Elmira College Women's Basketball Game Notes - Game 1

ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES

TODAY’S OPPONENT

Saturday, November 15, 2014 Speidel Gymnasium -- Elmira, NY -- 2:00 p.m.

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford PANTHERS (0-0, 0-0 AMCC)

2014-15 Schedule (0-0, 0-0 Empire 8) Day Date Opponent Time-Result NOV. 15 Pitt-Bradford 2:00 p.m.

21 at Dallas# 7:00 p.m.

22 at Centenary# 1:00 p.m.

25 at Hilbert 6:00 p.m.

DEC. 2 Penn Tech.

7:00 p.m.

6 at Clarkson 3:00 p.m.

13 Potsdam 2:00 p.m.

30 Rutgers-Camden 7:00 p.m.

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. 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

Home Opener

Today’s matchup against the University of Pitt-Bradford will be both the season and home opener for the Purple and Gold. This is the third time since the 2001-02 season that Elmira College basketball has opened their season at Speidel Gymnasium, the others coming in 2010-11 and 2012-13. EC lost both of those contests to SUNY Cortland.

On the Up

The Soaring Eagles have seen their record improve each season since 2009-10. EC posted four wins in 2009-10, followed by five in 2010-11, eight in 2011-12, nine in 2012-13, and 16 last season.

10-Game Win Streak

Last season the EC women put together a 10-game win streak, the first double-digit win streak since the 2006-07 season. In that season, Elmira posted a 13-game win streak and finished the season with a 21-7 record, one of three 20-plus win seasons in Elmira College history.

New Year, New Look

The departed Class of 2014 was responsible for 69.6 percent of Elmira’s total scoring for the 2013-14 season. Seniors Alex Balara ’15 and Kelsey Geisler ’15 as well as junior bigs Meghan Loya ’16 and Karli Pochar ’16 will be tasked with replacing some of that production while the remainder will hopefully be filled by the eight new faces on Elmira’s bench.

Home Sweet Home

Elmira saw more success at home last season than away from Speidel Gymnasium, posting an 8-3 record. This is the best home record since posting an identical 8-3 record in the 2008-09 season.

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

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Winning Season

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

BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach ................................................Shannon Howley Assistant Coach ................................................ Jessica Imhof First Season ............................................................... 1974-75 2013-14 Overall Record.................................................. 16-10 2013-14 Empire 8 Record..................................................7-7

2014-15 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS

College Alfred Elmira Hartwick Houghton Ithaca Nazareth St. John Fisher Stevens Utica

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 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 ---

MEDIA COVERAGE Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/elmira/wbball/ Live Video: http://athletics.elmira.edu/watch/ Live Audio: http://rlmsports.net/

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Elmira’s 16-10 record in the 2013-14 season is the first time since the 2006-07 season that the Soaring Eagles have had a winning season. The EC women posted a 21-7 record in that season.

3-Point Defense

The Soaring Eagles led the Empire 8 Conference in three-pointer defense in the 2013-14 season. Elmira only allowed 25 percent of shots from downtown to drop, two percent less than Nazareth College.

Turnover Margin

Elmira led the Empire 8 Conference in opponent turnovers with 500 last season. This is 44 ahead of St. John Fisher College. EC also finished the season second in turnover margin at 3.04 per game, 1.77 behind conference leader St. John Fisher.

I’ll Take That

Elmira finished second in the Empire 8 Conference in steals last season with 9.65 per game, just 0.16 behind conference leader St. John Fisher College.

Top-Returners

Alex Balara ’15, Meghan Loya ’16, Karli Pochkar ’16, and Kelsey Geisler ’15 will look to lead the Purple and Gold this season. Balara led the returners in points per game with 7.2 and assists per game with 2.6. While Loya led the returners in rebounds per game with 5.0. Pochkar averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds last season followed by Geisler who averaged 2.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

Balara Ranks In Empire 8

Alex Balara ’15 finished tied for second in the Empire 8 Conference with former EC standout, and teammate, Jessica Zoltowski ’14 in steals per game with 2.4. Balara also finished ninth in assists per game with 2.6.

First Time In 12 Years

Today’s matchup between Elmira and Pitt-Bradford is the first time these two teams have met since December 30th, 2002. Elmira won that game, 70-38. In total, the teams have competed against each other four time with each team taking two wins each.

Pitt-Bradford Last Season

The Panthers enter this season after posting a 15-12 record and a 10-8 mark inside the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference last season.

Pitt-Bradford finished the regular season with a number five seed into the AMCC post-season tournament. After winning the first round, the Panthers fell to eventual 2013-14 AMCC conference Champion La Roche College in the AMCC Semifinal.

Scouting Pitt-Bradford

Alicia Kimmel ’15, Abby Brate ’17 and Kaserra Owens ’17 will look to lead the Panthers this season. Kimmel led the team with 14.1 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game last season. Brate lent her helping head by leading the team in assists with 101 last season while averaging nine points and 3.8 rebounds per game while Owens finished the season with an average of 8.6 points a game and 3.8 rebounds.

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2014-15 ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NO. NAME 4 Alex Balara ’15 5 Jenn Gale ’18 10 Taylor Queior ’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 F G C-F G G G-F G-F G G F G F F

HT. 5’7” 5’5” 5’10” 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 Dexter, NY 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 Sackets Harbor Central 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

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Elmira College Basketball Elmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 12, 2014) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

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22 24 20 04 33 02 25 10 12 21 34 05 11

Player

ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica THANNHAUSER, Mari FORREST, Liz BALARA, Alex LOYA, Meghan POCHKAR, Karli GEISLER, Kelsey BLACK, Tempestt LONEY, Breen BROOKS, Jessica SILVERMAN, Marissa FIELDS, Carlene OLSEN, Allie Team Total..........

Opponents......

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 Score by Periods Elmira College Opponents

OVERALL 16-10 7-7 9-3

HOME 8-3 4-3 4-0

Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%

gp-gs

26-26 26-26 26-26 25-22 23-23 26-4 24-1 22-2 24-0 12-0 6-0 17-0 6-0

962 815 866 717 539 406 348 223 182 33 27 69 12

26 26

5199 5199

37.0 31.3 33.3 28.7 23.4 15.6 14.5 10.1 7.6 2.8 4.5 4.1 2.0

ECWB14 1567 60.3 +2.2 538-1406 .383 85-284 .299 3.3 406-567 .716 15.6 897 34.5 -2.5 286 11.0 421 16.2 +3.0 0.7 251 9.7 46 1.8 1738 11-158 -

1st 2nd 756 811 706 804

Totals 1567 1510

187-433 108-276 66-171 53-165 43-126 36-85 20-68 14-39 3-13 2-6 2-8 2-13 2-3

.432 34-97 .391 21-73 .386 5-27 .321 17-48 .341 0-0 .424 0-0 .294 6-28 .359 0-2 .231 0-1 .333 1-1 .250 0-4 .154 1-3 .667 0-0

F-Throw ft-fta ft%

141-178 69-94 44-55 58-73 27-45 27-46 10-20 14-23 7-15 1.000 5-7 .000 3-4 .333 1-7 .000 0-0

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Date 11/16/13 11/17/13 11/19/13 11/23/13 12/2/13 12/7/13 01/03/14 01/04/14 01/07/14 01/10/14 01/11/14 1/14/14 01/20/14 01/24/14 01-28-14 01/31/14 02/01/14 02/04/14 02/07/14 02/08/14 2/12/14 02/14/14 2/15/14 02/21/14 02/22/14 03/05/14

.792 .734 .800 .795 .600 .587 .500 .609 .467 .714 .750 .143 .000

off

NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0

Rebounds def tot avg

pf dq

49 132 181 7.0 50 15 67 82 3.2 61 55 85 140 5.4 61 44 61 105 4.2 51 38 77 115 5.0 66 25 34 59 2.3 36 11 26 37 1.5 47 13 30 43 2.0 16 15 20 35 1.5 27 2 1 3 0.3 5 0 1 1 0.2 3 1 2 3 0.2 10 1 0 1 0.2 2 35 57 92 538-1406 .383 85-284 .299 406-567 .716 304 593 897 34.5 435 541-1405 .385 105-404 .260 323-483 .669 333 628 961 37.0 530 OPP 1510 58.1 541-1405 .385 105-404 .260 4.0 323-483 .669 12.4 961 37.0 333 12.8 500 19.2 0.7 201 7.7 70 2.7 2046 14-142 1-63

.351 .288 .185 .354 .000 .000 .214 .000 .000

AWAY 7-7 3-4 4-3

Opponent vs Manhattanville at Emerson at SUNY Cortland KEYSTONE COLLEGE at The Sage Colleges CLARKSON UNIVERSITY at Nazareth ST. JOHN FISHER CAZENOVIA COLLEGE at Utica College at Alfred University at Houghton College at Penn St.-Abington at St. John Fisher ITHACA COLLEGE HOUGHTON COLLEGE UTICA COLLEGE ALFRED UNIVERSITY HARTWICK STEVENS at Penn College (W) at Ithaca College NAZARETH at STEVENS at HARTWICK at Brooklyn College

0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

a

62 41 29 66 18 9 31 15 10 1 0 4 0

to blk stl

96 55 51 38 54 27 32 17 13 6 3 16 2 11 7 286 421 - 333 500

W L L W W W W W W W W W W L L W W W L L W L W L L L

7 3 10 9 11 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0

63 39 21 59 20 15 19 5 5 1 0 3 1

pts

avg

549 306 181 181 113 99 56 42 13 10 7 6 4

21.1 11.8 7.0 7.2 4.9 3.8 2.3 1.9 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.7

46 251 1567 70 201 1510

60.3 58.1

Score 67-58 53-58 41-68 78-55 67-59 59-53 64-55 61-59 81-55 66-58 76-58 67-48 50-38 40-67 48-62 73-60 64-57 72-59 48-67 46-62 70-64 57-63 58-53 59-60 55-64 47-50

Att. 63 89 155 174 100 88 200 120 93 78 75 0 104 300 0 388 327 0 196 217 0 190 135 378 225 89

* = Conference game

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