ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES THIS WEEKEND’S OPPONENTS Friday, January 2nd, 2015 Ben Light Gymnasium -- Ithaca, NY -- 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 Speidel Gymnasium -- Elmira, NY -- 2:00 p.m.
Ithaca College BOMBERS (6-3, 0-0 Empire 8 )
2014-15 Schedule (3-4, 0-0 Empire 8) Day Date Opponent Time-Result NOV. 15 Pitt-Bradford L, 47-71 21 at Dallas# L, 51-71 22 at Centenary# W, 73-64 25 at Hilbert W, 63-58 DEC. 6 at Clarkson L, 69-84 13 Potsdam W, 62-84 30 Rutgers-Camden L, 52-54 JAN. 2 at Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. 3 St. John Fisher* 2:00 p.m. 6 at Alfred* 6:00 p.m. 9 Utica* 6:00 p.m. 10 Houghton* 2:00 p.m. 16 at Hartwick* 6:00 p.m. 17 at Stevens* 3:00 p.m. 20 at Nazareth* 6:00 p.m. 23 at Utica* 6:00 p.m. 24 Cortland 4:00 p.m. FEB. 2 Penn Tech. 6:00 p.m. 6 at St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. 7 Nazareth* 2:00 p.m. 13 Stevens* 6:00 p.m. 14 Hartwick* 2:00 p.m. 17 at Houghton* 2:00 p.m. 20 Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. 21 Alfred* 2:00 p.m. Home contests are bolded *Denotes Empire 8 contest #Univsity of Dallas-Off Tournament
St. John Fisher College CARDINALS (7-2, 0-0 Empire 8)
Last Time Out
The Purple and Gold are coming off a 54-52 loss against RutgersCamden on December 30th. The Soaring Eagles were tied with the Scarlet Raptors in the closing seconds, however, Rutgers-Camden would make a last-second layup to seal Elmira’s fate.
Balara Leading The Way
Against Rugers-Camden, Alex Balara ’15 led the EC women with 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals. In just her third game of the season, Balara is averaging 18.0 points per game and has led the team in scoring in two of the three games.
Loya With a Double-Double
Meghan Loya ’16 has come close to her first career double-double twice this season before completing the feat against Rutgers-Camden. Against Pitt.-Bradford she pulled down 14 rebounds, but came two points shy of a double-double and against Centenary College she tallied 14 points and nine rebounds. However, against the Scarlet Raptors, she produced 12 points and 10 rebounds to post her first career double-double.
Pochkar In Double-Digits
Karli Pochkar ’16 also had a strong game against Rutgers-Camden as she tallied 10 points and eight rebounds. She now has six games with double-figure scoring and has put together a five-game streak of dropping double-digit points.
Geisler’s Helping Hand
Averaging 3.7 assist per game, Kelsey Geisler ’15 not only leads the EC women in assists per contest, but she also ranks third in the Empire 8 Conference. She is only 0.3 away from first place in the conference.
Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Steffan Waters ’13 (stwaters@elmira.edu); Nick Zwald (nzwald@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14904
2014-15 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College at Ithaca College & vs. St. John Fisher College
Elmira From Downtown
ELMIRA QUICK FACTS Location ............................................................... Elmira, NY Founded...........................................................................1855 Enrollment.....................................................................1,200 School Colors................................................. Purple & Gold Team Nickname.............................................. Soaring Eagles Conference............................. Empire 8 Athletic Conference President...........................................Dr. Ronald Champagne Athletic Director.......................................Pat Thompson ’75 Athletic Department......................................... 607-735-1730 Basketball Arena ................................... Speidel Gymnasium Capacity .........................................................................1,500 Athletics Affiliation................................ NCAA Division III
The EC women have been proficient from beyond the arc this season making 33.7 percent from the three-point range. The Purple and Gold lead the Empire 8 Conference in three-point field goal percentage, holding a 0.6 percent lead over Ithaca College.
EC Blocking Shots
The Soaring Eagles have recorded 21 blocked shots this season. The EC women average 3.00 blocks per game, ranking second in the Empire 8 Conference. The Purple and Gold are just 0.17 behind conference leader Stevens Institute of Technology. Danielle Cleary ’18 and Megan Loya ’16 lead the Purple and Gold, and rank tied for fourth in the conference, in block shots per game with 0.9.
Cleary In The Empire 8
Danielle Cleary ’18 has averaged 14.6 points per game this season. She Head Coach ................................................Shannon Howley sits sixth in the Empire 8 Conference in points per game, just 3.4 points away from leading the conference. She is also tied for second in the conAssistant Coach ................................................ Jessica Imhof ference in three-point field goals per game with 2.4. She is only 0.1 away First Season ............................................................... 1974-75 from first place. BASKETBALL INFORMATION
2013-14 Overall Record.................................................. 16-10 2013-14 Empire 8 Record..................................................7-7
2014-15 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS College Stevens St. John Fisher Ithaca Nazareth Utica Elmira Alfred Houghton Hartwick
LEAGUE W-L Pct. 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000
OVERALL W-L Pct. Streak 5-1 0.833 W5 6-2 0.750 W2 6-3 0.667 L2 4-4 0.500 W1 4-5 0.444 L2 3-4 0.429 L1 3-5 0.375 W1 3-5 0.375 L3 1-7 0.125 L3
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Loya In The Empire 8
Meghan Loya ’15 is averaging 9.6 rebounds per game this season. She is currently third in the Empire 8, just 1.0 away from ranking first.
Pochkar From The Charity Stripe
Karli Pochkar ’16 has been Elmira’s best free throw shooter this season, making 17 of her 20 free throw attempts. At 85.0 percent, she is second in the Empire 8 Conference, trailing the leader by 4.7 percent.
All-Time vs. Ithaca
Ithaca College holds the all-time advantage over Elmira College since the 2001-02 season as the Bombers hold a 24-3 record. The last time Elmira defeated Ithaca was on January 22nd, 2008 when the EC women won 55-35.
Scouting Ithaca
Ithaca College enters the matchup with a 6-3 overall record, having lost their previous two games at the San Juan Shootout on December 28th and 29th. Ali Ricchiuti ’17 leads the Bombers, averaging 11.8 points per game, while Francesca Cotrupe ’15 leads Ithaca in rebounds per contest with 8.2.
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The Cardinals of St. John Fisher College have the all-time advantage with a record of 49-13 over the Purple and Gold. The Purple and Gold, however, have won two of the past three matchups against the Cardinals.
Scouting The Cardinals
St. John Fisher enters the weekend with a 7-2 record and have won their past three games against Medaille College, SUNY Fredonia, and SUNY YouTube Geneseo. Portia Velasco ’15 and Mary Kate Cusack ’16 lead the Cardinals www.youtube.com/ECSportsInfo offensively with 16.9 and 15.9 points per game, respectively. Sydney Bloomstein ’15 leads the battle of the boards with 7.1 rebounds per game while Instagram McKenzie Bezon ’17 sets up the offense with 2.6 assists per contest. 2 www.instagram.com/ECSoaringEagles
2014-15 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College at Ithaca College & vs. St. John Fisher College
2014-15 ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NO. NAME 4 Alex Balara ’15 5 Jenn Gale ’18 11 Allie Olsen ’16 12 Karli Pochkar ’16 15 Casey Alencewicz ’17 20 Danielle Cleary ’18 21 Jessica Brooks ’16 23 Madison Carolus ’18 24 Makinsey Carolus ’18 25 Kelsey Geisler ’15 33 Meghan Loya ’16 34 Marissa Silverman ’17 42 Ashley Heiman ’16 44 Hillary Coates ’18
POS. G G G C-F G G G-F G-F G G F G F F
HT. 5’7” 5’5” 5’7” 5’9” 5’4” 5’8” 5’9” 5’8” 5’8” 5’5” 5’10” 5’8” 6’0” 6’0”
HOMETOWN Marlton, NJ Cheshire, MA Glenmont, NY East Worcester, NY Baldwinsville, NY Rochester, NY Greene, NY Broad Brook, CT Broad Brook, CT Staten Island, NY Bethel, CT South Windsor, CT Dansville, NY Syracuse, NY
SECONDARY SCHOOL Gloucester Catholic Hoosac Valley Bethlehem Central Worcester C.W. Baker Our Lady of Mercy Greene Central East Windsor East Windsor St. Peter’s Immaculate South Windsor Wayland-Cohocton West Genesee
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Shannon Howley Assistant Coach: Jessica Imhof
ELMIRA COLLEGE CAPTAINS
Alex Balara ’15
Kelsey Geisler ’15
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2014-15 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College at Ithaca College & vs. St. John Fisher College
Elmira College Basketball Elmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 02, 2015) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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04 11 12 20 21 23 24 25 33 34 42 44
Player
BALARA, Alex OLSEN, Allie POCHKAR, Karli CLEARY, Danielle BROOKS, Jessica CAROLUS, Madison CAROLUS, Makinsey GEISLER, Kelsey LOYA, Meghan SILVERMAN, Marissa HEIMAN, Ashley COATES, Hillary Team Total.......... Opponents......
gp-gs
Score by Periods Elmira College Opponents
97 55 233 214 98 142 49 199 223 58 30 2
7 7
1400 1400
1st 2nd 201 216 225 224
HOME 1-2 0-0 1-2
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
3-3 6-0 7-7 7-7 6-2 7-2 6-0 7-7 7-7 7-0 5-0 2-0
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
OVERALL 3-4 0-0 3-4
32.3 9.2 33.3 30.6 16.3 20.3 8.2 28.4 31.9 8.3 6.0 1.0
ELMIRA 417 59.6 -4.6 147-374 .393 35-104 .337 5.0 88-141 .624 12.6 256 36.6 -1.1 90 12.9 146 20.9 -5.6 0.6 53 7.6 21 3.0 161 3-54 -
18-36 2-4 31-61 31-88 10-27 11-32 3-7 14-39 22-58 4-17 1-5 0-0
.500 3-7 .500 1-1 .508 0-0 .352 17-48 .370 6-17 .344 0-5 .429 1-2 .359 6-20 .379 0-0 .235 1-4 .200 0-0 .000 0-0
147-374 .393 35-104 172-429 .401 21-68 OPP 449 64.1 172-429 .401 21-68 .309 3.0 84-134 .627 12.0 264 37.7 87 12.4 107 15.3 0.8 99 14.1 17 2.4 0 3-0 1-0
AWAY 1-2 0-0 1-2
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
.429 15-18 4-10 .000 17-20 .354 23-41 .353 1-4 .000 8-11 .500 3-6 .300 8-17 .000 7-10 .250 2-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0
1.000
.337 88-141 .309 84-134 Date 11/15/14 11-21-14 11-22-14 11/25/14 12/6/14 12/13/14 12/30/14
.833 .400 .850 .561 .250 .727 .500 .471 .700
1.000
.000 .000 .624 .627
off
NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0
Rebounds def tot avg
4 15 19 0 5 5 26 28 54 5 17 22 5 8 13 5 14 19 2 6 8 3 17 20 18 49 67 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 13 10 23 81 175 256 96 168 264
6.3 0.8 7.7 3.1 2.2 2.7 1.3 2.9 9.6 0.4 0.6 0.0
pf dq
12 7 13 21 11 6 5 20 14 6 3 2
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
36.6 120 37.7 131
2 -
Opponent PITT.-BRADFORD at University of Dallas vs Centenary at Hilbert College at Clarkson University SUNY POTSDAM RUTGERS-CAMDEN
a
9 5 8 16 4 4 2 26 12 3 1 0
to blk stl
pts
4 2 14 54 5 0 3 9 18 1 7 79 28 6 8 102 7 1 2 27 7 2 1 30 4 1 2 10 28 2 10 42 25 6 4 51 13 0 1 11 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 90 146 21 53 417 87 107 17 99 449
L L W W L W L
Score 47-71 51-71 73-64 63-58 69-84 62-47 52-54
avg
18.0 1.5 11.3 14.6 4.5 4.3 1.7 6.0 7.3 1.6 0.4 0.0 59.6 64.1 Att. 0 0 0 0 0 87 74
* - Conference game
Totals 417 449
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Games 8 & 9: Elmira College at Ithaca College & vs. St. John Fisher College
DALLAS 71, ELMIRA 51
PITT-BRADFORD 71, ELMIRA 47 November 15, 2014 Spiedel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY
(1-0)
November 21, 2014 Maher Athletic Center - Irving, TX
(0-1)
(1-0)
ELMIRA 73, CENTENARY 64
ELMIRA 63, HILBERT 58
November 22, 2014 Maher Athletic Center - Irving, TX
(1-2)
(0-2)
November 25, 2014 Hafner Recreation Center - Hamburg, NY (0-4)
(2-2)
(0-2)
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2014-15 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College at Ithaca College & vs. St. John Fisher College
CLARKSON 84, ELMIRA 69
ELMIRA 62, POTSDAM 47
December 6, 2014 Maher Athletic Center - Potsdam, NY
December 13, 2014 Spiedel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY
(4-2)
(2-3)
(3-3)
(1-7)
RUTGERS-CAMDEN 54, ELMIRA 52 December 30, 2014 Speidel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY Official (4-8) Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Rutgers-Camden vs Elmira College 12/30/14 6:00 pm at Elmira, NY
(3-4)
Rutgers-Camden 54 • 4-7 ##
01 03 10 32 33 02 22 24 31
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
Player
Cara Racobaldo Irene Grimanis Alex Gravinese Michelle Obasi Tanjae Lewis Kamari Talley Julia Gober Brianna Walker Cherise Carter Team Totals
FG % 1st Half: 12-24 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% FT % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4%
* * * * *
1-1 1-2 5-13 6-15 3-11 6-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
0-0 0-0 2-6 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
0-0 0-2 0-1 2-4 1-4 5-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
22-59
2-7
8-18
2nd half: 10-35 28.6% 2nd half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4%
0 1 1 0 1 8 9 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 8 1 3 3 6 3 5 3 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 16 25 41 13
TP
A TO Blk Stl
2 2 12 14 7 17 0 0 0
3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 0 4 3 2 3 0 1 0
54
8 17
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 3 1 5 0 1 0
Min
12 37 40 40 39 26 3 1 2
0 12 200
Game: 22-59 37.3% Game: 2-7 28.6% Game: 8-18 44.4%
Deadball Rebounds 5
Elmira College 52 • 3-4 ##
04 12 20 25 33 11 23 34 42
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
Player
BALARA, Alex POCHKAR, Karli CLEARY, Danielle GEISLER, Kelsey LOYA, Meghan OLSEN, Allie CAROLUS, Madison SILVERMAN, Marissa HEIMAN, Ashley Team Totals
FG % 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0
* * * * *
6-11 4-11 3-11 2-6 6-9 0-1 0-3 1-4 0-1
2-3 0-0 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1
22-57
4-12
4-5
2nd half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 2-3 66.7%
0 7 7 4 5 3 8 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 6 10 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 11 24 35 15
Game: 22-57 38.6% Game: 4-12 33.3% Game: 4-5 80.0%
TP
16 10 7 5 12 0 0 2 0
A TO Blk Stl
4 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0
1 3 4 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 52 12 19
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1
Min
31 35 32 27 37 6 13 11 8
2 10 200 Deadball Rebounds 0,2
Officials: Keith Miller, Eric Striba, Jeffrey O'Brien Technical fouls: Rutgers-Camden-Tanjae Lewis. Elmira College-None. Attendance: 74 Score by periods Rutgers-Camden Elmira College
1st
28 26
2nd
26 26
Total
54 52
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