OWENS EXPRESS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
10-TIME OCCAC CHAMPIONS 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
6 NJCAA All-Americans --- 7 NJCAA National Tournament Appearances --- 2015 NJCAA Final 4
TODAY’S MATCHUP
NOTES
- Welcome to this afternoon’s matchup between the No. 2 ranked Owens Express women’s basketball team and the visiting Columbus State Cougars (10-12, 6-6 OCCAC) of Columbus, Ohio. While today’s games won’t be broadcast VS on ESPN, they will be still be streamed live on the athletic department’s YouTube page, which can be found by searching Owens Express Athletics. - Owens is 40-5 all-time against Columbus State, including a spotless 22-0 record at home. Head coach Mike Llanas is 23-3 against Columbus State. They have won seven straight and 18 of the last 19 in the series. Interestingly, though, the one loss represents the last conference loss Owens has experienced, and it came on Feb. 1, 2014 on the road with a 73-67 final. Since then, Owens has reeled off 46 straight conference wins. - Owens is going for the season sweep of Columbus State today after defeating them 104-60 on Jan. 14 behind 28 Head Coach: Head Coach: points from Ariel Bethea, along with 20 points and 17 rebounds from Jeryn Reese. Mike Llanas (13th Yr.) Byron Allgood (3rd Yr.) - Owens enters today look for its 40th straight regular season win dating back to Jan. 6 of last season. They’re also Career Record: Career Record: looking for a school record 10th 100-point game. If they 318-96 (.768) 10-12 (.455) should do that, it would break the record set last year. - This year, Owens is scoring a nation best 94.1 PPG and Career OCCAC Record: Career OCCAC Record: allowing just 44.8 PPG, thus outscoring its opponents by 49.3 PPG. They have outscored their opponents by 1,232 138-29 (.826) 6-6 (.500) points, which is 111 more than the total number of points they’ve given up. Their closest win was a 76-55 victory over Cincinnati State on the road Jan. 28. - On top of owning the nation’s top offense, Owens is leading the country in FG made/game (35.9), offensive RPG PPG: Reese 13.8 PPG: Codner-Pinto 22.9 (21.4) and opponents FG percentage (27.8). RPG: Ivey 9.4 RPG: Davis 12.0 - This year, Owens has won 25 straight to open the season. APG: Pennington 5.0 APG: Codner-Pinto 5.1 They own the nation’s top offense (94.1 PPG) and also lead SPG: Bethea 4.9 SPG: Rutter 2.4 BPG: Ivey/Reese 1.4 BPG: Davis 2.6 the country in FGM/game (36.6), offensive RPG (22.0), toFG%: Reese 53.5 FG%: Rahim 50.4 tal RPG (53.3) and opponents FG percentage (27.2). They 3PT FG%: Cowan 44.5 3PT FG%: Rutter 33.3 are also among the top five in eight other team statistical FT %: Frost 85.7 FT %: Codner-Pinto 75.3 categories. - Individually, Owens has four players ranked among the nation’s best - Ariel Bethea is second in the country in steals per game at 4.9; Essence Cowan is sixth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 44.5; Brenda Pennington is 13th in assists per game at 5.0; and Jeryn Reese is 30th in field goal percentage at 53.5 percent. - In OCCAC play, Owens leads the conference in the following team categories - total points, PPG, FGM/game, FGA/game, 3-pt FGM/game, 3-pt FGA/game, offensive RPG, total RPG, rebounding margin, assists/game, steals/game, blocks/game, PPG allowed, opponents FG percentage and opponents 3-pt FG percentage. They are also second in FG, 3-pt FG and FT percentages. - Owens is now 70-1 at home, including 21 straight wins, since February of 2012. - The magic number for Owens to clinch at least a share of its fifth straight OCCAC championship is two. Thus, any combination of Owens wins or Cincinnati State losses that amount to two does the trick. Any combo of three gives it to Owens outright. - To view the schedule and results, along with links to recaps, photo albums and videos this year, visit OwensExpress.com and select women’s basketball from the sport dropdown. Once there, click on schedule/results dropdown and then the corresponding links will appear next to each game. You can follow live updates on Twitter by searching the handle @owensexpress, and you can find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter by searching Owens Express Athletics.
No. 2 OWENS
COLUMBUS STATE
THE BASICS
STATISTICAL LEADERS
2016-17 Columbus State Cougars Roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School 5 Carli Codner-Pinto G So 5-5 Columbus, OH / Northland 10 Katlyn Ray G Fr 5-3 London, OH / London 13 Antishay “Shay” Rahim F Fr 5-10 Grove City, OH / Central Crossing 15 Allyse Rutter F Fr 5-10 Fostoria, OH / St. Wendelin 22 Keyvona Davis C So 6-0 Columbus, OH / Columbus South 34 Hunter Kershaw F So 6-0 Columbus, OH / Westland HEAD COACH: Byron Allgood (1st Year) ASSISTANT COACH: Frank Hall (1st Year)
2016-17 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 25-0 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
12-0 21-0 13-0 11-0 1-0
2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE
11/01 11/09 11/16 11/18 11/19 11/22 11/30 12/03 12/14 12/17 12/20 12/21 12/29 12/30 01/07 01/11 01/14 01/18 01/21 01/25 01/28 02/01 02/08 02/11 02/15 02/18 02/19 02/22 02/25 03/04 03/10 03/11 03/21 03/22 03/23 03/24 03/25
OPPONENT
RESULT
@ Mercyhurst North East W 86-40 WAYNE COUNTY W 122-46 @ No. 15 Schoolcraft W 81-42 @ No. 12 Kalamazoo Valley# W 75-55 Grand Rapids# W 92-34 LANSING W 107-55 No. 15 SCHOOLCRAFT W 92-50 MUSKEGON W 86-55 CUYAHOGA* W 86-51 @ No. 20 Sinclair* W 78-56 KELLOGG W 103-31 OAKLAND W 134-35 MACOMB W 78-45 JACKSON W 84-54 @ Hocking W 109-36 LORAIN COUNTY* W 108-23 @ Columbus State* W 104-60 EDISON* W 97-60 CLARK STATE* W 98-28 @ Lakeland* W 91-30 @ Cincinnati State* W 76-55 @ Cuyahoga* W 103-55 @ Lorain County* W 110-24 SINCLAIR* W 76-51 @ Edison* W 74-50 COLUMBUS STATE* 1 PM HOCKING 3 PM LAKELAND* 5:30 PM @ Clark State* 1 PM CINCINNATI STATE* 1 PM District I Semifinals TBA District I Finals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA ALL CAPS - HOME GAMES * CONFERENCE GAMES # KVCC Classic @ KVCC ^ If necessary
2016-17 Owens Express Women’s Basketball Roster HEAD COACH: MIKE LLANAS ASSISTANT COACHES: STEPHEN PERRY, TIFFANI BLACKMAN
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#3 ESSENCE COWAN
- 12 or more points in 8 of the past 10 games - Eclipsed 300 points on the season vs Edison last game - Fourth on team in APG (2.5), third in SPG (2.0)
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#5 COURIZMA WILLIAMS
- 4 assists from 100, 2 rebounds from 200 in her career - Scored in every game this year (9.9 PPG, 5th on team) - Needs 41 points for 600 in her career
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#10 BRENDA PENNINGTON
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#12 HAILI MOSSING
- Scored in double figures four times this year - Averaging 6.3 PPG in conference play - Has made at least one 3-pointer in 15 of 24 games
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#20 SYBIL ROSEBORO
- Nine games with at least 10 pts this year (8.8 PPG) - Second on team in 3-pt FG percentage (35.4) - Averaging nearly 5 APG over past four contests
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#22 JERYN REESE
- Needs nine points to move into top 10 in career scoring - Recorded at least two steals in 12 straight games - Has 609 career rebounds, record is 663
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#23 DENISSA SLY
- Has scored in 17 of 19 games played this year - Third on team in FT percentage (80.0) - Has at least one rebound in every game this year
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#24 ARIEL BETHEA
- Streak of 20 straight games w/10 + pts ended vs Edison - Became 30th player with 600 career pts vs Sinclair - Has at least two steals in all but one game this year
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#30 KAYLAH IVEY
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#32 OLIVIA FROST
5-6 Fr. Lima Senior/Lima, OH
5-10 So. Hughes/Cincinnati, OH
- Has at least one steal, four assists in 10 straight games 5-2 Fr. Bishop Noll Institute/Hammond, IN - Third on team in FG percentage (48.6) - Leads OCCAC with 6.8 APG in conference play
5-9 Fr. Evergreen/Metamora, OH
5-6 So. Elyria/Elyria, OH
6-0 So. Mansfield/Mansfield, OH
5-8 Fr. Northmont/Engelwood, OH
5-9 G Huron/Ann Arbor, MI
- 10 or more rebounds 11 times this year, 4 of past 6 6-1 Fr. Westerville South/Westerville, OH - Six double-doubles this year - Averages nearly a double-double (9.0 PPG, 9.4 RPG) - 5.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG since returning from injury Jan. 21 6-0 Fr. North Baltimore/North Baltimore, OH - Only six turnovers in past seven games, 0 over past 3 - Third on team in 3-pt FG percentage (34.8)
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