90-80 L 88-54
No. 9 seed Holy Cross (Mideast Region First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 1 seed Auburn (Mideast Region Second Round, Auburn, Ala.)
1987-88
1994-95 UConn (No. 1 seed) W 105 75 W 91 45 W 87 56 W 67 63 W 87 60 W 70 64
UConn (No. 4 seed) L 61-59
No. 11 seedToledo (East Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) No. 2 seed NC State (East Region Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 4 seed Clemson (East Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.) No. 1 seedVirginia (National Semifinal, New Orleans, La.)
No. 7 seed Southern Miss (West Region First Round, Stanford, Calif.) No. 2 seed Stanford (West Region Second Round, Stanford, Calif.)
Houston (No. 6 seed) L 74-68
No. 3 seed Ole Miss (Midwest First Round, Oxford, Miss.)
1986-87 Memphis (No. 6 seed) L 76-65 No. 3 seedVirginia (Mideast Region Second Round, Charlottesville,Va.)
1984-85 Memphis (No. 6 seed) L 82-64 No. 3 seed Auburn (Midwest Region First Round, Auburn, Ala.)
1981-82 East Carolina (No. 6 seed) L 79-54 No. 3 seed South Carolina (Midwest Region First Round, Columbia, S.C.) Memphis (No. 3 seed) W 72-70 No. 6 seed Ole Miss (Mideast First Round, Memphis,Tenn.) L 78-68 No. 2 seedTennessee (Mideast Semifinals, Knoxville,Tenn.)
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WNIT CHAMPIONSHIP American Athletic Conference Appearances 2014-15 (6-3) East Carolina W 74-52 Radford (First Round, Greenville, N.C.) L 69-65 North Carolina State (Second Round, Greenville, N.C.) Temple W 67-54 Marist (First Round, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) W 61-56 Pennsylvania (Second Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) W 80-79 (OT) North Carolina State (Third Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) W 69-57 Middle Tennessee State (Quarterfinals, Murfreesboro, Tenn.) L 66-58 (OT) West Virginia (Semifinals, Morgantown, W. Va.) Tulsa W 78-72 Missouri State (First Round, Springfield, Mo.) L 69-59 Eastern Michigan (Second Round, Tulsa, Okla.) 2013-14 (5-4) East Carolina L 86-68 George Washington (First Round, Washington, D.C.) USF W 56-50 North Carolina A&T (First Round, Tampa, Fla.) W 75-56 Stetson (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) W 74-59 George Washington (Third Round, Tampa, Fla.) W 60-58 Mississippi State (Quarterfinals, Starkville, Miss.) L 62-52 Rutgers (Semifinals, Tampa, Fla.) SMU W 84-72 Texas Southern (First Round, Dallas, Texas) L 77-70 Minnesota (Second Round, Minneapolis, Minn.) Tulane L 77-68 Mississippi State (First Round, Starkville, Miss.) 2012-13 (2-4) East Carolina L 88-77 (OT) Western Kentucky (First Round, Bowling Green, Ky.) Memphis L 67-57 Arkansas (First Round, Fayetteville, Ark.) SMU L 76-70 Bowling Green (First Round, Bowling Green, Ohio) Tulane W 65-57 Sam Houston State (First Round, New Orleans, La.) W 60-48 Arkansas (Second Round, Fayetteville, Ark.) L 72-52 Auburn (Third Round, Auburn, Ala.) 2011-12 (7-5) Cincinnati W 68-63 (OT) Duquesne (First Round, Cincinnati, Ohio) L 72-51 Toledo (Second Round, Toledo, Ohio) Memphis W 60-59 UT Chattanooga (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) L 82-65 Missouri State (Second Round, Springfield, Mo.) USF W 76-20 Florida Atlantic (First Round, Tampa, Fla.) W 77-61 Florida International (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) L 72-45 James Madison (Third Round, Harrisonburg, Va.) Temple W 75-60 Quinnipiac (First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) W 64-59 Harvard (Second Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) L 82-68 Syracuse (Quarterfinals, Philadelphia, Pa.) Tulane W 68-61 Mississippi Valley State (First Round, New Orleans, La.) L 69-55 Texas Tech (Second Round, Lubbock, Texas) 2010-11 (1-2) Memphis L 80-69 Alabama (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) Tulane W 61-31 Texas Southern (First Round, New Orleans, La.) L 92-86 Oral Roberts (Second Round, Tulsa, Okla.) 2009-10 (1-4) East Carolina W 78-76 (OT) Drexel (First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) L 87-52 Maryland (Second Round, College Park, Md.) Houston L 80-77 Texas Tech (First Round, Lubbock, Texas) USF L 61-54 Florida (First Round, Gainesville, Fla.) SMU L 66-51 New Mexico (First Round, Albuquerque, N.M.) 2008-09 (5-1) USF W 88-81 (OT) Florida Gulf Coast (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) W 74-57 Mississippi (Third Round, Tampa, Fla.) W 80-66 St. Bonaventure (Fourth Round, Olean, N.Y.) W 82-65 Boston College (Semifinals, Chestnut Hill, Mass.) W 75-71 Kansas (National Championship, Lawrence, Kan.) SMU L 62-51 Louisiana Tech (First Round, Ruston, La.) 2007-08 (0-1) USF L 67-65 Florida Gulf Coast (First Round, Fort Meyers, Fla.)
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2006-07 (2-2) USF W 66-49 Coppin State (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) L 73-71 Virginia (Third Round, Charlottesville, Va.) Tulane W 76-43 Jackson State (First Round, New Orleans, La.) L 79-73 Mississippi State (Second Round, Starkville, Miss.) 2005-06 (0-1) Cincinnati L 81-75 (OT) Florida International (First Round, Miami, Fla.) 2004-05 (1-3) USF W 61-56 Florida (First Round, Tampa, Fla.) L 78-63 Wake Forest (Second Round, Winston-Salem, N.C.) SMU L 83-56 Southeast Missouri (First Round, Springfield, Mo.) Tulsa L 73-62 Texas A&M (First Round, College Station, Texas) 2003-04 (1-3) Cincinnati L 80-78 (OT) Western Kentucky (First Round, Bowling Green, Ky.) Memphis W 66-64 Tulsa (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) L 104-87 Western Kentucky (Second Round, Bowling Green, Ky.) Tulsa L 66-64 Memphis (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) 2001-02 (4-2) Houston W 67-65 Rice (First Round, Houston, Texas) W 83-76 Miami (Second Round, Houston, Texas) W 61-53 Valparaiso (Quarterfinals, Valparaiso, Ind.) W 77-72 Virginia Tech (Semifinals, Blacksburg, Va.) L 54-52 Oregon (Finals, Eugene, Ore.) 2000-01 (0-4) Cincinnati L 61-60 Ohio State (First Round, Columbus, Ohio) Houston L 72-49 New Mexico (First Round, Albuquerque, N.M.) Memphis L 77-67 Alabama (First Round, Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Temple L 59-57 James Madison (First Round, Harrisonburg, Va.) 1999-00 (2-2) Cincinnati W 76-60 Pittsburgh (First Round, Pittsburgh, Pa.) L 88-83 Michigan State (Second Round, Cincinnati, Ohio) Memphis W 76-74 Arkansas State (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) L 74-71 Florida (Second Round, Memphis, Tenn.) 1998-99 (3-1) Memphis W 71-61 Middle Tennessee (First Round, Memphis, Tenn.) W 87-73 UT Martin (Second Round, Memphis, Tenn.) W 101-86 Arkansas State (Quarterfinals, Memphis, Tenn.) L 92-73 Wisconsin (Semifinals, Madison, Wis.) 1997-98 (0-1) Cincinnati L 76-62 Toledo (First Round, Toledo, Ohio) 1992-93 (2-1) SMU W 76-74 (OT) UNLV (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) W 60-59 FIU (Second Round, Amarillo, Texas) L 67-54 Arkansas State (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) 1990-91 (2-4) Houston W 81-71 Northern Illinois (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) L 80-76 (OT) Indiana (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) L 69-67 Kansas (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas) 1982-83 (1-2) Temple W 76-65 Hawaii (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) L 80-73 Weber State (Second Round, Amarillo, Texas) L 81-77 Texas Tech (Second Round, Amarillo, Texas) 1981-82 (2-1) Temple W 94-88 (OT) Southern Mississippi (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) W 84-68 DePaul (Second Round, Amarillo, Texas) L 74-69 Illinois State (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas)
Women’s Basketball
PLAYERS DRAFTED American Athletic Conference Players Players Svetlana Abrosimova Ashley Battle Sue Bird Jannel Burse Swin Cash Tina Charles Willnett Crocket Allison Curtin Jessica Dickson Grace Daley Stefanie Dolson Candice Dupree Barbara Farris Kalana Greene Kamesha Hairston Bria Hartley Tiffany Hayes Charde Houston LaTonya Johnson Asjha Jones Rebecca Lobo Renee Montgomery Jessica Moore Maya Moore Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Inga Orekhova Tari Phillips Shea Ralph Jennifer Rizzotti Nykesha Sales Paige Sauer Kelly Schumacher Kiah Stokes Ann Strother Ketia Swanier Diana Taurasi Barbara Turner Tamika Whitmore Rita Williams Tamika (Williams) Raymond Kara Wolters
School Current Team UConn (1997-01) Seattle UConn (2001-05) UConn (1998-02) Seattle Tulane (1997-01) UConn (1998-02) Chicago UConn (2006-10) Connecticut UConn (2002-06) Tulsa (2002-03) USF (2003-07) Tulane (1996-00) UConn (2010-14) Washington Temple (2002-06) Phoenix Tulane (1994-98) UConn (2005-10) Connecticut Temple (2003-07) UConn (2010-14) Washington UConn (2008-12) UConn (2004-08) Phoenix Memphis (1994-98) UConn (1998-02) Connecticut UConn (1991-95) UConn (2005-09) Connecticut UConn (2000-05) Connecticut UConn (2007-11) Minnesota UConn (2011-15) Seattle USF (2011-14) UCF (1990-91) UConn (1996-01) UConn (1992-96) UConn (1994-98) UConn (1996-00) UConn (1997-01) UConn (2011-15) New York UConn (2002-06) UConn (2004-08) Atlanta UConn (2000-04) Phoenix UConn (2002-06) Memphis (1996-1999) UConn (1995-98) UConn (1998-02) UConn (1993-97)
in the
WNBA
Drafted/Team 2001/Minnesota 2005/Seatle 2002/Seattle 2001/Minnesota 2002/Detroit 2010/Connecticut 2006/Los Angles 2003/Houston 2007/Sacramento 2000/Minnesota 2014/Washington 2006/Chicago 2000/Detroit 2010/New York 2007/Connecticut 2014/Seattle 2012/Atlanta 2008/Minnesota 1998/Utah 2002/Washington 1997/New York 2009/Minnesota 2005/Charlotte 2011/Minnesota 2015/Seattle 2014/Atlanta 1999/Orlando 2001/Utah 1996/New England# 1998/Orlando 2000/Los Angeles 2001/Indiana 2015/New York 2006/Phoenix 2008/Connecticut 2004/Phoenix 2006/Seattle 1999/New York 1998/Washington 2002/Minnesota 1997/New England#
Round/Pick 1st/7th 2nd/25th 1st/1st 2nd/28th 1st/2nd 1st/1st 2nd/8th 1st/12th 2nd/21st 1st/5th 1st/6th 1st/6th 2nd/ 2nd/13th 1st/12th 1st/7th 1st/14th 3rd/30th 3rd/21st 1st/4th Regional pick 1st/4th 2nd/24th 1st/1st 1/3rd 2nd/18th 1st/8th 3rd/8th Regional pick Assigned 2nd/15th 1st/14th 1st/11th 2nd/1st 1st/12th 1st/1st 1st/11th 3rd/30th 2nd/3rd 1st/6th Regional Pick
# - originally drafted in ABL
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OLYMPICS/NATIONAL TEAMS
American Athletic Conference Players in the Olympics/National Teams USA Basketball National Team Head Coach
USA Basketball Olympic Qualifying Team
Geno Auriemma, UConn – 2013-2016 Geno Auriemma, UConn – 2009-2012
Sue Bird, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Swin Cash, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Tina Charles, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Asjha Jones, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, UConn, 2007 (Gold Medal) Swin Cash, UConn, 2007 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2007 (Gold Medal)
U.S. Olympic Team Sue Bird, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Swin Cash, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Tina Charles, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Asjha Jones, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, UConn, 2008 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2008 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, UConn, 2004 (Gold Medal) Swin Cash, UConn, 2004 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2004 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, UConn, 2000 (Gold Medal) Rebecca Lobo, UConn, 1996 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, UConn, 1996 (alternate)
USA World University Games Teams Tina Charles, UConn, 2009 (Gold Medal) Tiffany Hayes, UConn, 2009 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, UConn, 2009 (Gold Medal) Nykesha Sales, UConn, 1997 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, UConn, 1997 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, UConn, 1995 (Silver Medal) Kerry Bascom, UConn, 1991 (Gold Medal)
FIBA Americas U18 Championship Team (Formerly the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Morgan Tuck, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Tina Charles, UConn, 2006 (Gold Medal) Charde Houston, UConn, 2006 (Gold Medal) Ashley Battle, UConn, 2000 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2000 (Gold Medal) Stacy Hansmeyer, UConn, 1996 (Silver Medal) Rebecca Lobo, UConn, 1992 (Silver Medal) Geno Auriemma, UConn, 2000, Head Coach (Gold Medal)
FIBA 3x3 World Championship Bria Hartley, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal) Ann Strother, UConn, 2012 (Gold Medal)
Russian Olympic Team Geno Auriemma, UConn, 2012, Head Coach (Gold Medal) U.S. Junior National Team Geno Auriemma, UConn, 2000, Assistant Coach (Gold Medal) Rebecca Lobo, UConn, 1991
Svetlana Abrosimova, UConn, 2008 (Bronze Medal) Svetlana Abrosimova, UConn, 2000
USA Basketball Senior National Team
USA Pan Am Games Teams
New Zealand Olympic Team
Sue Bird, UConn, 2007-12 Swin Cash, UConn, 2007-12 Tina Charles, UConn, 2010Asjha Jones, UConn, 2007-12 Maya Moore, UConn, 2011Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2007-12 Kara Wolters, UConn, 1999-00 Rebecca Lobo, UConn, 1995-96
Moriah Jefferson, UConn, 2015 Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2011, 2015 Charde Houston, UConn, 2007 (Gold Medal) Mel Thomas, UConn, 2007 (Gold Medal) Ann Strother, UConn, 2003 (Silver Medal) Barbara Turner, UConn, 2003 (Silver Medal)
Jessica McCormack, UConn, 2004
USA Basketball World Championship Team Sue Bird, UConn, 2014 (Gold Medal) Tina Charles, UConn, 2014 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, UConn, 2014 (Gold Medal) Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2014 (Gold Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2014 (Gold Medal) Candice Dupree, Temple, 2014 (Gold Medal) Sue Bird, UConn, 2010 Swin Cash, UConn, 2010 Tina Charles, UConn, 2010 Asjha Jones, UConn, 2010 Maya Moore, UConn, 2010 Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2010 Sue Bird, UConn, 2006 (Bronze Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2006 (Bronze Medal) Cappie Pondexter, UConn, 2006 (Alternate) Sue Bird, UConn, 2002 (Gold Medal) Tari Phillips, UCF, 2002 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, UConn, 1998 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, UConn, 1994 (Bronze Medal)
Nigerian Olympic Team Rashidat Sadiq, UConn, 2004
USA R. William Jones Cup Team Sue Bird, UConn, 2000 (Gold Medal) Shea Ralph, UConn, 2000 (Gold Medal) Kelly Schumacher, UConn, 2000 (Gold Medal) Paige Sauer, UConn, 1997 (Silver Medal) Jennifer Rizzotti, UConn, 1996 (Gold Medal) Nykesha Sales, UConn, 1996 (Gold Medal) Kara Wolters, UConn, 1996 (Gold Medal) Nykesha Sales, UConn, 1995 (Bronze Medal) Nykesha Sales, UConn, 1994 (Gold Medal)
FIBA Americas U20 Championship (Formerly the World Championship for Young Women Qualifying Tournament) Renee Montgomery, UConn, 2006 (Gold Medal)
FIBA U19 World Championship (Formerly the FIBA Junior World Championship) Stefanie Dolson, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Bria Hartley, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Morgan Tuck, UConn, 2011 (Gold Medal) Maya Moore, UConn, 2007 (Gold Medal) Jessica Moore, UConn, 2001 (Bronze Medal) Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2001 (Bronze Medal) Rebecca Lobo, UConn, 1993 (7th Place) Geno Auriemma, UConn, 2001, Head Coach (Bronze Medal)
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American Athletic Conference Directory UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 4000 Central Florida Boulevard Wayne Densch Building 39 Orlando, Fla. 32816
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ATH 100 Tampa, Fla. 33620
Joi Williams, Head Coach Office............................................... (407) 823-6266 Jenna Marina, Associate Director/Communications Office............................................... (407) 823-2464 Mobile............................................. (727) 271-0227 e-mail........................ jmarina@athletics.ucf.edu
Jose Fernandez, Head Coach Office............................................... (813) 974-7472 Erin Bean, Assistant Director/Communications Office............................................... (813) 974-5755 Mobile............................................. (814) 227-5535 e-mail.......................................erinbean@usf.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 2751 O’Varsity Way, Suite 860 880 Richard E. Lindner Center Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0021
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY 5800 Ownby Drive Dallas, Texas 75275
Jamelle Elliott, Head Coach Office............................................... (513) 556-2255 Drew Weber, Asst. Director/Sports Communications Office............................................... (513) 556-5191 Mobile............................................. (513) 969-0301 e-mail............................. andrew.weber@uc.edu
Rhonda Rhompola, Head Coach Office............................................... (214) 768-3536 Travis Chamblee, Assistant Director/Public Relations Office............................................... (214) 768-3735 Mobile............................................. (214) 931-1714 e-mail..................................tchamblee@smu.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173 Storrs, Conn. 06269-1173
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 1700 North Broad Street, Suite 401 Philadelphia, Pa. 19122
Geno Auriemma, Head Coach Office............................................... (860) 486-4756 Pat McKenna, Asst. Director/Athletic Communications Office............................................... (860) 486-2394 Mobile............................................. (860) 420-7311 e-mail...................patrick.mckenna@uconn.edu
Tonya Cardoza, Head Coach Office............................................... (215) 204-1955 Lauren Ferrett, Assoc. Director/Athletic Communications Office............................................... (215) 204-1608 Mobile............................................. (570) 313-2338 e-mail................................. tuf84429@temple.edu
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Ward Sports Medicine Bldg., Room 320 Greenville, N.C. 27858
TULANE UNIVERSITY James W. Wilson Jr. Center New Orleans, La. 70118
Heather Macy, Head Coach Office............................................... (252) 737-4586 Adam Miller, Assistant Director/Media Relations Office............................................... (252) 737-5112 Mobile............................................. (845) 417-5197 e-mail......................................... millera@ecu.edu
Lisa Stockton, Head Coach Office............................................... (504) 865-5672 Josh Bates, Assistant Director/Media Relations Office............................................... (504) 865-5504 Mobile............................................. (504) 355-6283 e-mail....................................jbates3@tulane.edu
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 3100 Cullen Boulevard Houston, Texas 77204-6002
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA 800 South Tucker Drive Tulsa, Okla. 74104-3189
Ron Hughey, Head Coach Office............................................... (713) 743-9460 Rob Walden, Assistant Director/Communications Office............................................... (713) 743-9391 Mobile............................................. (864) 200-0690 e-mail........................... rwalden@central.uh.edu
Matilda Mossman, Head Coach Office............................................... (918) 631-2391 Stephanie Hall, Asst. Director/Athletic Media Relations Office............................................... (918) 631-2163 Mobile............................................. (918) 323-2393 e-mail....................... stephanie-hall@utulsa.edu
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 570 Normal Room 203 C Memphis, Tenn. 38152-3730
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 15 Park Row West Third Floor Providence, R.I. 02903
Melissa McFerrin, Head Coach Office............................................... (901) 678-4120 Lamar Chance, Asst. Director/Athletic Communications Office............................................... (901) 678-5787 Mobile............................................. (901) 734-9949 e-mail........................... lchance1@memphis.edu
Gary Robinson, Communications Assistant Office............................................... (401) 272-9108 Mobile............................................. (860) 309-5617 e-mail.................... grobinson@theamerican.org
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