- Our best record and most wins - 22-3
- Most Conference wins - 12
- Top seed in the Conference Tournament
- First undefeated season at home - 14-0
- Beat 4 Nationally Ranked teams in a row (in just 24 days) in December
- Ranked in the Top 10 Nationally all season - as high as #2
- All 5 Senior starters join the 500+ rebound club
- Four Seniors join the 1000+ points in a career club
- We're checking to see if the above has ever been accomplished by a single class
- Many individual records: Kulavic - All time SCAC scoring and made shots, Findley -most career 3-pointers made
- Richmann, Grace, Kulavic and Findley either Player of the Week or made Team of the Week multiple times.
AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET!
This weekend we travel to Conway, Ar. for the SCAC Conference Tournament as the #1 seedafter narrowly beating Centre at Centre 79-75. Great game from start to finish - close all the way. During the game, Katie Kulavic became the All Time Leading Scorer in the SCAC, pushing her point total to 1,850 points. Katie scored 33 in the game going 14-17 from the field. Tina Grace poured in 19 and Anna Findley chipped in with 18, but the real story was how hard they all played knowing how much the game meant for conference tournament seeding. If we had lost the game we would go in as a third seed with a very difficult path to a Conference Championship, but if we won we would earn the top seed and the path becomes a little easier.
Last Friday we took our 3rd loss of the season at DePauw 92-86. We went down by 22 midway through the second half and were down 19 with 4:55 to go, but then we went on one of our patented scoring binges and scored 15 straight to pull within 4 with 1:40 to go. We got to 88-84 but no closer. They made their free throws down the stretch to hold on. Anna Findley just carried us for the majority of the game scoring 30 from all over the court. Tina Grace took it inside and scored 19,while Kulavic hit for 14 (12 in the second half) and Biz Richmann tallied10.
Our defensive stopper Hannah Brooks got into early foul trouble and in stepped Senior Jamie Osmanson who played great. As a matter of fact, Jamie gave us valuable minutes in bothgames last weekend, playing extremely aggressive on both ends of the court. We will definitely need her this weekend with the potential of playing 3 games in 3 days. In fact, we will need all available hands on deck with the potential of 3 games in 3 days!
TIDBITS
Injury Report:
Ari Brown - hyper-extended a knee, should be ready to go!
Kelley Reeves - aggravated an old ankle injury, out for the remainder of the season, surgery next Monday, 3-5 month recovery. She will be missed.
Regie Howell - still in the boot with foot injury, her return is doubtful.
Tina Grace - Quad pull, "not to worry", 19 pts per game last weekend
Katie Kulavic - Calf pull, "where's my calf?" 33 points Sunday
Hannah Brooks - hip pain, "what hip pain" as she says
Anna Findley - old ankle sprain and tight leg mustles, "how did I miss that last shot", 30 against DePauw
Biz Richmann - the knees of a 40 year old, "I'm just going to wear ice packs during the game",15 rebounds last weekend
The rest of the team... NOT TO WORRY, THEY WILL ANSWER THE HORN!!!!!!!!!!!
SCAC TOURNAMENT
Complete schedule available here on the SCAC website
Anyway, we play at 6pm on Friday, and 3pm on Saturday, 12pm on Sunday if we keep winning. This is Central time - 1 hour later Eastern time. Games will be broadcast on the Stormy Petrel Network and I think webcast for $$. Live Stats will also be available.
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Bids will be announced Monday morning around 10am, March 2 on www.ncaa.org
If we can win the SCAC Tournament we have a good chance of hosting the first two rounds of the tournament!
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