ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Speidel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY - 8:00 p.m.
Ithaca College BOMBERS (14-4, 7-1 Empire 8)
2013-14 Schedule (11-3, 4-1 Empire 8) Day Date Opponent Time-Result NOV. 16 Manhattanville# W, 67-58 17 Emerson# L, 53-58 19 at Cortland L, 41-68 23 Keystone W, 78-55 DEC. 2 at Sage Colleges W, 67-59 7 Clarkson W, 59-53 JAN. 3 at Nazareth* W, 64-55 4 St. John Fisher* W, 61-59 7 Cazenovia W, 81-55 10 at Utica* W, 66-58 11 at Alfred* W, 76-58 14 at Houghton W, 67-48 21 at PSU-Abington W, 50-38 24 at St. John Fisher* L, 40-67 28 Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. 31 Houghton 8:00 p.m. FEB. 1 Utica* 4:00 p.m. 4 Alfred* 8:00 p.m. 7 Hartwick* 8:00 p.m. 8 Stevens* 4:00 p.m. 12 at Penn Tech. 2:00 p.m. 14 at Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. 15 Nazareth* 4:00 p.m. 21 at Stevens* 8:00 p.m. 22 at Hartwick* 5:00 p.m. Home contests are bolded *Denotes Empire 8 contest #Emerson Tip-Off Tournament
First Time in a Long Time
The Soaring Eagles suffered a 67-40 defeat on the road to St. John Fisher College, snapping Elmira’s 10-game win streak. Elmira’s loss is their first in over two months, with their last defeat occurring on November 19, 2013 when EC fell on the road to Cortland State by a very similar score, 68-41.
Second Half Struggle
Against St. John Fisher, Elmira had troubles scoring the basketball, totaling just 17 points on 4-of-28 shooting for a field goal percentage of 14.3. Elmira’s 17 second half points is their lowest of the season and only the second time this season EC has not scored 26 or more points in the second half.
Rebound Margin
Elmira was out-rebounded by St. John Fisher 45-29. It is the second largest negative rebound margin of the season for the Soaring Eagles, and the seventh time in total they have been out-rebounded.
Winning the Turnover Battle
For the ninth time this season, Elmira came out on the positive end of the turnover battle in EC’s loss to St. John Fisher. Elmira limited their turnovers to 15 while forcing the Cardinals to make 19 of their own. The Soaring Eagles are 7-2 when they force more turnovers than they make this season. Elmira also ranks second in the Empire 8 Conference in turnover margin (4.21).
Double-Digit Scoring Streak
Jessica Zoltowski ’14 has scored double-digits in all of Elmira’s 14 games this season and dating back to last year, the senior has eclipsed the double-digit threshold in 21 straight games.
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 14901