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 evening’s matchup between your No. 2 ranked Owens Express and the visiting Lakeland Lakers. Both of today’s games are being aired on BCSN, and they will also be streamed on our YouTube page, which can be found by searching Owens Express Athletics. VS - Owens can clinch at least a share of its fifth straight Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) championship with a win today. It would also mark the program’s sixth title in the past seven years, and its 10th in program history. - Another win today would also continue a reign of conference dominance for Owens. They have completed backto-back seasons with perfect conference records and are three more wins away from a third straight. The program has won 47 straight regular season conference games dating back to Feb. 1, 2014 and 41 straight regular season games dating back to Jan. 6 of last season. - Owens is now 72-1 at home, including 23 straight wins, Head Coach: Head Coach: since February of 2012. Mike Llanas (13th Yr.) Ornette Gardenhire (1st Yr.) - Owens is looking for the season sweep of Lakeland after defeating them 91-30 on the road Jan. 25. All five starters scored in double figures, led by Essence Cowan’s 21. Career Record: Career Record: - Owens is 41-15 all-time against Lakeland. Prior to the 320-96 (.769) 5-16 (.238) 2007-08 season, the series was just 23-14, but Owens has won 18 of 19, including 16 straight, in the series. The last Career OCCAC Record: Career OCCAC Record: win for Lakeland came on Feb. 16, 2009 (88-80). Owens hasn’t lost at home in the series since Feb. 1, 2006 (77-72). 139-29 (.827) 2-10 (.167) Head coach Mike Llanas is 21-5 against Lakeland. - In the win over Hocking this past Sunday, Owens recorded its 10th game with at least 100 points this year, which broke the single season record held by last year’s team. In fact, 24 PPG: Reese 13.8 PPG: Cistrunk 14.8 of the 55 games with at least 100 points scored have come RPG: Ivey 9.3 RPG: Cistrunk 10.6 since the start of the 2014-15 season. APG: Pennington 5.0 APG: Cistrunk/Prugel 2.4 - This year, Owens is averaging a nation best 94.2 PPG and SPG: Bethea 4.8 SPG: Sephus 3.7 allowing just 45.7 PPG, thus outscoring its opponents by BPG: Ivey/Reese 1.4 BPG: Cistrunk 2.9 48.5 PPG. They have outscored their opponents by 1,310 FG%: Reese 53.7 FG%: Sephus 35.7 points, which is 76 more than the number of points they’ve 3PT FG%: Cowan 43.6 3PT FG%: Prugel 34.8 given up this year. FT %: Frost 85.7 FT %: Prugel 71.0 - On top of owning the nation’s top offense, Owens is leading the country in FG made/game (36.2), offensive RPG (21.6), total RPG (53.2) and opponents FG percentage (28.4). They are also among the top five in seven other categories. - Individually, Owens has four players ranked among the nation’s best statistically - Ariel Bethea is first in the country in steals per game at 4.8; Essence Cowan is 10th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 43.6; Brenda Pennington is 13th in assists per game at 5.0; and Jeryn Reese is 28th in field goal percentage at 53.7 percent. - In OCCAC play, Owens is first 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 defensive RPG, along with FG, 3-pt FG and FT percentages. - 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
LAKELAND
THE BASICS
STATISTICAL LEADERS
2016-17 Lakeland Lakers Roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School 10 Brianna Prugel G Fr. 5-5 Painesville, OH / Riverside 11 Alicia Sephus G Fr. 5-4 Garfield Heights, OH / Garfield Heights 14 Cary Morin F Fr. 5-6 Newbury, OH / Newbury 15 Kayla Zarbock F So. 5-10 Willoughby, OH / Willoughby South 32 Patricia Cistrunk F Fr. 6-0 Cleveland, OH / John F. Kennedy 34 Tiffany Rouse G Fr. 5-3 Garfield Heights, OH / Garfield 43 Olivia Mancisio F Fr. 5-9 Kirtland, OH / Kirtland HEAD COACH: Ornette Gardenhire (1st Year) ASSISTANT COACH: Marqia Ivey (1st Year)
2016-17 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 27-0 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
13-0 21-0 15-0 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* W 90-77 HOCKING W 101-36 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
- 11 or more points in 10 of the past 11 games - 11 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.5 SPG, 1.5 APG over past 2 games - 10th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage
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#5 COURIZMA WILLIAMS
- 200 + rebounds, 100 + assists in career, 14 from 600 pts - Scored in every game this year (10.2 PPG, 5th on team) - Scored double digits 14 times, including past two games
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#10 BRENDA PENNINGTON
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#12 HAILI MOSSING
- Has scored in all but one of her games played this year - Double digit points 4 times, double digit rebounds twice - 10 games with at least six rebounds this year
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#20 SYBIL ROSEBORO
- Raised scoring average from 6.5 to 8.4 from last year - Averaging 3.9 APG over past six games - Needs 38 points to reach 400 in her career
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#22 JERYN REESE
- 857 career points, 32 points from eighth on career list - Has seven double-doubles this year, 21 in her career - Needs 35 rebounds to break career record set in 1997-98
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#23 DENISSA SLY
- Season-high 10 rebounds Sunday in win over Hocking - One assist shy of 50 on the season - Two or more FGs made in 16 of 21 games played
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#24 ARIEL BETHEA
- Leads nation in assists at 4.8 per game - 25.1 PPG/7.5 RPG/5.8 APG/8.9 SPG/2.1 BPG per 40 - 30th on career scoring list at 634 points
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#30 KAYLAH IVEY
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5-6 Fr. Lima Senior/Lima, OH
5-10 So. Hughes/Cincinnati, OH
- Has scored 10 or more points in seven of past eight 5-2 Fr. Bishop Noll Institute/Hammond, IN - Leads OCCAC in assists at 6.8 APG - Has at least one steal in past 12 games (2.3/game)
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 points in four of past five games 6-1 Fr. Westerville South/Westerville, OH - Eight or more rebounds in seven of past eight games - One or more steals in 17 straight games (2 each in past 3) - Two or more FGs made in 10 of 16 games #32 OLIVIA FROST 6-0 Fr. North Baltimore/North Baltimore, OH - 12.7 PPG, 10.3 RPG per 40 minutes played - One or more steals in 9 of 16 games
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